Dr Phillipa McCormack
ARC Externally-Funded Research Fellow (B)
School of Law
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Phillipa McCormack is a Future Making Research Fellow at the Adelaide Law School and Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation in Australia, including the effects of climate change on biodiversity and on intensifying bushfire regimes, and the role of law and policy in facilitating climate adaptation. She has published widely on the challenges and opportunities for legal and policy reform in Australia with the goal of improving nature conservation in a rapidly changing world.
Phillipa researches Australian law and policy for climate change adaptation. She focuses in particular on the effects of climate change on biodiversity and the role of legal frameworks for facilitating biodiversity adaptation; and on climate-driven changes to wildfire regimes and the laws, policies and institutions for bushfire governance in Australia. Phillipa has published widely on the challenges and opportunities that climate change represents for legal and policy reform, with the goal of improving our capacity to adapt in a rapidly changing world.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellow | University of Adelaide |
| 2023 - 2025 | Future Making Fellow | University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - ongoing | Postdoctoral Researcher | The University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - ongoing | Adjunct Lecturer | University of Tasmania |
| 2018 - 2021 | Lecturer | University of Tasmania |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Research Award | Adelaide Law School Interdisciplinary Research Award | University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2023 | Award | University of Adelaide Research Excellence: ECR | The University of Adelaide | Australia | $5,000 |
| 2023 | Award | Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics ECR Research Excellence Award | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2023 | Award | Adelaide Law School Research Excellence Award (Interdisciplinary Team) | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2023 | Award | Adelaide Law School Research Excellence Award (ECR) | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2023 | Fellowship | Early Career Research Fellow | Natural Hazards Research Australia | Australia | $8,000 |
| 2022 | Award | Adelaide Law School Research Excellence Award (ECR) | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2022 | Achievement | Core Cultural Learning Foundation Course | Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies | Australia | - |
| 2022 | Fellowship | Early Career Research Fellow | Natural Hazards Research Australia | Australia | $15,000 |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2018 | University of Tasmania | Australia | PhD |
| 2003 - 2007 | University of Tasmania | Australia | BA/LLB (1st class) |
| Date | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2018 | Graduate Certificate in Research | University of Tasmania | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Brooks, M., Tangonan, M., Thornett, R., Webb, T., & Mccormack, P. (2025). A rapidly moving beast: Australian regulatory reforms to tackle 'greenwashing' and the lessons we are learning. JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, 23 pages. WoS2 |
| 2025 | Bell-James, J., Maron, M., McCormack, P. C., & Watson, J. E. M. (2025). Groundhog Day: The EPBC Act Reform Process. ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING LAW JOURNAL, 41(1), 62 pages. WoS2 |
| 2025 | Bell-James, J., McCormack, P., Shumway, N., & Wawryk, A. (2025). Opportunities for Targeted, Small‐scale Law Reform in Marine and Coastal Restoration. Restoration Ecology, 13 pages. |
| 2025 | Toole, K., McCormack, P., van Uhm, D., Beillevert, M., Williams, C., & Cassey, P. (2025). Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems. People and Nature, 7(11), 3057-3066. |
| 2025 | Doherty, M., Wawryk, A., Brent, K., McCormack, P., McIntyre, F., & Jones, A. (2025). Planning law and blue carbon projects in South Australia: The importance of protecting our coastal wetlands. Law Society of South Australia Bulletin, March. |
| 2024 | Fowler, R., McCormack, P., Wawryk, A., Castles, M., & Whenan, E. (2024). The Australian Experience with Environmental Offsets: An Illusory Tool for Addressing Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change?. University of California Law Environmental Journal, 31(1), 29-64. |
