Tiziana Torresi

Dr Tiziana Torresi

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

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

My main area of research is normative political theory. I have worked mainly on normative theory and governance of migration, in particular temporary migration. My interest include theory if transnational justice and democratic theory. I write on migration and temporary labour migration, migrants’ voting rights, the role of cities in migration, citizenship, and populism. I have an interest in state policies about women’s bodies, especially in relation to health and development policy. My latest project is a book on the political theory of cyberpolitics.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2010 - ongoing Lecturer in International Politics University of Adelaide

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    French Can read
    Italian Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Portuguese Can read
    Spanish; Castilian Can read

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Oxford United Kingdom D. Phil
    University of New South Wales Australia BA Honours Politics and International Relations

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 Principal Supervisor Exploring gender equity issues experienced by Theravada Buddhist nuns in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Roy Sneddon
    2020 Co-Supervisor Domestic Constructions of Australia as a Middle Power and Their Significance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Adam Leigh Vallelonga
    2020 Co-Supervisor Australia, Mauritius, Bilateralism and the IORA Agenda Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Rudaralingum Coopamootoo
    2018 Co-Supervisor Epicureanism in the Enlightenment: The Influence of Epicurean Political Thought on the Western Political Tradition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Eden Blazejak

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Angelo Persichilli, Raymond Guiot, and the Accademia italiana del flauto Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Anna Louise Henwood
    2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Toward a Preventative Protection Regime: the UN Charter, the Refugee Convention and the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ainoa Cabada
    2019 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Aussies Abroad: An Exploration of Australian Expatriates' Citizenship Practices and Perceptions of National Identity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Anna Larson
    2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Domestic Constructions of China in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Kwaku Opoku Dankwah
    2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor A Moment of Possibility: The Rise and Fall of the New International Economic Order Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Samuel Thomas Nicholls
    2017 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Online Backlash Against “Identity Politics”: Discursive Constructions of Social Movement Activism in “Alt-Right” and “Dirtbag Left” YouTube Videos Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Declan James Lawless
    2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Liminal Boundaries and Vulnerabilities to Radicalisation in the Context of Securitisation of Migration Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Yvonne Jazz Rowa
    2012 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Honneth's Theory of Recognition: A More Hospitable Asylum Seeker Policy Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Paul Relf-Christopher
    2011 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Adam Smith in Immanuel Kant's Moral Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Guy Richardson

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2021 - ongoing Vice-President ARIA Associazione Ricercatori Italiani in Australasia Australia
    2006 - ongoing Co-Founder The Global Justice Network -
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83135606
  • Email: tiziana.torresi@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83133443
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Napier, floor 4
  • Org Unit: School of Social Sciences
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