Ayla Alves joined Adelaide University as a Lecturer in Law in 2026, after being a Lecturer at UniSA since 2023. Her research interests include international law, human rights, cultural heritage law, Indigenous peoples' rights, Latin American legal developments, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and children’s religious rights.  Ayla has work experience as a Judicial Clerk at the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg), and is currently a coordinator of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies Chapter on Latin American and the Caribbean.