Scale + AI Governance KSG Report

May 2026

Dr. Renée Sieber and Ana Brandusescu publish their report titled Geographic Scale in AI Governance: Research Strengths, Gaps, and Policy Implications | « L’échelle géographique dans la gouvernance de l’IA : Les points forts et les lacunes de la recherche et les implications politiques ». The report provides a critical review and analysis of research strengths and gaps in AI governance at scale. It pierces the dominant discourse that AI governance only is practiced nationally and supra-nationally. Rather, the report engages with the subnational, interrogating local challenges of AI and its governance. The report conceptualizes scale as a series of transjurisdictional complexities and interdependencies involving AI governance, including the cross-border challenges posed to legal and regulatory frameworks and, more simply, the art of governing this opaque new digital technology. Thus, it is more than a legal matter. It involves managing relationships among various actors who function at different scales so that governments can ensure accountability, transparency, and effective implementation.

The executive summaries and full reports in English and French are available below.

Executive Summary – Geographic Scale in AI Governance: Research Strengths, Gaps, and Policy Implications

Full Report – Geographic Scale in AI Governance: Research Strengths, Gaps, and Policy Implications

Résumé « L’échelle géographique dans la gouvernance de l’IA : Les points forts et les lacunes de la recherche et les implications politiques »

Rapport Complet « L’échelle géographique dans la gouvernance de l’IA : Les points forts et les lacunes de la recherche et les implications politiques »

Geographic Scale in AI Governance: Research Strengths, Gaps, and Policy Implications is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, SSHRC 872-2024-0053. Le rapport « L’échelle géographique dans la gouvernance de l’IA : Les points forts et les lacunes de la recherche et les implications politiques » est financé par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines.