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Dr Paul Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne. Paul joined the Melbourne Institute in September 2003. He completed his PhD – which was on the efficiency effects of outsourcing public-sector services – at the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney. His current research interests are innovation and intellectual property, and the effects of intrinsic motivation on contractual relationships. Much of his research has a strong public policy focus, and has been published in academic journals such as the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and Public Performance & Management Review. In addition, he has acted as a consultant for the Productivity Commission, the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, NSW Treasury, and the NSW Department of Community Services.
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Dr Alfons Palangkaraya, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne. Alfons has a PhD in Economics from Oregon State University, specialising in Industrial Economics and International Trade. His current research focuses on empirical firm-level productivity analysis and knowledge spill-overs. He will participate in various research projects at ipria, including the R&D and Intellectual Property Scoreboard.
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Fiona Rotstein joined IPRIA as a Research Fellow in January 2006. She has completed Law and Arts degrees at the University of Melbourne, and is currently undertaking a Masters in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Melbourne with the view to also becoming a registered Trademark Attorney. Prior to working at IPRIA, Fiona was an employee solicitor at two boutique intellectual property and commercial law firms, and worked with in-house counsel at Ericsson Australia. Fiona's research interests include trade mark, patent and copyright law. Fiona is currently working on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project "…and by opposing them, end them: A Comparative Examination of Opposition Processes in Patent Law" with Professor Andrew Christie, Kimberlee Weatherall and Dr Chris Dent. She is also writing the materials for the subject 'Introduction to Intellectual Property' in collaboration with Professor Andrew Christie for a planned online Masters of International Intellectual Property Law at the University of Catalonia.
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Associate Professor Ian O Williamson joined IPRIA in September 2006 as a Research Fellow. Ian received a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2000 and holds a BS in Organizational Behavior from Miami University (Ohio). He currently is an Associate Professor in the area of Human Resource Management at the Melbourne Business School. Prior to joining the Melbourne Business School, Ian spent five years on the faculty of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Ian’s research focuses on how organizations recruit, select, and retain employees. His emphasis is on understanding how firms hire and manage highly skilled knowledge workers, such as top executives, information technology workers, consultants, scientists and lawyers. His current research focuses on the role of human resource practices in driving firm innovation. One project in this domain examines how the hiring and deployment of in-house patent attorneys influences the ability of firms to generate patents from their R&D efforts.
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Catherine Macneil joined IPRIA in July 2008 as a Research Fellow. She has completed a law degree and a science degree with honours in biochemistry at Monash University. Prior to joining IPRIA, Catherine worked as a paralegal and completed her articles at a boutique intellectual property and commercial law firm. She has also worked as a freedom of information officer for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Catherine’s research interests include pharmaceutical and biotech patent law, trade marks, and copyright. She is currently working on the Australian Research Council Linkage Project ‘The Fingers of the Powers Above Do Tune the Harmony of this Peace: Australia and the Harmonisation of Patents’ with Professor Andrew Christie and Dr Chris Dent.
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