
¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Law & Justice is among the most successful law schools in attracting Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.
Our trackÌýrecord of receiving these competitive grants and research fellowships is a testament to our academic excellence and commitment to conducting research with real-world impact.
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ARC Fellowships
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- Evacuations in international law: disasters, conflicts and humanitarian crises
Lead Investigator: Scientia Professor Jane McAdamFunding amount: $3,146,592 (2023-2027)Ìý - The Financial Data Revolution: Seizing the Benefits, Controlling the RisksÌý
Lead Investigator:ÌýFunding amount: $2,634,900 (2020-2025)Ìý
- Evacuations in international law: disasters, conflicts and humanitarian crises
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- Defending constitutional democracy: the military & the constitution in AsiaÌý
Lead Investigator:ÌýProfessor Melissa Crouch
Funding amount: $1,205,235 (2025-2028) - Constitutional design and democratic resilienceÌý
Lead Investigator: Professor Rosalind Dixon
Funding amount: $1,074,409 (2021-2025) - Diplomatic knowledge, disasters and the future of international legal orderÌý
Lead Investigator:ÌýProfessor Fleur Johns
Funding amount: $951,471 (2021-2025) - Suspect sciences: enhancing emerging identification technologies and forensicÌýexpertiseÌý
Lead Investigator: Professor Gary Edmond
Funding amount: $815,014 (2020)Ìý - Informal lawmaking in maritime security: new directions in ocean governance
Lead Investigator:ÌýProfessor Natalie Klein
Funding amount: $1,018,446 (2020)Ìý
- Defending constitutional democracy: the military & the constitution in AsiaÌý
ARC grants
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- Remedies for Victims of Modern Slavery in Indo-Pacific FisheriesÌý(DP250102044)
Investigators:ÌýProfessorÌýJustine NolanÌý(Lead Investigator),ÌýProfessorÌýNatalie KleinÌý(CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney),ÌýProfessorÌýShelley Marshall (CI, RMIT University).Ìý
Grant amount: $742,533 (2025-2028) - Fixing Gaps in Ocean Governance: International Law Duties of Persons at SeaÌý(DP250102643)
Investigators:ÌýProfessorÌýNatalie KleinÌý(Lead Investigator),ÌýProfessor Sarah WilliamsÌý(CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney),ÌýProfessorÌýIrini Papanicolopulu (PI, SOASÌýUniversity of London).Ìý
Grant amount: $675,265 (2025-2028) - National Security Exceptions in International Trade and Investment TreatiesÌý(DP250100953)Ìý
Investigators: Associate Professor Caroline HenckelsÌý(Lead Investigator, Monash University), ProfessorÌýAndrew MitchellÌý(CI, Monash University), Dr Elizabeth Sheargold (CI, Monash University), Associate Professor Jonathan BonnitchaÌý(CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney).Ìý
Grant amount: $549,734 (2025-2028) - Inside the jury: A novel experimental technique to study jury deliberationÌý(DP250102628)Ìý
Investigators:ÌýProfessorÌýRichard Kemp (Lead Investigator, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney), Professor Jill HunterÌý(CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney).Ìý
Grant amount: $641,610 (2025-2028) - Responding to sexual harm: an Australian historical criminology approachÌý(DP230101503)ÌýÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: ProfessorÌýLisa Featherstone (Lead Investigator, La Trobe University), Dr Andy Kaladelfos (CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney), Dr Yorick Smaal (CI, Griffith University), Dr Bianca Fileborn (CI, The University of Melbourne).Ìý
Grant amount: $ 463,914 (2023-2026) - Judges' work, place and psychological health - a national viewÌý(DP220100585)ÌýÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: Professor Jill Hunter (Lead Investigator), ProfessorÌýPrudence Vines (CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney), ProfessorÌýNatalie Skead (CI, The University of Western Australia), Associate ProfessorÌýKylie Burns (CI, Griffith University), ProfessorÌýSharyn Roach Anleu (CI, Flinders University), ProfessorÌýCatherine Warner (CI, University of Tasmania), ProfessorÌýRichard Kemp (CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney), Adjunct Associate ProfessorÌýTerese Henning (CI, University of Tasmania).Ìý
Grant amount:$556,708 (2022-2024). - China’s belt and road initiative: a new model of economic governance?Ìý(DP220101632)ÌýÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: Associate Professor Jonathan Bonnitcha (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Kun Fan (CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney), Scientia Professor Ross Buckley (CI, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney), Professor Heng Wang (PI, National University of Singapore).