| 2024 | Richardson, B. J., Brugler, S., Fitzsimons, J. A., McCormack, P. C., & Akhtar-Khavari, A. (2024). Conservation covenants for ecosystem restoration: adapting an old instrument to a new global conservation challenge?. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, 10 pages. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2024 | Boocock, J., McDonald, J., & McCormack, P. C. (2024). Public health: a forgotten piece of the adaptation law puzzle. Frontiers in Climate, 6, 15 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2024 | McCormack, P. C., & Caddell, R. (2024). Preface. Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law Research Handbooks in Climate Law Series, xii-xiii. |
| 2024 | Wawryk, A., Mcafee, D., Cooper, K., McCormack, P., Castles, M., Drew, G., & Connell, S. (2024). Law and Governance for Oyster Reef Restoration: The South Australian Experience. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 40(6), 355-369. |
| 2024 | McCormack, P. C., Akhtar-Khavari, A., & Richardson, B. J. (2024). Transformation in the forest: the role for restoration in the transition away from native forestry in Australia. Restoration Ecology, 32(7), 13 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2023 | Golding, G., McCormack, P., & Brent, K. (2023). The Changing Climate of Australian Employment Law. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 46(4), 1284-1313. Scopus1 WoS2 |
| 2023 | McDonald, J., Brent, K., McGee, J., & McCormack, P. (2023). Greenhouse Gas Removal in Australian Climate Law: A Positive Role for Negative Emissions. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 46(1), 79. Scopus4 |
| 2023 | Woinarski, J. C. Z., McCormack, P. C., McDonald, J., Legge, S., Garnett, S. T., Wintle, B., & Rumpff, L. (2023). Making choices: prioritising the protection of biodiversity in wildfires. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(7), 1031-1038. WoS9 |
| 2023 | McCormack, P. C., Miller, R. K., & McDonald, J. (2023). Prescribed burning on private land: reflections on recent law reform in Australia and California. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 33(1), 12 pages. Scopus4 WoS1 |
| 2023 | McCormack, P. C. (2023). Implications of extinction in law: preventing, declaring and learning from species extinctions. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 1, e21-1-e21-19. Scopus1 |
| 2023 | Bowman, D. M. J. S., & McCormack, P. C. (2023). Arrested Policy Development of Private Fire Shelters (Fire Bunkers) Is a Barrier to Adaptation to the Australian Bushfire Crisis. Fire, 6(8), 298. Scopus2 WoS3 |
| 2022 | Ward, D., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Pecl, G. T., Evans, K., Green, M., McCormack, P. C., . . . Layton, C. (2022). Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32(1), 65-100. Scopus70 WoS47 Europe PMC16 |
| 2022 | McDonald, J., & McCormack, P. C. (2022). Responsibility and Risk-Sharing in Climate Adaptation: a Case Study of Bushfire Risk in Australia. Climate Law, 12(2), 128-161. Scopus18 WoS18 |
| 2022 | Mccormack, P. C., Mcdonald, J., Eburn, M., Little, S. J., Bowman, D. M. J. S., & Harris, R. M. B. (2022). AN ANATOMY OF AUSTRALIA'S LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR BUSHFIRE. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 46(1), 156-217. WoS6 |
| 2022 | Melbourne-Thomas, J., Audzijonyte, A., Brasier, M. J., Cresswell, K. A., Fogarty, H. E., Haward, M., . . . Pecl, G. T. (2022). Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32(1), 231-251. Scopus58 WoS54 Europe PMC20 |
| 2022 | McCormack, P., Jones, A., Wawryk, A., Brent, K., & Wong, V. (2022). The new Australian Blue Carbon Method is a tool for mitigating climate change while restoring coastal ecosystems: a potential win-win. Australian Environment Review, 37(2). |
| 2021 | McDonald, J., & McCormack, P. C. (2021). Rethinking the role of law in adapting to climate change. WIREs Climate Change, 12(5), 1-21. Scopus33 WoS29 |
| 2021 | McCormack, P., Richardson, B. J., Takacs, D., & Bastmeijer, K. (2021). Wilderness law in the Anthropocene: pragmatism and purism. Environmental Law, 51(2), 383-435. |
| 2021 | Haas, B., Mackay, M., Novaglio, C., Fullbrook, L., Murunga, M., Sbrocchi, C., . . . Haward, M. (2021). The future of ocean governance. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32(1), 253-270. Scopus84 WoS79 Europe PMC14 |
| 2021 | Trebilco, R., Fleming, A., Hobday, A. J., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Meyer, A., McDonald, J., . . . Pecl, G. T. (2021). Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32(1), 39-63. Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC7 |
| 2020 | McCormack, P. (2020). Reflections on the interim observations of the bushfires Royal Commission notable omissions and missed opportunities. Australian Environment Review, 35(5 & 6). |
