Associate ProfessorThe University of Auckland
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Alex Sims is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School. Prior to switching her research to distributed ledger technology (DLT), Alex’s legacy areas of research and publication were primarily intellectual property law (particularly copyright law) and consumer law. Her interest is not how uses of DLT fit within existing laws and practices, rather the changes in law and practices required to accommodate the use of DLTs, in particular, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs). The law’s development cannot occur in isolation, areas informing the law’s design include philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, economics, finance, history, cryptography, computer science and so on.

Alex is a member of the Executive Council of BlockchainNZ. 

Alex was New Zealand's representative on the OECD's Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board (BEPAB). 

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Associate Professor
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
Law

The University of Auckland is ranked in the top 100* worldwide and New Zealand’s highest-ranked university.

Since its founding in 1883, the University of Auckland has grown to become New Zealand's flagship, research-led university, known for the excellence of its teaching, its research, and its service to local, national and international communities.

Our main campus is located in the heart of Auckland city, New Zealand’s economic and cultural hub, and we have four specialist campuses.

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