Law & Justice

Research grants

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UNSW Law & Justice is among the most successful law schools in attracting Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.

Our track record of receiving these competitive grants and research fellowships is a testament to our academic excellence and commitment to conducting research with real-world impact.

 

ARC Fellowships
    • Evacuations in international law: disasters, conflicts and humanitarian crises
      Lead Investigator: Scientia Professor Jane McAdam
      Funding amount: $3,146,592 (2023-2027) 
    • The Financial Data Revolution: Seizing the Benefits, Controlling the Risks 
      Lead Investigator: Scientia Professor Ross Buckley
      Funding amount: $2,634,900 (2020-2025) 
    • Defending constitutional democracy: the military & the constitution in Asia 
      Lead Investigator: Professor Melissa Crouch
      Funding amount: $1,205,235 (2025-2028)
    • Constitutional design and democratic resilience 
      Lead Investigator: Professor Rosalind Dixon
      Funding amount: $1,074,409 (2021-2025)
    • Suspect sciences: enhancing emerging identification technologies and forensic expertise 
      Lead Investigator: Professor Gary Edmond
      Funding amount: $815,014 (2020) 
    • Informal lawmaking in maritime security: new directions in ocean governance
      Lead Investigator: Professor Natalie Klein
      Funding amount: $1,018,446 (2020) 

