The University of Sydney Law School

The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to announce ten Visiting Fellows for 2025.   The Visiting Fellowships scheme was launched in 2023 to attract leading researchers from around the world who could contribute to the research environment of Sydney Law School.   Please join us in congratulating our Visiting Fellows!   Read more: https://bit.ly/4idYQ0j

Please join the Sydney Policy Lab in welcoming our first cohort of seven multidisciplinary nodes! Breakthroughs on complex policy challenges don't happen without space to share existing work, collaborate and nurture future full-scale projects. That's why the researchers convening each successful node will receive Lab support and seed funding to tackle complex issues at the top of the policy agenda. These leaders represent a cross-section of the expertise at the University of Sydney. The Lab is looking forward to working with them to maximise the potential for impact in their research and collaborations. Without further ado, meet the first Sydney Policy Lab nodes and their convenors: ⚡ Adaptive policy systems – Professor Anne Marie Thow, Professor Stephen Simpson and Dr Kate Harrison Brennan ⚡ Harnessing arts and cultural practices to transform health and care – Professor Michael Anderson, Associate Professor Claire Hooker and Professor Brendan McCormack ⚡ Innovation and commercialisation – Dr Jarryd Daymond, Brenda Hartley and Dr Maria Rumyantseva ⚡ International education – Professor JULIA HORNE and Professor Gaby Ramia ⚡ Justice collaboration – Associate Professor Emma Barrett and Associate Professor Garner Clancey ⚡ Social policy and the root causes of health inequality – Associate Professor Seye Abimbola, Dr Edward Jegasothy and Professor Martijn Konings ⚡ Wellbeing of teachers and leaders in schools – Dr Lucy Corbett, Dr Lisa Kim and Associate Professor Louisa Peralta Researchers, policymakers and community members are encouraged to get involved by connecting with node convenors.

Last week, we welcomed the LLB commencing class of 2004 back to Sydney Law School! It was a pleasure to catch up and hear about what our alums have been up to. #inspiringlegalminds

FILM RELEASE: ‘The Australian Ad Observatory: A web of invisible influence’ 🎥 https://lnkd.in/gKCxYdhd The Australian Ad Observatory project is creating new methods to document emerging forms of automated #advertising, and enabling industry, civil society and government to respond to the challenges it poses for #observability and accountability. Our new short #film, produced by ADM+S staff in collaboration with project researchers and industry partners, explores the key questions, challenges, outcomes and future directions in one of our major research projects. “The role that we play is not in a sense just finding the evidence one time, but in engaging continuously in this conversation so that when Australians from different groups and sectors get together to talk about the power of digital platforms, we’re doing it from a much more informed point of view,” explains ADM+S Associate Investigator Nicholas Carah. Learn more about this project: https://lnkd.in/gWCrk3jp Daniel Angus | Christine Parker | Mark Andrejevic | Lauren Hayden | Abdul Karim Obeid | Chandni Gupta | Aimee Brownbill | Consumer Policy Research Centre | Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) | Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) | University of Sydney | UNSW | The University of Queensland | QUT (Queensland University of Technology) | QUT Digital Media Research Centre | University of Melbourne | Melbourne Law School | Swinburne University of Technology

This Friday, the Sydney Institute of Criminology is hosting the "New directions in financial crime" conference at Sydney Law School. A wide range of experts will be speaking on financial crime, its impact, and a wide variety of contemporary issues and challenges in this context. Find out more and register: https://lnkd.in/gxGwGBsZ

Last week, we held the inaugural Australian AI Safety Forum, supported by University of Sydney. The event brought together leading experts to address critical challenges in AI safety and governance. So wonderful to see our expert and ADM+S Chief Investigator Kimberlee Weatherall leading the way. Learn more 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/gWUpUhtX

Last week, we held the inaugural Australian AI Safety Forum, bringing together leading experts to address critical challenges in AI safety and governance. Thank you to our speakers, Marcus Hutter, Hoda Heidari, Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Ryan Kidd, Seth Lazar and Nitarshan R. This forum, the first of its kind in Australia, showcased Australia's role in the global dialogue on advanced AI systems and their societal implications. Experts in AI and technology, policy, law, and social sciences, as well as students and early-career professionals interested in the space, joined the two-day event. Thank you to the event committee that organised the forum, including Tiberio Caetano, Liam C., Daniel Murfet, Greg Sadler, Kimberlee Weatherall, and Geordie Williamson. This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Sydney Knowledge Hub, Digital Sciences Initiative, Arts and Social Sciences - University of Sydney , The University of Sydney Law School, Faculty of Engineering - University of Sydney, Open Philanthropy, Gradient Institute, Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI) and Timaeus. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWUpUhtX #USYD #LeadershipInAction

Three recent Sydney Law School graduates have jointly won this year’s Academy of Law Essay competition worth $10 000.   The question asked entrants to assess the reasons in the recent High Court of Australia decision which overturned a long-held legal precedent in indefinite immigration detention.   Zachary Gomes, Charlie Ward and Aryan Mohseni were commended by the judging panel for taking on a very complex and challenging Constitutional issue and demonstrating a high standard of intellectual rigour and scholarship. #LeadershipForGood

Registrations are now open for our round-table on November 20th in Melbourne. Do you want to know more about how to make sure that trade and investment agreements don't jeopardize public health goals? Are you interested in hearing from global experts on what options governments have? Or do you just want to hear about the results of the range of HealthIIA case studies we ran in the last 2 years to inform policy makers, development partners, civil society and academics? This is a hybrid event, and in-person seats are limited. Register now to secure your place! https://lnkd.in/gD8A3MPR

Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Mark Scott today at the Domestic and Family Violence Conference reaffirmed the University’s commitment to a whole-of-institution approach in supporting students and staff affected by domestic and family violence.   This includes backing the findings and recommendations of the 2018 Red Zone Report into sexual violence and hazing in Australian university residential colleges undertaken by End Rape on Campus Australia, and condemning any behaviour that ignores the impact of trauma resulting from sexual misconduct.   We are doing all we can to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community and have initiated an inquiry into the behaviour of some of our current students at a student council meeting last week.   Read the full address here: https://lnkd.in/g6NBMHuG