https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/32859 2026-07-23T17:44:32Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33595 Title: State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2026 Authors: Antonelli, A; Fry, C; Smith, RJ; Eden, J; Kersey, PJ; Larridon, I; Paton, AJ; Simmonds, MSJ; Ainsworth, AM; Bachman, SP; Cheek, M; Nesbitt, M; Hill, R; Kreuzer, C; Obadiah, CD; Gadar, K; Lopez, P; Rando, JG; Bazan, S; Coimbra, CEA; Nodza, GI; Bradshaw, AJ; Soltis, PS; Baniaga, AE; Jaramillo, C; Robinson, C; Jones, L; Teisher, JK; Hernández-Leal, MS; Davies, TJ; Abdul, SD; Mardones, M; Baider, C; Mander, L; Weaver, WN; Clubbe, C; Neto-Bradley, BM; Boyko, JD; Porsani, J; Mbuni, YM; Bu, W; Silva, T; Humphreys, AM; Feder, L; Chen, F; Meireles, JE; Livermore, T; Vasconcelos Mesquita, MP; Kallow, S; Widmer, A; Jackson, R; Vange, V; Miles, S; Demissew, S; .Abdullahi, S; Meeus, S; Fisher, DO; Cavender-Bares, J; Park, JY; Vasconcelos, T; Cunha, SP; Coomes, DA; Eckert, L; Biketova, AY; Wirta, H; Mazer, SJ; Tessler, M; Blomberg, M; Linan, A; Prehn, A; McPherson, H; Lenoir, J; Hoban, S; Scheidegger, NB; Breman, E; Dhanjal-Adams, KL; Harding, L; Chacón-Madrigal, E; Witts, NA; Guzicka, M; Romero, C; Dalcin, E; Odonne, G; Durgante, FM; Oliver, L; Zu, K; Namadi, S; Carvey, N; Florens, FBV; Martin, RA; Linnér, B-O; Beltrán-Rodríguez, L; Van Den Berghe, E; Rustiami, H; Linnér, A; Pino-Bodas, R; Tomaszewski, D; Losapio, G; Machin, R; Bjorkman, AD; le Roux, MM; Ahlstrand, NI; Young, A; Whitley, BS; Xie, G; Goëau, H; Llewellyn, T; Navarra, C; Quinteros Casaverde, NL; Chukwuma, EC; Reed, SL; Wensink, CM; Oliveira, FA; Golan, J; Groom, Q; Pearce, T; Bytebier, B; Segovia, RA; Léveillé-Bourret, É; Townesmith, A; Biersma, EM; Wang, S; Williamson, DR; Hoffman, B; Kutza, AD; Dallimore, T; Pace, MC; Plummer, JF; Ralimanana, H; Babale, A; Wood, T; Karthik, V; Akomaye, FA; Nichodemus, CO; Liu, X; Heberling, JM; Ibrahim, JA; Nagy, LG; Sawa, FBJ; Ovalle, N; Wang, Q; Druzhinina, I; Fang, X; Bonnet, P; Rahn, O; Francisco, M; Westergaard, KB; Tejada-Fajardo, A; Chen, S-C; Ulrich, GF; Birchenko, I; Nogueira, A; Fay, MF; Krieger, J; Aceae, CC; Saarela, JM; Bazzicalupo, A; Khelidj, NM; Lourenco, J; Schmull, M; Ekeke, C; Gladitsch, H; Baumgartner, A; Schmidt, HH; Akanni, GT; Wearn, JA; Batke, SP; Wang, Z; Tihurua, EF; Pape, T; Bochorny, T; Miller-Rushing, AJ; Carvajal, F; Viruel, J; Forzza, RC; Chukwuma, DM; Pitsillides, F; Sosef, MSM; Sun, W; Renner, SS; D’Apolito, C; Silva, LAE; Hodgson, E; Mattana, E; Høye, TT; Zhang, L; Wright, JP; Guerrero, PC; Bard, NW; Shrestha, N; da Silva Caminha, SAF; Huang, C; Haston, EM; Smith, AB; Levicky, Q; Umar, M; Little, DP; Asase, A; Park, IW; Rakotonirina, N; Xuan, J; Hart, R; Nicolson, N; Orosco, B; Filardi, FR; Sala, J; Rojas, C; Lee, AK; Speed, JDM; Varga, T; Leitman, P; Romero, IC; Schmidt-Knapik, RJ; Raimondo, D; Harris, K; Westenberger, P; Colli-Silva, M; Gargiulo, R; Eckert, I; Vandebroek, I; Milliken, W; Klopper, RR; Folorunso, AE; Fonseca-Kruel, VS; Hassel, K; Johnson, RF; Shaw, AJ; Luo, H-R; Moyle, LC; Martínez