Mr Daniel Goldsworthy

Daniel is an academic with Deakin Law School. He is an Australian Lawyer and is admitted in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.

Daniel is a General Assembly Member of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. He is also the co-founder of the Sentient Animal Law Foundation, a law reform charity with the mission to see animals legislatively recognised and defined as sentient.

Daniel has published book chapters and journal articles in areas including animal welfare law and sentience, constitutional law and theory, public international law, legal education and philosophy, anti-doping regulation, amongst others.

Daniel teaches in the areas of public law, including constitutional law, statutory interpretation, administrative law and public international law. His areas of interest include constitutional law, administrative law, public international law, environmental law, animal law and legal theory. Daniel has distinguished himself as an early career academic, presenting internationally in his chosen fields, having been awarded for his writing on the intersection of legal education, technology and philosophy and for his teaching excellence.

Daniel holds, or has held, numerous board and chair appointments in areas including; international environmental not-for-profit organisations, higher education as a member of university academic boards and chair of university appeals committees and various faculty academic progress committees, as well as chair of sports tribunals.

In his spare time, Daniel enjoys surfing, running, freediving and basketball.