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DrPenny Gleeson

Lecturer in Law

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School

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  • Lecturer in Law
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School
  • +61 3 924 68822 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    United Nations Development Programme
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    Two paid research consultancies ($13,207 and $8,970 respectively) as Technical Adviser to the Parliament of a UNDP member state on legal and regulatory responses to public health emergencies.
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021
    Individual consultancy to coach senior public sector executive through program on ethical reasoning and decision making and facilitating reflection on professional roles and responsibilities.
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Principal Research Fellow (Genomics Project)
    1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
    Led project at Melbourne Law School on the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics research in partnership with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Deakin University, Faculty of Business & Law, Human Ethics Advisory Group
    1 Jan 2023
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Department of Health & Human Services, Victorian Genetics and Genomics Advisory Committee Member
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
    Advised the Victorian Government on the drafting of a new policy ‘Genetic and Genomic Healthcare for Victoria 2021’
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    University of Melbourne, Medicine and Dentistry Human Ethics Sub-Committee - Legal Member
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2019
  • AFFILIATION
    European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group on Regulatory Governance
    1 Jan 2025
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Socio-Legal Studies Association
    1 Jan 2025
  • MEMBERSHIP
    CYGNA: Supporting Women in Academia Network (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
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  • MEMBERSHIP
    Society for Social Studies of Science (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2022
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  • MEMBERSHIP
    Australasian Law Academics Association
    1 Jan 2021
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Science and Democracy Network (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2019
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  • MEMBERSHIP
    Australian Genetic Non-Discrimination Working Group (by invitation)
    1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2025
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Student Published Research Prize, Graduate Research, Melbourne Law School
    1 Oct 2019 - 31 Oct 2019
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Doctoral Academy, Networked Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
    1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Australian Postgraduate Award / Research Training Program Scholarship, Australian Government
    1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Britain Australia Bicentennial Trust Cambridge Scholarship, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
    1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2006
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Convened and chaired conference panel ‘Health Policy: Implications of Advances in Technology, Science and Medicine’
    1 Jun 2015 - 30 Jun 2015
    2nd International Conference on Public Policy, Catholic University of Milan (organised by the International Public Policy Association)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Guest Seminar, 'Controversies in Public Health Law: The Regulation of Medicinal Cannabis'
    24 Jun 2026
    Guest seminar, University of Leicester, Centre for Rights and Equality in Health Law (by invitation)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Participation, Socio-Legal Workshop
    25 Nov 2025
    Workshop convened by the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation, Monash University
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation, ‘Law, Cancer and the Value of History’
    1 Jun 2025
    By invitation with Hayley Jones at 'Cancer Culture: Changing Behaviour to Improve Public Health', Cancer Council Victoria (supported by the Academy of Social Sciences and the University of Melbourne)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Guest Seminar, 'Political Legitimacy and the Regulation of Medical Products'
    14 May 2025
    Presentation by invitation at Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Guest Speaker, 'Regulating Medical Products: Dope, Drugs & Devices’
    1 Feb 2025
    Presented by invitation, Cambridge Alumni (Australia) Speaker Series
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation, ‘Floors and Ceilings: Coordination, Coherence and Consistency in the Relationship between Therapeutic Goods Regulation and Consumer Protection’ (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Dec 2024
    With Marco Rizzi at Australian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference, The University of Sydney
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  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Presentation, ‘Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination’ (by invitation)
    1 Jan 2021
    Deakin Law School, Staff Forum with the Vice-Chancellor