Specialist support for sensitive technology risk.
FusionLabs helps organizations make practical decisions about export controls, sanctions, research security, AI, and dual-use technology risk.
Led by Dr. Ian J. Stewart, FusionLabs provides expert advisory support, tailored training, and decision-support tools for organizations that need to assess sensitive technologies, strengthen due diligence, and translate complex policy requirements into workable processes.
FusionLabs works on a limited number of advisory, training, and analytical projects where specialist expertise can add immediate value.
Services
Training
Tailored briefings, workshops, and courses on export controls, sanctions, research security, AI, semiconductors, dual-use technologies, and diversion risk.
Designed for legal, compliance, research security, policy, technical, and leadership teams.
Advisory
Short, specialist advisory engagements to help organizations assess sensitive technology risks, design review workflows, strengthen governance, and develop practical mitigation measures.
Useful for research collaborations, technology portfolios, customer or partner due diligence, internal procedures, and policy implementation.
Decision-support tools
AI-enabled analytical workflows and public-source research tools to support triage, due diligence, documentation, and expert review.
Built for organizations that need structured support for export classification, research security review, entity risk assessment, or sensitive technology screening.
Common questions FusionLabs can help with
Is this sensitive?
Assess whether a technology, collaboration, customer, transaction, research area, or investment raises export control, sanctions, research security, or diversion concerns.
What process do we need?
Build practical review workflows, escalation criteria, documentation standards, and mitigation measures that staff can actually use.
Can analysis help us triage risk?
Use public-source research, structured indicators, and AI-enabled workflows to support more consistent risk review and expert judgment.
Led by specialist expertise
FusionLabs is led by Dr. Ian J. Stewart, an export controls and research security specialist with experience advising governments, international organizations, universities, and industry on dual-use technology, sanctions, nonproliferation, and strategic technology risk.
The practice focuses on selected advisory, training, and analytical projects where deep subject-matter expertise, practical implementation experience, and structured analysis can add immediate value.
Who FusionLabs supports
FusionLabs supports universities, research institutions, companies, investors, funders, law firms, and public-sector partners working through sensitive technology, compliance, and security risks.
Work can include short advisory reviews, tailored workshops, risk review process design, due diligence support, and pilot analytical tools.