MrJose-Miguel Bello Villarino
Senior Research Fellow
Sydney Law School
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy
José-Miguel is passionate about research translation, especially in the public sector context. He has appeared in front of Parliamentary Committees at State and Federal level, advised or completed commissioned work in Australia for the Department of Education, the Attorney-General Department, the NSW Ombusdman, the NSW Department of Customer Services, the NSW Department of Education and has an ongoing multiyear project with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. Internationally he has engaged in different capacities as an academic with agencies in several jurisdictions such as the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency; together with international organisations such as the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
He has reviewed proposal for funding for the US National Science Foundation and is currently a registered assessor for the Australian Research Council, the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission and the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA).
He will not accept commissioned work or funding from private companies while in academic service at Sydney, but would consider support from fundations and other non-for-profit for research purposes.
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
- EDITORIALAustralian Journal of Human Rights1 Jan 2026
- MEDIADigital (t)winning: the potential for AI as a public policy design tool27 Feb 2024
- MEDIAThe Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit: Good optics, less substance15 Nov 2023
- MEDIALive Interview, The Daily Show, 2SER12 May 2023
- MEDIA"La batalla (necesaria) de la regulacion", (The (necessary) regulatory battle for AI)1 Mar 2023
- MEDIAWho wants to regulate artificial intelligence?12 Jan 2023
- AWARDS AND PRIZESRita and John Cornforth Medal for Research Excellence at the University of Sydney, for outstanding achievement in research at the University1 Jan 2023
- AWARDS AND PRIZESScotiabank Global AI + Regulation Emerging Scholar Award (joint award with H. Fraser)1 Jan 2022
- RECOGNITIONFulbright-Schuman Scholar (Harvard Law School)1 Jan 2021
- RECOGNITIONWalter Reid Scholar (Law School, U. of Sydney)1 Jan 2021
- AWARDS AND PRIZESUniversity Postgraduate Award (U. of Sydney)1 Jan 2020
- AWARDS AND PRIZESMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Spain Scholarship (Diplomatic School)1 Jan 2007
- FELLOWSHIPBarrie Fellow (NYU School of Law), Fellow1 Jan 2006 - 1 Jan 2007
- AWARDS AND PRIZESXunta de Galicia Scholarship (College of Europe)1 Jan 2003