Ms Joanna Jarose
Lecturer
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Joanna is a lecturer and HDR candidate within the Adelaide Law School. Her PhD project examines the evolution of the law of contraband of war, in particular the limits on belligerent interference with neutral merchant vessels on this basis.
Joanna graduated from the honours degree of Bachelor of Laws in December 2023, with first class honours and a University Medal. She was the recipient of numerous undergraduate prizes, including the Angas Parsons Prize for most meritorious honours graduate and the Stow Medal. Her honours thesis, which examined the inchoate protective potential of the largely-disregarded Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, was published in the July 2024 issue of the American Journal of International Law.
She has been a researcher for the Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics ('RUMLAE') since September 2021. Her work for RUMLAE has covered areas including international humanitarian law, the law of naval warfare, space law, cyber and influence operations, current and historical Australian military law, and protection of cultural and environmental objects during armed conflict. She was co-rapporteur for the State consultation process for the draft Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations, held in the Hague in June 2022.
Joanna has also taught at the Adelaide Law School since 2024, primarily in international law subjects.
Joanna's PhD project examines and interrogates the law of contraband as currently asserted, with a focus on the extent of protections for neutral merchant vessels from belligerent interference.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2025 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide 2024 - 2025 Sessional Lecturer University of Adelaide 2023 - 2023 International Student Support Tutor University of Adelaide 2021 - ongoing Research Associate University of Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2024 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Law 2021 - 2023 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws 2009 - 2012 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Arts (by Research) 2008 - 2008 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts 2004 - 2007 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Arts -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2025). Sunken Warships or Lasting Obligations. Bulletin of the Law Society of South Australia, [2025](March). 2024 Jarose, J. (2024). REVISITING THE LIMIT ON SMALL CLAIMS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S MINOR CIVIL JURISDICTION. Adelaide Law Review, 45(2), 393-403. 2024 Jarose, J. (2024). A Sleeping Giant? the ENMOD Convention as a Limit on Intentional Environmental Harm in Armed Conflict and beyond. American Journal of International Law, 118(3), 468-511.
Scopus22023 Jarose, J. (2023). Giving Due Regard to the Obligation of 'Due Regard' under Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 24(2), 235-259. 2023 Jarose, J. (2023). RECONSIDERING THE DEFINITION OF ‘ATTACK’ AND ‘DAMAGE’ IN CYBER OPERATIONS DURING ARMED CONFLICT: EMERGING SUBSEQUENT STATE PRACTICE. Adelaide Law Review, 44(2), 317-338. 2023 Jarose, J. (2023). OPTIONAL AND ILL-DEFINED? RECONSIDERING STRICT AND QUALIFIED NEUTRALITY IN LIGHT OF STATE RESPONSES TO RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE. Adelaide Law Review, 44(2), 638-651. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2025 Jarose, J. (2025). Old Treaties, New Applications: The Creation of Digital Resilience in International Law via State Practice. In Digital Resilience (pp. 33-49). Springer Nature Singapore.
DOI2024 Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2024). Right Intent: The Value of Morality and Religion in the Modern Law of Armed Conflict. In P. Babie, & R. Sarre (Eds.), Religion Matters: Volume 2 Further Explorations of Connectedness (Vol. 2, pp. 211-229). Springer.
DOI2024 Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., & Jarose, J. (2024). Evolution of the Australian Military Justice System. In D. Stephens, P. Sutherland, & R. Creyke (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2nd ed., pp. 592). Federation Press. 2024 Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2024). Law of Naval Operations: Contemporary Issues. In D. Stephens, P. Sutherland, & R. Creyke (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2nd ed.). Federation Press. 2024 Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2024). Law of Cyber Operations: Contemporary Issues. In D. Stephens, P. Sutherland, & R. Creyke (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2nd ed.). Federation Press. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2024 Jarose, J. (2024). Due Regard for 'Due Regard' Under the Outer Space Treaty. Poster session presented at the meeting of Space Law Academy. Online: Thomson Reuters. -
Report for External Bodies
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Internet Publications
Year Citation 2025 Jarose, J. (2025). ENMOD: Dead Letter or Environmental Lifeline?. Lieber Institute, Articles of War. 2024 Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2024). The Woomera Manual and Military Space Activities and Operations. Lieber Institute, Articles of War.
Commonwealth RTP Scholarship and Zelling-Gray Supplementary Scholarship, 2024-2025
Semester 2, 2025: Course Coordinator and Lecturer for Introduction to Australian Law; Lecturer and Seminar Leader for International Law
Semester 1, 2025: Course Coordinator and Lecturer for Introduction to Australian Law; Sessional Lecturer and Moot Judge for IHL & Advocacy
Semester 2, 2024: Course Coordinator and Lecturer for Introduction to Australian Law; Seminar leader for International Law; Sessional Lecturer for AI & Technology: Legal and Security Issues, and Cyber Security and Cyber Conflict Law
Winter 2024: Assistant Course Coordinator and Lecturer for Statutory Interpretation
Semester 1, 2024: Course Coordinator and Lecturer for Introduction to Australian Law; Sessional Lecturer for the Law of Naval Warfare, LTM-3 Operations Law, and International Humanitarian Law & Advocacy
Full year, 2023: International Student Support Tutor
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2024 - 2025 Secretary SA Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Committee South Australian Red Cross Australia -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2024 - 2025 Associate Editor Adelaide Law Review Australia
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