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Arbitrator Intelligence - An Interview with Its Founder and Director, Professor Catherine Rogers - Journal of Technology in International Arbitration - Vol. 1, No. 1

Author(s): 
Patricia Shaughnessy
Page Count: 
10 pages
Media Description: 
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Published: 
June, 2015
Jurisdictions: 
International
Practice Areas: 
Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals,
Selection by Arbitral Institution,
Capacity and Qualifications of Arbitrators,
Online Arbitration,
International Character of Dispute,
Dispute Resolution & Litigation,
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I. INTRODUCTION
 
Professor Catherine Rogers1 envisioned, founded and now
directs Arbitrator Intelligence,2 an innovative interactive online
resource that combines technology and crowd-sourcing to
increase accountability and access to information in the arbitrator
selection process. The Journal of Technology in International
Arbitration (JTIA) caught up with Professor Rogers, who has been
busy travelling the globe working on and speaking about her
many projects, including Arbitrator Intelligence, to interview her
about the project and its potential development and impact on the
selection of arbitrators. The interview was conducted by Patricia
Shaughnessy.3
 
 
PS – The Arbitration Intelligence project is not only innovative
but also controversial and without any obvious precursors.
Where did the idea of the Arbitrator Intelligence project come
from?
 
 
CR – I wrote an article about ten years ago in which I started to
analyze issues relating to the arbitrator selection process. The
piece considered the barriers to market entry and inherent
information asymmetries that created an imperfect market for
arbitrator services. In that academic work, I first proposed ideas