| 2020 | McCormack, P., McDonald, J., & Brent, K. A. (2020). Governance of Land-based Negative-emission Technologies to Promote Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons from Australia. Climate Law, 10(2), 123-150. Scopus1 WoS3 |
| 2020 | McCormack, P. (2020). Charting Environmental Law Futures in the Anthropocene. TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, 9(3), 617-621. |
| 2020 | Trouwborst, A., McCormack, P. C., & Martínez Camacho, E. (2020). Domestic cats and their impacts on biodiversity: A blind spot in the application of nature conservation law. People and Nature, 2(1), 235-250. Scopus97 WoS88 |
| 2019 | McDonald, J., McCormack, P. C., Dunlop, M., Farrier, D., Feehely, J., Gilfedder, L., . . . Reside, A. E. (2019). Adaptation pathways for conservation law and policy. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 10(1), 1-12. Scopus22 WoS15 |
| 2018 | Bonebrake, T. C., Brown, C. J., Bell, J. D., Blanchard, J. L., Chauvenet, A., Champion, C., . . . Pecl, G. T. (2018). Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science. Biological Reviews, 93(1), 284-305. Scopus190 WoS184 Europe PMC75 |
| 2018 | Gogarty, B., Kirkpatrick, J., Fitzgerald, N., Jarman, S., McCormack, P., & Marthick, J. (2018). Commercial tourism in Tasmania’s wilderness threatens the attraction it exploits. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(12), 1826. Scopus6 WoS5 |
| 2018 | McCormack, P. (2018). The legislative challenge of facilitating climate change adaptation for biodiversity. Australian Law Journal, 92(7), 546-562. WoS13 |
| 2018 | McCormack, P. C. (2018). Biodiversity Conservation Law and Climate Change Adaptation. AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, 92(10), 839-845. WoS3 |
| 2018 | McCormack, P. C. (2018). Conservation introductions for biodiversity adaptation under climate change. Transnational Environmental Law, 7(2), 323-345. Scopus17 WoS16 |
| 2017 | Pecl, G. T., Araújo, M. B., Bell, J. D., Blanchard, J., Bonebrake, T. C., Chen, I. C., . . . Williams, S. E. (2017). Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being. Science, 355(6332), 1-11. Scopus2794 WoS2580 Europe PMC1016 |
| 2017 | Runge, C. A., Gallo-Cajiao, E., Carey, M. J., Garnett, S. T., Fuller, R. A., & McCormack, P. C. (2017). Coordinating domestic legislation and international agreements to conserve migratory species: a case study from Australia. Conservation Letters, 10(6), 765-772. Scopus15 WoS16 |
| 2016 | McDonald, J., McCormack, P. C., Fleming, A. J., Harris, R. M. B., & Lockwood, M. (2016). Rethinking legal objectives for climate-adaptive conservation. Ecology and Society, 21(2), 1-10. Scopus15 WoS15 |
| 2016 | McDonald, J., McCormack, P., & Foerster, A. (2016). Promoting resilience to climate change in Australian conservation law: the case of biodiversity offsets. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 39(4), 1612-1651. WoS13 |
| 2014 | McCormack, P., & McDonald, J. (2014). Adaptation strategies for biodiversity conservation: Has australian law got what it takes?. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 31(PART 2), 114-136. Scopus13 WoS2 |
| - | C McCormack, P. (2020). Climate Change, Wildfires and Wetland Ecosystem Services. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 39(3), 417-447. |
| - | Bell-James, J., & McCormack, P. (2025). Environment protections have gone backwards: a case study in industry-specific reforms that undermine regulatory effectiveness and adaptation. AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 24 pages. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | McCormack, P. C., & Caddell, R. (2024). Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law: Research Handbooks in Climate Law series. P. C. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | McCormack, P. C., & McCormack, F. S. (2024). The final words: care, responsibility, action…and hope?. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law: Research Handbooks in Climate Law series (pp. 416-441). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | Caddell, R., & McCormack, P. (2024). Climate change and biodiversity law: Quo Vadis?. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 2-24). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | Caddell, R., & McCormack, P. (2024). Climate change and biodiversity law: Quo Vadis?. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 2-24). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | Blackmore, A., McCormack, P., & Pooley, S. (2024). A brief overview of strategies used to prevent or reduce human-wildlife conflict – a foundation for adaption to climate change. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 289-314). