Professor Paul Harpur
Affiliate of Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law & Affiliate of Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
ARC Future Fellow
TC Beirne School of Law
+61 7 336 58864
W205 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus.
Researcher biography
Professor Paul Harpur OAM is a leading international and comparative disability rights legal academic, current Australian Research Council Future Fellow, leader in higher education reforms, an Associate with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and duel Paralympian. He competed in the Sydney 2000 Paralympics and the Athens 2004 Paralympics and has the Paralympics Australia Pin #614. Professor Harpur is a TEDx speaker ("Universities as Disability Champions of Change").
Professor Harpur is a leader in disability research and directs the University of Queensland's The Disability Collaboratory. The Disability Collaboratory is a university-wide University of Queensland initiative which galvanises the university's significant but currently distributed research expertise in order to maximise research impact and output. The Collaboratory is the primary means by which UQ enacts its commitment to research excellence in the fields of disability inclusion and was established following the University's adoption of the Champions of Change Disability Inclusion Research and Innovation Plan. In addition to including a commitment to forming a high-impact disability research network, the Plan will further UQ's leadership in disability inclusion research, ensuring that people with lived experience of disability play a central role in shaping research outcomes.
Beyond the UQ, he holds international posts, including as an Associate with the Harvard Law School's Harvard Project on Disability, an International Distinguished Fellow, with the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, and is a former Fulbright Future Scholar.
Professor Harpur is active in university-wide and sector-wide higher education change. Illustratively he has chairred the UQ Disability Inclusion Group since 2016 and sits on a range of university-wide committees. At the sector-wide level, during 2023 Dr Harpur served on the Ministerial Reference Group for the Universities Accord. He also serves on the Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP), which is a statutory body under Part 9 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cth). The HESP is charged to advise and make recommendations to the Minister and to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) on the Higher Education Standards Framework and to TEQSA on matters including TEQSA' strategic objectives, corporate plan, performance against that plan, reform agenda, streamlining of activities and resourcing requirements and its regulatory approaches. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success, formerly the National Center for Student Equity in Higher Education. In April the Univertas 21 (U21) Senior Leaders Group adopted the U21 Framework for Equitable and Inclusive Global Engagement to guide EDI across the 30 university Network. This Framework as a committee, the U21 EDI Management Committee, to which Professor Harpur was appointed in 2025. His transformational work and service has been recognised with numerous diversity and inclusion, human resources and leadership citations and awards. In the 2024 Australia Day Honours, Professor Harpur was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia by the Governor General of Australia (OAM). The citation for his OAM is "for service to people with disability".
Publications
Books
Ellem, Kathy, Harpur, Paul, Hardy, Fotina, Stein, Michael Ashley and Schormans, Ann Fudge (2025). Young people with cognitive disability in transition to adulthood: stories of survival, aspiration, and systemic failures. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009408721
Harpur, Paul David (2019). Ableism at work: Disablement and hierarchies of impairment. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108667371
Harpur, Paul (2017). Discrimination, copyright and equality: opening the e-Book for the print disabled. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316340516
Wong, Alex, Chapple, Ellie, Harpur, Paul, Baumfield, Richard, Copp, Richard and Cunningham, Robert (2016). Company law: an interactive approach. Brisbane, Australia: John Wiley & Sons Australia.
Harpur, Paul (2015). Employment Law. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Harpur, Paul (2009). FOI and the Governance of Information in Public Tendering Balancing Right to Information and Commercial Affairs in Queensland. Mauritius: VDM Verlag Dr. Mülle.
Book Chapters
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2025). Eco-ableism and climate change justice for persons with disabilities in the Global South. An Introduction to Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. (pp. 67-86) edited by Shaun Grech and Jörg Weber. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003353188-4
Harpur, Paul and Stafford, Lisa (2025). Leveraging universal design and work health and safety laws to promote and progress SDG 11.7: access to public spaces for people with disabilities. Public space and the sustainable development goals. (pp. 30-44) edited by Joanne Dolley, Keiran Hardy and Tony Matthews. Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035322411.00008
Lord, Janet E., Pons, William I., Stein, Michael Ashley, Ellem, Kathy and Harpur, Paul (2025). Disability hate speech and hate crimes: assessing the role of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in tackling disability-based animus. Disability hate crime: perspectives for change. (pp. 148-165) edited by Leah Burch and David Wilkin. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003442004-11
Harpur, Paul David and Szucs, Brooke (2025). Disability and mobilization work. The Routledge companion to disability and work. (pp. 297-309) edited by Oana Branzei and Anica Zeyen. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350781-27
Harpur, Paul (2025). Introduction to the U21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 3-5) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul and Szucs, Brooke (2025). Method and approach. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 22-24) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul (2025). The application of disability norms on representation in higher education. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 26-28) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul and Handayani, Wuri (2025). Universities acting collectively to champion disability inclusion. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 29-34) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Szucs, Brooke, Harpur, Paul, Willox, Dino and Pachana, Nancy (2025). Disability and Intersectionality. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 49-58) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul (2025). Understanding when university research and innovation is and is not compliant with disability human rights norm. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 60-64) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Smith-Merry, Jennifer and Harpur, Paul (2025). University research groupings as champions of disability inclusion. