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Anna Donovan is an Associate Professor in Corporate Law at University College London. Her research sits at the intersection of corporate law and behavior, exploring how institutional rules shape human decision-making in often unintended ways. Anna's work has applied to legal fields such as business ethics, compliance, and corruption in relation to technology. Among her notable contributions is the monograph, 'Reconceptualising Corporate Compliance, Responsibility, Freedom and Law,' which was a joint runner for the Peter Birks prize for outstanding legal scholarship. She convenes the undergraduate company law module and serves as a co-editor for Pettet, Lowry & Reisberg’s Company Law. Throughout her career, she has received multiple teaching awards, including the Faculty of Laws Excellence Award for Legal Teaching in 2015, 2017, and 2018, as well as the Provost’s Education Award in 2018 and the UCL Education Award (Individual) in 2020. Anna also teaches the postgraduate Comparative Corporate Governance module and has previously instructed on Corporate Finance and Company Law modules. She is the Director of the UCL Centre for Ethics & Law, which supports research and facilitates debate across various issues in law, governance, ethics, and regulation. Additionally, Anna is a co-founder of UCL Art Futures, an interdisciplinary research initiative, and served as Vice Dean (Innovation) for the Faculty of Laws. Prior to her academic career, Anna worked as a corporate lawyer in the City and is an admitted attorney in New York.