Professor Melissa de Zwart
Dean of Law
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of the Professions
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Melissa has a keen interest in the intersection between law and technology. Prior to joining academia, she was the Manager, Legal Services, CSIRO, where she advised on protection and commercialisation of technology. Her areas of research focus primarily on digital technology, as it interacts with culture, human behaviour and new areas of innovation. She has published widely on copyright, social media, surveillance and popular culture. She is the Editor of the Media & Arts Law Review. Melissa is frequently asked to advise on social media and technology issues to judges, the media, schools and government. In 2015 she was the Team Leader of the AdelaideX Cyberwar, Surveillance and Security MOOC which has attracted over 32,000 students globally.
Research Interests
Copyright, fair dealing, digital technology, technology and innovation, space, commercial space, content regulation, online games, social networking, governance of online environments, digital identity, new media, convergence.
Copyright Agency Research Fellowship 2016: Copyright in an Instagram World
Copyright Society Research Grant 2014: Intermediary Liability
Surveillance and Big Data
Intellectual Property
Media Law
Law and Popular Culture
Tort Law
Cyberlaw
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