Margaret Jackson

Emeritus Professor Margaret Jackson

Emeritus Professor

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Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Professor Margaret Jackson is the University’s Professor in Computer Law.

She lectures at postgraduate level in the Juris Doctor in the areas of Internet Law and Introduction to the Australian Legal System.

Margaret conducts research in the areas of computer law, protection of information, data protection and privacy, and copyright. She is a member of the User Centred Design Group located in the Co-operative Research Centre for Smart Internet Technology.

Margaret is the author of Hughes on Data Protection in Australia (LawBook Co., 2001), A Practical Guide to Protecting Confidential Business Information (LawBook Co., 2003) and co-author of Electronic Information and the Law (Thomson Reuters, 2011).

Supervisor projects

  • Is Crowdfunding a Sustainable Research Funding Model for Australian Universities?
  • 31 Mar 2015
  • Exploring the use of Social Media by Australian Small Business managers 
  • 2 Mar 2009

Teaching interests

Supervisor interests
Data protection and privacy, Internet law and protection of business information, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Research interests

Law, Other Law and Legal Studies, Business and Management, Library and Information Studies, Specialist Studies in Education, Information Systems
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