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 65-70) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul, Connick, Helen, Brown, Sarah, McBain, Jean and King, Michelle (2025). The power of university-wide research plans to champion disability inclusion. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 71-74) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul, Mylonas, Aliisa, Hitches, Elizabeth, Handayani, Wuri, Lucio, Emily Singer and Shannon, Claire (2025). Systems change: From reasonable adjustments to universal design. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 76-83) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Ellem, Kathy, Harpur, Paul and Chan, Sophelia (2025). Support provided to students with disabilities transitioning to university. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 84-87) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Campbell, Matthew, Liu, Gloria, Marston, Greg and Harpur, Paul (2025). Supporting students with disabilities to transition to work. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 96-100) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul and Povey, Jenny (2025). Universities support for staff with a disability. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 102-107) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Liu, Gloria, Gallego, Gisselle, Ma, Bernie, Burgess, Danielle and Harpur, Paul (2025). Awareness raising and Disability Inclusion. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 111-116) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Role models and governance for higher education inclusion. Changing Higher Education for Good: Democratising higher education. (pp. 44-N/A) edited by Martin Betts. Gold Coast, Australia: Ocean Reeve Publishing.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Summary of issues in equity. Changing Higher Education for Good: Democratising higher education. (pp. 55-N/A) edited by Martin Betts. Gold Coast, Australia: Ocean Reeve Publishing.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Introduction. Changing Higher Education for Good: Democratising higher education. (pp. 9-N/A) edited by Martin Betts. Gold Coast, Australia: Ocean Reeve Publishing.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2024). Prioritising inclusion: the nexus of disability rights, Sustainable Development Goals on education, and intellectual property interests. The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals. (pp. 175-197) edited by Matthew Rimmer, Caroline B. Ncbue and Bita Amani. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781803925233.00014
Waddington, Lisa and Harpur, Paul (2024). The rights of persons with sensory disabilities to participate in juries. The future of mental health, disability and criminal law: essays in honour of Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry. (pp. 203-225) edited by Kay Wilson, Yvette Maker, Piers Gooding and Jamie Walvisch. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350644-14
Waddington, Lisa and Harpur, Paul (2023). The Rights of Persons With Sensory Disabilities to Participate in Juries. The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law. (pp. 198-221) edited by Kay Wilson, Yvette Maker, Piers Gooding and Jamie Walvisch. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350644
Daniels-Mayes, Sheelagh, Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2023). Strategic human rights-based policy reforms for making Australian universities equally accessible to students, staff, and faculty who are Indigenous people with disability. Research Handbook on Disability Policy. (pp. 402-417) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800373655.00042
Stein, Michael Ashley, Barnett, Peter, Harpur, Paul, Porter, Bruce and O'Cinneide, Colm (2023). Litigating Disability Social Rights. Disability Social Rights. (pp. 1-134) edited by Stein, Michael Ashley and Langford, Malcolm. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2022). The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a global tipping point for the participation of persons with disabilities. Oxford research encyclopedia of politics. (pp. 1-22) edited by Anika Leithner and Kyle Libby. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.245
Lelliott, Joseph and Harpur, Paul (2021). Paradigm shifting to a point: disability human rights, copyright protection, and access to visual art in international law. International perspectives on disability exceptions in copyright and the visual arts: feeling art. (pp. 75-90) edited by Jani McCutcheon and Ana Ramalho. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429342677-9
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2021). The relevance of the CRPD and the Marrakesh Treaty to the Global South’s book famine. Accessible Technology and the Developing World. (pp. 193-214) edited by Michael Ashley Stein and Jonathan Lazar. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198846413.003.0010
Adair, David and Harpur, Paul (2020). Books and people with print disabilities: Public value and the international disability human rights agenda. The Routledge Companion to Disability and Media. (pp. 400-410) edited by Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, Beth Haller and Rosemary Curtis. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315716008
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2019). Children with disabilities, human rights, and sustainable development. Children’s rights and sustainable development: interpreting the UNCRC for Future Generations. (pp. 139-164) edited by Claire Fenton-Glynn. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108140348.007
Lewis, David, Devine, Tom and Harpur, Paul (2014). The key to protection: civil and employment law remedies. International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research. (pp. 350-381) edited by A. J. Brown, David Lewis, Richard E. Moberly and Wim Vandekerckhove. Cheltenham, Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781781006795.00024
Harpur, Paul (2013). When is there sufficient information to decide if there is an R2P situation or not?: from the intervention in Timor Leste to the crisis in Sri Lanka. Responsibility to Protect and Sovereignty. (pp. 85-103) edited by Charles Sampford and Ramesh Thakur. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing.
French, Ben, Harpur, Paul and Muurlink, Olav (2012). A Pandora's box of general protections under the Fair Work Act 2009. Fair Work Act: revision or restitution. (pp. 75-92) edited by Keith Abbott, Bruce Hearn-Mackinnon, Leanne Morris and Kerrie Saville. Heidelberg, VIC, Australia: Heidelberg Press.
Harpur, Paul and Brown, Kerry (2012). Contracting and Asset Management: Establishing an Asset Specificity Framework for Determining the Optimal Management of Tourism Infrastructure. Engineering Asset Management and Infrastructure Sustainability. (pp. 329-336) edited by Joseph Mathew, Lin Ma, Andy Tan and Margot Weijnen. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-0-85729-493-7_27
Harpur, Paul (2008). OHS issues to the board: company directors face jail and fines for their companies' lack of safety. Directors Liability. (pp. 1-1) edited by Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. United States of America: Amicus Books.
Paul Harpur (2005). Private Fears, Public Monies: FOI Disclosure of Private Sector Tender Information. Shaping Administrative Law for the Next Generation: Fresh Perspectives. (pp. 130-158) edited by Finn and Chris. Canberra: Australian Institute of Administrative Law.
