Phil is a Future Making Fellow in the Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide; and a 2023 Early Career Research Fellow at Natural Hazards Research Australia. She researches climate change adaptation law and governance, with a particular focus on legal frameworks for bushfire and for facilitating adaptation-oriented biodiversity conservation. Her recent work focuses on legal aspects of bushfire prevention and preparation, ecological restoration and government accountability. Phil’s current research includes analyses of legal mechanisms for the beneficial use of fire, and a comparison of Australia and California’s fire mitigation and hazard reduction laws. She has published with lawyers, scientists and policy makers in a range of scientific and legal journals. Phillipa is a Global Associate with the Centre for Environmental Law, and sits on the editorial boards of Frontiers in Climate: Law & Policy; and the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. She is Vice President of the National Environmental Law Association, and a member of the governance boards for Tasmania’s southern regional body, Natural Resource Management (NRM) South, and the International Association of Wildland Fire, Diversity & Equity Committee. She is also an affiliated member of the Centre for Marine Socioecology.
Experience
2023–present
Future Making Fellow, Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide
2021–present
Adjunct Lecturer, Law School, University of Tasmania
2021–2023
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide
2018–2021
Lecturer, Law School, University of Tasmania
Education
2022
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, Core Cultural Learning Foundation Course
2018
University of Tasmania, PhD in Law
2018
University of Tasmania, Graduate Certificate in Research
2009
Victorian Supreme Court and High Court of Australia, Admission to Legal Practice
2007
University of Tasmania, BA / LLB (1st class hons)
Grants and Contracts
2023
Using Conservation Covenants for Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Adaptation
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
ARC Discovery (DP240100719)
2022
Legal and Policy Barriers to Marine and Coastal Restoration and Nature Based Solutions in Australia
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
National Environmental Science Program (Project 3.7)
Professional Memberships
International Association of Wildland Fire
Director, Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Law Research Theme
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Women's Environment and Climate Law Network
National Environmental Law Association (NELA)
International Disaster and Emergency Law Network (IDEAL)