Anjalee de Silva is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Melbourne Law School node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.

Anjalee is an expert in administrative, anti-discrimination, and free speech and media law and theory, with a focus on harmful speech and its regulation, particularly in online contexts. In particular, her work examines vilification or ‘hate speech’ directed at and about women, as well as the role of law in deterring, regulating, and mitigating the harms of such speech.

Anjalee has also held the roles of Honorary Fellow and Teaching Fellow at Melbourne Law School. She holds a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours and a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) from the University of Melbourne. Outside academia, Anjalee is a local government Councillor on Monash City Council, where she also serves on the Gender Equity Advisory Committee.

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