Jane LOO

Education

Jane Loo is a current doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland (Faculty of Law) researching platform economies. She is the 2026 recipient of the Professor Brian Coote Memorial Scholarship and Singapore's Social Science Research Council Graduate Research Fellowship. She holds a Masters of Public Law (distinction) from University College London (LLM in Public Law, Distinction) and earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Birmingham. 

Professional Appointments

Jane is an external research fellow at the Centre for Digital Law (CDL). She was previously a senior research associate at the CDL from 2020-2025. Prior to joining the University of Auckland, Jane designed and taught two courses, Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Ethics at Singapore Management University and Artificial Intelligence Governance at the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL). Both modules explore the ethical and legal challenges, as well as the opportunities, emerging from the deployment and governance of contemporary technologies. 

She previously held visiting scholar positions at the University of Auckland and the Technical University of Munich.

Research Areas

Jane's research and teaching interests lie at the critical intersection of law, AI ethics, society, and the political economy of emerging technologies. She has published and presented widely across themes in AI governance and the future of work. In recognition of her research, she was awarded SMU’s Research Staff Excellence Award in 2023. 

Jane's PhD explores the significance of platforms in moulding the future of work with particular attention paid to its underexplored gendered dimensions. The platform economy will increase access and democratization to precarious work; compounding already prevalent underemployment, health and safety, and social rights issues for women workers.

Other Information

Some relevant publications can be found here: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/jloo425/grants