Professor Dale Stephens
Professor
School of Law
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - 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 | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 - ongoing | Professor | The University of Adelaide |
| 2013 - 2016 | Associate Professor | The University of Adelaide |
| 2013 - ongoing | Captain | Royal Australian Navy (Reserve) |
| 2010 - 2013 | Senior Lecturer (Adjunct) | The University of Adelaide |
| 1989 - 2013 | Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain | Royal Australian Navy (Permanent) |
| 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 | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 - 2014 | Harvard University | United States | SJD |
| 2003 - 2004 | Harvard University | United States | LL.M |
| 1997 - 2003 | University of Melbourne | Australia | LL.M |
| 1989 - 1989 | University of South Australia | Australia | GDLP |
| 1985 - 1988 | University of Adelaide | Australia | LL.B (Hons) |
| 1982 - 1984 | Flinders University | Australia | B.A. |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Commonwealth Basic Procurement Course | Australian Government, Canberra | Australia |
| 1997 | NBCD Course | Australian Government, Canberra | Australia |
| 1997 | Austeyr F88 Conversion Course | Australian Defence Force | Australia |
| 1990 | RAN Swimming Test | Australian Government, Canberra | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2025). Sunken Warships or Lasting Obligations. Bulletin of the Law Society of South Australia, [2025](March). |
| 2022 | Stephens, D., & Massingham, E. (2022). Autonomous Systems, Private Actors, Outer Space and War: Lessons for Addressing Accountability Concerns in Uncertain Legal Environments. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 23(2), 276-305. WoS1 |
| 2021 | Stephens, D., & Blake, L. (2021). Good fences make good (space) neighbours. Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity, 8(2), 212-236. |
| 2021 | Stephens, D. (2021). The Woomera Manual Project. NATO Legal Gazette, 42, 4-6. |
| 2020 | Stephens, D. G. (2020). Legal regulation of military activities in space. Law Society Bulletin, 42(3), 6-7. |
| 2020 | Stephens, D., & Crawford, E. (2020). Emerging Technologies and Areas of Operations in Cyber and Outer Space by Professor Dale Stephens and Emily Crawford. |
| 2020 | Stephens, D. (2020). International Criminal Law and the ADF by Professor Dale Stephens and Mark Giddings. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2020). |
| 2020 | Stephens, D. G. (2020). Influence Operations and International Law. Journal of Information Warfare, 19(4), 1-16. |
| 2020 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2020). 'Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD FAAL RAN (Rtd) 1938 - 2019' (2019) 40(2) Adelaide Law Review 389-92.. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2020). |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. (2019). Book Review: Redefining the Modern Military - The Intersection of Profession and Ethics. Adelaide Law Review, 40(3), 911-914. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. G., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD FAAL RAN (Rtd) 1938-2019. Adelaide Law Review, 40(2), 389-392. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Law, war, ethics and conscience: An enduring conundrum. Adelaide Law Review, 40(2), 419-426. |
| 2019 | de Zwart, M. J., & Stephens, D. (2019). The Space (Innovation) Race: The Inevitable Relationship between Military Technology and Innovation. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 20(1), 1-28. WoS8 |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. G. (2019). Roots of Restraint in War: The Capacities and Limits of Law and the Critical Role of Social Agency in Ameliorating Violence in Armed Conflict. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 10(1), 1-18. Scopus7 WoS9 |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. (2019). REDEFINING THE MODERN MILITARY: THE INTERSECTION OF PROFESSION AND ETHICS. ADELAIDE LAW REVIEW, 40(3), 911-914. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., Crawford, J., LaForgia, R., Wall, A. E., Sands, P., . . . Stephens, T. (2019). PROFESSOR IVAN SHEARER AM RFD FAAL RAN (RTD) 1938 - 2019. ADELAIDE LAW REVIEW, 40(2), 387-416. |
| 2018 | Stephens, D. (2018). War Crimes: Increasing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law through International Criminal Law? Authors: Dale Stephens and Thomas Wooden. |
| 2018 | Stephens, D. (2018). The international legal implications of military space operations: examining the interplay between international humanitarian law and the outer space regime. International Law Studies, 94, 75-101. |
| 2018 | Stephens, D. (2018). Law and War in Outer Space. RUMLAE Research Paper, (18). |
| 2017 | Babie, P. T., & Stephens, D. (2017). Seeing Further Over the Horizon: A World of Limitless Possibilities. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2017). |
| 2017 | Stephens, D. (2017). Autonomous weapon systems, the Law of Armed Conflict and the exercise of responsible judgment. Pandora's Box, 24(2019), 1-13. |
| 2017 | de Zwart, M., & Stephens, D. G. (2017). Non-Military Space Testing in the Woomera Prohibited Area: Opportunities for the Australian Space industry. Federal Law Review, 45(1), 39-64. |
| 2017 | Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2017). Dredge Your Way to China? The Legal Significance of Chinese Reclamation and Construction in the South China Sea. Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, 2, 25-51. |
