Tania Sourdin

Tania Sourdin is the Dean of the University of Newcastle Law School and was previously the Foundation Chair and Director of the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI) at Monash University in Australia. Professor Sourdin is an expert in her field and has had an extensive career focusing on justice, litigation, conflict avoidance, complaints handling and dispute resolution. She has influenced legislative reform initiatives, standards, and cultural change for dispute resolution. She has written Standards in relation to complaints handling, educational and training frameworks, and certification requirements for complaint handlers as well as complaint toolkits for business. Professor Sourdin has more than 140 publications. Her recent books include Alternative Dispute Resolution, 6th edition (2020), Judges, Technology and Artificial Intelligence (2021) and Digital Technology and Justice: Justice Apps co-authored with Jacqueline Meredith and Bin Li (2020).