Rate My Professor Neil Dunbar

Dr. Neil Dunbar is a Senior Law Lecturer in the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University, where he has held academic positions since 2008. He began his tenure at the university in 2004 as Manager of the University’s Committees in the Governance Unit. During this period, he completed a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Dispute Resolution, enabling his transition to lecturing in the Law School within the former Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts. In 2012, he earned a Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching). Dunbar culminated his doctoral studies with a PhD in 2021, titled A Critical Examination of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations. He currently serves as First Year Coordinator for Law, overseeing students in Townsville and external modes, and as Course Coordinator for Law. His administrative contributions extend to roles such as Acting Head of Law, reflecting his long-standing commitment spanning over two decades at JCU.

Dunbar’s research focuses on professional team sports and their intersection with Competition Law, with particular emphasis on UEFA’s governance mechanisms, financial regulations, and the effects of disruptions such as pandemics, wars, terrorism, and climate change on European football. From his PhD, he has published five articles, including UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations: Legality and Viability Post-COVID19 (2022, with Chris Davies, European Competition Law Review), UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations: A Good Example of Best Practice Governance by a Sporting Body? (2022, with Thomas Middleton, The International Sports Law Journal), A European Football Super League: The Legal and Practical Issues (2021, James Cook University Law Review), and European Football and the Impact of Unforeseen Disruptions Involving Pandemics, War and Terrorism and Climate Change (2022, with Chris Davies, James Cook University Law Review). Earlier publications address doping controversies in Australian football leagues (A Tale of Two Codes, 2016, with Chris Davies, The International Sports Law Journal), racism in professional team sports (2015, with Chris Davies, University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review), and independent directors in Australian corporate governance (2012, Company and Securities Law Journal). Dunbar has earned Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2015 and jointly with Claire Holland in 2020. His work contributes to scholarly discourse on sports governance and legal education.