Grants and achievements

Recognising research excellence

The work of our legal researchers is recognised and supported by the award of prizes and grants. Our research expertise allows us to establish international collaborations to tackle global legal issues.

Explore our grants and achievements.

Sydney Law School Grants and Achievements

Artificial intelligence in education: Democratising policy

Kalervo Gulson (USYD), Greg Thompson (QUT), Marcia McKenzie (Uni. Melb.), Sam Sellar (Uni.S.A), Kirsty Kitto (UTS), Simon Knight (UTS), José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (USYD)

ARC Discovery Project

Grant ID: DP240100602

 
Traceability of raw materials

Jeanne Huang

Ignition Grant

Grant ID: G226902

 
Circular clean energy regulation to solve the PV solar waste crisis

Penelope Crossley

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Grant

Grant ID DE240100531

 

Policing Australian Popular Music

Murray Lee (Syd.), Toby Martin (Syd.), Jioji Ravulo (Syd.) and Alexis Kallio (Griffith)

ARC Discovery Projects (DP),

Grant ID DP240100531

 

Superannuation as Inheritance: Law, Practice and Reform

Natalie Silver and Ben Chen

ARC Discovery Projects (DP)

Grant ID DP240102076

 

Artificial intelligence in education: Democratising policy

Kalervo Gulson (Syd.), Greg Thompson (QUT), Marcia McKenzie (Melb.), Sam Sellar (UniSA), Simon Knight (UTS),  José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (Syd.)

ARC Discovery Projects (DP)

Grant ID DP240100602

 

AI & Anticorruption: Unearthing Systemic Corruption in the Public Sector

José-Miguel Bello y Villarino

ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship

Grant ID: IE240100096 https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/IE240100096

The Behavioural Economics of Inheritance Litigation

Ben Chen

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Grant ID: DE230100557

 

Development of a generalisable evaluation framework for high upfront-cost therapies: clinical, economic, ethico-legal, social and cultural considerations

Professor Kirsten Howard (CIA) Syd., Associate Professor Richard De Abreu Lourenco, UTS, Mr Rafael de Feria Cardet, UTSProfessor Phoebe Joy Ho SydProfessor Ian KerridgeSyd, Professor Wendy Lipworth, Macq.Dr Garry LynchSyd, Associate Professor Kylie Mason, Melb., Associate Professor Sarah Norris, Syd, Ms Kris Pierce, Professor John Rasko, Syd, Professor Andrew Roberts, Professor Cameron StewartSyd, Professor Rosalie Viney, UTS, Ms Jo Watson 

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) - 2022 Assessment of High-Cost Gene Treatments and Digital Health Interventions, Grant ID: MRF2025090

 

Mapping automated decision-making Tools in administrative decision-making

Kimberlee Weatherall (Syd.), José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (Syd.), Terry Carney (Syd.), Scarlet Wilcock (Syd.), Paul Henman (UQ), Lyndal Sleep (UQ), Rita Matulionyte (Macq.), Jeffrey Chan (RMIT) and NSW Ombudsman Office

New South Wales Ombudsman

 

A Code of Conduct for State Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication (NC3)

Emily Crawford (Syd.)

The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

 

Governing AI education and equity together

Kalervo Gulson (Syd.), José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (Syd.), Kirsty Kitto (UTS), Simon Knight (UTS)

James Martin Institute for Public Policy Challenge Grant

 

The dignity by design project: survivor-led system redesign

Susan Heward-Belle (Syd.), Judy Cashmore (Syd.), Rita Shackel (Syd.), Ruth Phillips (Syd.), Betty Luu (Syd.) 

The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse

 

Evaluation of the ACT Intermediary Program

Rita Shackel (Syd.)

Australian Capital Territory represented by Justice and Community Safety Directorate

Socially Responsible Insurance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Seth Lazar ANU, Jenny Davis ANU, Damian Clifford ANUKimberlee Weatherall Syd., Tiberio Caetano Gradient Institute, Christopher Dolman Insurance Australia Group

ARC Linkage Project (LP), Grant ID: LP210200818

 

Evaluation of the Victim Impact and Risk Management Support Seminars (VIRMSS)

Rita Shackel (Syd.) and Judy Cashmore (Syd.)

Corrective Services NSW

 

Providing domestic and family violence services in CALD and faith-based communities

Ghena Krayem (Syd.), Amira Aftab (WSU) Farrah Ahmed (Melb.) and Balawyn Jones (La Trobe)

James Martin Institute for Public Policy Challenge Grant

 

Regulating for resources: Regulating the battery lifecycle so that they can safely become a feedstock for new products

Penelope Crossley (Syd.)

Investment NSW

 

Standardisation, trust and democratic principles: the global race to regulate Artificial Intelligence

José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (Syd.)

United States Studies Centre

Peer Review of Financial Regulatory Agencies

Yane Svetiev Syd.Andrew Edgar Syd.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP210102688

 

Reimagining Judging in International Criminal Courts: A Gendered Approach

Louise Chappell UNSWRosemary Grey Syd., Kcasey McLoughlin NewcastleNSW

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP210103628

 

Reproductive crimes in international law: Lessons from Cambodia

Rosemary Grey

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Grant ID: DE210101486

 

Tenants of the soil: adapting agricultural land ownership in Australia

Nicole Graham Syd., Robyn Bartel UNE

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP210101483

 

The Digital Criminal Justice Project: Vulnerability and the Digital Subject

Carolyn McKay

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Grant ID: DE210100586

 

Violence, Risk and Safety: The Changing Face of Australian Criminal Laws

Luke McNamara UNSW, Julia Quilter W’gongArlie Loughnan Syd., Russell Hogg Qld. UT, David Brown UNSW, Lindsay Farmer Glas.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP210101072

