Algorithms, regulation, and governance: a literature review

Authors

  • Henrique Felix de Souza Machado Brazil's Antitrust Authority

Keywords:

algorithmic governance, algorithmic regulation, algorithm, big data, machine learning

Abstract

Purpose ”“ To offer a curated mapping of the recent academic production on the topic of algorithmic governance and regulation to understand its connection to the theoretical traditions of regulation and governance.

Methodology/approach/design ”“ Exploratory literature review focusing on the detection of themes and theoretical approaches in publications that define their field of investigation through expressions such as “algorithmic regulation”, “algorithmic governance”, “algorithmic governmentality”, and “govern by algorithm”.

Findings ”“ Despite their appearance from 2013 onwards, surveyed papers tend to carry on older research traditions that also appear in governance and regulation studies. Research topics and theoretical approaches vary, with Foucauldian, regulatory and actor-network approaches being the most common. Possibility due to the novelty of the field, there is a stronger presence of theoretical endeavors.

Originality/value ”“ This is the first organized survey with this scope and it maps a host of foreign studies to the Portuguese language, serving as a starting point for those interested in the field.

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Author Biography

Henrique Felix de Souza Machado, Brazil's Antitrust Authority

Especialista em Direito Econômico, com foco em Regulação e Antitruste. Foi Coordenador na Coordenação-Geral de Análise Antitruste 4 no Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE).

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Published

2018-11-13

How to Cite

MACHADO, Henrique Felix de Souza. Algorithms, regulation, and governance: a literature review. Journal of Law and Regulation, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 39–62, 2018. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/rdsr/article/view/19131. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.