Kylie Pappalardo

Dr Kylie Pappalardo studies how automation, digital distribution, and intellectual property laws shape the reach and diversity of our culture.

Kylie is an Associate Professor in the Law School at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), a Chief Investigator with the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research (DECRA) Fellow (2021-2024) (DE210100525).

Her DECRA project examines the impact of copyright law in Australia’s screen industries, focusing on distribution and access to audiovisual material. It considers how the high costs and complex logistics of screen production and distribution can be reconciled with the public goal of broad, affordable and sustained availability of audiovisual content that represents the full diversity of Australia’s people and cultures.

Kylie holds degrees in Law and Creative Writing from QUT, a Master of Law from Georgetown University in Washington D.C., and a PhD from the Australian Catholic University.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2020–2025
    Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2016–2020
    Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2015–2015
    Associate Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology

Education

  • 2016 
    Australian Catholic University, Doctorate of Philosophy
  • 2011 
    Georgetown University, Masters of Law
  • 2006 
    Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Law / Bachelor of Creative Industries

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