 

Online Guide to Understanding and Reporting Hate Crime and Hate Incidents

Gail Mason

The Council of the City of Sydney

Projects dates: 1 January - 31 December 2021

Amount awarded: $39,127

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S)

Julian Thomas RMIT, Jean Burgess Qld. UT, Heather Horst W.Syd, Deborah Lupton UNSW, Gerard Goggin Nan, Sarah Pink Monash, Mark Sanderson RMIT, Paul Henman Qld., Axel Bruns Qld. UT, Dan Hunter Qld. UT, Mark Andrejevic Monash, Nicolas Suzor Qld. UT, Jason Potts RMIT, Christine Parker Melb., Christopher Leckie Melb., Megan Richardson Melb., Wolfgang Schulz Hans-Bredow-Institut, Vaike Fors Monash, Maarten de Rijke Amst., Cornelius Puschmann Bremen, Ivana Jurko RMIT, Julia Stoyanovich NYKaren Yeung Birm., Frank Pasquale, Kimberlee Weatherall Syd. Anthony McCosker Swinburne UT, Nicolas Walsh RMIT, Jackie Leach Scully UNSW, Abigail Brydon

Grant ID: CE200100005

 

Citizenship and Claims of Belonging in Australian Law and History

Rayner Thwaites Syd.Elisa Arcioni Syd.Helen Irving Syd.

ARC Special Research Initiatives (SR), Grant ID: SR200200550

 

Producing, managing and owning knowledge in the 21st century university

Kathy Bowrey UNSWKimberlee Weatherall Syd., Kylie Pappalardo Qld. UT, Irene Watson S. Aust., Jill McKeough UTS, Thomas Cochrane Qld. UT

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP200101578

 

Religious freedom, LGBT employees, and the right to discriminate

Douglas Ezzy Tas.Simon Rice Syd., Angela Dwyer Tas., Louise Richardson-Self Tas., Lori Beaman uOttawa

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP200100395

 

Improving decisions about access to stem cell interventions

Wendy Lipworth Syd., Cameron Stewart Syd., Megan Munsie Melb., Ian Kerridge Syd., Tamra Lysaght NUSClaire Hooker Syd., Alan Petersen Monash, Claire Tanner Monash, Christopher Gyngell Melb, Christopher Rudge Syd.

Department of Health, Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), 2020 Stem Cell Therapies. Grant ID: APP2007623

 

Regulation of AI in the Private Sector

Kimberlee Weatherall

The Mindaroo Foundation

Project dates: 25 June 2020 - 1 March 2021

Amount awarded: $91,019

Addressing Commercial Influences on Assisted Reproductive Technology

Wendy Lipworth Syd., Ian Kerridge Syd., William Ledger UNSW, Robert Norman Adel., Ainsley Newson Syd., Cameron Stewart Syd., Isabel Karpin Technol.Syd,  Catherine Mills Monash, Catherine Waldby ANU, Christopher Mayes Deakin

National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC – Ideas Grants, Grant ID: APP1181401

 

A legal framework for resilient electricity infrastructure in Australia

Rosemary Lyster Syd.Gregor Verbic Syd., Daniel Farber Calif., Robert Verchick Loyola (New Orleans)

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP190103476

 

Contemporary populism: friend or foe of constitutional democracy

Martin Krygier UNSW, Adam Czarnota UNSWWojciech Sadurski Syd.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP190102961

 

Geopolitical change and the Antarctic Treaty System

Marcus Haward Tas., Jeffrey McGee Tas.Timothy Stephens Syd., Nengye Liu Adel., Shirley Scott UNSW, Anthony Press Tas.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP190101214

 

Property as habitat: reintegrating place, people, and law

Lee Godden Melb., Margaret Davies FlinNicole Graham Syd.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP190101373

 

Strengthening food systems governance at the local level

Belinda Reeve Syd.Roger Magnusson Syd., Karen Charlton W’gong, Nicholas Rose William Angliss Institute

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP190102494

 

The Australian Environmental and Planning Law Library

Andrew Mowbray UTS, Philip Chung UNSW, Rosemary Rayfuse UNSW, Rosemary Lyster Syd., Nicole Gurran USYD, Lee Godden Melb., Jacqueline Peel Melb., Benjamin Richardson Tas., Jan McDonald Tas., Alex Gardner W.Aust., Paul Martin UNE, Donald Anton Griff., Justine Bell-James Qld., Julia Dehm La Trobe, Brendan Grigg Flin.

ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF), Grant ID: LE190100061

Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Innovative Health Technologies

Dianne Nicol Tas., Jane Nielsen Tas., Lisa Eckstein Tas.Cameron Stewart Syd.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP180101262

Allegiance and Citizenship in Australian Law and History

Helen Irving

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP170100003

 

Evaluating consumer product regulatory responses to improve child safety

Kirsten Vallmuur Qld. UT, Rebecca Ivers Syd., James Harrison Flin.Luke Nottage Syd., Ruth Barker Mater Medical Research Institute

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP170103136

Conditional citizenship? Revocation’s implications for Australians

Rayner Thwaites

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Grant ID: DE160101123

 

 

Legal and social dynamics of ebook lending in Australia’s public libraries

Rebecca Giblin MonashKimberlee Weatherall Syd., Julian Thomas RMIT, Francois Petitjean Monash

ARC Linkage Projects (LP), Grant ID: LP160100387

 

Threshold decision-making in deciding whether to prosecute for child sexual assault

Judy Cashmore Syd.Rita Shackel Syd., Jane Goodman-Delahunty C.Sturt, Martine Powell Griff., Patrick Parkinson Qld., Nicholas Cowdery AM QC Syd.

ARC Discovery Projects (DP), Grant ID: DP160103688