Prof Dale Stephens
Professor
School of Law
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
International Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force, International Space Law, Law of the Sea and Naval Operations, National Security Law.
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Award | Commendation | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2021 | Award | Red Cross Distinguished Service Award | Australian Red Cross | Australia | - |
| 2019 | Fellowship | Fellow | Australian Academy of Law | Australia | - |
| 2016 | Teaching Award | Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching | Adelaide University | - | - |
| 2016 | Teaching Award | Distinguished Practice in Teaching | Adelaide University | - | - |
| 2009 | Award | Bronze Star | U.S. Government | United States | - |
| 2004 | Award | Meritorious Service Medal | U.S. Navy | United States | - |
| 2003 | Award | Conspicuous Service Medal | Australian Government | Australia | - |
| 2002 | Award | Maritime Commander Commendation | Royal Australian Navy | Australia | - |
| 2001 | Award | Commendation | United Nations | Australia | - |
July 2025 - A$271,000 - Department of Defence (Cth) Grant for the Wayfarer Manual Development.
March 2020 - A$50,000 - Department of Defence (Cth) Grant for Influence Operations Research project.
Dec 2016 - $A120,000 - Department of Defence (Cth) Grant for Space Military Activities and Law Project.
April 2016 - $CA190,450 - Co-Investigator on Category 1 Partnership Development Grant Application for the MILAMOS project from the Canadian Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Dec 2015 - $2000 - Cat 1 Support Funding (Faculty)
Dec 2014 - $10,000 - Cluster Evolution Grant (Faculty)
Dec 2007 (start date 2008) - $220,593 over three years ARC Linkage: LP 0882300, 'Australia's War Crimes Trials Law Report Series' PI Dale Stephens.
International law, Law of Armed Conflict, International Criminal law, Law of the Sea, National Security Law.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Can Australia Have Its Yellowcake and Eat It Too? Navigating the Evolving Nuclear Legal Landscape Amid AUKUS, Nuclear Energy Ambitions, and Legal Prohibitions. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Kirsty Braybon |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | The application of Additional Protocol I civilian protections to armed conflict in the air and at sea - the impact of State practice, the role of customary law and impact on the status of the traditional law of naval warfare | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Joanna Louisa Jarose |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | State practice in relation to private contracts between commercial actors in authorising and continually supervising under the Outer Space Treaty | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr James Stephen Minchinton |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Partners Left Behind: Departing Foreign Forces' Customary Obligations to Host Nation Persons Made Vulnerable by Association with that Force | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Ronald Scott Adams |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | An algorithmic inflection: how AI and autonomy will change International Humanitarian Law without changing the law | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Alec Julian Tattersall |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | The Stories We Tell Ourselves: National Memories and Historical Narratives in International Legal Claims | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Xuan W Tay |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | In the context of enhanced technologies and increased regional strategic competition, do international and domestic electromagnetic spectrum laws justly balance civilian interests with Defence’s mandate to deter actions against Australia’s interests | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Karina Galliford |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Whether the application of certain principles in the law of naval warfare can extend to space warfare. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Lt Marina Sammy William |
| 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Law of the sea is an inspiration by analogy to the development of space law. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mrs Tracy Lynn Reynolds |
| 2017 | Principal Supervisor | Reconciling conflicts in the application of disparate and fragmented International legal regimes to military uses outer space | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Duncan Blake |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2026 | Principal Supervisor | The application of Additional Protocol I civilian protections to armed conflict in the air and at sea - the impact of State practice, the role of customary law and impact on the status of the traditional law of naval warfare | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Joanna Louisa Jarose |
| 2022 - 2026 | Principal Supervisor | How National Narratives Construct the Sovereignty of Nation-States | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Xuan W Tay |
| 2022 - 2026 | Principal Supervisor | Inter-state military employment of directed electromagnetic energy in peacetime international law | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Karina Galliford |
| 2021 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | How Long the Shadow? Command Responsibility for War Crimes in Australian Law | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Glenn Raymond Kolomeitz |
| 2020 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Colouring in the Grey Zone: The Legal Capacity of the Australian Defence Force to Respond Domestically to Interference Operations | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | APrf Samuel White |
| 2019 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Attracting Commercial Artificial Intelligence Firms to Support National Security Through Collaborative Contracts | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | APrf Andrew Scott Bowne |
| 2015 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | The United States’ Global Campaign Against Foreign Bribery: Bound to Fail | Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Matt Lady |
| 2014 - 2017 | Principal Supervisor | Petulant and Contrary: Approaches by the Permanent Five Members of the Security Council to the Concept of 'Threat to the Peace' under Article 39 of the UN Charter | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Tamsin Phillipa Paige |
| 2013 - 2018 | Co-Supervisor | Permission to Intercede or Sovereignty Supreme?: The Influence of R2P on Non-Forceful Responses to Atrocity Crimes | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Dr Stacey Henderson |
| 2011 - 2014 | Co-Supervisor | A Proposal for the Implementation of Human Rights Treaty Obligations in Armed Conflict | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Samaneh Hassanli |
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - ongoing | Chair | Woomera Manual Governance Board | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Director | Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics (RUMLAE) | Adelaide University | Australia |
| 2012 - ongoing | Board Member | Woodcroft College Council | Woodcroft College | Australia |
| 2012 - ongoing | Chair | SA Red Cross IHL Committee | Australian Red Cross | Australia |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - ongoing | Chair | SA Red Cross IHL Committee | Red Cross | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | Australian Academy of Law | Australia |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - ongoing | Editor | The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations | Adelaide University, Exeter University, Nebraska University, UNSW (Canberra) | Australia |
| 2009 - ongoing | Board Member | Australian Yearbook of International Law | - | Australia |
| Date | Office Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - ongoing | Head SA/NT/Northern WA Navy Legal Panel | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
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