Hope Johnson

Associate Professor Hope Johnson is a socio-legal researcher at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), affiliated with the School of Law under the Faculty of Business and Law. She holds an ARC DECRA Fellowship (DE230100135) and serves as a Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Project 'Sequence-defined polymers with optical information readout' focusing on plastic packaging regulation.

• Education: PhD in Law (QUT), Bachelor's Honours in Law (QUT).
• Leadership: Chair of the Faculty of Business and Law's Equity Committee.

Research Interests center on food and agricultural law, with specific focus areas including:

• Alternative Proteins Regulation
• Food Waste & Plastic Packaging
• Sustainable Diets & Food Labels
• Human Rights in Food Governance
• Transdisciplinary Legal-Empirical Methods
• Australia's Food Standards & International Trade Law

Recent Publications highlight her work on upcycled foods, plastic packaging reforms, and cultivated meat regulation, reflecting a trend toward circular economy principles and global food governance.

• Scientific Awards: ARC DECRA Fellowship (DE230100135)

Teaching includes units on law and policy analysis and international human rights law. She is actively involved in postgraduate supervision and collaborates with institutions like the Centre for Justice and Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy.