$1.2 Million from the Alberta Energy Regulator to Develop Models of Regulatory Excellence |
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University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Cary Coglianese has been selected by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) of Canada to lead a major, University-wide initiative focused on defining and measuring regulatory excellence.
Dr. Coglianese, the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Director of the Penn Program on Regulation (PPR), will lead the $1.2 million Best-in-Class Regulator Initiative to identify ways that regulators like AER can measure attributes of regulatory excellence and continuously strive to improve regulatory performance.
“Professor Coglianese and his team are demonstrating how cutting-edge research moves beyond the academy,” said Wendell Pritchett, Presidential Professor and Interim Dean of Penn Law. “The cross-disciplinary work of the Penn Program on Regulation is indicative of the kind of innovative scholarship being conducted at Penn Law.”
The AER selected Dr. Coglianese and the Penn Program on Regulation through a competitive, international selection process. The Best-in-Class Regulator Initiative will involve the Penn team working independently of the AER to conduct research, expert dialogue and public engagement to identify a variety of key organizational, policy and deliberative features of outstanding energy regulators and other regulatory authorities around the world.
As part of the project, the Penn Program on Regulation will host an international expert summit to be held at Penn Law in early 2015. Dr. Coglianese will bring together a global group of university and think-tank based experts, government officials, business leaders, NGO representatives and stakeholders from Alberta.
The Penn team will also organize a provincial dialogue in Alberta to foster structured dialogue on regulatory excellence by a cross-section of interested stakeholders, such as local landowners, community leaders, environmental groups, First Nations representatives, oil and gas industry leaders, government officials and others.
They will generate research papers and reports and will culminate in a final report to be presented to the AER’s senior leadership detailing the project’s findings and recommendations. A draft of that final report will be subjected to a peer review workshop involving additional independent experts on regulation from around the world.
Dr. Coglianese has brought together a multi-disciplinary team of advisors and collaborators for the project, involving faculty from PennDesign, Penn Law, the School of Arts & Sciences, the Graduate School of Education and the Wharton School. The project links several research centers from across the University, including the Penn Program on Regulation, the Scott and Wendy Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, the Wharton Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, the Penn-Wharton Public Policy Initiative and the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center.
See www.bestinclassregulator.org for details about the Best-in-Class Regulator Initiative. |