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | Blackmore, A., McCormack, P., & Pooley, S. (2024). A brief overview of strategies used to prevent or reduce human-wildlife conflict – a foundation for adaption to climate change. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 289-314). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | Eales, B., & McCormack, P. (2024). Mind the gap: biodiversity and climate change. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 337-371). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | Eales, B., & McCormack, P. (2024). Mind the gap: biodiversity and climate change. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 337-371). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2024 | McCormack, P., & McCormack, F. (2024). The final words: care, responsibility, action…and hope?. In P. McCormack, & R. Caddell (Eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (pp. 415). Edward Elgar Publishing. |
| 2023 | McCormack, P., & Lim, M. (2023). Future lawyers, future laws: reimagining legal education for sustainability in a world 'governing through goals'. In K. Beasy, C. Smith, & J. Watson (Eds.), Engaging with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Sustainable, Inclusive and Ethical Education and Training (pp. 105-127). Springer Publishing. DOI |
| 2022 | Trouwborst, A., Blackmore, A., Blyth, S., Fleurke, F., McCormack, P., & Gaywood, M. J. (2022). Conservation Translocations and the Law. In Conservation Translocations (pp. 77-107). Cambridge University Press. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2021 | McCormack, P., & Hansen-Lohrey, C. (2021). Accountability, government decisions and future generations: lessons from the Australian Ombudsman. In J. Linehan, & P. Lawrence (Eds.), Giving Future Generations a Voice: Normative Frameworks, Institutions and Practice (pp. 128-148). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI |
| 2019 | McCormack, P. (2019). Reforming restoration law to support climate change adaptation. In A. Akhtar-Khavari, & B. J. Richardson (Eds.), Ecological Restoration Law: Concepts and Case Studies (pp. 265-287). London: Routledge. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Golding, G., & McCormack, P. (2024). The Changing Climate of Australian Employment Law. In https://austlabourlaw.asn.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2024.03_ALLA-News.pdf. Online. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | McCormack, P., Rivera, D., & Shavers, D. (2025). Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Wildland Fire Sector. |
| 2024 | McCormack, P., Radford, D., Bardsley, D., Westra, S., & Jeanneau, A. (2024). Submission by members of the Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide, on the review of the Emergency Management Act 2004 (SA). |
| 2024 | Waltham, N., Saunders, M. I., Morris, R., Bell-James, J., Bishop, M. J., Bugnot, A. B., . . . Wawryk, A. (2024). Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature-based solutions in Australia - Project Summary (Project 3.7). NESP Marine and Coastal. |
| 2024 | Bell-James, J., McCormack, P., Shumway, N., & Wawryk, A. (2024). FINAL REPORT, Project 3.7 - Technical Report, Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature-based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. |
| 2024 | McCormack, P., McKemey, M., & Costello, O. (2024). Identifying and Overcoming Legal Barriers to Cultural Burning. |
| 2023 | McCormack, P. (2023). Institutional & Governance Arrangements for Fire & Emergency Management. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2018 | McCormack, P. (2018). Australia's legal frameworks for biodiversity conservation: facilitating adaptation in a rapidly changing world. (PhD Thesis, University of Tasmania). |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Gogarty, B., Fitzgerald, N., & McCormack, P. (2018). Green light for Tasmanian wilderness tourism development defied expert advice. The Conversation. |
| 2016 | Lee, E., McCormack, P., Michael, P., Molloy, S. W., Mustonen, T., & Possingham, H. (2016). The language of science: Essential ingredients for indigenous participation. [square brackets], Convention on Biological Diversity. |
| 2016 | McCormack, P., & McDonald, J. (2016). We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change. The Conversation. |
| 2016 | McCormack, P. (2016). Negotiating 'one-stop shop' reforms: Commonwealth-state relations and the public interest. LexisNexis Australian Environment Review. |
- 2025, Natural Hazards Research Australia, awarded an Early Career Research Fellowship to establish an international network of experts in fire law and policy ($15,000).