Murcia, J; Bastianelli, D; Caballero-Rodriguez, D; Wabili, MM; Jernnäs, M; Diaz-Jaramillo, A; Kothari, S; Fu, Z; Boughalmi, K; Roslin, T; Pienkowski, M; Muasya, M; Rocha, ALS; Bello, A; Ngumbau, VM; Govaerts, R; Begum, N; Woods, R; Forest, F; Trăscău, BM; Ramirez-Parada, TH; Saban, KE; Neyra, E; Pinto-Ledezma, J; Ortiz, J; Mattalia, G; Lopera, P; Bugnaski, Z; McAlvay, AC; Shaw, BJP; Le, J; Salick, J; Zhigila, DA; Callow, C; Gårdman, V; Liu, U; Baker, WJ; Panchen, ZA; Ávila, FA; Pellissier, L; Otero-Walker, KR; Sessa, EB; Hudson, M; Taniguchi, M; Pizzardo, RC; Karthikeyan, A; de Fátima Maciel-Silva, J; Kaul, AD; Prestø, T; Yang, J; Wagner, ST; Silvestro, D; Struwe, L; Dayaram, A; Victor, JE; Sauquet, H; Hill, DG; Primack, RB; Balick, MJ; Tuomisto, H; Culham, A; Aguero, B; Chandrasekaran, S; Nwafor, FI; Iroka, CF; Geeves, C; Ni, M; Simon, ADF; Hert, ZL; Wilcox, RC; Reyes-Chávez, J; Li, Z; Cockel, C; Smith, NEC; Barrett, RL; Thiers, BM; Cahen, D; Strauss, SY; Bamigboye, SO; Vilela, B; Worthy, SJ; Davies, NMJ; Punyasena, SW; Liu, H-Y; Morel, J; Murguía-Romero, M; Wilkinson, T; Cardinal-McTeague, W; Lennon, S; Hill, AP; Gremer, JR; Gaya, E; de Alba, D; Hudson, AR; Mole, RL; Raundrup, K; Austin, MW; Kuhnhäuser, BG; Guzmán, JA; Arno, J; Cardoso, D; Chibwe, B; Wibeck, V; Zhou, Y; Couvreur, TLP; Lima, RO; Peyton, J; Shi, D; Childs, C; Bárrios, S; Marticorena, AE; Svenning, JC; De Smedt, S; Moreno, E; Amador, LG; Kharouba, HM; Yang, Y; Ossa, N; Williams, C; Hardwick, KA; Blake, SLE; Leong-Škorničková, J; Wong, B; Alsos, IG; Lee, E; de Vere, N; Stewart, RD; Ajikah, LB; Visscher, AM; Atkinson, W; Fischer, MC; Versiane, AFA; Römermann, C; Dayrell, RLC; Abermann, J; Seal, CE; Barrett, RDH; Alveo, R; So, CP; Bontrager, M; Gómez Barreiro, P; Flores-Camargo, DG; Sumadijaya, A; Lohmann, LG; Dhanda, S; Njom, VS; Grace, OM; Vasconcelos, CC; Ustin, SL; Turner, R; Rasaminirina, F; Steyn, HM; Ayodele, AE; Smets, E; Lin, MC; Joly, A; Leonard, K; White, DM; Goodman, L; Read, E; Nic Lughadha, E; Davis, CC; Robles, JM; Neset, T-S; Becker, J; Chapman, T; Gray, A; Smith, SA; Thomas, DC; Zhu, G; León-Carreño, M; Walas, Ł; Carranza, J; Usen, EN; Wang, F; Reid, G; Jacobs, SJ; Doubt, J; Guggisberg, A; Record, S; Ameka, GK; Li, M; Yohanna, CT; Basman, A; Bakhshi, M Abstract: ... Description: Authors of the report: Antonelli*, A., Fry*, C., Smith*, R.J., Eden*, J., Kersey*, P.J., Larridon*, I., Paton*, A.J., Simmonds*, M.S.J., Ainsworth*, A.M., Bachman*, S.P., Cheek*, M., Davis*, C.C., Forest*, F., Lennon*, S., Little*, D.P., Nesbitt*, M., Nic Lughadha*, E., Smith*, S.A., Wilkinson*, T., Williams*, C., Abdul, S.D., Abdullahi, S., Abermann, J., Aceae, C.C., Aguero, B., Ahlstrand, N.I., Ajikah, L.B., Akanni, G.T., Akomaye, F.A., Alsos, I.G., Alveo, R., Amador, L.G., Ameka, G.K., Arno, J., Asase, A., Atkinson, W., Austin, M.W., Ávila, F.A., Ayodele, A.E., Babale, A., Baider, C., Baker, W.J., Bakhshi, M., Balick, M.J., Bamigboye, S.O., Baniaga, A.E., Bard, N.W., Barrett, R.D.H., Barrett, R.L., Bárrios, S., Basman, A., Bastianelli, D., Batke, S.P., Baumgartner, A., Bazan, S., Bazzicalupo, A., Becker, J., Begum, N., Bello, A., Beltrán-Rodríguez, L., Biersma, E.M., Biketova, A.Yu., Birchenko, I., Bjorkman, A.D., Blake, S.L.E., Blomberg, M., Bochorny, T., Bonnet, P., Bontrager, M., Boughalmi, K., Boyko, J.D., Bradshaw, A.J., Breman, E., Bu, W., Bugnaski, Z., Bytebier, B., Caballero-Rodriguez, D., Cahen, D., Callow, C., Cardinal-McTeague, W., Cardoso, D., Carranza, J., Carvajal, F., Carvey, N., Cavender-Bares, J., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Chandrasekaran, S., Chapman, T., Chen, F., Chen, S.