Professor Brad Sherman

Researcher biography
Brad Sherman is a Professor of Law at The University of Queensland. Professor Sherman's previous academic positions include posts at Griffith University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Cambridge. His research expertise encompasses many aspects of intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on its historical, doctrinal and conceptual development. In 2015 Professor Sherman was awarded a highly prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. His laureate project Harnessing Intellectual Property to Build Food Security looks at the role of intellectual property in relation to food security. The research will help to maximise the benefits while minimising the costs of using IP protection to improve agricultural productivity and food security in Australia and the Asia Pacific.
Featured projects | Duration |
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Harnessing Intellectual Property to Build Food Security | 2015–2020 |
Improving the efficiency of Kakadu Plum value chains to grow a robust and sustainable industry | 2019–2022 |
ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology ARC Centres of Excellence |
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Research in respect of Plant Breeder's Right policy issues and presentation of an analytical report (2022) | 2022 |
The past, present and future of Indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge Australian Research Council |
2023–2026 |
ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture Australian Research Council |
2020–2027 |
ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Australian Research Council |
2019–2024 |