Journal Articles
Harpur, Paul, Stafford, Lisa and Ellis, Katie (2025). A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/1360080x.2025.2478537
Harpur, Paul, Szucs, Brooke, Fisher, Jenny and Pachana, Nancy A. (2025). Insights from the chancellery: considerations for a university lead on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Higher Education Research and Development, 44 (2), 402-416. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2024.2399078
Salmon, Amanda J., Harpur, Paul and Pachana, Nancy A. (2024). Attitudes and arrangements: owner predictions of growing older with an assistance dog. Disability and Society, 40 (5), 1127-1131. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2024.2373762
Szucs, Brooke, Thom-Jones, Sandra and Harpur, Paul (2024). Twenty years of disability research: a systematic review. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 21 (05) 14, 1-23. doi: 10.53761/d6cd0h14
Stein, Penelope J S, Stein, Michael Ashley, Groce, Nora, Kett, Maria, Akyeampong, Emmanuel K, Alford, Willliam P, Chakraborty, Jayajit, Daniels-Mayes, Sheelagh, Eriksen, Siri H, Fracht, Anne, Gallegos, Luis, Grech, Shaun, Gurung, Pratima, Hans, Asha, Harpur, Paul, Jodoin, Sébastien, Lord, Janet E, Macanawai, Setareki Seru, McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte V, Mezmur, Benyam Dawit, Moore, Rhonda J, Muñoz, Yolanda, Patel, Vikram, Pham, Phuong N, Quinn, Gerard, Sadlier, Sarah A, Shachar, Carmel, Smith, Matthew S and Van Susteren, Lise (2024). Advancing disability-inclusive climate research and action, climate justice, and climate-resilient development. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8 (4), e242-e255. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00024-X
Szucs, Brooke and Harpur, Paul (2023). Students with disabilities as ideal graduates: universities' obligations to support extracurricular involvement. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 14 (2), 33-53. doi: 10.21153/jtlge2023vol14no2art1789
Heffernan, Troy and Harpur, Paul (2023). Discrimination against academics and career implications of student evaluations: university policy versus legal compliance. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 48 (8), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2023.2225806
Harpur, Paul and Szucs, Brooke (2023). Using the new disability human rights paradigm to create higher education leadership opportunities. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 23 (1-2), 144-162. doi: 10.1177/13582291231169668
Harpur, Paul, Stein, Michael Ashley and Ncube, Caroline B. (2023). South African Constitutional Court prioritises constitutional right to access information by print disabled over protected copyright interests. European Intellectual Property Review, 45 (5), 299-305.
Harpur, Paul, Szucs, Brooke and Willox, Dino (2023). Strategic and policy responses to intersectionality in higher education. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 45 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/1360080x.2022.2144790
Salmon, Amanda, Driscoll, Carlie, Paterson, Mandy B. A., Harpur, Paul and Pachana, Nancy A. (2022). Issues regarding the welfare of assistance dogs. Animals, 12 (23) 3250, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ani12233250
Karl, Marion, Pegg, Shane and Harpur, Paul (2022). Exploring constraints in business travel for disabled workers: an ecological systems perspective. Disability and Society, 39 (3), 767-790. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2088333
Harpur, Paul and Ashley Stein, Michael (2022). The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Global South. Yale Journal of International Law, 47 (1).
Harpur, Paul, Hyseni, Fitore and Blanck, Peter (2022). Workplace health surveillance and COVID-19: algorithmic health discrimination and cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16 (1), 200-212. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01144-1
Blanck, Peter and Harpur, Paul (2020). California’s response to the status of gig workers with disabilities: an update. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 30 (4), 689-690. doi: 10.1007/s10926-020-09948-1
Harpur, Paul and Blanck, Peter (2020). Gig workers with disabilities: opportunities, challenges, and regulatory response. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 30 (4), 511-520. doi: 10.1007/s10926-020-09937-4
Harpur, Paul David (2020). The business of disability inclusion and ableism at work. fifteeneightyfour.
Pegg, Shane, Karl, Marion and Harpur, Paul (2020). Negotiating work-based travel for people with disabilities. Current Issues in Tourism, 24 (14), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2020.1801605
Hughes, Michael J., Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Harpur, Paul and Pachana, Nancy A. (2020). Companion animals and health in older populations: a systematic review. Clinical Gerontologist, 43 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2019.1650863
Harpur, Paul (2020). Review of - The Cambridge Handbook of US Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 73 (5), 1259-1260. doi: 10.1177/0019793920921147
Harpur, Paul (2020). Australia - Report. International Committee Newsletter (Special COVID-19 Issue)
Hunter, Caitlin, Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Pachana, Nancy and Harpur, Paul (2019). The impact of disability-assistance animals on the psychological health of workplaces: a systematic review. Human Resource Management Review, 29 (3), 400-417. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.07.007
Harpur, Paul (2019). The CRPD Committee and Intellectual Disabilities at Work. Global Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 5 (5). doi: 10.19080/gjidd.2019.05.555674
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2018). Indigenous persons with disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International Human Rights Law Review, 7 (1), 165-200. doi: 10.1163/22131035-00702002
Wood, Ellen, Harpur, Paul and Pachana, Nancy (2018). Teaching an old dog new tricks: Using courthouse facility dogs in Australia. Alternative Law Journal, 43 (2), 89-95. doi: 10.1177/1037969x18767694
Harpur, Paul (2018). Collective versus individual rights: The able worker and the promotion of precarious work for persons with disabilities under conflicting international law regimes. Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, 41 (1), 51-70.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2018). Universities as disability rights change agents. Northeastern University Law Review, 10 (2), 542-582.
Harpur, Paul, Connolly, Ursula and Blanck, Peter (2017). Socially Constructed Hierarchies of Impairments: The Case of Australian and Irish Workers' Access to Compensation for Injuries. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 27 (4), 507-519. doi: 10.1007/s10926-017-9745-7
Harpur, Paul (2016). Old age is not just impairment: the CRPD and the need for a convention on older persons. University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 37 (3), 1027-1058.
Harpur, Paul David, Verreynne, Martie Louise, Bronitt, Simon, Pachana, Nancy, Billings, Peter and Ritchie, Brent (2016). Disability assistance animals or not? Problems in policy and practice workshop. SSRN Electronic Journal doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2856824
Douglas, Heather and Harpur, Paul (2016). Intellectual disabilities, domestic violence and legal engagement. Disability and Society, 31 (3), 305-321. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2016.1167673
Harpur, Paul (2014). The gap between law and practice when workers are silent witnesses to workplace violence: evidence from the health sector. Journal of Health Safety and Environment, 30 (1) 121, 9-22.
Harpur, Paul and French, Ben (2014). Is it safer without you?: analysing the intersection between Work Health and Safety and Anti-Discrimination Laws. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 30 (1) 130, 167-183.
