In her PhD research project, Ms Shackleton is examining how gendered hate speech is regulated by Australian law.
Ms Shackleton has co-written a journal article on the topic of gendered hate speech. This article, which was published in the UNSW Law Journal, can be found here: http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/article/harming-women-with-words-the-failure-of-australian-law-to-prohibit-gendered-hate-speech/
Ms Shackleton is also a research assistant on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project (2019-2021) "Improving Australia's legal, policy and educational response to the technological transformation of sex and intimacy" led by Dr Jennifer Power with Dr Andrea Waling as a co-investigator exploring medical, mechanical, and digital technologies and their impact on the sexual and intimate lives of Australians.