| 2016 | Petrovic, J., Stephens, D., & Nastevski, V. (2016). To arrest or not arrest the incumbent head of state: the Bashir case and the interplay between law and politics. Monash University Law Review, 42(3), 740-782. WoS2 |
| 2016 | Stephens, D. (2016). Naval power in the Indian Ocean: rising tension, maritime governance and the role of law. Adelaide Law Review, 37(2), 307-324. WoS1 |
| 2015 | Stephens, D., & Steer, C. (2015). Conflicts in space: International humanitarian law and its application to space warfare. McGill Annals of Air and Space Law, 40, 1-33. |
| 2015 | Stephens, D. (2015). The age of the manual - The impact of the manual on international law applicable to air and missile warfare. Israel Yearbook of Human Rights, 45, 19-36. Scopus2 |
| 2015 | Stephens, D. (2015). Behaviour in war: the place of law, moral inquiry and self-identity. International Review of the Red Cross, 96(895-896), 751-773. Scopus13 WoS10 |
| 2015 | Stephens, D., & Steer, C. (2015). Conflicts in Space: International Humanitarian Law and its Application to Space Warfare. U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper, (2016). |
| 2013 | Stephens, D. (2013). International Law: Cases and Materials with Australian Perspectives Donald R Rothwell, Stuart Kaye, Afshin Akhtarkhavari, Ruth Davis (eds) (Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, 2011, 719pp). Australian Yearbook of International law, 31, 128-131. |
| 2010 | Stephens, D. G. (2010). International law on peacekeeping - A study of article 40 of the UN charter. Hitoshi Nasu. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2009 (322pp). Australian Yearbook of International Law, 29, 234-237. |
| 2010 | Stephens, D. (2010). Military involvement in law enforcement. International Review of the Red Cross, 92(878), 453-468. Scopus12 |
| 2010 | Stephens, D. G., & Gruber, S. (2010). Cooperation, friction, and safeguarding: Australia and Indonesia's security relationship. Harvard Asia Pacific Review, 11(1), 35-39. |
| 2009 | Stephens, D. (2009). Blurring the lines: The interpretation, discourse and application of the law of armed conflict. Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 12, 85-118. Scopus3 |
| 2007 | Bronitt, S. H., & Stephens, D. (2007). 'Flying Under the Radar'. The Use of Lethal Force Against Hijacked Aircraft: Recent Australian Developments. |
| 2007 | Stephens, D. (2007). OF WAR AND LAW. MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 8(2), 9 pages. |
| 2006 | Stephens, D., & Lewis, A. (2006). The targeting of civilian contractors in armed conflict. Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 9, 25-64. Scopus2 |
| 2005 | Stephens, D. (2005). The lawful use of force by peacekeeping forces: The tactical imperative. International Peacekeeping, 12(2), 157-172. Scopus18 |
| 2005 | Stephens, D., & Lewis, M. W. (2005). THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT - A CONTEMPORARY CRITIQUE. MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 6(1), 31 pages. WoS1 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., & White, S. (2025). Digital Resilience: International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence. DOI |
| 2019 | Creyke, R., Stephens, D., & Sutherland, P. (Eds.) (2019). Military Law in Australia. Alexandria, NSW; Australia: Federation Press. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. G., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Law of Naval Warfare. Chatswood, NSW; Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths. Scopus4 |
| 2016 | Stephens, D., & Babie, P. (Eds.) (2016). Imagining law: Essays in conversation with Judith Gardam. Adelaide: Adelaide University Press. DOI |
| 2013 | Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University. (2013). HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare. Cambridge University Press. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., & White, S. (2025). Introduction. In Digital Resilience International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 1-6). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
| 2025 | Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., & White, S. (Eds.) (2025). Digital Resilience. In . Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
| 2025 | Jarose, J. (2025). Old Treaties, New Applications: The Creation of Digital Resilience in International Law via State Practice. In Digital Resilience International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 33-49). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
| 2025 | Nosworthy, B. (2025). Express Directors’ Duties for Cybersecurity: Resilience through Adaptation. In D. Stephens, M. Stubbs, & S. White (Eds.), Digital Resilience: International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 175-187). Singapore: Springer. DOI |
| 2025 | McNamara, H. (2025). Hamish Charles McNamara, 'Truth Tribunals and Arbiters of Truth: Using the Judiciary to Build Resilience' in Dale Stephens, Matthew Stubbs and Samuel White (eds), Digital Resilience (Springer Press, Singapore, 2025). In D. Stephens, M. Stubbs, & S. White (Eds.), Digital Resilience: International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 129-146). |
| 2025 | Stephens, D., Stubbs, M., & White, S. (2025). Conclusion. In Digital Resilience International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 207-209). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
| 2024 | Langos, C. (2024). Defence Contracting: The Procurement Framework. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2 ed.). The Federation Press. |
| 2024 | Langos, C. (2024). Work Health and Safety in a Defence Context. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2 ed.). The Federation Press. |