Grant amount:$293,716 (2022-2024). - Violence, risk and safety: the changing face of Australian criminal lawÌý(DP210101072)ÌýÌýÌýÌý
Investigators:ÌýProfessor Luke McNamaraÌý(Lead Investigator), Associate ProfessorÌýJulia Quilter (CI), ProfessorÌýArlie Loughnan (CI, University of Wollongong), Adjunct ProfessorÌýRussell Hogg (CI, Queensland University of Technology), Emeritus ProfessorÌýDavid Brown (CI, University of Sydney), ProfessorÌýLindsay Farmer (PI, University of Glasgow, UK).ÌýÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $327,330 - Reimagining judging in international criminal courts: a gendered approachÌý(DP210103628)ÌýÌýÌýÌý
Investigators:ÌýScientia Professor Louise ChappellÌý(Lead Investigator), Dr Rosemary Grey (CI, University of Sydney), DrÌýKcaseyÌýMcLoughlin (CI, University of Newcastle).ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $346,555 - Producing, managing and owning knowledge in the 21st century universityÌý(DP200101578)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: Professor KathrynÌýBowreyÌý(Lead Investigator), ProfessorÌýKimberlee Weatherall (CI), Dr Kylie Pappalardo (CI), ProfessorÌýIrene Watson (CI), ProfessorÌýJill McKeough (CI),ÌýEmeritus ProfessorÌýThomas Cochrane (CI)ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $361,000 - Improving international law regulation of maritime autonomous vesselsÌý(DP200102091)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: Professor Natalie Klein (Lead Investigator), Associate ProfessorÌýDouglas Guilfoyle (CI), Associate ProfessorÌýMd Saiful Karim (CI), ProfessorÌýRobert McLaughlin (CI).ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $158,630Ìý - Intoxication evidence in rape trials: a double-edged sword?Ìý(DP200100101)ÌýÌý
Investigators: Professor Julia Quilter (Lead Investigator, University of Wollongong), Professor Luke McNamara (¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Sydney)ÌýÌý
Grant amount: $239,322 - Non-urban water governance: rethinking compliance and enforcementÌý(DP190101584)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: ProfessorÌýCameron HolleyÌý(Lead Investigator),ÌýAssociate Professor Darren Sinclair (University of Canberra), Dr Jean-Daniel Rinaudo (BRGM The French Geological Survey),ÌýAssociate Professor Rhett Larson (Arizona State University)ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $338,000 - Juries, justice and citizenship:ÌýhistoricisingÌýwomen’s inequalityÌý(DP190100940)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: ProfessorÌýJill HunterÌý(Lead Investigator), Professor Penelope Russell (University of Sydney), Professor Diane Kirby (UTS), Dr Alecia Simmonds (UTS)ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $322,000 - Contemporary populism and constitutional democracyÌý(DP190102961)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigators: ProfessorÌýMartin KrygierÌý(Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Adam Czarnota, ProfessorÌýWojciehÌýSadurski (University of Sydney)ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $331,000Ìý - Australian violence: understandingÌývictimisationÌýthrough historyÌý(DP190100322)
Investigators: Dr AndyÌýKaladelfos
Grant amount: $404,636
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- Remedies for Victims of Modern Slavery in Indo-Pacific FisheriesÌý(DP250102044)
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- ‘Recognition after Uluru: what next for First Nations?’Ìý(IN190100075)ÌýÌý
ProfessorÌýMegan DavisÌý(Lead Investigator),ÌýProfessorÌýGeorge WilliamsÌýÌý
Grant amount:Ìý$399,600
- ‘Recognition after Uluru: what next for First Nations?’Ìý(IN190100075)ÌýÌý
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- Fast-track asylum procedures: balancing fairness and efficiency (DE220101189)ÌýÌý
Investigators:ÌýAssociate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash (Lead Investigator)ÌýÌý
Grant amount:Ìý$458,332 (2022-2024) - Mining the deep oceans: ensuring compliance with international obligationsÌý(DE190101081)ÌýÌý
Investigators: Dr Aline JaeckelÌý(Lead Investigator)ÌýÌý
Grant amount: $364,990 - Protected entry for asylum seekers in history and international refugee lawÌý(DE200101236)
Investigators:ÌýDr Claire HigginsÌý(Lead Investigator)ÌýÌý
Grant amount: $389,201 - Public law accountability of outsourced government servicesÌý(DE210101055)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigator:ÌýDr Janina BougheyÌý(Lead Investigator)ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $334,775ÌýÌý - Artificial intelligence decision-making, privacy and discrimination lawsÌý(DE210101183)ÌýÌýÌý
Investigator:ÌýDr Monika ZalnieriuteÌý(Lead Investigator)ÌýÌýÌý
Grant amount: $426,530ÌýÌý
- Fast-track asylum procedures: balancing fairness and efficiency (DE220101189)ÌýÌý
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- Non-urban water regulation: next generation