Ms Cornelia Koch
Senior Lecturer
Adelaide Law School
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Cornelia's interests are in public law, particularly constitutional law and human rights, and comparative law. Much of her research is on issues related to human rights. She has a strong interest in the public law relating to First Nations Peoples, including the South Australian First Nations Voice.
Cornelia is an Education Specialist and a Member of the Adelaide Education Academy. She has won teaching prizes at national, university and faculty level. She contributes to the scholarship of learning and teaching through conference presentations and publications. Currently she focusses on involving students in public advocacy on contemporary issues and work-integrated learning through internship courses.
Cornelia is a member of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, University of Adelaide, and a member of the Convening Committee of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (SA Chapter). She is also a member of the Rights Resource Network SA, the International Association of Constitutional Law, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and the Australasian Law Academics Association.
Cornelia's research interests are in public law, particularly constitutional law and human rights, and comparative law. Much of her research is on issues related to human rights and currently she is pursuing projects on children's right to bodily integrity and autonomy. In this research she looks at how the law engages with male and female circumcision as well as genital surgery on children with an intersex variation.
As an Education Specialist and Member of the Adelaide Education Academy, Cornelia contributes to the scholarship of learning and teaching through conference presentations and publications. Currently she focusses on work-integrated learning through internship courses, inquiry based learning and the flipped classroom methodology.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2002 - ongoing Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide 1999 - 2002 Tutorial Fellow T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review German Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 1999 - 2000 T. C Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland Australia Juris Doctor 1998 - 1999 T. C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland Australia Master of Comparative Law 1992 - 1997 Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg Germany Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
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Book Chapters
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Perrett, M., Olijnyk, A., & Koch, C. (2024). One Legal Future Post-Referendum: South Australia’s First Nations Voices. In N/A. Flinders University, Adelaide. 2010 Hill, L., & Koch, C. (2010). The voting rights of incarcerated Australian citizens. In Proceedings of APSA Conference 2010 (pp. 1-17). www: Australian Political Science Association.
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2024 Koch, C., Grenfell, L., Spyrou, P., Hill, L., & Owens, R. (2024). Submission on the Inquiry into the potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia. 2024 Koch, C. C., Arcioni, E., McIntyre, J., Renshaw, C., & Noakes, S. (2024). Submission on the Inquiry into civics education, engagement, and participation in Australia. 2023 Koch, C., Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Louth, J., Olijnyk, A., Stubbs, M., & Sumner AM, U. M. M. (2023). Submission on the draft Bill for a First Nations Voice to South Australia’s Parliament. 2023 Koch, C., Carter, A., Grenfell, L., Lindell, G., Olijnyk, A., Owens, R., . . . Williams, J. (2023). Submission to the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum. 2020 Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Koch, C., McIntyre, J., Neudorf, L., Olijnyk, A., . . . Spyrou, P. (2020). Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19. 2020 Grenfell, L., Hill, L., Koch, C., McIntyre, J., Neudorf, L., Olijnyk, A., . . . Spyrou, P. (2020). Submission to the COVID-19 Response Committee. Adelaide.
Cornelia is an Education Specialist and a Member of the Adelaide Education Academy. She loves to work with students and see them engage with new concepts that expand their horizons. Seeing students develop throughout their time at uni is a real joy for her. Cornelia teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Principles of Public Law and coordinates the Law and Justice Internship.
Cornelia has won the following tertiary teaching awards:
2022 Nominee, Australian Legal Education Awards (ALEA), Excellence in Teaching category (Team nomination with Matthew Stubbs)
2021 Nominee, Australian Legal Education Awards (ALEA), Excellence in Teaching category (Team nomination with Matthew Stubbs)
2020 University Award for Outstanding Achievement for 'A Connected and Enriched Community - An Award for Promoting a Diverse and Inclusive Culture', The University of Adelaide (Embedding Indigenous Knowledges Team)
2020 Special Commendation - COVID19 Emergency Teaching Response, The University of Adelaide (Team Award with Anna Olijnyk)
2020 Executive Dean Awards - Employability Award, Faculty of the Professions, The University of Adelaide (Team Award with Laura Grenfell and Anne Hewitt)
2020 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT), Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Team Award with Matthew Stubbs)
2019 Nominee, Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT), Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Team nomination with Matthew Stubbs)
2016 Beacon Commendation for the Enhancement and Innovation of Student Learning
Category: Enhancing student learning through Small Group Discovery Experiences
The University of Adelaide (Team award with Matthew Stubbs and Adam Webster)
2010 Nominee, Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award for Excellence in Teaching
(Team nomination with Anne Hewitt, Margaret Castles and Andrew Ligertwood)
2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
for the Development of a Suite of Law Courses Designed to Facilitate Student Learning of Legal Theory by Immersion in Simulated Legal Practice
(Team Award with Anne Hewitt, Andrew Ligertwood, Margaret Castles and Matthew Stubbs)
2008 Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Team Teaching
2008 The Executive Dean of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Teaching) (Team Teaching)
2007 Runner-Up for The Executive Dean of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Teaching) (Team Teaching)
2006 Nominee for Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Teaching) (Individual Teacher)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Is Federalism an Obstacle to the Protection of the Right to Self-Determination of First Nations Peoples in Australia? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Madeleine Sophia Perrett
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2006 - ongoing Member Convening Committee, South Australian Chapter Australian Association of Constitutional Law Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2019 - ongoing Member Rights Resource Network SA Australia 2017 - ongoing Member Australasian Law Teachers Association Australia 2016 - ongoing Member Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Australia 2014 - ongoing Member Public Law and Policy Research Unit, The University of Adelaide Australia 2006 - ongoing Member International Association of Constitutional Law Australia 2004 - ongoing Member Australian Association of Constitutional Law Australia
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