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Dr. Ryan Payne

Founding Lab Director

Dr. Ryan Payne is a biometric AI and consumer behaviour expert, specialising in online personalisation through technologies like eye tracking and facial recognition. His research addresses privacy, surveillance capitalism, and bias in AI, with a focus on public policy for vulnerable communities. Featured in The Social Dilemma and The Great Hack, Ryan brings experience from the fashion and tech industries to his roles as unit coordinator in marketing and entrepreneurship, director of the Canberra Behavioural Lab, and co-author of the textbook Consumer Behaviour (Pearson). A UN delegate on AI Governance and Internet Society Fellow, he is also recognised for advancing inclusive education and, investing in and supporting female entrepreneurs.