Harpur, Paul and Suzor, Nicolas (2014). The paradigm shift in realising the right to read: how ebook libraries are enabling in the university sector. Disability and Society, 29 (10), 1658-1671. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2014.973476
Harpur, Paul David (2014). Combating prejudice in the workplace with Contact Theory: the lived experiences of professionals with disabilities. Disability Studies Quarterly, 34 (1).
Burdon, Mark and Harpur, Paul (2014). Re-conceptualising privacy and discrimination in an age of talent analytics. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 37 (2), 679-712.
Harpur, Paul and James, Phillip (2014). The shift in regulatory focus from employment to work relationships: critiquing reforms to Australian and UK occupational safety and health laws. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 36 (1), 111-130.
Harpur, Paul (2014). Naming, blaming and claiming ablism: the lived experiences of lawyers and advocates with disabilities. Disability and Society, 29 (8), 1234-1247. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2014.923749
Harpur, Paul and Douglas, Heather (2014). Disability and domestic violence: protecting survivors' human rights. Griffith Law Review, 23 (3), 405-433. doi: 10.1080/10383441.2014.1000241
Harpur, Paul and Suzor, Nicolas (2013). Copyright protections and disability rights: turning the page to a new international paradigm. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 36 (3), 745-778.
Harpur, Paul (2013). From universal exclusion to universal quality: regulating ableism in a digital age. Northern Kentucky Law Review, 40 (3), 529-565.
Harpur, Paul (2013). When is There Sufficient Information to Decide if There is an R2P Situation or Not?: From the Intervention in Timor-Leste to the Crisis in Sri Lanka. Responsibility to Protect and Sovereignty, 85-103.
Harpur, Paul (2012). From disability to ability: Changing the phrasing of the debate. Disability and Society, 27 (3), 325-337. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.654985
Harpur, Paul, French, Ben and Bales, Richard (2012). Australia's Fair Work Act and the transformation of workplace disability discrimination law. Wisconsin International Law Journal, 30 (1), 190-248.
Harpur, Paul (2012). Embracing the new disability rights paradigm: The importance of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Disability and Society, 27 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.631794
Harpur, Paul and Loudoun, Rebecca (2011). The barrier of the written word: Analysing universities' policies to students with print disabilities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 33 (2), 153-167. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2011.550088
Harpur, Paul (2011). Better work: problems with exporting the better factories cambodia project to Jordan, Lesotho, and Vietnam. Employee Relations Law Journal, 36 (4), 80-99.
Harpur, Paul (2011). Time to be heard: How advocates can use the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to drive change. Valparaiso University Law Review, 45 (3), 1271-1296.
Harpur, Paul, French, Ben and Bales, Richard (2011). Australia's solution to disability discrimination enforcement. Cornell HR Review, 31.
Harpur, Paul and Bales, Richard (2010). The positive impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A case study on the South Pacific and lessons from the U.S. experience. Northern Kentucky Law Review, 37 (4), 363-388.
Harpur, Paul (2010). Rights of persons with disabilities and Australian anti-discrimination laws: What happened to the legal protections for people using guide or assistance dogs?. University of Tasmania Law Review, 29 (1), 49-79.
Harpur, Paul (2010). Ensuring equality in education: how Australian laws are leaving students with print disabilities behind. Media and Arts Law Review, 3 (1), 46-53.
Harpur, Paul (2010). ADA Amendments Issue: The Positive Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study on the South Pacific and Lessons from the U.S. Experience. Northern Kentucky Law Review, 37 (4), 26-26.
Harpur, Paul (2010). Accessible or not?: academics' hand written comments on assessment items written by students with print disabilities. Disability and Society, 25 (1), 121-122. doi: 10.1080/09687590903363472
Harpur, Paul (2009). Sexism and racism, why not ableism?: Calling for a cultural shift in the approach to disability discrimination. Alternative Law Journal , 34 (3), 163-167. doi: 10.1177/1037969X0903400304
Harpur, Paul (2009). Developments in Chinese labour laws: Enforcing people with disabilities' right to work?. Lawasia Journal, 26-43.
Mapulanga-Hulston, Jackbeth K. and Harpur, Paul (2009). Examining Australia's compliance to the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights: Problems and potential. Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, 10 (1), 48-66. doi: 10.1163/138819009X12589762582574
Harpur, Paul (2008). Occupational health and safety issues and the boardroom: criminal penalties for directors for company's lack of safety. Corporate Governance eJournal
Harpur, Paul (2008). Clothing manufacturing supply chains, contractual layers and hold harmless clauses: How OHS duties can be imposed over retailers. Australian Journal of Labour Law, 21 (3), 316-339.
Harpur, Paul, Suzor, Nic and Thampapillai, Dylan (2008). Digital copyright and disability discrimination: From Braille books to bookshare. Media and Arts Law Review, 13 (1), 1-17.
Harpur, Paul (2007). The evolving nature of the right to life: The impact of positive human rights obligations. University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review, 9, 95-125.
Harpur, Paul (2007). Occupational health and safety duties to protect outworkers: The failure of regulatory intervention and calls for reform. Deakin Law Review, 12 (2), 48-87.
Harpur, Paul (2006). Regulating multi-national corporations through state-based laws: problems with enforcing human rights under The Alien Tort Statute. Australian International Law Journal, 13, 233-246.
Harpur, Paul (2006). Work choices: An international comparison. Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal, 6 (1), 89-104.
Harpur, Paul (2004). The financial benefit for insurers: mediate in personal injuries disputes. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 2, 70-80.
Harpur, Paul (2003). Charity Law's Public Benefit Test: is legislative reform in the public interest?. Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal, 3 (2), 422-439.
Conference Papers
Harpur, Paul (2025). Disability Inclusion – Setting the scene. UQ’s Disability Research Workshop, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17 July 2025.
Harpur, Paul, Faragher, Rhonda, Roger, Michelle, Ellam, Kathy, Franklin, Cathy, Povey, Jenny, Thorpe, Karen and Turpin, Merrill (2025). Panel discussion: Places and spaces. UQ’s Disability Research Workshop, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17 July 2025.