| 2024 | 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. DOI |
| 2024 | 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., 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 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. |
| 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. |
| 2024 | Stubbs, M., & Toole, K. (2024). Legal Issues Arising from Administrative Termination and Disciplinary Dismissal. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (2nd ed., pp. 122). Alexandria: Federation Press. |
| 2023 | Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2023). Military Law. In M. Kirby (Ed.), The Laws of Australia. |
| 2022 | Stubbs, M., & Stephens, D. (2022). Opportunities for Enhancing Naval Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region in the Presence of Strategic Competition. In J. F. Bradford, J. Chan, S. Kaye, C. Schofield, & G. Till (Eds.), Maritime Cooperation and Security in the Indo-Pacific Region Essays in Honour of Sam Bateman (pp. 253-275). Brill Nijhoff. DOI |
| 2021 | Stephens, D. (2021). 'Ensuring Respect and Targeting' in Eve Massingham and Annabel McConachie (Eds) Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law (Routledge, 2021).. |
| 2021 | Steer, C., & Stephens, D. (2021). International humanitarian law and its application in outer space. In C. Steer, & M. Hersch (Eds.), War and Peace in Outer Space: Law, Policy, and Ethics (pp. 23-53). New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. DOI Scopus7 |
| 2021 | Stephens, D. (2021). Manuals and Courts: International Humanitarian Law, Informal Law-Making and Normativity. In H. Krieger (Ed.), Law-Making and Legitimacy in International Humanitarian Law (pp. 253-275). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. |
| 2021 | Stephens, D. G. (2021). Ensuring respect and targeting. In E. Massingham, & A. McConachie (Eds.), Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law (pp. 100-114). Abingdon, Oxon; United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI |
| 2020 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2020). Naval Warfare Zones: Immediate Area of Naval Operations and Maritime Exclusion Zones. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 127-142). New York, NY, USA: LexisNexis Butterworths. |
| 2020 | Stephens, D. G. (2020). Combined exercises and International Humanitarian Law training: Fostering a culture of norm compliance?. In S. Linton, T. McCormack, & S. Sivakumaran (Eds.), Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law (pp. 670-687). Cambridge; United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2020 | Stephens, D., & Quadrio, T. (2020). 'Do As I Do, Not As I Say' - Navigational freedom and the Law of the Sea Convention. In D. R. Rothwell, & D. Letts (Eds.), Law of the Sea in South East Asia: Environmental, Navigational and Security Challenges (pp. 163-179). Abingdon, Oxon; United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI |
| 2019 | McConachie, V., & Henderson, S. (2019). Intelligence Collection in Naval Armed Conflicts. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 161-174). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. (2019). Introduction to Part IV: Operations Law. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (pp. 158-160). Alexandria, NSW; Australia: Federation Press. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Giddings, M. (2019). International Criminal Law and the ADF. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (pp. 181-189). Alexandria, NSW; Australia: Federation Press. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Crawford, E. (2019). Emerging Technologies and Areas of Operations in Cyber and Outer Space. In R. Creyke, D. Stephens, & P. Sutherland (Eds.), Military Law in Australia (pp. 211-218). Alexandria, NSW; Australia: Federation Press. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). The Law of Naval Warfare - Timeless Rules, Modern Challenges. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 1-10). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). The Law of Naval Warfare - Timeless Rules, Modern Challenges. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 1-10). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D. (2019). The Reconciliation of Legal Regimes in the Conduct of Naval Warfare. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 27-39). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Naval Warfare Zones: Immediate Area of Naval Operations and Maritime Exclusion Zones. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 127-142). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). Naval Warfare Zones: Immediate Area of Naval Operations and Maritime Exclusion Zones. In D. Stephens, & M. Stubbs (Eds.), The Law of Naval Warfare (pp. 127-142). NSW; Australia: LexisNexis. |
| 2019 | Stephens, D., & Stubbs, M. (2019). The Woomera Manual: Clarifying the Law of Military Space Operations to Promote Sustainable Uses of Outer Space. In M. Spencer (Ed.), Project Asteria 2019: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management and Space Sustainability (pp. 109-124). Air Power Development Centre. |
| 2018 | Stephens, D., & Wooden, T. (2018). War crimes: increasing compliance with international humanitarian law through international criminal law?. In P. Kastner (Ed.), International Criminal Law in Context (pp. 109-129). London: Routledge. |
| 2017 | Stephens, D. (2017). Increasing militarization of space and normative responses. In R. Venkata Rao, V. Gopalkrishnan, & K. Abhijeet (Eds.), Recent developments in Space Law: Opportunities & challenges (pp. 91-106). Singapore: Springer. DOI Scopus5 |
