Spotlight on... Irina Brass

Irina is Lecturer in Regulation, Innovation and Public Policy at UCL STEaPP, where she co-leads the MPA in Digital Technologies and Policy. Here, she chats to us about receiving the BSI Standards-Makers Award and shares her favourite spot in Iceland. What is your role and what does it involve?. I am Lecturer in Regulation, Innovation and Public Policy at the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (UCL STEaPP), where I co-lead the MPA in Digital Technologies and Policy and teach a number of courses: Public Administration, Foundations in Digital Technologies and Policy, and Risk Assessment and Governance. My research focuses on the regulation and governance of emerging technologies - a highly salient topic in our contemporary world, when we have to think very carefully about how best to encourage responsible innovation. I am Co-Investigator in the EPSRC Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub, where I lead a project on regulatory strategies for biotherapeutics, and I recently completed a Co-Investigator appointment in the EPSRC PETRAS IoT Research Hub, where I co-led a project looking at the standardisation, regulatory and governance challenges of the Internet of Things. How long have you been at UCL and what was your previous role?.