Amanda-Jane George

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I’m a legal academic with over 15 years in tertiary education, research, and practice. I have a PhD in Law from the University of Queensland, an LLM from the University of London which I attended as a Commonwealth Scholar (awarded the Derby-Bryce and Roy Goode Prizes), and an LLB from Bond University (awarded the JFKearney Gold Medal and Una Prentice Award).

My core competencies include law reform and policy on gendered violence, and innovation policy. I have written more than 50 peer-reviewed and impact publications; my doctoral publication was cited by the Australian High Court. I have participated in various government expert groups, round tables, and inquiries, contributing to both economic and social change. I am a member of the Queensland Law Society Domestic and Family Violence Committee and the Data Protection, Privacy and Intellectual Property Committee, and a member of the SaferAI for Children Coalition.

In 2023 I led a multidisciplinary team on a major report on specialist approaches to managing sexual assault proceedings, which was commissioned by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. The report informed the Australian Law Reform Commission's 2024 inquiry into the justice responses to sexual violence. I was also appointed to the Expert Advisory Group to that inquiry and will continue in that role during 2025.

I am passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of lawyers and scholars. I have developed and taught cutting-edge undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Group of Eight universities and regional universities, covering topics such as Australian corporations law, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, relational contracting, and human-centred and design thinking and I am currently supervising three PhD candidates.

My mission is to use my legal knowledge and skills to create positive impact in the society and the profession. I am always eager to collaborate with other experts, practitioners, and stakeholders to address the complex and emerging challenges and opportunities in the legal field. I am committed to fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and diversity in my work environment.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Associate professor, Bond University
  • 2017–2025
    Senior Lecturer, CQUniversity College of Law
  • 2009–2012
    Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2007–2008
    Chief Investigator, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2000–2005
    Lecturer, University of Queensland

Education

  • 2003 
    University of Queensland, PhD (Law)
  • 1999 
    University of London (Queen Mary & Westfield College), LLM (Intellectual Property)
  • 1996 
    Bond University, LLB (1st Hons)

Publications

  • 2021
    Addressing Australia’s collaboration ‘problem’: Is there a Brave New World of innovation policy post COVID-19?, (2021) 80(2) Australian Journal of Public Administration 179. Early open access view: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8500.12470
  • 2021
    Addressing Australia’s collaboration ‘problem’: Is there a Brave New World of innovation policy post COVID-19?, (2021) 80(2) Australian Journal of Public Administration 179. Early open access view: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8500.12470
  • 2020
    Forty Years of FOI: Accountability, Policy-making and The National Innovation and Science Agenda, (2020) 31 Public Law Review 189 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348482062_Forty_Years_of_Freedom_of_Information_FOI_Accountability_Policymaking_and_the_National_Innovation_and_Science_Agenda
  • 2019
    Utmost Good Faith and Accountability in the Spotlight of the Banking Royal Commission – Time to Revisit the Scope, Applicability and Enforcement of the Duty, (2019) 47(3) Australian Business Law Review 148. http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2019/09/16/australian-business-law-review-update-vol-47-pt-3/
  • 2018
    Third Party Litigation Funding in Australia: More External Regulation and/or Enhanced Judicial Supervision?, 36(3) Companies and Securities Law Journal 262. http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2018/09/04/company-and-securities-law-journal-update-vol-36-pt-3/
  • 2013
    A fork in the Australian road? Ownership of patented employee inventions., European Intellectual Property Review, 35(4), pp. 191-198.
  • 2012
    "Fair" government contracts for community service provision: time to curb unfettered executive freedom?, Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 19(1), pp. 19-33.
  • 2011
    Government community service contracts: restraining abuse of power. , Public Law Review, 22(4), pp. 279-297.
  • 2010
    Faculty and employee ownership of inventions in Australia., Nature Biotechnology, 28(10), pp. 1019-1022.
  • 2010
    Source of concern for IT purchasing decisions., Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin, 23(5), pp. 101-104.
  • 2010
    Publication Preview Source What's good for the goose? Benchmarking government-nonprofit contracting with the government's own standards, Paper presented at the ARNOVA Conference, Arlington, VA, November 2010
  • 2009
    ‘The Open Source Conundrum’, (2009) June Proctor 33.
  • 2008
    ‘What’s mine is my own: employed academics’ patent ownership’, (2008) 21(2) IP Law Bulletin 18.
  • 2006
    ‘Who’s the bigger McBrat? When trade mark protection strategies overstep the mark’, [2006] 1 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 751, at http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/1/12/751
  • 2005
    Does the fair basing "problem child" escape Lockwood? , Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 16, pp. 210-231.
  • 2005
    Locking away the mysteries of fair basis: Lockwood v Doric in the High Court. , Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin, 18(2), pp. 30-32.
  • 2004
    Australia experiments with 'experimental use' exemption. , Nature Biotechnology, 22(8), pp. 1023-1025.

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Specialist Approaches to Managing Sexual Assault Proceedings
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Commonwealth Government and Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration
  • 2017
    Growing a Culture of Collaboration in Australia
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Central Queensland University
  • 2010
    Fairness in Government-Nonprofit Relations
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Queensland University of Technology

Professional Memberships

  • Queensland Law Society, Committee Member, Data Protection Privacy and IP Law Committee
  • Queensland Law Society, Committee Member, Domestic and Family Violence Committee
  • Management Committee Member, Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence

Research Areas

  • Other Law And Legal Studies (1899)

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