Marilyn Bromberg

Associate Professor, Dr (she/her)

  • The University of Western Australia (M253), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

Accepting PhD and other Higher Degree by Research Students. View current PhD/HDR research project opportunities at https://researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/projects

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Personal profile

Biography

Associate Professor Marilyn Bromberg ("M") researches Body Image Law, public health law and social media and the law. In 2014, she graduated with a PhD in social media and the law. M was a visiting scholar at STRIPED at the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University/Boston's Children's Hospital in 2025 and is currently on their International Expert Advisory Panel.  She is also a Principal Fellow at the Frontier Technologies and Society Research Lab and a Founding Member of the National Taskforce for Social Media, Body Image and Eating Disorders. M is the 2024 winner of the UWA Law School Award for Research Impact and Innovation. Her co-edited book with Professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Research Handbook on Social Media and the Law, will be published in June 2025 and her first sole authored book will be published in December 2025. She is currently working on her second sole authored book.

M currently also works as a lawyer at the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA and adjudicates hearings for the WA Department of Communities. As well, M acts as a consultant in her research areas for legal organisations and individuals.

Some of the venues where M has spoken include: the Australian Federal Parliament, Harvard University, The Supreme Court of Canada, the Queensland Parliament, the Family Court of Western Australia, the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, the Western Australian Parliament and the Australian National University Law School.

The media consistently seek M's expertise, and she has been interviewed on television, radio and other types of media. She has appeared on Sunrise, the Today show, the Project and ABC Radio, among other news outlets.

 

Roles and responsibilities

M currently organises the teaching professional development for academic staff at the UWA Law School and is a member of UWA's Low Risk Ethics Committee. Some of the past positions that she has held at the UWA Law School include: Juris Doctor Director/Director of Professionalism, Director Higher Degrees by Coursework and Director Law and Society Major.

Funding overview

M has been fortunate to be the lead investigator or chief investigator on approximately one million dollars worth of research grants, including an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant on Body Image Law which commences in 2025. 

Teaching overview

M teaches (1) Social Media and the Law; (2) Law, Advocacy, Activism and Change; and (3) Legal Internship.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, BBA (Hon), LLB (Dist), Grad Cert University Teaching, Grad Cert Pop Health Studies

Research expertise keywords

  • Social Media
  • Body Image Law
  • Health Law
  • Energy Drinks and the Law
  • Social Media and the Law
  • Health Policy
  • E-cigarettes and the Law
  • Deepfakes and the Law
  • Influencers
  • Influencers and the Law
  • Kidfluencers
  • Kidfluencers and the Law

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