HDR student projects
In 2020, we are supervising 40 PhD students and 2 MPhil students -
- 7 international and 35 domestic (including 11 remote)
- 25 full-time and 17 part-time.
Learn more about our HDR students.
Current students, their projects and advisors
| Name | Project | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Laurensia Andrini | Accommodating Computer-Generated Works into Indonesia Copyright Law: Challenges and Possibilities | Dr Allison Fish Dr Xan Chacko |
| Sarah Asokendaran | Harmonisation of unconventional gas resources (UGR) regulatory frameworks in Australia: is there a will or a way? | Professor Jonathan Fulcher Professor Jonathan Crowe |
| Nicolas Augoustinos | Principles of cultural heritage law and the international guardianship of the Greek Orthodox heritage |
Professor Craig Forrest |
| Rebecca Barber | The Competence of the UN General Assembly to Better Respond to Conflict-Related Human Rights and Humanitarian Crises |
Professor Anthony Cassimatis |
| Victoria Baumfield | Restoring a public focus to government business enterprises (GBEs): Proposals to make GBEs more responsive to public concerns | Professor Ross Grantham Professor Graeme Orr |
| Ana Borges | Migration and domestic violence: Women's experiences of proving domestic violence as a requirement for permanent residency |
Professor Heather Douglas |
| Jocelyn Bosse | The Role of the Law in the Circulation of the Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) | Professor Brad Sherman Dr Allison Fish Dr Susannah Chapman |
| Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria | The responsibility of states to prevent atrocity crimes | Professor Anthony Cassimatis Professor Alexander Bellamy |
| Trudie Broderick | A Place at the Table: Queer Indigenous Women in Australian Health Law and Policy | Prof Heather Douglas Dr Allison Fish |
| Tad Brown | Intellectual property and Peanuts | Professor Brad Sherman Dr Andrew Ventimiglia |
| Sebastian Campbell | Money Laundering in the South Pacific | Prof Andreas Schloenhardt Prof Jennifer Corrin |
| Adam Chernok | Big Brother's New Toys: Regulation of contemporary covert and coercive policing methods in Australia | Professor Simon Bronitt |
| Renato Saeger Magalhães Costa | The Elements of Constitutionalism and the Pseudo-Constitution: Beyond the Ontological Classification of Constitutions | Prof Nicholas Aroney Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh |
| Andrew Curtin | Understanding Law as a Maclntyrean 'Practice' | Professor Nick Aroney Dr Rob Mullins |
| Mark Deng |
Constitutional Transformations: Failure and Opportunity in Post-Independence South Sudan. |
Ms Caitlin Goss Professor Graeme Orr |
| Andrew Fell | Developing a Descriptive Approach to Legal Taxonomy | Professor Christopher Barker Professor Ross Grantham |
| Lorraine Finlay | The universal franchise: the protection of voting rights under the Australian Constitution | Professor James Allan Professor Nicholas Aroney |
| Mark Fowler | Church and state relations and the tax exemption and charitable endorsement of religious institutions in Australia | Professor Nicholas Aroney Professor Gino Evan dal Pont |
| Laurel Fox | Representative Democracy and Political Constitutionalism in Practice: Opposition to Indigenous Representative Bodies in Australia | Prof Graeme Orr Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh |
| Terefe Gebreyesus | Constitutional Approach to Diversity: Comparative Analysis | Prof Nicholas Aroney Dr Caitlin Goss |
| Rosemary Gibson |
Express termination for breach clauses in commercial contracts: the legal nature and operational mechanics of such clauses under Australian law |
Professor Rick Bigwood |
| Helen Gregorczuk | Fair collection of personal information by retailers using big data analytics | Dr Alan Davidson Ms Rebecca Ananian-Welsh |
| Henry Holderness | Towards an efficient, equitable and sustainable insurance model for major natural disasters in New Zealand: a critical assessment of the application of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 and the insurance scheme created by it ("the EQC scheme") following the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes | Dr Justine Bell-James |
| Marcus Humphreys | Complexities of legal pluralism within socio-economic regulation in Timor-Leste | Prof Jennifer Corrin Prof John Devereux |
