Professor Will Bateman is Associate Dean for Research at the ANU College of Law. His research concentrates on legal aspects of financial markets, economic institutions, advanced technology and public administration. 

He leads multi-jurisdictional projects on the legal regulation of public and private finance, with a special focus on central banking, sovereign debt markets, national budget formulation and sustainable investing. He collaborates with scholars from a range of other disciplines, including economists, political scientists and philosophers.

Professor Bateman also leads research projects on the regulation of artificial intelligence, with a focus on regulatory frameworks governing artificial intelligence in the public sector. 

Before academia, Professor Bateman worked in appellate litigation, commercial disputes and banking as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills, associate to the hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC of the High Court of Australia, and the hon Justice Steven Rares of the Federal Court of Australia.

He holds a PhD and LLM from the University of Cambridge and a LLB/BA from the ANU. 

PhD, LLM (Unversity of Cambridge). LLB, BA (ANU)

Law, central banking, monetary systems, sustainable investment, artifical intelligence, automation, algorithmic decision-systems