Supervisors
Academic supervisors for coursework research, by study area:
Access to Justice
Tracey Booth
Alexandra Grey (Linguistic Diversity and the Law)
Alecia Simmonds
Jane Wangmann
Administrative Law
Laurie Berg
Karen Lee
Frances Simmons
Anita Stuhmcke
Animal Law
The Arctic and Antarctica
Law in Asia
Colin Hawes (Corporate Law)
Grace Li (Chinese Law and Legal System)
Natalie Stoianoff (Chinese Business Law; Intellectual Property; Taxation) *not available for Spring session 2025
George Tian (Chinese Business Law; Intellectual Property; Taxation – Transfer Pricing)
Bioethics
Isabel Karpin
Nola Ries
Anita Stuhmcke
Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Children and the Law
Patrick Lenta (especially Children and Violence)
Terri Libesman
Jenni Millbank
Linda Steele
Citizenship and Nationality Law
Laurie Berg
Jennifer Burn
Brian Opeskin (Immigration Law; International Human Rights Law; Law Reform)
Anthea Vogl
Climate Change Law
Frances Flanagan (Labour and Indigenous Issues)
David Leary
Communications Law
Lesley Hitchens (Media)
Karen Lee (Telecommunications; Digital Platforms)
Grace Li (Communications and Telecommunications)
Andrew Mowbray (Internet Regulation Law)
Derek Wilding (Media; Communications; Digital Platforms)
Comparative Law
Thalia Anthony (Comparative Criminal Law; Tort Law; Indigenous Rights) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Alexandra Grey (Comparative Constitutional/Public Law)
Grace Li (Comparative Study in Law)
George Tian (Comparative Competition Law; Taxation – Cross-border Transfer Pricing, Cross-border Data Protection)
Commercial, Consumer and Competition Law
Chris Croese (Consumer Protection; Remedies)
Francis Johns (Sale of Goods; Consumer Protection)
Jill McKeough (Cartels; Competition Law)
George Tian (Competition and Consumer Law)
Constitutional Law
Alexandra Grey
Isabel Karpin
Karen O’Connell
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Contract Law
Chris Croese
Renata Grossi *not available for Spring session 2025
Corporate Law
Robin Bowley
Colin Hawes (China; Corporate Governance)
Grace Li (Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Groups)
Catherine Robinson
Natalie Stoianoff (Corporate Environmental Responsibility) *not available for Spring session 2025
Courts, Judges and Judicial Systems
Tracey Booth
Alexandra Grey
Brian Opeskin
Criminal Justice
Thalia Anthony (Criminal Sentencing; Policing; Bail and Criminal Procedures) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Katherine Biber
Tracey Booth
Elyse Methven
Linda Steele
Jane Wangmann
Criminal Law and Sentencing
Thalia Anthony (including Sentencing) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Tracey Booth (including Sentencing)
Penny Crofts
Elyse Methven (including Sentencing)
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Linda Steele
Criminology
Thalia Anthony *not available for Autumn session 2025
Katherine Biber
Tracey Booth
Penny Crofts
Elyse Methven
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Linda Steele
Critical Legal Theories and Jurisprudence
Thalia Anthony (Critical Race Theory; Colonisation; Decolonisation and the Law) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Roberto Buonamano (European Social and Political Theory; Theory of Rights; Political Economy; Literary Theory) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Penny Crofts (Jurisprudence)
Sara Dehm (CLS - Poststructuralist Approaches to Law, International Law and Indeterminacy, TWAIL, Critical Migration Law Theories)
Frances Flanagan
Beth Goldblatt (Feminist Legal Theory; Human Rights Theory) *not available for Spring session 2025
Kathryn Greenman (Critical Approaches to International Law)
Alexandra Grey
Renata Grossi (Law and Emotion; Law and Love - Romantic Love and Other Traditions of Love; Traditional Jurisprudence - Natural Law, Positivism, Common Law Theory; Critical Jurisprudence - CLS and Feminism, Storytelling as Methodology) *not available for Spring session 2025
Brett Heino (Political Economy; Marxist Theory) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Jessie Hohmann
Isabel Karpin
Patrick Lenta
Trish Luker
Jenni Millbank
Elyse Methven (Critical Discourse Analysis; Metaphorical Analysis, Critical Linguistics)
Honni van Rijswijk (Critical Race Theories; Feminist Legal Theories; Postcolonial Legal Theories; Jurisprudence) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Alecia Simmonds (Feminist Jurisprudence; Natural Law; Law and Language; Critical Race Theory; Critical Legal Theory; Jurisprudence)