| William Isdale | Compensation for native title - similitude or sui generis? | Adjunct Professor Jonathan Fulcher Adjunct Professor The Honourable Justice Andrew Greenwood |
| Elizabeth Jameson | The unitary implementation of corporate governance in Australia and its continuing relevance and fitness for purpose | Professor David Morrison Dr Vicki Comino |
| Craig Jensen | International obligations and human rights in Australian Extradition | Professor Anthony Cassimatis Professor Ned Aughterson |
| Scott Kiel-Chisholm | Civil Liability Challenges for the Law and Neural Interface Devices: Reconceptualising the Law | Dr Alan Davidson Professor John Devereux |
| Caroline Law-Walsh | A model national legal framework for mangrove ecosystem services: a comparative analysis of existing legal recognition of ecosystem services for wetlands in the United States and Vietnam | A/Prof Justine Bell-James Prof Jennifer Corrin |
| Constance Lee | Calvinist natural law and constitutionalism | Professor Nicholas Aroney Professor Jonathan Crowe |
| Joanne Lee | A Critical Examination and Evaluation of Natural Law Theories in Formulating and Shaping Usury Jurisprudence |
Professor Nicholas Aroney |
| Hamish Macdonald | Inventing DNA: Exploring the patent system's conceptualisation of novel genetic products | Professor Brad Sherman Professor Simon Bronitt |
| Rachel McDonald (nee Phelan) | A critical review and analysis of the human right and legal entitlement of Australian women to breastfeed on their return to work. A comparative legal study of Australia, United States and Ireland | Dr Francesca Bartlett Dr Paul Harpur |
| Unaisi Narawa-Daurewa | The Recognition of Customary Law: Blackbirding and the Melanesian Identity in Fiji | Prof Jennifer Corrin Prof Reid Grant Mortensen |
| Thi Nong | Sustainable protection of fish biodiversity in the Mekong River: the role of international environmental law, and lessons from Australia | Dr. Justine Bell-James Associate Professor Peter Billings |
| Emirenciana (Tyas) Nyantyasningsih |
Rethinking Public Entities & Revenue Generation: A New Interdisciplinary Regulatory Model |
Professor Simon Bronitt Dr Thea Voogt |
| Kencho Peldon | Patent Protection in Bhutan and its impact on plant genetic resources |
Prof Bradley Sherman |
| Anne Pickering | A framework for property law reform and development within legal pluralism: Adopting an innovative approach | Professor Jennifer Corrin Professor Richard Bigwood Professor Daniel Joseph Fitzpatrick |
| Helen Punter | Therapeutic policing: police as therapeutic agents | Professor Simon Bronitt Associate Professor Tamara Walsh |
| Jessica Ritchie | The use of DNA evidence in cross-border investigations: From crisis to confidence | Professor Simon Bronitt Dr Mark Burdon |
| Renato Saeger Magalhaes Costa | The Elements of Constitutionalism and the Pseudo-Constitution: Beyond the Ontological Classification of Constitutions | Prof Nicholas Aroney Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh |
| Luis Sanchez Fernandez | The Legal Theory of Jeremy Waldron and the Limits of Legal Positivism | Dr Robert Mullins Prof James Allan |
| Shaun Star | Resolving Anti-Doping Disputes: Does the Current Framework Promote Procedural Fairness and Equality in India? | A/Prof Sarah Jane Kelly Prof Jack Anderson |
| John Story | Which of the Duties of Directors are Fiduciary? | Prof Christopher Barker Prof James Edelman |
| Brooke Thompson | The feasibility of legal pluralism in Australia's secular framework- would the introduction of Sharia Inheritance laws be a viable exception? | Associate Professor Ann Black Associate Professor David Morrison |
| Karma Tshering | Self-Represented Defendants in Criminal Trials: A Comparative Study between Australia and Bhutan | Professor Heather Douglas Associate Professor Francesca Bartlett |
| Renato Wolf | Reviewing legal and policy compliance of autonomous weapons systems | A/Prof Rain Liivoja Dr Robert Mullins |
| Yan Xuan | China's maritime arbitration system's 'Selective Adaption' to international legal norms and practice | Professor Sarah Derrington Professor Nicholas Gaskell Associate Professor Qiao Liu |
Related links
- Access the full-text of completed theses by past students
- View potential HDR projects and advisors.