-C., Chibwe, B., Childs, C., Chukwuma, D.M., Chukwuma, E.C., Clubbe, C., Cockel, C., Coimbra, C.E.A.Jr, Colli-Silva, M., Coomes, D.A., Couvreur, T.L.P., Culham, A., Cunha, S.P., da Silva Caminha, S.A.F., Dalcin, E., Dallimore, T., D'Apolito, C., Davies, N.M.J., Davies, T.J., Dayaram, A., Dayrell, R.L.C., de Alba, D., de Fátima Maciel-Silva, J., De Smedt, S., de Vere, N., Demissew, S., Dhanda, S., Dhanjal-Adams, K.L., Diaz-Jaramillo, A., Doubt, J., Druzhinina, I., Durgante, F.M., Eckert, I., Eckert, L., Ekeke, C., Fang, X., Fay, M.F., Feder, L., Filardi, F.R., Fischer, M.C., Fisher, D.O., Florens, F.B.V., Flores-Camargo, D.G., Folorunso, A.E., Fonseca-Kruel, V.S., Forzza, R.C., Francisco, M., Fu, Z., Gadar, K., Gårdman, V., Gargiulo, R., Gaya, E., Geeves, C., Gladitsch, H., Goëau, H., Golan, J., Gómez Barreiro, P., Goodman, L., Govaerts, R., Grace, O.M., Gray, A., Gremer, J.R., Groom, Q., Guerrero, P.C., Guggisberg, A., Guzicka, M., Guzmán, J.A., Harding, L., Hardwick, K.A., Harris, K., Hart, R., Hassel, K., Haston, E.M., Heberling, J.M., Hernández-Leal, M.S., Hert, Z.L., Hill, A.P., Hill, D.G., Hill, R., Hoban, S., Hodgson, E., Hoffman, B., Høye, T.T., Huang, C., Hudson, A.R., Hudson, M., Humphreys, A.M., Ibrahim, J.A., Iroka, C.F., Jackson, R., Jacobs, S.J., Jaramillo, C., Jernnäs, M., Johnson, R.F., Joly, A., Jones, L., Kallow, S., Karthik, V., Karthikeyan, A., Kaul, A.D., Kharouba, H.M., Khelidj, N.M., Klopper, R.R., Kothari, S., Kreuzer, C., Krieger, J., Kuhnhäuser, B.G., Kutza, A.D., Le, J., le Roux, M.M., Lee, A.K., Lee, E., Leitman, P., Lenoir, J., Leonard, K., León-Carreño, M., Leong-Škorničková, J., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Levicky, Q., Li, M., Li, Z., Lima, R.O., Lin, M.C., Linan, A., Linnér, A., Linnér, B.-O., Liu, H.-Y., Liu, U., Liu, X., Livermore, T., Llewellyn, T., Lohmann, L.G., Lopera, P., Lopez, P., Losapio, G., Lourenco Jr., J., Luo, H.-R., Machin, R., Mander, L., Mardones, M., Marticorena, A.E., Martin, R.A., Martínez Murcia, J., Mattalia, G., Mattana, E., Mazer, S.J., Mbuni, Y.M., McAlvay, A.C., McPherson, H., Meeus, S., Meireles, J.E., Miles, S., Miller-Rushing, A.J., Milliken, W., Mole, R.L., Morel, J., Moreno, E., Moyle, L.C., Muasya, M., Murguía-Romero, M., Nagy, L.G., Namadi, S., Navarra, C., Neset, T.