ARC grants
    • Artists and Gen-AI: Copyright and the Private Regulation of Creativity (DP260100770)
      Investigators: Professor Kathryn Bowrey (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Oliver Bown (CI, UNSW Sydney), Dr Marie Hadley (CI, University of Newcastle), Dr Louise Buckingham (PI, Arts Law Centre of Australia). 
      Grant amount: $814,183 (2026-2029)
    • New Chemical Geographies: Governing Emerging Contaminants (DP260103099)
      Investigators: Professor Matthew Kearnes (Lead Investigator, UNSW Sydney), Professor Cameron Holley (CI, UNSW Sydney), Dr Carley Bartlett (CI, UNSW Sydney), Dr Patrick Bonney (CI, Deakin University), Professor Dr Ulrike Felt (PI, Universität Wien)
      Grant amount: $545,626 (2026-2029)
    • Next Generation Environmental Regulation: Integrating Regulatory Technology (DP260101972)
      Investigators: Prof Anna Huggins (Lead Investigator, Queensland University of Technology), Professor Cameron Holley (CI, UNSW Sydney), Prof Darren Sinclair (CI, University of Canberra), Prof Robert Glicksman (PI, George Washington University, USA). 
      Grant amount: $543,170 (2026-2029)
    • Remedies for Victims of Modern Slavery in Indo-Pacific Fisheries (DP250102044)
      Investigators: Professor Justine Nolan (Lead Investigator), Professor Natalie Klein (CI, UNSW Sydney), Professor Shelley Marshall (CI, RMIT University). 
      Grant amount: $742,533 (2025-2028)
    • Fixing Gaps in Ocean Governance: International Law Duties of Persons at Sea (DP250102643)
      Investigators: Professor Natalie Klein (Lead Investigator), Professor Sarah Williams (CI, UNSW Sydney), Professor Irini Papanicolopulu (PI, SOAS University of London). 
      Grant amount: $675,265 (2025-2028)
    • Inside the jury: A novel experimental technique to study jury deliberation (DP250102628) 
      Investigators: Professor Richard Kemp (Lead Investigator, UNSW Sydney), Professor Jill Hunter (CI, UNSW Sydney).
      Grant amount: $641,610 (2025-2028)
    • Responding to sexual harm: an Australian historical criminology approach (DP230101503)    
      Investigators: Professor Lisa Featherstone (Lead Investigator, La Trobe University), Dr Andy Kaladelfos (CI, UNSW Sydney), Dr Yorick Smaal (CI, Griffith University), Dr Bianca Fileborn (CI, The University of Melbourne). 
      Grant amount: $ 463,914 (2023-2026)
    • Judges' work, place and psychological health - a national view (DP220100585)    
      Investigators: Professor Jill Hunter (Lead Investigator), Professor Prudence Vines (CI, UNSW Sydney), Professor Natalie Skead (CI, The University of Western Australia), Associate Professor Kylie Burns (CI, Griffith University), Professor Sharyn Roach Anleu (CI, Flinders University), Professor Catherine Warner (CI, University of Tasmania), Professor Richard Kemp (CI, UNSW Sydney), Adjunct Associate Professor Terese Henning (CI, University of Tasmania). 
      Grant amount:$556,708 (2022-2024).
    • China’s belt and road initiative: a new model of economic governance? (DP220101632)    
      Investigators: Associate Professor Jonathan Bonnitcha (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Kun Fan (CI, UNSW Sydney), Scientia Professor Ross Buckley (CI, UNSW Sydney), Professor Heng Wang (PI, National University of Singapore).
      Grant amount:$293,716 (2022-2024).
    • Violence, risk and safety: the changing face of Australian criminal law (DP210101072)    
      Investigators: Professor Luke McNamara (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Julia Quilter (CI), Professor Arlie Loughnan (CI, University of Wollongong), Adjunct Professor Russell Hogg (CI, Queensland University of Technology), Emeritus Professor David Brown (CI, University of Sydney), Professor Lindsay Farmer (PI, University of Glasgow, UK).    
      Grant amount: $327,330
    • Reimagining judging in international criminal courts: a gendered approach (DP210103628)    
      Investigators: Scientia Professor Louise Chappell (Lead Investigator), Dr Rosemary Grey (CI, University of Sydney), Dr Kcasey McLoughlin (CI, University of Newcastle).   
      Grant amount: $346,555
    • Producing, managing and owning knowledge in the 21st century university (DP200101578)   
      Investigators: Professor Kathryn Bowrey (Lead Investigator), Professor Kimberlee Weatherall (CI), Dr Kylie Pappalardo (CI), Professor Irene Watson (CI), Professor Jill McKeough (CI), Emeritus Professor Thomas Cochrane (CI)   
      Grant amount: $361,000
    • Improving international law regulation of maritime autonomous vessels (DP200102091)   
      Investigators: Professor Natalie Klein (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Douglas Guilfoyle (CI), Associate Professor Md Saiful Karim (CI), Professor Robert McLaughlin (CI).   
      Grant amount: $158,630 
    • Intoxication evidence in rape trials: a double-edged sword? (DP200100101)  
      Investigators: Professor Julia Quilter (Lead Investigator, University of Wollongong), Professor Luke McNamara (UNSW Sydney)  
      Grant amount: $239,322
    • Non-urban water governance: rethinking compliance and enforcement (DP190101584)   
      Investigators: Professor Cameron Holley (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Darren Sinclair (University of Canberra), Dr Jean-Daniel Rinaudo (BRGM The French Geological Survey), Associate Professor Rhett Larson (Arizona State University)   
      Grant amount: $338,000
    • Juries, justice and citizenship: historicising women’s inequality (DP190100940)   
      Investigators: Professor Jill Hunter (Lead Investigator), Professor Penelope Russell (University of Sydney), Professor Diane Kirby (UTS), Dr Alecia Simmonds (UTS)   
      Grant amount: $322,000
    • Contemporary populism and constitutional democracy (DP190102961)   
      Investigators: Professor Martin Krygier (Lead Investigator), Associate Professor Adam Czarnota, Professor Wojcieh Sadurski (University of Sydney)   
      Grant amount: $331,000 
    • Australian violence: understanding victimisation through history (DP190100322)
      Investigators: Dr Andy Kaladelfos
      Grant amount: $404,636

