DOMINIQUE CARLON
Dominique Carlon
I am a Research Fellow in Inclusive AI based in Melbourne, Naarm Australia.
As part of the Swinburne University node of the Australia Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society I work on the Critical Capabilities for Inclusive AI and Generative Authenticity projects.
With a focus on community-led technological innovation, I work closely with non-profits, humanitarian organisations, and advocacy groups to evaluate inclusive AI systems and co-develop accessible, evidence-based resources designed to empower communities to engage with AI in everyday life with agency, confidence, and critical awareness.
My current research explores the uses and challenges in human-AI collaborations, including its role in dyslexia learning and the development of community resilience against AI-powered scams and other forms of technologically mediated social engineering and deception.
I also investigate creative forms of community-led innovation such as scambaiting practices, inter-bot communication, and the governance of emerging forms of hybrid human-AI expression in platform environments.
My background
I am an interdisciplinary scholar who enjoys working in collaborative, cross-sector teams. My work bridges traditional disciplinary divides across communications, criminology, law, and history, and I am always looking for ways to bridge theory and practice across these fields.
I bring over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors and am passionate about grounding academic research in real-world concerns, and communicating findings in accessible and actionable formats.
Academic background:
2021-2025
Doctor of Philosophy
Queensland University of Technology
2018-2019
Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Griffith University
2010-2012
Master of Laws in Transnational Organised Crime Prevention
University of Wollongong
2005-2009
Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Arts
University of Wollongong
Funded by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society
Dissertation title: The life stories of bots in Reddit’s platform culture: Inter-bot governance, play, and protest
Supervisors: Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess, Dr Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez
Recipient of two examiner nominations for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (ODTA)
Dissertation title: Investigating the Reddit Bureau of Investigation: A case study on community led digital vigilantism
Supervisors: Professor Melissa Bull, Dr Kieran Hardy
Awarded with Distinction, Recipient of Griffith Award for Academic Excellence in 2018 and 2019
Based at the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention with a focus on cybercrime, counter-terrorism, intelligence-led policing and situational crime prevention strategies and interventions.
Awarded with Distinction.
Major in History, Minor in International Studies (conducted via exchange at the University of Sheffield)
BA awarded with Distinction, and recipience of residential scholarship in 2005 for all round achievement.
'A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind'
Joseph Weizenbaum