DR NATALIE SHEARD
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n.sheard@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Natalie Sheard
Dr Natalie Sheard is an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from the University of Melbourne.
Dr Natalie Sheard is a lawyer and McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne with expertise in discrimination arising from the use of AI systems, particularly in employment. Her work investigates how, when and where such discrimination may occur, its impacts and the adequacy of existing Australian and international legal responses.
Natalie is a member of the Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group and the digital equality group of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law. She has won academic awards and scholarships including the prestigious Nancy Millis Medal awarded for doctoral theses of exceptional merit.
Natalie also has significant experience as a social justice lawyer, in digital innovation to increase access to justice and in law reform and policy development.