     
    • ‘Recognition after Uluru: what next for First Nations?’ (IN190100075)  
      Professor Megan Davis (Lead Investigator), Professor George Williams  
      Grant amount: $399,600
    • Fast-track asylum procedures: balancing fairness and efficiency (DE220101189)  
      Investigators: Associate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash (Lead Investigator)  
      Grant amount: $458,332 (2022-2024)
    • Mining the deep oceans: ensuring compliance with international obligations (DE190101081)  
      Investigators: Dr Aline Jaeckel (Lead Investigator)  
      Grant amount: $364,990
    • Protected entry for asylum seekers in history and international refugee law (DE200101236)
      Investigators: Dr Claire Higgins (Lead Investigator)  
      Grant amount: $389,201
    • Public law accountability of outsourced government services (DE210101055)   
      Investigator: Dr Janina Boughey (Lead Investigator)   
      Grant amount: $334,775  
    • Artificial intelligence decision-making, privacy and discrimination laws (DE210101183)   
      Investigator: Dr Monika Zalnieriute (Lead Investigator)   
      Grant amount: $426,530  
    • Non-urban water regulation: next generation compliance & enforcement (LP220200350)  
      Investigators: Professor Cameron Holley (Lead Investigator), Professor Darren Sinclair (CI, University of Canberra), Dr Juan Castilla-Rho (CI, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
      Grant amount: $425,995 (2023-2026)
    • Digitising the drafting of the Australian constitution (LE230100159)  
      Investigators: Dr Murray Wesson (Lead Investigator, The University of Western Australia), Professor Sarah Murray (CI, The University of Western Australia), Dr Tamara Tulich (CI, The University of Western Australia), Professor John Williams (CI, The University of Adelaide), Professor Anne Twomey (CI, The University of Sydney), Professor Dr Nicholas Aroney (CI, The University of Queensland), Professor James Stellios (CI, The Australian National University), Professor Rosalind Dixon (CI, UNSW Sydney), Professor Ann Genovese (CI, The University of Melbourne), Professor Luke Beck (CI, Monash University), Associate Professor Melissa Castan (CI, Monash University), Associate Professor Benjamin Saunders (CI, Deakin University), Dr Dylan Lino (CI, The University of Queensland). 
      Grant amount: $ 319,046 (2023)
    • The Australian Royal Commissions and public inquiries library (LE210100043)  
      Investigators: Associate Professor Philip Chung (Lead Investigator), Professor Andrew Mowbray (CI, University of Technology Sydney), Dr Gabrielle Appleby (CI UNSW Sydney); Professor Anita Stuhmcke (CI, University of Technology Sydney), Professor Thalia Anthony (CI, University of Technology Sydney), Professor Robert Cunningham (CI, Curtin University), Professor Mark Lunney (CI, The University of New England), Professor Matthew Groves (CI, Deakin University), Professor Gregory Taylor (CI, The University of Adelaide), Associate Professor Luke Beck (CI, Monash University), Associate Professor Andrew Edgar (CI, The University of Sydney), Dr Tanya Josev; Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza (CI, Australian National University), Dr Vicky Comino (CI, The University of Queensland), Dr Murray Wesson (CI, The University of Western Australia). 
      Grant amount: $ 539,000 (2021)

Grants from other bodies

  • UNSW Law & Justice academics have also been successful in obtaining grants from a range of prestigious external funding bodies, including: 

    • Asian Development Bank 
    • Asian Studies Association of Australia 
    • Australia-ASEAN Council 
    • Australian Academy for the Humanities 
    • Australian Institute of Criminology
    • British Academy
    • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (UK)
    • Commonwealth Department of Health
    • Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Linkage partner) 
    • CPA Australia 
    • Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC)
    • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
    • Department of Defence
    • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia 
    • Digital Finance CRC
    • French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • International Association of Privacy Professionals 
    • Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) (Linkage Partner) 
    • James Martin Institute
    • Konrad Adenauer Stiftung 
    • Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) 
    • National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA)
    • NSW Government
    • Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). 
    • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC, Canada) Partnership Development Shared Grant 
    • The Trustee for The Nature Conservancy Australia Trust
    • UN Capital Development Fund 
    • USA Networks of Excellence Mobility and Bridging Grants