Harpur, Paul and Handayani, Wuri (2025). Engaging globally to create change locally: A Universitas Gadjah Mada and University of Queensland reflection on the Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report. Sesi berbagi (Sharing Session), Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 20 June 2025.
O’Connor, Deirdre and Harpur, Paul (2025). Disability as an Issue in the University Sector - Insights from U21 Partners. Universitas 21 – UN SDG Workshop 2025 - “One Health for Global Health”, Dublin, Ireland, 12 - 13 June 2025.
Craig, Cornell L., Li, Sammy, Keestra, Machiel and Harpur, Paul (2025). Virtual opening event: protecting EDI in a changing world. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Festival 2025, Online, 2-30 April 2025.
Harpur, Paul (2025). Around the world we dig the DIG: Disability Inclusion Group. DIGging into Disability Inclusion, Maastricht, Netherlands, 17 March 2025.
Bendall, Sarah, Williams, George, Harpur, Paul, Gilpin, Cate, Panditharatne, Hashini, Saggar, Shamit and Betts, Martin (2025). Equity and wellbeing: Keys to sustainable universities. Universities Australia - Solutions Summit, Canberra, ACT Australia, 24 February 2025.
Aneja, Anil, Punani, Bhushan, Sharma, Sushama, Harpur, Paul and Manwani, Rajdeep (2025). Sustaining the momentum: next steps in inclusive education. 2nd World Conference of Ek Kadam Aur, New Delhi, India, 8 February 2025.
O’Connor, Deirdre and Harpur, Paul (2025). Disability as an Issue in the University Sector - Insights from U21 Partners. UCD and Universitas 21- UN SDG Workshop 2025: One Health for Global Health, University College Dublin, College of Health and Agricultural Science, 12-13 June 2025.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Using the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to critique Australia’s higher education reforms. Queensland Disability Liaison Officer Network Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28 November 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Griffith University.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Keynote Panel presentation: The need for radical change in higher education: reducing cost and increasing access through the universally designed university. CSEdX2024, Online, 26-27 November 2024. Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia: Charles Sturt University.
Harpur, Paul, Hauser, Louise and Levonpera, Leigh (2024). Connecting with genuine and supportive employers: WorkAbility workshop. WorkAbility Expo, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1 November 2024.
Saggar, Shamit, Austin, Kylie, Li, Ian, Harpur, Paul and Francis, Lyndin (2024). Innovative solutions for achieving student equity in higher education. HEDx Future Solutions for Higher Education Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October 2024.
Harpur, Paul, Duckett, Stephen, Connolly, Lisa and Fanshawe, Melissa (2024). Access and success in education for students with disabilities. The University of Southern Queensland's Thought Leadership Series, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3 October 2024.
Harpur, Paul (2024). The importance of disability representation and inclusion in the legal profession. QUT Law Society - Diverse Voices in Law Breakfast, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7 August 2024.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Keynote: Leading change through Equitable and Inclusive Global Engagement. Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher Workshop 2024, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10 July 2024.
Harpur, Paul, Devlin, Marcia, di Trapani, Joel, Gilpin, Cate and Omer, Mohamed (2024). Panel Topic: Achieving the full range of equity, diversity and inclusion goals. HEDx Changing Higher Education for Good, Melbourne, Victoria, 21 March.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Using a disability community of practice to innovate on inclusion. Central Queensland University Accessibility and Inclusion CoP, Online, 2 October 2024.
Harpur, Paul (2024). The power of being paid to be present: disability voice crafting workable solutions. New Zealand Customs Service Inclusion and Diversity Council and Network Leads, New Zealand, 29 November 2024.
Harpur, Paul (2023). Disability Inclusion and the Universities Accord: Realising the Reform Agenda. ATEND Pathways 16, Online, 29 November - 1 December.
Harpur, Paul and Aneja, Anil (2023). Using international norms to lead with a disability in higher education. Arunodaya (Sunrise) World Conference: Prevention and Treatment of Visual Challenges and Educating Children and Adults with Blindness, New Delhi, India, 30-31 October 2023.
Harpur, Paul (2023). Research impact in labour law and discrimination law: Using Innovation to Increase Research Impact. Australian Labour Law Association, Early Career Researchers Webinar, Online, 5 July.
Bunda, Tracey, Willox, Dino, Harpur, Paul and Vasquez Fernandez, Claudia (2023). Inclusive Engagement Panel. The University of Queensland Community Engagement Community of Practice, Brisbane, Australia, 21 June.
Harpur, Paul, Koeman, Joyce and Li, Sammy (2023). International Accessibility. Universiteit van Amsterdam and University of Birmingham Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Festival, Amsterdam, Birmingham, and Online, April 2023.
Harpur, Paul (2023). Advancing Disability Inclusion across U21: the Disability Community of Practice. Universitas 21 Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, April 2023.
Harpur, Paul (2023). Strengths and weaknesses of platform work for persons with a disability: Platform work as a stepping stone to sustainable employment in Flanders. NSvP International Online Workshop, Flanders, Belgium, 13 March 2023.
Klomp, Nick, Nash, Fiona, Cooper, Inala, Harpur, Paul and O'Shea, Sarah (2023). Levelling up - world class universities, world leading access: panel keynote. Universities Australia Conference 2023, Canberra, ACT Australia, 21-23 February 2023.
Harpur, Paul (2023). Universities enable: a disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector. Satellite Event: Universities Australia Conference 2023, Canberra, ACT Australia, 21-23 February 2023.
James, Sara, Walter, Maggie, Harpur, Paul and Zhang, Diana (2023). How Fulbright Illuminates the Darkness: Discussion panel. The Australian-American Fulbright Commission Gala, Australian Parliament House, 23 February.
Harpur, Paul (2023). Persons with disabilities and work: mentoring and networking. Joblife EC Traineeship Program, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 9 January 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Platform work creating work for those who have been excluded from any work: an imperfect solution to economic exclusion. Workshop regarding people at a great distance to the labour market and platform work, Leuven, Belgium, 18 December 2022.
