Dr Siva Barathi (Sharl) Marimuthu

Dr. Sharl Marimuthu holds the position of Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales. In addition to that, she is the Chief Editor of the International Journal of Regional, Rural, and Remote (RRR) Law and Policy. Her primary area of interest is in food security and natural resource governance. Her research focuses specifically on ways to strengthen the legal framework and governance for the sustainable use of natural resources and production of food. Her dissertation for her doctorate, which she completed at Monash University, focused on the regulations that govern medicinal products advertising. This included the interaction between food and medicine, functional foods, labelling, and health claims. Her study has evolved to include climate-resilient crops such as insects for food and feed, and she is examining the influence that food production has on biodiversity as well as human rights perspective on SDGs. Currently, Dr. Marimuthu supervises a number of PhD candidates in the fields of food regulation and biodiversity conservation.

Dr. Marimuthu teaches in both undergraduate and master’s program. She teaches Research Theories and Methodologies (LLM 500) as well as the Civil Dispute Resolution (LAW 310). Her method of teaching involves the utilisation of learning via problem-solving, and she places a focus on the concept that the law is more than a summary of laws, common law, and other legal instruments. When they leave her class, her students have a stronger understanding of the Australian Civil Dispute Resolution system.