| 2016 | Stephens, D. (2016). Accountability for violations of the Law of Armed Conflict and the question of the efficacy of International Criminal Law in ameliorating violence in armed conflict. In J. Petrovic (Ed.), Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law: Essays in Honour of Tim McCormack (pp. 177-197). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. DOI |
| 2016 | Stephens, D. (2016). The role of courts and tribunals in maritime regulation and enforcement. In R. Warner, & S. Kaye (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Maritime Regulation and Enforcement (pp. 122-136). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2016 | Stephens, D., & Babie, P. (2016). Introduction: seeing further over the horizon - A world of limitless possibilities. In P. Babie, & D. Stephens (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (pp. 1-10). Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | Stephens, D., & Babie, P. (2016). Introduction: seeing further over the horizon - A world of limitless possibilities. In P. Babie, & D. Stephens (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (pp. 1-10). Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | Bradbrook, A. J. (2016). Energy and law - Searching for new directions. In D. Stephens, & P. Babie (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (pp. 13-33). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | Stubbs, M. T. (2016). Human rights obligations as a collateral limit on the powers of the Security Council. In D. Stephens, & P. Babie (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (1 ed., pp. 61-99). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | Grenfell, L. A. (2016). Women's role in reconstituting the post-conflict state. In P. Babie, & D. Stephens (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (1 ed., pp. 219-242). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | Naffin, N. M. (2016). Law under the influence of religion: The limiting of birth and death decisions. In D. Stephens, & P. Babie (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (pp. 243-260). Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | La Forgia, R. F. (2016). Given the freedom to ask anything, what questions ought the international legal scholar explore?: Using Gardam’s 'alien' to examine this question. In P. Babie, & D. Stephens (Eds.), Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam (1 ed., pp. 263-278). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
| 2016 | Stephens, D., Mclaughin, R., & Muggleton, P. (2016). The ADF and military operations. In D. Rothwell, & E. Crawford (Eds.), International Law in Australia (3 ed., pp. 291-316). Pyrmont, NSW: Thomas Reuters. |
| 2014 | Gardam, J., & Stephens, D. (2014). Concluding remarks: establishing common ground between feminism and the military. In G. Heathcote, & D. Otto (Eds.), Rethinking peacekeeping, gender equality and collective security (1 ed., pp. 265-279). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI |
| 2014 | McLaughlin, R., & Stephens, D. (2014). International humanitarian law in the maritime context: conflict characterization in judicial and quasi-judicial contexts. In D. Jinks, J. Maogoto, & S. Solomon (Eds.), Applying international humanitarian law in judicial and quasi-judicial bodies: International and domestic aspects (1 ed., pp. 103-132). The Hague: Springer. DOI Scopus4 |
| 2011 | Stephens, D. (2011). The age of lawfare. In R. Pedrozo, & D. Wollschlaeger (Eds.), International Law and the Changing Character of War (pp. 327-357). US Naval War College. |
| 2011 | Stephens, D. (2011). THE AGE OF LAWFARE. In Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 41, pp. 49-81). Brill | Nijhoff. DOI |
| 2010 | Stephens, D. G. (2010). Counterinsurgency and stability operations: a new approach to legal Interpretation. In R. Pedrozo (Ed.), The War in Iraq: A Legal Analysis (Vol. 86, pp. 289-321). Newport Rhode Island USA: US Naval War College. |
| 2006 | Stephens, D. (2006). COALITION WARFARE - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. In Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 36, pp. 17-27). Scopus2 |
| 2004 | Stephens, D. (2004). THE LEGAL EFFICACY OF FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION ASSERTIONS. In Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 34, pp. 127-150). Brill | Nijhoff. DOI Scopus1 |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2015 | Stephens, D. G. (2015). Research 21 Public Lecture - Autonomous Weapons and the Role of Law (No. Of Pieces: 40 minutes) [Performance]. Adelaide University Web Site. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2016 | Stephens, D. (2016). Naval Power in the Indian Ocean: 21st Century Opportunities and Challenges: Maritime Governance and the Indian Ocean. |
| 2012 | Stephens, D. G. (2012). The Accommodation, disjunction and felt experience of law in military operations. ANU Centre for International Governance and Justice. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2024 | Stephens, D., & Jarose, J. (2024). The Woomera Manual and Military Space Activities and Operations. Lieber Institute, Articles of War. |
| 2021 | Stephens, D., & Massingham, E. (2021). Military Partners and the Obligation to "Ensure Respect" for IHL. Lieber Institute West Point. |
| 2017 | Stephens, D. G., & Gutman, T. (2017). Destruction of Mosul's Great Mosque Holds a Heritage Lesson for Australia. |
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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