Mr Michail Ivanov

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Humanities

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities


Michail Ivanov is a socio-legal academic with research experience in a number of areas, including: property law, law and religion, tort law, policy issues, responsible research innovation (RRI) and family law. His main research interests lie in exploring the interactions between society and the law through interdisciplinary approaches.He holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of International Relations from the University of Adelaide.Michail is undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), which considers the social issues arising out of the regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Australia, placing a particular focus on the regulation of the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops. The ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development (as part of its Program 2) facilitates his PhD.He is also a teaching assistant for Foundations of Law, Tort Law, Property Law, Administrative Law and Contract Law and an Assistant Lecturer for Property Law at the University of Adelaide (now Adelaide University).

Date Position Institution name
2024 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide
2023 - 2025 Research Assistant South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI)
2023 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide
2022 - 2022 Research Assistant University of Tasmania

Language Competency
Bulgarian Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Spanish; Castilian Can read and understand spoken

Date Institution name Country Title
2019 - 2023 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
2019 - 2023 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of International Relations

Year Citation
2025 Babie, P., Burdon, P., Ivanov, M., & Shrestha, N. (2025). Torrens for the Twenty-First Century: Modernising the Real Property Act 1886 (SA). Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide.
2025 Babie, P., Plater, D., Washusen, B., Villios, S., Brunacci, A., Williams, J., . . . Neumann, M. (2025). ‘A Lasting Boon Upon the Australian People’: A Review of the Role and Operation of the Real Property Act 1886 (20). Adelaide, SA: South Australian Law Reform Institute.

At the University of Adelaide: Teaching Assistant for Foundations of Law (LAW 1501), Tort Law (LAW 1507), Property Law (LAW 1511), Contract Law (LAW 1510) and Administrative Law (LAW 2504). Assistant Lecturer for Property Law (LAW 1511).

Formerly, a Senior Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) Leader at the University of Adelaide for Contract Law, Commercial Transactions, Tort Law and the Peer Assisted Courtroom Sessions.

Date Role Membership Country
2022 - ongoing Member Enabling Openness in Australian Stem Cell Research (EOAR) Australia

Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country
2024 - 2024 Judge for the LK Open Moot Public Community Engagement The University of Adelaide Australia
2021 - 2023 Judge for the First Year Moot Public Community Engagement The University of Adelaide Australia
2021 - 2023 Peer Assisted Courtroom Session (PACS) Leader Public Community Engagement The University of Adelaide Australia
2021 - 2023 Senior Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Leader Public Community Engagement The University of Adelaide Australia