Research output per year
Research output per year
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
Associate Professor Marilyn Bromberg ("M") is currently on sabbatical from the UWA Law School, which will finish in late June 2025. She will be a visiting scholar at Harvard University in the United States for part of 2025. She is also the 2024 winner of the UWA Law School Award for Research Impact and Innovation. M's main research areas are Body Image Law, Health Law and social media and the law.
M is originally from Toronto, Canada and moved to Australia in 2006. She graduated with a BBA (Honours) from the Schulich School of Business at York University, an LLB (Dist) from The University of Western Australia, a PhD from Murdoch University, a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching from The University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle Campus) and a Graduate Certificate in Population Health Studies from the University of Western Australia. M also completed a Divorce Coach Certificate from IAP Career College and spent a semester on exchange at the London School of Economics at the University of London. She received a full bursary from the Canadian Federal Government to study in a French immersion course at the Cegep de Trois-Rivieres as part of the Summer Language Bursary Program.
Prior to commencing work at The University of Western Australia, M worked as an academic at the Law School at The University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle Campus) for six years. She currently also works as a lawyer at the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, as a divorce coach and adjudicates hearings for the WA Department of Communities. As well, M acts as a consultant in her research areas for legal organisations.
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.
She is available to supervise Masters and PhD students in her research areas.
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.
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.
M teaches (1) Social Media and the Law; (2) Law, Advocacy, Activism and Change; and (3) Legal Internship.
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):
PhD, BBA (Hon), LLB (Dist), Grad Cert University Teaching, Grad Cert Pop Health Studies, Grad Cert Divorce Coaching
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article in specialist publication
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Working paper
Bromberg, M. (Investigator 01), Blake, M. (Investigator 02), Wolf, K. (Investigator 03) & Hendrie, D. (Investigator 04)
22/06/22 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
Blake, M. (Investigator 01), Bromberg, M. (Investigator 02), Wood, L. (Investigator 03) & Backholer, K. (Investigator 04)
1/10/21 → 4/10/24
Project: Research
Blake, M. (Investigator 01) & Bromberg, M. (Investigator 02)
9/09/20 → 31/01/21
Project: Research
Blake, M. (Investigator 01), Bromberg, M. (Investigator 02) & Howard, J. (Investigator 03)
1/10/18 → 28/02/20
Project: Research
Bromberg, M. (Investigator 01) & Montalto, M. (Investigator 02)
Association of Australian Magistrates
6/04/18 → 1/06/18
Project: Research
Bromberg, M. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Bromberg, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
Bromberg, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
Bromberg, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
Bromberg, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
Bromberg, M. (Participant)
Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
Bromberg, M. & Fitzgerald, T.
20/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media