-S., Neto-Bradley, B.M., Neyra, E., Ngumbau, V.M., Ni, M., Nichodemus, C.O., Nicolson, N., Njom, V.S., Nodza, G.I., Nogueira, A., Nwafor, F.I., Obadiah, C.D., Odonne, G., Oliveira, F.A., Oliver, L., Orosco, B., Ortiz, J., Ossa, N., Otero-Walker, K.R., Ovalle, N., Pace, M.C., Panchen, Z.A., Pape, T., Park, I.W., Park, J.Y., Pearce, T., Pellissier, L., Peyton, J., Pienkowski, M., Pino-Bodas, R., Pinto-Ledezma, J., Pitsillides, F., Pizzardo, R.C., Plummer, J.F., Porsani, J., Prehn, A., Prestø, T., Primack, R.B., Punyasena, S.W., Quinteros Casaverde, N.L., Rahn, O., Raimondo, D., Rakotonirina, N., Ralimanana, H., Ramirez-Parada, T.H., Rando, J.G., Rasaminirina, F., Raundrup, K., Read, E., Record, S., Reed, S.L., Reid, G., Renner, S.S., Reyes-Chávez, J., Robinson, C., Robles, J.M., Rocha, A.L.S., Rojas, C., Römermann, C., Romero, C., Romero, I.C., Roslin, T., Rustiami, H., Saarela, J.M., Saban, K.E., Sala, J., Salick, J., Sauquet, H., Sawa, F.B.J., Scheidegger, N.B., Schmidt, H.H., Schmidt-Knapik, R.J., Schmull, M., Seal, C.E., Segovia, R.A., Sessa, E.B., Shaw, A.J., Shaw, B.J.P., Shi, D., Shrestha, N., Silva, L.A.E., Silva, T., Silvestro, D., Simon, A.D.F., Smets, E., Smith, A.B., Smith, N.E.C., So, C.P., Soltis, P.S., Sosef, M.S.M., Speed, J.D.M., Stewart, R.D., Steyn, H.M., Strauss, S.Y., Struwe, L., Sumadijaya, A., Sun, W., Svenning, J.-C., Taniguchi, M., Teisher, J.K., Tejada-Fajardo, A., Tessler, M., Thiers, B.M., Thomas, D.C., Tihurua, E.F., Tomaszewski, D., Townesmith, A., Trăscău, B.M., Tuomisto, H., Turner, R., Ulrich, G.F., Umar, M., Usen, E.N., Ustin, S.L., Van Den Berghe, E., Vandebroek, I., Vange, V., Varga, T., Vasconcelos Mesquita, M.P., Vasconcelos, C.C., Vasconcelos, T., Versiane, A.F.A., Victor, J.E., Vilela, B., Viruel, J., Visscher, A.M., Wabili, M.M., Wagner, S.T., Walas, Ł., Wang, F., Wang, Q., Wang, S., Wang, Z., Wearn, J.A., Weaver, W.N., Wensink, C.M., Westenberger, P., Westergaard, K.B., White, D.M., Whitley, B.S., Wibeck, V., Widmer, A., Wilcox, R.C., Williamson, D.R., Wirta, H., Witts, N.A., Wong, B., Wood, T., Woods, R., Worthy, S.J., Wright, J.P., Xie, G., Xuan, J., Yang, J., Yang, Y., Yohanna, C.T., Young, A., Zhang, L., Zhigila, D.A., Zhou, Y., Zhu, G., Zu, K. *Indicates core writing, design and editing team; remaining authors listed alphabetically. 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33474 Title: BRAID Researchers’ Response to the call for contributions on artificial intelligence and creativity issued by the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki Authors: Miltner, K; Moruzzi, C; Parker, M; Potapov, K; Sichani, A-M; Westenberger, P Abstract: This response to the call for contributions on artificial intelligence and creativity issued by the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, was prepared by researchers in the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) Programme. Description: BRAID is a UK-wide programme dedicated to integrating Arts and Humanities research more fully into the Responsible AI ecosystem, as well as bridging the divides between academic, industry, policy and regulatory work on responsible AI (https://braiduk.org/). We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers in the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) Programme. Views are our own and do not reflect those of our institutions, organisations or individuals partnered with us in our projects, the BRAID programme as a whole, or other BRAID researchers. 