Chakaodza, Gordon, Dunn, Denise, Harpur, Paul, Vesic, Lea and Finlayson, Karina (2022). Sustainable workforce panel discussion. Aviation (Aerospace Australia GreenSkies Sustainability Summit), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 December 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Challenge: How can we find a common ground to promote disability inclusion across all of our member universities?. U21 Sustainable Micro-internship Reduced Inequalities Session, Virtual, 6 December 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Challenging times and exciting times: time for disability inclusion. Disability Inclusion in the Workplace: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disability, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2 December 2022.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2022). The participatory dynamic in action: disability, Indigeneity, and higher education in Australia. ACEP 2022 International Conference: Inclusion or Denial Cultures - Inclusion of Persons with Diverse Needs in Schools, Higher Education and Community through Life Cycles, Virtual, 1 December 2022.
Harpur, Paul, Avery, Scott, Stafford, Lisa, Cunningham, Claire, Campus, Celina, Szucs, Brooke and Verrynne, Martie-Louise (2022). Engaging academic research to support disability related equity, diversity and inclusion solutions: co-design, co-deliver, and co-communicate. The Future of Higher Education Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Association, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 27-30 November 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Disability is more on the agenda than ever before, but this has not translated to lived inclusion for many: how struggles and research can align. Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health at Flinders University Research Meeting, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 29 November 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Our Voice: Disability Inclusion at the University of Queensland. International Day of People with a Disability, University of Queensland/ Law Matters TC Beirne School of Law, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25 November 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Using the belief in a fair and just society to reach across disciplinary silos. All Staff Forum, Queensland Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 23 November 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Universities as global agents of change. 12th Africa Network for Internationalization of Education Conference, Virtual, 17 - 18 November 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Closing remarks: Ending my term as blind Australian of the year. Blind Australian of the Year Gala, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28 October 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Mandating auto-transcriptions for learning procedures as a means to educational equality. University of Queensland Academic Board, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 14 October 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). From partially defensible to indefensible: How access and the internet have shifted the manifestation of informational rights. Inaugural Policy and Internet Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28 - 29th of September 2022.
Harpur, Paul (2022). When should organisations consider a targeted recruitment strategy and how can they use this strategy to not only recruit but also progress people with disability in the workplace?. IncludeAbility Employer Network Meeting, Online, 25 August. Australian Human Rights Commission.
Harpur, Paul (2022). From disablement to empowerment: universities are the key to realizing ability equality in society. BEL Researchers session - UQ ChangeMakers Global Alumni Volunteer Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 3 August 2022.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2022). Ensuring equal access to all levels of education for persons with disabilities: advancing the SDGS with the support of the CRPD and Marrakesh Treaty. IP And Sustainable Development Companion - Asia-Pacific Workshop, Online, 15 July 2022.
Gauntlett, Ben, Fischer, Trudi, Carroll, Sharon, Silanesu, Emmanuele, Speldewinde, Steven and Harpur, Paul (2022). IncludeAbility: ICTs and meaningful employment for people with disability. World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022: ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience, Online, 15 March - 3 June. Online: UNESCO.
Harpur, Paul and Szucs, Brooke (2022). Nothing about us unless it is led by us: Academics with Disabilities Driving Higher Education Reforms. Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law Disability Rights Working Group Conference, Online, 5-6 May.
Harpur, Paul (2022). States developing national level programming on access. Disability Law and Policy, DPI 515, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 8.
Harpur, Paul, Pachana, Nancy, Fitzsimmons, Terrance, French, Flic, Bunda, Tracey and Mitter, Neena (2022). Celebrating International Women's Day at UQ. International Women's Day 2022, University of Queensland, March 8.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world. International Day for People with Disabilities, Online, 3 December 2021.
Harpur, Paul (2021). On track to create a more disabiity inclusive state: universities, industry, and government. International Day of People with Disabilities, Brisbane, Queensland, December 3. Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Keynote. Disability Inclusion in the Legal Profession, Brisbane, Queensland, 2 December. Herbert Smith Freehills.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Access to new technology as an enabling right for people with disability. Queensland Government Human Rights Policy and Legislation Fourm, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 November.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Making universities ready for everyone - universal design. University of Queensland BEL Workshop: Practices and strategies that enhance inclusive learning experiences, University of Queensland, 4 November.
Harpur, Paul (2021). The participatory dynamic animates the CRPD: nothing about us unless it is led by us. Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC), Online, October 25 - November 5.
Willox, Dino, Langton, Marcia, Kavanagh, Lydia, Bunda, Tracey, Harpur, Paul, Dianati, Seb and Blanch, Elias (2021). Inclusion panel discussion: inclusive teaching and learning practices, and the impact of intersectionality. Teaching and Learning Week, University of Queensland, November 1-5.
Harpur, Paul and Hannan, Angela (2021). Aligning academic researchers with libraries to craft strategic responses to digital inclusion. Roundtable on Advancing Disability Inclusion and Accessibility - Elsevier, University of Queensland, 8 October, 2021. UQ Library and the UQ Disability Inclusion Group.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Information Providers as Rights Enablers. Relex Ltd Global RISE Conference - Asia/Pacific, ., 7 October 2021.
Harpur, Paul (2021). The importance of vision in academics responding to career opportunities and threats. 2021 BEL Early Career Academic Program, University of Queensland, September 27.
Dunne, Tim and Harpur, Paul (2021). Disability digital and inclusion. IncludeAbility Employer Network Meeting ", Online, 16 September.
Harpur, Paul (2021). University Libraries leading disability inclusion. Information Online In-depth Series, Digital Rights, Online, 14 July. Australian Library and Information Association.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael Ashley (2021). Mainstreaming disability in development programming: the role of disability person organizations and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. Research for Development Impact (RDI) Conference, University of Queensland, 1-2 July, 2021. Brisbane, Australia: Research for Development Impact Network and The University of Queensland.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Universities as Disability Champions of Change. TEDx UQ, Brisbane, Queensland, 13 March.
Harpur, Paul (2020). China, the CRPD and best practices approach to disability in employment. Discrimination and the Law, Shenzhen, China, December 15. Peking University: Peking University - School of Transnational Law .
