HDR Supervision

I welcome applications from prospective research students interested in law and society topics, particularly those involving intellectual property law, cultural rights, the creative industries, or experimental or visual qualitative research methods. Possible topics could include copyright law and visual art; creative communities and copying norms; protocols and GLAM sector practices; studies of legal consciousness i.e. how creators think about law; legal projects that use art or practice-based methodologies.

PhD Supervision

Completed PhD Projects 

• ‘Future Justice of the Peace (JP): Triangulating Doctrinal and Empirical Research for Evidence-based Reform of the NSW JP System’ (2025; Primary supervisor)
• ‘Integrating Payment for Environmental Services into an Approach Informed by the Ecology of Law: A Case Study on Brazilian Waste Pickers’ (2022; Co-supervisor) 

Current PhD Projects 

• ‘Farmers Rights over Seeds in Bangladesh’ (thesis submitted in 2025, currently under review; Co-supervisor)
• ‘Towards Effective Response and Enforcement Mechanisms for Coronial Inquest Recommendations in Child Neglect Cases’ (student commenced in 2024; Co-supervisor)
• ‘Legal Protection of Works Created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) (student commenced in 2024; Co-supervisor)
• ‘Using Ecosystem Approach to Assess the Effectiveness of Indian Regulatory System for Supporting Traditional Farming Communities’ (student commenced in 2021; Primary supervisor) 
• ‘Native Title and Compensation: Phase Two of Australia’s Native Title Journey’ (student commenced in 2020; Co-supervisor)

Honours supervision