Professor Kieran Tranter

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Co-Program Leader, Technologies of Justice

PhD (Griffith University)

Kieran is the Chair of Law, Technology and Future in the School of Law. Kieran joined the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology in 2019 and is the founding General Editor of Law, Technology and HumansHe is coordinator of the Datafication and Automation of Human Life Stream in the School of Law and co-lead of the Technologies of Justice stream in the QUT Centre for Justice. Kieran researches law, technology and the future. Drawing upon legal studies, the humanities and the social sciences, he charts how humans legislate, live with, and are changed by technology. In researching law, technology and the future his research often engages with cultural narratives that connect humans, law and technology and past configurations of humans, law and technology. The goal of his research is to guide and shape humanity’s technological future to be better than its technological past. Kieran is keen to collaborate with scholars and research students in the following areas:

  • Cultural, social science and historical accounts of law and technology
  • Law and technology in relation to the Global South or First Nation justice.
  • The relations between law and technology and modes of governing

Prior to this appointment he was an Associate Professor at Griffith Law School, Griffith University. At Griffith Law School Kieran served in many roles: HDR Convenor, Acting Centre Director and Deputy Head of School Research and Managing Editor of the Griffith Law Review. He commenced at Griffith in 2003 having previously been a Lecturer and Social Justice coordinator at the College of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle from 1999 to 2002.

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Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2018
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Dean's Highly Commended Certificate Learning and Teaching, Arts,Education and Law Group, Griffith University
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Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year
2018
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Invited Keynote ¿Shakespeare, Media and the Future of Law¿ Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference Curtain University, 4-6 July 2018.
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Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2017
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Research Supervision Award, Arts, Education and Law Group, Griffith University
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Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
Reference year
2016
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Associate Editor International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 2016-
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Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2011
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Group Teaching and Learning Citation, Arts, Education and Law Group, Griffith University
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Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
Reference year
2011
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Managing Editor Griffith Law Review 2007-2011
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Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2010
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Academic Excellence Award for Doctorial Studies, Griffith University