- 2024-5, ACT Office of Nature Conservation consultancy, advising on Nature Conservation Act 2014 reforms.
- 2024, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA), 'Preparing Australia for a fiery future: Five strategies to guide law reform' ($482,990).
- 2024, Spencer Foundation, 'Youth voices in deliberative democracy: building adaptive capacity for climate changed futures in education' (US$86,699).
- 2023, Green Adelaide, Blue Carbon Grant Scheme, 'Navigating the legal regime for blue carbon projects in South Australia' ($46,883).
- 2023, United Firefighters Union of Australia, 'Institutional arrangements and powers for Australia's state and territory fire agencies' ($17,300).
- 2023, ARC Discovery Project (DP240100719) 'Using conservation covenants for ecosystem restoration and climate adaptation' ($302,846).
- 2023, North East NSW Forestry Hub consultancy, 'Legal and Policy Barriers to Cultural Burning' ($45,100).
- 2023, University of Adelaide International Fellows Award, supporting visit to Adelaide by inaugural fellow, Assoc/Prof Daan van Uhm (University of Utrecht) ($20,000).
- 2023, University of Adelaide Sustainability FAME Grant, 'Mapping the Gaps: Building capacity to improve legal frameworks for environmental crime in Australia' ($19,803).
- 2022, National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Project 3.7, Grant for 'Legal and Policy Frameworks for Blue Carbon in Australia' ($304,902).
- 2022, Natural Hazards Research Australia, awarded an inaugural Early Career Research Fellowship ($15,000).
- 2021, The University of Adelaide, Digi+ FAME Strategy Initiate Grant, 'The role of law in advancing carbon abatement technologies and markets to support Australia's transition to net-zero emissions' ($14,702).
- 2019, Commonwealth Department of Environment and Energy consultancy, 'Negative Emissions: Survey and Outlook' ($80,000).
- 2019, UTAS College of Arts, Law and Education Hothouse Grant for a project titled, 'Governing Bushfire in Australia' ($6,275).
- 2018, Institute for the Study of Social Change Write-Up Fellowship ($3,000).
- 2017, Winner of the Australian Academy of Law essay competition ($10,000).
- 2017, Sun Foundation Women in Science Prize competition, Earth, Environment & Space Category ($20,000), drawing on papers Phillipa co-authored in Science and Biological Reviews.
- 2016, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility grant to research climate-adaptive conservation objectives in law ($5,000).
- 2015, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Scholarship and participant in Scholarship Masterclass Program.
- 2015, Neasy Faculty of Law Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Tasmania ($600).
- 2015, University of Tasmania, Arts, Business and Law Hub cross-disciplinary grant for research project into conservation objectives in law ($6,000).
- 2014, McDougall Faculty of Law Postgraduate Scholarship ($7,230).
- 2013-2018, Australian Postgraduate Award, PhD Scholarship, University of Tasmania.
- 2013-2018, University of Tasmania Faculty of Law Top-Up Scholarship.