Harpur, Paul (2020). Being an academic with a disability: access and equality a lived reality. It Can be Done ! : Three-Day International Summit on Legal Professionals with Disabilities, Pune, 1 December - 3 December 2020. Pune, India: Indian Law Society Law College .
Harpur, Paul (2020). The Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability: progress update. Australian perspectives on disability and social inclusion: Australia as a compassionate and just society workshop, Harvard Law School, 25 February, 2020.
Dunne, Tim and Harpur, Paul (2020). Nothing about us unless it is led by us: realising a vision for ability equality in the academy. Australian perspectives on disability and social inclusion: Australia as a compassionate and just society workshop, Harvard Law School, 25 February, 2020.
Harpur, Paul (2019). Public attitudes and stigma affecting our right to live in the world. Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, 28-29 March 2019.
Harpur, Paul (2019). The vision of ability equality becoming the reality at a disability courageous university. Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, 28-29 March 2019.
Harpur, Paul, Schindler, Pam and Joyce, Tom (2019). eBook accessibility and copyright: inclusive purchasing and update on the Marrakesh Treaty for libraries. QULOC Webinar, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 17 July.
Harpur, Paul (2019). From an Informational Apartheid to Reading Equality: when Textbooks become E-Books. eTextbooks: creative learning tool or artefact? Teaching and Learning Week 2019, University of Queensland Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, 31 October, 2019.
Harpur, Paul (2019). Workers with Disabilities Working in the Global Gig Economy: Formulating Policy Responses in Short-Term Work Contracts which Stretch Across Jurisdictions. Making the Future of Work inclusive of persons with disabilities Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-22 November 2019.
Harpur, Paul, Palmer, Thomas and Schindler, Pam (2017). Practical steps to enhance student experiences accessing digital content: law, libraries and equality. Equity Practitioners in the Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 21-23 November 2017.
Harpur, Paul (2017). Keynote: Is it a Pet or Not? Students Claiming Disability Assistance Animal Status for their mental or emotional health. Equity Practitioners in the Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 21-23 November 2017.
Harpur, Paul and Stein, Michael (2017). University Students with Disabilities. Symposium honoring the memory and contributions of Professor Hope Lewis, North-Eastern University, Boston, 17 November 2017.
Harpur, Paul , Palmer, Thomas and Schindler, Pam (2017). Discrimination, Copyright and Equality. Equity Practitioners in the Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 21-23 November 2017.
Ngalomba, Simon and Harpur, Paul (2016). The African women's protocol and the right to life for older persons: when older women are called witches and murdered. African Human Rights System @ 30: Taking Stock, Moving Forward Conference, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 7th October, 2016. Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria: Pretoria, South Africa.
Harpur, Paul (2013). 'Discrimination: An Academic Perspective on Theory and Paradigm Shifts in Equality Laws'. Employment Law Forum, Social Justice and the Law Society, University of Queensland, 11 April 2013.
Harpur, Paul (2013). Making Rights a Reality: The UN Convention on the Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities As an Advocacy Tool. 5th Disability Advocacy Network National Disability Advocacy Conference, Convention Centre Brisbane, 31st -1st November.
Paul Harpur (2013). 'From Regulating the Employment Relationship to Regulating Work: Regulating OHS in Australia's Harmonised Work Health and Safety Act' .. Law and Labour Club, THe University of Cincinnati College of Law, 14th February 2013.
Harpur, Paul (2012). Patients as perpetrators: nurses as survivors of sexual violence. Winds of Change? Shifting Policies and Actions on Gender Equality: Recent Research, Griffith University Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, 26 October 2012.
Harpur, Paul and Peetz, David (2011). Is Corporate Social Responsibility In Labour Standards An Oxymoron?. Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-4 February 2011.
Harpur, Paul (2011). The Paradigm Shift Facilitated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and What It Means for Equality Laws. TC Beirne School of Law's Research Seminar Series, University of Queensland, 28th October 2011.
Harpur, Paul (2011). A Re-Appraisal of the Bifurcation of Discrimination into Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact: The Potentiality of Other Regulatory Mechanisms. Society for Disability Studies Conference, San Jose, USA, 15-18 June 2011.
Harpur, Paul (2010). Developments in Enforcement of OSH in Textile and Apparel Factories in China: CSC9000T and the Potential for Greater Transparency. 7th Law Asia Labour Law Conference, Hong Kong, 17-18 September 2010.
Harpur, Paul (2010). An Introduction to Migrant Workers As a Vulnerable Workforce. 7th Law Asia Labour Law Conference, Hong Kong, 17-18 September 2010.
Harpur, Paul (2010). Contracting and Asset Management: Establishing an Asset Specificity Framework for Determining the Optimal Management of Tourism Infrastructure. World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, Brisbane, 30-31 October 2010.
Harpur, Paul and French, Ben (2010). New Regulatory Vehicles for the Enforcement of Disability Discrimination Law. Australian Labour Law Association 5th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, 19-20 November 2010.
Harpur, Paul (2010). Critical disability studies and outsider scholarship: the potential for counter productivity. Theorizing Normalcy and the Mundane Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, 12-13 May 2010.
Harpur, Paul (2009). The International Labor Organization's Better Factories Project: Can Transnational Regulation of Labour Conditions Work?. Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand, Transcendence Conference, Brisbane, 2-5th December 2009.
Harpur, Paul (2009). People with Disabilities and the Right to Work: Exploring Regulatory Strategies to Reduce Barriers to Entry in China. International Industrial Relations Association 15th World Congress the New World of Work, Employment and Organizations, Sydney, August 2009.
Harpur, Paul (2009). Mass loss of life and R2P: did the experiences from East Timor and Kosovo having a positive impact on the humanitarian crisis associated with the Sri Lankan Civil War?. Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law and the Australia Pacific Civil Military Centre of Excellence, Sovereignty and R2P 10 Years After East Timor and Kosovo, Brisbane, 16-17 July.
