Professor Jeannie Paterson

Overview

Jeannie Marie Paterson is a Professor of Law (consumer protection) and the cofounding director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (CAIDE).

Jeannie’s research and teaching focuses on consumer protection and the regulatory challenges posed by AI. She is interested in the question of how to design effectively regulation for AI safety and liability. Her current research considers how law should respond to the relationship between humans and AI agents, companions and assistants in roles previously performed by humans.

Jeannie teaches consumer protection law, law and technology and regulating AI. She is the co-author of the widely used text (with Professor Andrew Robertson) Principle of Contract Law, as well as work on consumer credit law, consumer law and AI, regulation and law. She regularly presents seminars and masterclasses on consumer protection law, contract and AI to business, government agencies, health providers and not for profits. She

Jeannie's scholarly work has been cited by the High Court of Australia (2019), (2022) (2023), and the Supreme Court of Canada (2021). Jeannie's research has also been cited in law reform reports from the Australian Government (2019-2023), the Competition and Consumer Commission (2019) and the Australian Law Reform Commission (2022) (2023). Jeannie has completed review reports on legal topics for ASEAN (2015), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (2019) and the Banking and Financial Services Royal Commission (2017).

Jeannie has significant experience working with cross-disciplinary and international research teams. She is currently working with health professionals and computer scientists on a MRFF project led by Dr Dwyer and Youth Mental Health Service Orygen (2022-2027). She has also successfully managed and completed research grants with Australian Research Council Discovery Grant Funding in 2014-2017 and 2018-2021 and two Department of Foreign Affairs funded projects (2023-2024). Jeannie has collaborated with researchers at leading Australian Universities and also internationally, including, the AI Connect Program with the Atlantic Council in the US (2022) and the National University Singapore on AI and Information Resilience (2025) and the Regulation, Economics, and Computer Science of Artificial Intelligence forum (RECSAI) (2024-to date).

Jeannie is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. She is a member of the consumer committee of the Victorian Legal Services Board, the AI Committee of Beyond Blue and the research committee of the Consumer Policy Research Centre. She is a member of the Consumer Committee of the Victorian Legal Services Bard and Commissioner. She is an affiliate of the Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. In 2024 she was a member of the Commonwealth Governments AI Advisory Committee.

Other School and University Responsibilities

• Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics
• Member of the AI in Research Committee (UoM)

Memberships and Affiliations

• Fellow – Australian Academy of Law
• Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society – Affiliate Researcher
• Consumer Policy Research Centre – Expert Advisory Panel
• Journal for Law, Technology and Humans- Academic Editor
• Beyond Blue - AI Advisory Committee
• Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner - Consumer Committee