糖心探花

Prior to joining the 糖心探花 in 2024, I was a Principal Academic in Law at Bournemouth University. I was also a member of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) at Bournemouth University. 

I am an experienced intellectual property academic, and am passionate about how intellectual property laws can help to encourage creativity, and protect the work of historically marginalised communities in this area of law, including women and Indigenous and First Nations peoples. I am interested in how copyright law interacts with archives and cultural heritage institutions (such as galleries, libraries and museums), and this was the focus in my PhD research. I completed my PhD in Copyright and Cultural Heritage Law in 2021, on out-of commerce works in film archives under the Copyright in the EU’s Digital Single Market Directive.

My research is socio-legal, situating the law within the wider socio-economic and cultural context. I am currently carrying out research into copyright law and tattoos, to explore how copyright law in the UK (and internationally) interacts with tattoos. I am also particularly passionate about gender equality, and bring a feminist perspective to all of my research.

I am an IP expert at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy. I have delivered multiple sessions at the international WIPO Summer Schools on Intellectual Property hosted by CIPPM/ Bournemouth University in both 2024 and 2025.