I am an experienced academic, with internationally recognised expertise. I also have experience working in the QLD, NSW and Australian governments, as well as the private sector, including across a diverse range of policy and legal issues, from national security, anti-corruption, climate change, countering transnational crime, international law, human rights, space and security, constitutional law, health, gender, and community services, and workplace law. I have been a visiting scholar in Fiji, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
I am an Associate Professor at the ANU National Security College (Australian National University) and an Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Bond University.
By way of background, I completed a Master of Laws at the University of Cambridge as a Chevening Scholar in 2004 and a PhD at the University of Queensland in 2014. I was admitted as a Legal Practitioner in 2005 and have previously held policy and legal roles in the private sector and in both state and federal government. In 2002-2003, I was Associate to the Hon. Susan Kiefel.
I am the author of books, including, ''Accountability in Extraterritoriality: A Comparative and International Law Perspective' (Edward Elgar, 2017), and (co-author) of 'Extraterritoriality in East Asia: Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction in China, Japan, and South Korea' (Edward Elgar, 2021), as well as co-editor of 'Global Governance and Regulation: Order/Disorder in the 21st Century' (Routledge, 2018). I also publish journal articles, blogs, and expert commentary on a number of public interest topics. I have received both teaching and research awards.