Niloufer Selvadurai

Niloufer Selvadurai is Professor and Director of Research & Innovation at Macquarie Law School, where she also co-directs the Data Horizons Research Centre and co-chairs the Australian Law Associate Deans Research Network. A technology law scholar focusing on AI regulation, she examines how laws can calibrate technological innovation benefits and risks. Her interdisciplinary research collaborates with computing, engineering, finance, and health fields.

Key leadership roles and recognitions include:

• Co-Director, Data Horizons Research Centre
• Program Leader for 'AI and Law' at Centre for Applied AI
• 2022 Australian Legal Education Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision
• 2023 Higher Degree Research Supervisor of the Year

Her publications extensively cover AI governance, digital finance, copyright, and smart contracts law, with recent work examining AI inventorship and regulatory frameworks for central bank digital currencies.