Anjalee de Silva

Anjalee de Silva is a Lecturer at Melbourne Law School and an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, focusing on the project 'Automated Decision-Making, Democracy and Law'. She serves on the Centre’s Equity and Diversity Committee.

Her expertise spans administrative law, anti-discrimination law, and free speech/media law, with a focus on regulating harmful speech online and its impacts on women. Her PhD examines vilifying speech directed at women and legal responses. She has held roles as Honorary Fellow (Melbourne JD) and Teaching Fellow at MLS, teaching Administrative Law and Free Speech in JD/Breadth programs.

Anjalee holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) from the University of Melbourne. Her research integrates legal theory with contemporary issues of online speech regulation, democracy, and gender equity.

Her advising/grants narrative includes contributions to legal education and interdisciplinary research through the ARC Centre. She is affiliated with the Melbourne Law School node of the ARC Centre, emphasizing automated decision-making’s societal impacts.