Dr Gretchen Jansen is a lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law at Stellenbosch University. She is also a member of the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property. Dr Jansen completed her LLB, LLM(Intellectual Property Law)(cum laude) and LLD degrees at Stellenbosch University. Her doctoral dissertation is titled “A critical examination of performers’ rights to remuneration as an effective protective mechanism for commercial musicians in South Africa”.

Dr Jansen lectures on intellectual property law in the digital environment, business organisations law, and the law and technology. Her research interests include intellectual property law in the digital environment, performers’ protection, the law and technology and art law. She was a visiting research fellow at the Information, Telecommunications and Media Law Institute of the University of Münster. As part of this visit, she coordinated collaborations between the Münster Art Law Clinic and Stellenbosch Art Law Society. She is also the co-editor of “Art and Law – A Comprehensive Guide on Art Law in South Africa” published in 2023. Her peer-reviewed publications deal with topics such as performers' rights, copyright in the music industry and the development of intellectual property law in the digital environment.