Lisanne Adam

Lisanne is a Lecturer in Law at the School of Law. Prior to transitioning to full-time academia, she worked in legal practice at law firms in Amsterdam and Sydney. She has also been affiliated with the University of Sydney, and between 2018 and 2022 she was an Honorary Associate in the School of Psychology. This role supported her collaboration with forensic psychology scholars examining the psychological aspects of criminal procedure, with a particular focus on false confessions.

Her research focuses on criminal law and procedure, coercion in the criminal process, undercover policing, evidence law, and the interaction between criminal procedure, technology and forensic psychology, with a particular emphasis on how these factors shape and affect access to justice. Her work has been published in Australian and international law and social science journals and has been featured on media platforms globally.

Lisanne completed her PhD at RMIT in 2023, where she examined the occurrence of, and contributing factors to, involuntary false confessions and wrongful convictions. She has critically analysed the admissibility of confession evidence and the exercise of judicial discretions to exclude involuntary or otherwise unreliable confessions.

Lisanne is also an Australian lawyer admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.