Debora Halbert University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Debora J. Halbert is a Professor of political science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She teaches futures studies, public policy, and law and society. Her academic interests include the study of law and policy with a focus on intellectual property. Along with numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and law reviews, she has published three books, Intellectual Property in the Information Age:  the politics of expanding rights (Quorum 1999), Resisting Intellectual Property (Routledge, 2005) and The State of Copyright (Routledge 2014).  Additionally, she has recently co-edited The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property (2015) with Professor Matthew David, and has completed a second co-authored piece with Professor David for the SAGE Swifts series, Owning the World of Ideas (SAGE, 2015).