Jake Goldenfein

Jake Goldenfein is a Senior Lecturer at Melbourne Law School and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. His research focuses on platform regulation, data governance, digital surveillance, and automated decision-making systems. He authored the monograph Monitoring Laws (2019) and has contributed to critical analyses of facial recognition technology, AI governance frameworks, and the ethical dimensions of automated systems.

Before joining Melbourne Law School, Goldenfein was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Cornell Tech’s Digital Life Initiative. His work bridges legal scholarship with technological critique, emphasizing how law constructs data economies and shapes digital rights. Recent projects include submissions to parliamentary inquiries on AI, social media regulation, and privacy in automated systems.

His research outputs span policy submissions, academic articles, and interdisciplinary studies, addressing themes such as algorithmic transparency, human-in-the-loop systems, and the intersections of labor rights with automated decision-making. Goldenfein’s writing often critiques corporate influence in digital rights advocacy and explores the societal implications of emerging technologies.

Key contributions include analyses of facial recognition’s privacy risks, critiques of AI ethics commodification, and proposals for regulatory frameworks balancing innovation with accountability. His work is informed by both academic rigor and practical policy engagement, aiming to shape legal responses to technological change.