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Armin Alimardani
Armin is passionate about learning and delving into areas that are rather strange to him. He enjoys interdisciplinary research, taking ideas from different fields, putting them together in an unseen combination, and creating something novel.
Armin previously worked on two projects in the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation, at the University of Technology Sydney. In one of these projects, funded by DFAT, he contributed to the development of teaching material on the Foundations of Ethics and AI. In his other capacity, he conducted research in the Technology and Society working group’s “Ethical AI: from Principles to Practice” project.
Armin has been teaching different courses including, Criminal Law, Criminology and Legal Research and Writing and has delivered many guest lectures on various topics, including neuroscience, criminal law and criminology. He is also interested in developing more novel interdisciplinary subjects intersecting with the law, such as biosocial sciences and eSports.
Armin did his PhD in law at UNSW, Australia, on an empirical study of the use of neuroscience evidence in sentencing in Australian Criminal Courts. He commenced his Bachelor of Law in 2007 and completed his Masters of Criminal Law and Criminology in 2014 in Iran. His thesis focused on the relationship between genetics and criminal law, and it was subsequently published as a book titled ‘Genetics and Crime’. Armin was elected as the author of the distinguished Persian ‘Book of the Year’ in the students’ category by the Iranian Students Book Agency (ISBA). In 2016, Armin joined the Australian Neurolaw Database Project (neurolaw.edu.au) as a research officer, analysing cases in the Australian courts that involve neuroscience.
Armin is interested in public speaking and was the winner of the UNSW Law Faculty 3 Minute Thesis competition. In 2015 and 2018, he won the Monash Criminology Postgraduate Prize in recognition of the most outstanding presentation in criminological research. In 2017, he won the award for best presentation in Law, Technology and Innovation at the Junior Scholars Forum, UNSW.
Armin is also passionate about advanced teaching approaches and delivered his teaching ideas at the UNSW Learning and Teaching Forum, Towards 2025: Inspiring Learning. He also won the Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL) Award at the University of Wollongong in 2021 (sessional staff category).
Armin previously worked on two projects in the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation, at the University of Technology Sydney. In one of these projects, funded by DFAT, he contributed to the development of teaching material on the Foundations of Ethics and AI. In his other capacity, he conducted research in the Technology and Society working group’s “Ethical AI: from Principles to Practice” project.
Armin has been teaching different courses including, Criminal Law, Criminology and Legal Research and Writing and has delivered many guest lectures on various topics, including neuroscience, criminal law and criminology. He is also interested in developing more novel interdisciplinary subjects intersecting with the law, such as biosocial sciences and eSports.
Armin did his PhD in law at UNSW, Australia, on an empirical study of the use of neuroscience evidence in sentencing in Australian Criminal Courts. He commenced his Bachelor of Law in 2007 and completed his Masters of Criminal Law and Criminology in 2014 in Iran. His thesis focused on the relationship between genetics and criminal law, and it was subsequently published as a book titled ‘Genetics and Crime’. Armin was elected as the author of the distinguished Persian ‘Book of the Year’ in the students’ category by the Iranian Students Book Agency (ISBA). In 2016, Armin joined the Australian Neurolaw Database Project (neurolaw.edu.au) as a research officer, analysing cases in the Australian courts that involve neuroscience.
Armin is interested in public speaking and was the winner of the UNSW Law Faculty 3 Minute Thesis competition. In 2015 and 2018, he won the Monash Criminology Postgraduate Prize in recognition of the most outstanding presentation in criminological research. In 2017, he won the award for best presentation in Law, Technology and Innovation at the Junior Scholars Forum, UNSW.
Armin is also passionate about advanced teaching approaches and delivered his teaching ideas at the UNSW Learning and Teaching Forum, Towards 2025: Inspiring Learning. He also won the Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL) Award at the University of Wollongong in 2021 (sessional staff category).
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While it has been at least 40 years since the first use of neuroscience in Australian courts, neurolaw claims have not been substantiated by comprehensive and systematic empirical research on how neuroscience is used in practice. Thus prior to this thesis it was unclear whether the actual approach of the courts is consistent with claims of various neurolaw scholars. To fill this substantial void, this thesis offers an empirically oriented review of seven claims about the introduction and use of neuroscientific evidence applied to sentencing courts in New South Wales, Australia. To pursue this research, a comprehensive and systematic search was conducted on three databases finding 214 decisions before 2016 in which neuroscientific evidence was discussed. These cases were then coded, and analysed. The findings of the study suggest that there are some inconsistencies with the neurolaw claims and how neuroscientific evidence is being used in practice. Although not all these inconsistencies warrant concern, there appears to be a need for practice-oriented instruments and guidelines about the use of neuroscience in practice.