Kathy Bowrey

Professor

BA LLB Macq, SJD Syd

Contact details

Room:

236 Law Building

Phone:

9385 9625

E-mail:

k.bowrey@unsw.edu.au

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Brief overview

Dr Kathy Bowrey is Professor in the Faculty of Law & formerly Associate Dean - Research (2008-2011), at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia. She was previously Associate Dean - Research (2006-2007) at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney.

Her expertise primarily relates to intellectual property, media and information technology regulation, reflecting a broad range of interests pertaining to socio-legal history, media and cultural studies and legal theory. She also researches on western laws affecting indigenous cultural and intellectual property. She has a strong interest in higher education research policy and has also acted as a Consultant to the Council of Australian Law Deans concerning research assessment exercises. 

Courses taught

Areas of expertise

Intellectual Property Technology and Innovation, Globalisation and domestic law reform, Critical Theory Legal Theory Indigenous Rights Law, Cultural policy Cyberlaw (especially new media issues)

Professional memberships and affiliations

• Editorial Board, Intellectual Property Forum
• International Advisory Board, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, University of London
• Co-Editor, Media & Arts Law Review, CMCL, University of Melbourne
• Board of Editors, Transnational legal theory (Hart Publishing)
• Advisory Panel,  Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (NALSAR)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Law, Information and Science (UTAS)

Research supervision

Current PhD students

Louise Buckingham, "Complexity or chaos? International legal and cultural institutions and their responses to the demands of traditional knowledge holders”. Supervisor: Kathy Bowrey, Co-Supervisor: Michael Handler

Natalie Fowell, “Property, Theory and Copyright”. Supervisor: Kathy Bowrey

Marie Hadley, “Protection of Indigenous Cultural Expressions by Intellectual Property Law”. Joint Supervisors: Kathy Bowrey, Ben Golder

Karen Lee, “Legitimacy in the New Regulatory State”. Supervisors: Lesley Hitchens (UTS), Angus Corbett (UTS), Kathy Bowrey

Susanne Lloyd Jones, “The Parallel Interface: National Security and Communication Regulation in the Era of Convergence and Global Terrorism”. Supervisor: Kathy Bowrey

Current LLM Students

Sophia Christou, “From Mass Media to New Media: Social and Legal Construction of Audiences”. Supervisor: Kathy Bowrey, Co-Supervisor: Michael Handler

Grants

K Bowrey & M Handler ARC Discovery Grant (2009-2011) Entertainment Rights in the Age of the Franchise: A reappraisal of personality rights under Australian Intellectual Property Laws.

Prof GW Greenleaf; Prof MD Pendleton; Prof K Bowrey; Dr M Rimmer; Mr BC Mercurio; Prof BF Fitzgerald; Prof JP McKeough; Prof P Griffith; Mr P Chung; Prof J Dalziel; Mr I Oi; Mr PM Crisp ARC Linkage Project (2005-2009): Unlocking IP - Expanding public rights and the public domain in Australian copyright (LP0562485)