Linda Steele
Anthea Vogl (Feminist Legal Theory; Literary Theory, Critical Race Theory; Law and Language)
Discrimination and the Law
Isabel Karpin
Trish Luker
Jenni Millbank
Karen O’Connell
Dispute Resolution
Elder Law
Nola Ries
Teresa Somes *not available for Spring session 2025
Environmental Law
David Leary (including Renewable Energy)
Sophie Riley (including Biosecurity)
Natalie Stoianoff *not available for Spring session 2025
Equity and Trusts
David Lindsay
Joellen Riley Munton
Teresa Somes *not available for Spring session 2025
Ethics
Maxine Evers
Patrick Lenta
Alecia Simmonds
Evidence
Katherine Biber
Trish Luker
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Family and Relationships Law
Miranda Kaye *not available for Spring session 2025
Jenni Millbank
Jane Wangmann
Financial Services
Gender and the Law
Frances Flanagan
Beth Goldblatt *not available for Spring session 2025
Isabel Karpin
Trish Luker
Jenni Millbank
Karen O’Connell
Honni van Rijswijk *not available for Autumn session 2025
Alecia Simmonds
Linda Steele
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Anthea Vogl
Genetics and the Law
Health Care Law
Isabel Karpin
Jenni Millbank
Nola Ries
Linda Steele
Anita Stuhmcke
Human Rights
Laurie Berg
Roberto Buonamano *not available for Autumn session 2025
Jennifer Burn
Sara Dehm
Beth Goldblatt *not available for Spring session 2025
Jessie Hohmann
Jenni Millbank
Karen O’Connell
Frances Simmons
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Ana Vrdoljak
Human Trafficking
Jennifer Burn
Frances Simmons
Ramona Vijeyarasa (including Law of Modern Slavery)
Immigration Law
Laurie Berg
Jennifer Burn
Sara Dehm
Frances Simmons
Anthea Vogl (Irregular and Forced Migration)
Indigenous Peoples and the Law
Thalia Anthony (Australian and International) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Katherine Biber
Shaunnagh Dorsett
Frances Flanagan
Jessie Hohmann
Terri Libesman
Trish Luker
Alecia Simmonds
Natalie Stoianoff (Traditional Knowledge; Intellectual Property) *not available for Spring session 2025
Evana Wright
Insolvency
Robin Bowley
Catherine Robinson
Intellectual Property Law
Isabella Alexander (Intellectual Property generally - especially Copyright; History and Theory of Intellectual Property)
David Lindsay (Intellectual Property generally; AI and IP; Public Domain and Licencing of IP; Data Protection)
Jill McKeough (Intellectual Property generally; IP and Technology)
Natalie Stoianoff (Traditional Knowledge; Patents; Licencing; Commercialisation) *not available for Spring session 2025
George Tian (Intellectual Property generally - especially IP Communalization; IP and Technology)
Genevieve Wilkinson (Trade Mark; Designs; Copyright; International Intellectual Property; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
Evana Wright (Intellectual Property generally - especially Patents; IP and Traditional Knowledge; IP and New Technologies; Commercialisation of IP; Database Rights)
International Law
Roberto Buonamano (History and Theory of International Law; International and European Human Rights Law) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Sara Dehm (International Law generally; International Migration Law; International Organisations; History and Theory of International Law)
Beth Goldblatt (International Human Rights Law) *not available for Spring session 2025
Kathryn Greenman (International Law generally; State responsibility; International Investment Law; History and Theory)
Alexandra Grey (Language and Cultural Rights)
Jessie Hohmann (International Law generally, Indigenous Peoples in International Law; International Human Rights Law; Economic and Social Rights; Materiality and Material Methodologies for International Law)
David Leary (International Law generally; Private International Law; International Environmental Law; The Arctic and Antarctic; Law of the Sea)
Sophie Riley (International Environmental Law)
Frances Simmons
Ramona Vijeyarasa (Human Rights; Women’s Rights; UN System; Civil Society and International Law)
Ana Vrdoljak (International Law generally; Cultural Heritage and International Law; International Human Rights Law; International Humanitarian Law; International Criminal Law; History and Theory of International Law)
International Business and International Trade Law
Grace Li
