Kevin Werbach Faculty Profile

Kevin Werbach
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics

JD, Harvard University, 1994; BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1991

Research Areas
Emerging internet technologies; telecommunications policy; electronic commerce; wireless communication; regulation

Recent Consulting
Advise major information technology and communications companies on strategic business and policy implications of emerging technologies.

Current Projects
Policy implications of evolving Internet architecture; Regulation of Internet video; Next-generation broadband access; conference on business implications of decentralized communications, computing, and media.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2004-present

Other Positions
Founder, Supernova Group, 2002-2007; Editor, Release 1.0, 1998-2002; Counsel for New Technology Policy, Federal Communications Commission, 1994-1998

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Board of Directors, TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, 2003-2007; Fellow, Global Institute for Communications (GLOCOM), 2002-2007; Advisory Board, Knowledge@Wharton, 2005-2007

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Advisory Board, Public Knowledge, 2002-2007; Advisory Board, Socialtext, 2003-2007

Representative Publications
“Only Connect.” Berkeley Tech. L.J. (forthcoming).

"Supercommons: Toward a Unified Theory of Wireless Communication." Texas L. Rev.863 82 (2004).

"Syndication: The Emerging Model for Business in the Internet Era." Harvard Business Review 85 (May/June 2000).

"Digital Tornado: The Internet and Telecommunications Policy." (FCC Office of Plans and Policy Working Paper No. 29, March 1997).