Associate Professor Jay Sanderson
PhD UQ, LLB(Hons) QUT, BA(Psych) UQ, GDipEd UniMelb, BAppSc(Phys Ed) VUT
Associate Professor, Law
School of Law and Society
Email: jsander4@usc.edu.au
Telephone: +61 7 5456 5260
Location: Sunshine Coast, SD-D-1-1.15
Associate Professor Jay Sanderson is an interdisciplinary and socio-legal scholar who is interested in the relationships between law, society and culture. He has degrees in sports science, psychology and law (as well as a Graduate Diploma in Education). From 2019-2025, he was Dean of the School of Law and Society at UniSC and was responsible for a range of disciplines including law, criminology, social work and the humanities. Jay is currently researching legal aspects of food, sport and health.
Research
Research Summary
Potential research projects for HDR and Honours students
- Intellectual property law
- Agriculture, food and biodiversity
- Law, nature and science
Research grants
| Project name | Investigator(s) | Funding body | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growing a Digital Future in Agriculture | with L. Wiseman | CRDC and others, A$125,000 | 2019 |
| Review of Meat & Livestock Data Access Principles | with L. Wiseman | Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), A$27,000 | 2018 |
| Creating a Farm Data Co-operative | with L. Wiseman | Birchip Cropping Group, A$25,000 | 2018 |
| Accelerating Precision: Agriculture to Decision Agriculture | USC named with 15 other research partners | Department of Agriculture and Water Resources' Rural Research and Development (R&D) for Profit Programme (A$1.3 million total) | 2016–2018 |
| Australia’s Food and Fibre Futures: Intellectual Property and Access to Plant Genetic Resources | with B. Sherman, C. Lawson and L. Wiseman | ARC Discovery A$285,000 | 2012–2014 |
Teaching and supervision
Teaching
- Tort Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Honours and Legal Research
- Health Law
Professional
Awards and memberships
Professional memberships
- Member of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA)
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Law Futures Centre (Griffith Law School, Griffith University