Regulatory Learning

A means by which technology regulation can respond and adapt to rapid advances in the capabilities and use of the technologies subject to regulation.

Regulatory learning encompasses the systematic gathering of evidence through enforcement activities, sandboxes, real-world trials, and post-market monitoring, then using that evidence to revise rules, standards, and implementation guidance. It treats regulation as an adaptive system rather than a static framework.

The concept appears in EU “smart regulation” policies, which aim to ensure regulation achieves its policy objectives with minimum burden across the legislative lifecycle.

Related: 05-atom—meta-learning-governance, 05-molecule—technology-pacing-problem, 05-molecule—regulation-as-learning-framework