Honni van Rijswijk *not available for Autumn session 2025
Natalie Stoianoff *not available for Spring session 2025
George Tian (FTA/RTA; WTO; International Intellectual Property; International Economic Law)
Labour Law and Employment Law
Frances Flanagan
Brett Heino *not available for Autumn session 2025
Michael Rawling
Joellen Riley
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Language and the Law / Forensic Linguistics
Law and Asia
Alexandra Grey (Chinese Law and Legal System)
Law and the Arts
Isabella Alexander (History of Intellectual Property and Art)
Katherine Biber (Law and Visual Culture)
Frances Flanagan
Jessie Hohmann (International Law and Material Culture/Materiality and Objects)
Trish Luker
Honni van Rijswijk (Law and Popular Culture; Law and Film) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Law, Disability and Mental Health
Isabel Karpin
Karen O’Connell
Linda Steele
Law Reform
Laurie Berg
Jennifer Burn
Jenni Millbank
Brian Opeskin
Law and Emotion
Tracey Booth
Renata Grossi *not available for Spring session 2025
Alecia Simmonds
Law and Development
Sara Dehm
Ramona Vijeyarasa (Women’s Rights; The Role of Civil Society)
Law and History
Isabella Alexander (History of Intellectual Property; Cartography)
Thalia Anthony (Australian and Legal Historiography) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Katherine Biber
Roberto Buonamano (European; Common Law; European Civil Law) *not available for Autumn session 2025
Shaunnagh Dorsett
Frances Flanagan
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Alecia Simmonds
Law and Literature
Penny Crofts
Jessie Hohmann
Patrick Lenta
Law and Technology
Isabella Alexander (Technology and Copyright Law; Technology and Trade Secrets; Data Protection)
Maxine Evers (Legal Ethics and Technology; Civil Litigation and Technology; Legal Profession and Technology; Legal Education and Technology)
Francis Johns (Social Impact of Technology)
David Leary (Biotechnology; Nanotechnology; Synthetic Biology; Drones; Convergent Technology)
Karen Lee (Regulation of AI; Communications; Technology)
David Lindsay (Online Privacy and Data Privacy Law; Online Defamation; Cyberlaw; Artifical Intelligence; Technology and Copyright Law)
Jill McKeough (Cartel Behaviour, Technology and Competition Law; Technology and IP generally)
Andrew Mowbray (Automated Decision-Making; Internet Publishing)
Honni van Rijswijk (Technology and Critical Legal Analysis/Jurisprudence; Machine Learning and Bias - Race/Gender; Technology and Trade - especially Fintech) *not available for Autumn session 2025
George Tian (Cloud/Internet Governance; Digital Copyright and AI; FinTech; Reg Tech; Personal Data Protection; DLT Regulations; Digital Citizenship)
Ramona Vijeyarasa (Using Law and Technology to Advance Human Rights Accountability)
Derek Wilding (Digital Platforms; Communications; Use of Consumer Data; Privacy; Media)
Evana Wright (New Technologies and Intellectual Property Rights; Disruptive Technologies and the Law; Commercialisation of Intellectual Property - including Technology Licensing; Database Rights.)
Legal Education
Tracey Booth
Maxine Evers
Alexandra Grey
Terri Libesman
Anita Stuhmcke
Legal Profession
Litigation
Maxine Evers (Costs)
Linda Steele
Neuroscience and Law
Ombudsman
Real Property
Shaunnagh Dorsett
Teresa Somes *not available for Spring session 2025
Reproduction and the Law
Isabel Karpin
Jenni Millbank
Linda Steele
Anita Stuhmcke
Refugee Law
Laurie Berg
Jennifer Burn
Sara Dehm
Jenni Millbank
Frances Simmons
Anthea Vogl
Regulation
Karen Lee (Industry Rule-Making; Self and Co-regulation; Private Governance)
Michael Rawling (Supply Chain Regulation)
Regulation of the Sex Industry
Restorative Justice / Restorative Practices
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Laurie Berg
Trish Luker
Jenni Millbank
Anthea Vogl
Social Security Law
Beth Goldblatt *not available for Spring session 2025
Taxation Law
Natalie Stoianoff *not available for Spring session 2025
Torts
Terri Libesman
Honni van Rijswijk *not available for Autumn session 2025
Anita Stuhmcke
Transitional Justice
Patrick Lenta
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Ana Vrdoljak
Violence Against Women
Tracey Booth
Beth Goldblatt *not available for Spring session 2025
Miranda Kaye *not available for Spring session 2025
Alecia Simmonds
Frances Simmons
Linda Steele
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Jane Wangmann
