Abstract

Our speakers will focus on how intellectual property protections relate to procurement contracts for crisis relief by focusing on a specific ready-to-use peanut product, followed by a discussion with the audience.

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Speakers: Dr Tad Brown, Research Associate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Tad is a member of the ‘From Collection to Cultivation’ research project at the Dept of HPS . His research engages with the social history of agricultural diversity and he is currently writing a book on the peanut industry. He was previously a member of the Australian Research Council Laureate Project looking at intellectual property and food security.

Dr Jellie Molino, Research By-Fellow, Hughes Hall

Jellie is an international legal expert on sustainable public procurement (SPP) with experience working for international organizations, e.g., UNOPS , UNEP, UNDP , World Bank, IFC , OECD, ITC -ILO and ADB .

She is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement, with research focusing on private law, procurement, and climate change.

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