Phillipa has coordinated units and programs in Administrative Law, Parliamentary Law, Practice and Procedure, and Law Honours Research Methods; and guest lectured on climate adaptation law, biodiversity conservation law, environmental law reform, bushfire and disaster laws and climate litigation.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Lessons for Solar Radiation Management Governance from Space Law | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Rachel Lauren Neef |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Understanding how communities of natural resource users are affected by UNESCO World Heritage listing in Australia. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Meagan Rosaghna Magnusson |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Embedding ecological research into policy and practice: Optimising fire return intervals under a changing climate. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Ashleigh Keneally |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Lessons for Solar Radiation Management Governance from Space Law | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Rachel Lauren Neef |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Understanding how communities of natural resource users are affected by UNESCO World Heritage listing in Australia. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Meagan Rosaghna Magnusson |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Embedding ecological research into policy and practice: Optimising fire return intervals under a changing climate. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Ashleigh Keneally |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Crimes Against Wildlife: An Analysis of Criminal Networks in the Transnational Trade of Flora and Fauna | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Rhianna Mary-Ellen Hamilton |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Using Conservation Covenants for Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Adaptation | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Nate Camatta |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Rethinking the definition of environmental harm in Australia to improve nature protection. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Marie Beillevert |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Crimes Against Wildlife: An Analysis of Criminal Networks in the Transnational Trade of Flora and Fauna | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Rhianna Mary-Ellen Hamilton |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Rethinking the definition of environmental harm in Australia to improve nature protection. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Marie Beillevert |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Using Conservation Covenants for Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Adaptation | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Nate Camatta |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Building an Australian Nature Repair Market with integrity, ambition and teeth | Queensland University of Technology | Social Justice Unit, QUT, in my role as Education Director, National Environmental Law Association | Other | Part Time | Ethan Kumar |
| 2022 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | What legal interventions can contribute to achieving access to justice in the context of climate-driven disasters? | The University of Adelaide | - | Master | Full Time | Isabelle Quek |
| 2022 - 2022 | External Supervisor | Providing a legal evidence base for environmental law reform in Australia | National Environmental Law Association | Social Justice Unit Queensland University of Technology | Other | - | Benjamin Musgrave |
| 2022 - 2022 | External Supervisor | Species extinction under Australian biodiversity laws | National Environmental Law Association | Social Justice Unit Queensland University of Technology | Other | - | Patrick Cenita |
| 2022 - 2022 | External Supervisor | Species extinction under Australian biodiversity laws | National Environmental Law Association | Social Justice Unit Queensland University of Technology | Other | - | Alexandria Brown |
| 2020 - 2020 | Principal Supervisor | The concept of ‘naturalness’ in Australian conservation laws: Implications for CRISPr as a conservation tool | The University of Tasmania | - | Honours | Full Time | Tanja Mutton |
| 2020 - 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Commonwealth power to declare an emergency: A bushfire case study | The University of Tasmania | - | Honours | Full Time | Naomi Hauser |
| 2019 - 2024 | External Supervisor | Adaptation to the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change through Law | University of Tasmania | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Jennifer Boocock |
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Board Member | Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Committee | International Association for Wildland Fire | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Board Member | National Environmental Law Association | NELA | Australia |
| 2019 - ongoing | Board Member | Governance Board | Natural Resource Management (NRM) South, Tasmania | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Member | International Disaster, Emergency and Law (IDEAL) Network | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | International Association of Wildland Fire | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Director | National Environmental Law Association | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Environment Institute | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law Research Group | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Centre for Environmental Law | Australia |
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | Australian Forum for Climate Intervention Governance | Australia |
| 2018 - ongoing | Member | Women's Environment and Climate Law Network | Australia |
| 2018 - ongoing | Member | IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Centre for Marine Socioecology | Australia |
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Steering Panel - Curious Climate Schools Program 2022 | Public Community Engagement | University of Tasmania and Deakin University | Australia |
| 2021 - 2021 | Climate Expert - Curious Climate Schools Program 2021 | Public Community Engagement | University of Tasmania and Deakin University | Australia |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - ongoing | Board Member | Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy | Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Editor | Frontiers in Climate - Law & Policy | Frontiers | Australia |
| 2015 - 2022 | Editor | Australian Environment Review | LexisNexis | Australia |
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