Matthew Stubbs

Professor Matthew Stubbs

Professor

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Professor Matthew Stubbs is a member of the faculty at the Adelaide Law School at the University of Adelaide, where he serves as Editor in Chief of the Adelaide Law Review and Program Coordinator of Postgraduate Coursework Programs and Military Law Programs.

His research and teaching is focussed in the areas of international law, particularly space law and human rights, and constitutional law. Dr Stubbs has received prizes for his outstanding teaching, and for his extensive work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students, at Faculty (2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020), University (2008, 2012, 2013, 2016) and National level (2009, 2013).

Professor Stubbs is involved with professional bodies in the law and academia, and is the Chair of the Space Law Committee and Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of South Australia and a member of the Law Council of Australia's National Human Rights Committee. Matthew serves as a Core Expert on the Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Professor The University of Adelaide
    2015 - 2022 Associate Professor The University of Adelaide
    2013 - 2014 Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2008 - 2012 Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2006 - 2008 Associate Lecturer in Law The University of Adelaide
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2003 High Court of Australia Australia Barrister and Solicitor
    2003 Supreme Court of South Australia Australia Barrister and Solicitor
    2003 - 2011 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    2002 - 2003 Law Society of South Australia Australia GDLP
    1999 - 2003 The University of Adelaide Australia Hons LLB
    1998 - 2002 The University of Adelaide Australia BEc
    1998 - 2000 The University of Adelaide Australia BFin
    The University of Adelaide Australia Grad Dip in Military Law
    Australian National University Australia Grad Cert in Military Law
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-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
    2023 Co-Supervisor Governance of Space-Based Solar Radiation Management Technologies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rachel Lauren Neef
    2022 Co-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 Co-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
    2021 Principal Supervisor The Law of Coercive Power Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time James Edward Marcus
    2021 Co-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
    2020 Principal Supervisor Law of Global Governance, Refugees and UNHCR: Refugee Regime Complex in Australia and Pakistan Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Umar Rashid
    2020 Co-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
    2019 Principal Supervisor Who should be the parties to a Treaty (or Treaties) with Australia's First Nations peoples Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mrs Michelle Robyn Hopkins
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2021 - 2023 Co-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 Co-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 Dr Samuel White
    2015 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Increasing the Participation of Persons with Mental Illness in Mental Health Treatment Decision-Making Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Susan Elizabeth Peukert
    2014 - 2017 Principal Supervisor African States and the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism: A Study of Effectiveness and the Potential for Acculturation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr . Etone Damian
    2013 - 2018 Principal 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
    2012 - 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
  • Committee Memberships

    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2020 - ongoing Chair Space Law Committee Law Society of South Australia Australia
    2013 - ongoing Member National Human Rights Committee Law Council of Australia Australia
    2013 - ongoing Chair Human Rights Committee Law Society of South Australia Australia
    2008 - ongoing Member Aboriginal Issues Committee Law Society of South Australia Australia
  • Memberships

    Date Role Membership Country
    2018 - ongoing Member International Institute of Space Law France
    2003 - ongoing Member Australian Association of Constitutional Law Australia
    2003 - ongoing Member Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law Australia
  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 83133530
  • Email: matthew.stubbs@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134344
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ligertwood, floor 3
  • Org Unit: Adelaide Law School

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