Seminar Papers
Sivaraman, Giridharan, Harpur, Paul and King, Marnie (2025). Diversity in IR Seminar Panel. Diversity in IR Seminar - Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces. Industrial Relations Society of Queensland and Australian Labour Law Association.
Tweedy, Sean, Beckman, Emma and Harpur, Paul (2024). Paralympic panel. UQ Talks Sport: what it takes to achieve Paralympic glory. School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Disability resource groups as Engines of innovation. Disabling to Enabling: How Disability Resource Groups Lead to Change. Edith Cowan University.
Harpur, Paul (2024). Keynote: A vision for change. Mayne Circle. Mayne Circle, The University of Queensland.
Harpur, Paul and Newland, Karena (2024). Helping Brisbane Become a City where Persons with Disabilities thrive in employment, their communities and beyond. Sub-Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Koemm, Florian, Bergum, Kyle, Harpur, Paul and Galvin, Elisabeth (2024). Fostering disability inclusion leadership panel. INCLUSION.
Harpur, Paul and Ellis, Katie (2024). Crafting workable solutions to respond to the Disability Royal Commission. The Universities Australia Solutions Summit.
Harpur, Paul and Lane, Ky (2024). Finding workable solutions when University bureaucracy creates barriers to disability inclusion. Disability Resource Centre, Deakin University.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Legal risking arising from implementation and possible resolutions' (Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty in China. Center for Social Responsibility and Governance (CSRG), Institute of Law and Technology and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Renmin University of China and Harvard University.
Pachana, Nancy, Harpur, Paul and Lam, Jack (2022). The age friendly university as a means to reimagine age equality at work. Age(ing) Futures: Reimagining Age Equality at Work. Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Work health and safety laws as a tool to realize university disability strategy. University of Queensland Health, Safety, and Wellness Forum. The University of Queensland.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Disability and the diverse pathway to success. SEES Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Generic Documents
Harpur, Paul (2024). Resolving challenges and problem-solving with collaborative teams. Forrest Research Foundation.
Blows, Mark, Harpur, Paul and Ford, Pauline (2024). Opening Statement for the Champions of Change: The University of Queensland Disability Inclusion Research and Innovation Plan 2024-2026. The University of Queensland.
Harpur, Paul (2023). One in ten people on campus have a disability: Inclusive spaces are safe spaces. The University of Queensland.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Expert evidence (Day 3, Public Hearing 31). Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
Harpur, Paul (2022). Diversity as a strength: you don't need sight to have vision. Brisbane Club's Industry Breakfast Series.
Harpur, Paul (2021). Bouncing back. Fulbright Australia.
Research Reports
Phillipson, Martin, Scott, Karen, Harpur, Paul, White, Nicola, Healy, Patrick, O’Sullivan, Ronan and O’Farrell, Ailish (2025). Report of the Quality Review Group to the University of Limerick School of Law. Limerick, Ireland: University of Limerick.
Harpur, Paul, Stafford, Lisa and Ellis, Katie (2023). Disabilities and the Universities Accord. Brisbane, Australia:
Harpur, Paul (2022). Disability Action Plan 2022 - 2025. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, University Senior Executive Team (USET).
Coco, Brooke, Harpur, Paul, Henman, Paul, Obeid, Abdul, Radke, Amelia, Scully, Jackie Leach, Sleep, Lyndal, Snoswell, Aaron, Soldatic, Karen and van Toorn, Georgia (2021). ADM+S submission to report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on Artificial Intelligence and the rights of persons with disabilities. Geneva, Switzerland: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights .
Harpur, Paul, Pegg, Shane and Karl, Marion (2019). Mapping and regulating the challenges confronting workers with disabilities that travel for work. University of Queensland.
Newspaper Articles
Harpur, Paul, Szücs, Brooke and Pachana, Nancy A. (2025, 01 23). Imagine an age-inclusive university sector Times Higher Education (THE Campus)
Harpur, Paul (2024, 04 11). Are public servants informed and implementing the new disability public policy pivot? The Mandarin
Harpur, Paul and Szucs, Brooke (2024, 02 28). Get real about hiring people with disabilities Times Higher Education
Betts, Martin and Harpur, Paul (2023, 10 11). Role models for inclusive education Campus Review
Betts, Martin and Harpur, Paul (2023, 10 10). Role models and governance for higher education inclusion Campus Review
Szücs, Brooke and Harpur, Paul (2023, 02 15). Supporting disabled students in extracurricular activities THE Campus
Harpur, Paul , Willox, Dino and Szucs, Brooke (2022, 02 24). Intersectionality and why in 2022 inclusion must allow for multiple identities THE Campus
Harpur, Paul and Szücs, Brooke (2022, 02 22). Where are the leaders with a disability in higher education? THE Campus
Harpur, Paul and Blanck, Peter D. (2021, 08 23). Uni students have had to be vaccinated against other diseases — COVID-19 is no different The Conversation
Harpur, Paul (2020, 05 14). COVID-19 in Australia: protecting public health by restricting rights and risking the rule of law Bill of Health
Harpur, Paul (2019, 06 14). 'I could not imagine life without a dog' insight (SBS)
Harpur, Paul (2018, 07 01). The licensing of temporary agency work arrangements: Australian labour hire licensing acts and the regulation of on-hire and gig work American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law International Committee Newsletter
Harpur, Paul, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Pachana, Nancy (2018, 04 18). How fake assistance animal users are gaming the system and increasing prejudices. The Conversation
Ngalomba, Simon and Harpur, Paul (2016, 10 12). The long lives aren't necessarily happy ones in Africa, particularly for women The Conversation
Harpur, Paul (2016, 10 10). Paid domestic violence leave: how do other countries do it? The Conversation
Audio Documents
Brown, Lydia X.Z. , Shetty, Ridhi and Harpur, Paul (2021). How Public Health Monitoring During the Pandemic Can Affect Disability and Minority Populations (ADA Live). Southeast ADA Center.
Working Papers
Harpur, Paul (2018). A history of the Fulbright Scholar at the TC Beirne School of Law. TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland.