Alex Sims

Alex Sims is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School, she has taught and researched at the University since 2000.

Alex is a blockchain researcher and a Research Fellow of the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (CBT). She is an assistant investigator on a project funded by BRANZ on blockchain in the construction industry and in 2018 was part of a team which released a report funded by the Law Foundation on “Regulating Cryptocurrencies in New Zealand”.

Alex’s legacy research and publication areas are primarily on copyright law, particular fair dealing and fair use and also consumer law. She is a co-author of E-Commerce and the law (Lexis Nexis). For a full list of publications see here.

Amongst other things Alex is on the Executive of University of Auckland’s Cyber Security Foundry and is a member of the University of Auckland Council. Alex’s previous roles include: President of the Asian Pacific Copyright Association, Chair of the New Zealand Executive of the Australasian Law Teachers’ Association (now ALAA); board member of Consumer NZ; and member of the Governing Council of Telecommunications Dispute Resolution (TDR).