Contributor(s): Dr Christian Van Stolk | What are the critical regulatory challenges in developing logistics infrastructures in countries such as Brazil? Why is it time to develop new approaches, based on ‘disciplined discretion’ to move beyond the regulatory orthodoxies of the few decades? Dr Chris van Stolk (RAND Europe) and Professor Martin Lodge (carr, LSE) discuss the findings and general implications of a joint study, funded by the UK Prosperity Fund, on the regulation of logistics infrastructures in Brazil.

Contributor(s): Anand Menon | What are the challenges for regulators in preparing for Brexit? Anand Menon (King’s College and Programme Director of the ESRC Britain in a Changing Europe initiative) discusses the key choices and questions on the road to Britain’s departure from full EU membership.

Contributor(s): Professor Michael Power | Riskwork: Essays on the Organizational Life of Risk Management’, edited by former head of the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR), Professor Michael Power, examines the situated management of risk in a wide variety of organizational settings. Michael joins us on the CARRseat to tell us more about the book.

Contributor(s): Dr Eva Heims, Professor Martin Lodge | Economic regulation in the UK has increasingly emphasised the importance of customer engagement. However, there are variations across sectors and devolved regions. What explains these differences? Why has customer engagement become a central theme in contemporary regulation? Eva Heims (CARR/LSE) and Martin Lodge discuss the implications of this emphasis on customer engagement.

Contributor(s): Professor Martin Lodge, Frank Vibert | Frank Vibert (LSE) and Martin Lodge consider why regulatory agencies have become increasingly attractive propositions over the past few decades, why the experience has been, at best, mixed, and how a future agenda for regulatory agencies could look.

Contributor(s): Professor Martin Lodge, Professor Christine Parker | Professor Christine Parker (Monash University) discusses her latest research into the emergence of labels for free-range eggs in Australia. What are the disputes about food labels, what are the consequences of such initiatives, for achieving particular objectives, such as animal welfare? What role do and can state-based regulators play in orchestrating the direction of regulatory change?

Contributor(s): Dr Andrea Mennicken, Professor Martin Lodge | Andrea Mennicken (CARR/Accounting) and Martin Lodge discuss the key challenges for regulators in engaging with stakeholders. What are the rationales for engaging with stakeholders, what are the problems that they encounter and what ‘smart practices’ exist? And have new technologies, such crowdsourcing, established themselves as new tools for encouraging consultation and engagement?

Contributor(s): Professor Martin Lodge, Charles Borden | The growing ethics industry is said to have a considerable impact on life in politics. This claim, often made in the context of US politics, is examined by Charles Borden (CARR Visiting Fellow) and Martin Lodge. Is there an international trend towards codification of standards in public life? What are key national differences? How can issues of enforcement be resolved? What are the unintended consequences of greater codification.

Contributor(s): Professor Bridget Hutter, Martin Lodge | Professor Bridget Hutter (LSE) and Martin Lodge discuss different types and sources for regulatory failure, and how ‘better regulation’ tools may support regulatory decision-making.