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") is the Associate Deputy Head of School (Community and Engagement) at the UWA Law School. She researches Body Image Law, Public Health Law and Social Media Law. In 2014, she graduated with a PhD in Social Media 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. She also co-edited the Research Handbook on Social Media and the Law with Professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister and wrote the world's only book on Body Image Law: Body Image Law: Revolutionising Images of Thin Ideal Women.

M currently also works as a lawyer at Janssen + Maluga Legal and used to adjudicate 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 Nova Scotia Legislature, 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 over one million dollars worth of research grants, including an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant on Body Image Law which commenced in 2025. 

Teaching overview

Current Units that M Coordinates and Teaches into: (1) Social Media and the Law; (2) Law and Social Change; and (3) Legal Internship.

Past Units at UWA that M Coordinated and Taught into: (1) Law in Action; (2) Procedure; and (3) Professional Practice.

Education/Academic qualification

Graduate Certificate in Population Health Studies, The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 27 Mar 2023

Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Award Date: 22 Apr 2022

Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, University of Notre Dame (Fremantle)

Award Date: 3 Dec 2015

Doctor of Philosophy, Murdoch University

Award Date: 10 Oct 2014

Admitted as a lawyer in the State of Western Australia

Award Date: 10 May 2010

Bachelor of Laws (Distinction), The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 21 Apr 2009

Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), Schulich School of Business

Award Date: 17 Jun 2004

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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