Addressing Policy Challenges of Disruptive Technologies

This special issue examines the policy challenges and government responses to disruptive technologies. It explores risks, benefits, trade-offs of deploying technologies, efficacy traditional governance approaches need for new regulatory frameworks. Key themes include stewardship, taking adaptive proactive approaches, developing comprehensive policies accounting technical, social, economic, political dimensions, conducting interdisciplinary research, addressing data management privacy challenges. The findings enhance understanding how governments can navigate complexities technologies develop maximize benefits mitigate risks.