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Associate ProfessorDavid Jefferson

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Law
  • +6433690820 (Work)
  • Karl Popper 410a

BIO

David’s research examines how the law sets the terms for human interactions with the other-than-human world, including through the governance of biodiversity, biotechnologies, agricultural crops, and food. David’s research sites are in Australasia and Latin America.

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Canterbury, Faculty of Law28 Jun 2021 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow
    University of Queensland, School of Law, Brisbane, Australia15 Feb 2019 - 31 May 2021
  • Law and Policy Analyst
    University of California, Davis, Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture, Davis, United States1 Sep 2014 - 31 Dec 2018

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia15 Jul 2015 - 15 Jul 2019
  • JD
    University of California, Davis, Davis, United States15 Aug 2011 - 13 Jun 2014

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Portuguese
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Law

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students