2025-05-05T00:00:00Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33465 Title: Dr Paula Westenberger's response to the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance Consultation - 7 May 2026 Authors: Westenberger, P Abstract: This is Dr Paula Westenberger's response submitted on 7 May 2026 to the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance Consultation: https://www.un.org/global-dialogue-ai-governance/en Description: Dr Paula Westenberger is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University of London & Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) Research Fellow (AHRC funded: Grant number AH/X007146/1). The views expressed in this response are the author's own views as an independent academic, and do not purport to represent those of any cited institutions, organisations, groups or individuals. 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33334 Title: Post-Human Creativity And The Evaluation Of Intellectual Property Justifications: A Sustainable Development Perspective Authors: Mazzi, F Abstract: In the age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), the foundational justifications for intellectual property (IP) are being strained by the rise of non-human creative agents. Historically grounded in philosophical traditions emphasizing labor, personhood, and social utility, IP law presumes human intention and moral desert as core rationales for granting exclusive rights. However, generative models-capable of producing art, code, literature, and inventions autonomously-challenge these assumptions. This chapter interrogates whether existing human-centric IP justifications remain normatively sound when the "creator" may be an algorithm devoid of consciousness or volition. It argues that this epistemological and ontological shift exposes the need for considering the role of IP theory. This chapter advocates for a normative reappraisal of IP theory in light of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, with their emphases on inclusive innovation, access to knowledge, climate action, and global equity, offer a values-based framework to assess whether IP rights for AI-generated works support or hinder broader social objectives. By engaging critically with theories of Lockean labor, Hegelian recognition, utilitarianism, and the commons, the paper explores whether post-human creativity calls for a re-evaluation of IP policies reconciled with IP theory. Ultimately, it posits that IP regimes are and have always been evolving to prioritise human flourishing. Rather than asking who owns AI output, the chapter attempts at asking how exclusive rights can serve the public interest in a post-human creative economy. This reorientation-from entitlement to responsibility-may be a turning point to align IP with the challenges of sustainable development in the 21st century. Description: This is a preprint version of a forthcoming book chapter available online at SSRN, date written: 25 October, 2025. It has not been certified by peer review. It is due to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2026. 2026-02-16T00:00:00Z