Research, Interpreted for Practice
Bridging rigorous research and real world decision-making to help leaders navigate an increasingly complex world.
WHO WE ARE
We are legal scholars, educators, and advisors helping leaders navigate an increasingly complex world.
Combining academic rigor with practical insight, we translate research into executive education, strategic conversations, and actionable guidance on the governance challenges shaping business, technology, and global affairs.
We believe important research should not remain within the academy. The most valuable ideas emerge from rigorous inquiry, but their greatest impact comes when they help leaders navigate real-world challenges.
In a world shaped by data, technology, and geopolitical change, sound business decisions begin with sound research.
NEWS
Gray Dawn Breaking Co-Founder Carla L. Reyes Participates in CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee
Gray Dawn Breaking co-founder Prof. Carla L. Reyes participated in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s inaugural meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee as one of the Committee’s appointed members—and one of only two academic members. Reyes contributed to discussions at the intersection of innovation and governance, including regulatory protections for DeFi developers, the limits of intermediary-based regulation in high-technology markets, and the need to map the data supply chains underlying applications of AI in capital markets.
Her remarks on data supply chains reflect a growing focus of Gray Dawn Breaking’s work: helping organizations look beyond AI models themselves to understand the data, suppliers, infrastructure, transformations, and dependencies that make those systems possible—and the risks that may arise upstream.
LATEST
Gray Dawn Briefing No. 2
The Hidden Supply Chain: Why Every Company Needs a Data Supply Chain Strategy
This briefing explains why organizations need to manage data as a strategic supply chain rather than a series of isolated transactions. It provides practical guidance for identifying data acquisition methods, mapping supply chain dependencies, and improving governance over enterprise data risks.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Our research agendas focus on the governance challenges shaping our world.
Data Supply Chain Management
Examining how organizations source data as an intermediate good in their supply chains for their products and services.
National Security & Board Governance
Advising boards on governance practices for the oversight of national critical infrastructure and technologies.
Critical & Emerging Technologies
Exploring the physical and digital supply chains for emerging technologies with a particular focus on cryptocurrencies.
Business & Human Rights Governance
Recommending governance frameworks for improved oversight of human rights, including both risk and strategy.