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Our visitors

Local and international visitors to Sydney Law School

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Visits from local and international researchers provide valuable opportunities for learning, collaboration, and cultural exchange.

Visiting Fellows

Elizabeth Evatt Distinguished Fellows are chosen from a selection of particularly meritorious Spender applications. They are appointed by invitation from the Dean on the recommendation of the Law School's Research Committee.

2025

Professor Paula Giliker (UK)

  • Professor in Comparative Law, University of Bristol Law School

Professor Lindsay Farmer (UK)

  • Professor of Law, University of Glasgow School of Law

2024

Professor Harpreet Kaur (India)

  • Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur

Professor Lincoln Davies (USA)

  • Executive Director for Energy, Resource, and Environment Programs, The University of Utah
  • Co-Director, Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources, and the Environment, The University of Utah
  • Dean & Frank R. Strong Chair in Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (2019 - 2024)

The Sir Percy Spender Visiting Fellowship was developed to recognise and support professors with an established record and international standing who wish to make a genuine contribution to the research environment at Sydney Law School.

2026

Professor Paul B. Miller (USA)

  • Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs, University of Notre Dame

Professor Jérôme Monsenego (Sweden)

  • Professor of International Tax Law, Stockholm University

2025

Professor Sue Farran (UK)

  • Professor of Comparative and Plural Laws, Newcastle University 

Professor Lorand Bartels (UK)

  • Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge

Professor Ernest Lim (Singapore)

  • Professor and Vice Dean, National University of Singapore

Professor Emeritus Alessandro Ferrara (Italy)

  • Professor Emeritus of Political Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Adjunct Professor of Legal Theory at Luiss University Rome

2024

Professor Carlos Bernal (USA)

  • Professor of Law, University of Dayton
  • Commissioner, Inter-American Human Rights Commission

Professor Elisa Hoven (Germany)

  • Professorship of German and Foreign Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Economic Criminal Law and Media Criminal Law, Leipzig University

Professor Leonardo Netto Parentoni (Brazil)

2023

Professor Jane C. Ginsburg (USA)

    The George Flannery Visiting Fellowship was developed to recognise and support outstanding Early to Mid-Career Researchers who wish to visit and collaborate with the University of Sydney Law School. 

    2026

    Dr Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew (Israel)

    • Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Dr Fiona Brimblecombe (UK)

    • Lecturer, University of Manchester

    Associate Professor Laura Lammasniemi (UK)

    • Associate Professor, University of Warwick

    Associate Professor Richard Martin (UK)

    • Associate Professor, London School of Economics (LSE)

    Associate Professor Joshua Nichols (Canada)

    • Associate Professor, McGill University

    Dr Rebecca Windemer (UK)

    • Planning Lead, Regen

    Dr Abha Yadav (India)

    • Assistant Professor, National Law University Delhi

    2025

    Dr Tibisay Morgandi (UK)

    • Associate Professor in International Energy and Natural Resources Law, Queen Mary University of London

    Dr Can Eken (UK)

    • Assistant Professor in Commercial Law, Durham University

    Dr David Jefferson (NZ)

    • Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury

    Dr Giulia Schneider (Italy)

    • Researcher and Lecturer in Economic Law, Catholic University of Milan

    2024

    Dr Jeevan Hariharan (UK)

    • Lecturer in Private Law, Queen Mary University of London 

    Associate Professor Michelle Lim (Singapore)

    • Associate Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University

    Dr Lucas Clover Alcolea (New Zealand)

    • Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Otago

    Dr Senthorun Raj (UK)

    Dr Sharon Munedzi (South Africa)

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North-West University
    • Expertise in Mercantile Law, Banking Law, and Financial Markets Law

    2023

    Associate Professor Ashwini Vasanthakumar (Canada)

    Associate Professor Kimihiro Hino (Japan)

    • Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering at the University of Tokyo
    • Advisor for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Fukuoka Prefectural Police
    • Research expertise includes Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

    2026

    Dr Maira Hassan (Canada)

    • Assistant Professor, The University of Victoria (British Columbia)
    • 5 October - 13 November 2026

    Dr Megan Parker (Australia)

    • Lecturer in Criminology and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
    • 19 - 30 October 2026

    2025

    Ms Maya Lahav (UK)

    • PhD student, Oxford University
    • 14 July - 7 August 2025

    Ms Clementina Salvi (UK)

    • Researcher in European Criminal Law and Digital Justice, University of Liverpool
    • 2 - 20 December 2025

    2026

    Professor Jeffrey Pojanowski (USA)

    • Biolchini Family Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
    • 19 - 23 October 2026

    2023

    Professor Damiano Canale (Italy)

    • Professor in the Department of Law, Bocconi University

    Visiting Researchers

    Professor Elaine Chiu (United States)

    • Professor of Law, St. John's University
    • 23 March – 7 April 2026 

    Mr Gunn Jiravuttipong (Thailand)

    • Research Fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
    • 11 August – 21 August 2026

    Dr Sangyun Lee (Japan)

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Kyoto University
    • 13 April – 1 May 2026 

    Professor Kuei-Jung Ni (Taiwan)

    • Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    • 1 May – 31 July 2026 

    Ms Henriette Pötzsch (Germany)

    • PhD student, Julius-Maiximilians-University
    • 23 March – 29 May 2026 

    Ms Meret Rieger (Switzerland)

    • PhD student, University of Basel
    • 2 February – 31 March 2026

    Dr Sara Salman (New Zealand) 

    • Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
    • 1 July – 31 July 2026

    Associate Professor Oisin Suttle (Ireland)

    • Associate Professor, Maynooth University
    • 30 March – 5 May 2026

    Professor Qian Tao (China)

    • Professor, China University of Political Science and Law
    • 28 January – 27 February 2026 

    Professor Heather Way (United States)

    • Clinical Professor, The University of Texas School of Law
    • 7 April – 1 May 2026

    Mr Aleksander Wiaderek (Poland)

    • PhD student, University of Warsaw
    • 20 July – 20 August 2026 

    Dr Xi Zhang (Israel)

    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Tel Aviv University
    • 20 July – 11 September 2026

    Ms Giulia Biagioni (Italy)

    • PhD student, Università di Firenze (University of Florence)
    • 4 November 2025 – 16 January 2026

    Mr Maarten Bouwmeester (The Netherlands)

    • PhD student, University of Groningen
    • 24 March – 4 April 2025

    Ms Anne Brekoo (The Netherlands)

    • PhD student, Erasmus University Rotterdam
    • 1 April – 30 May 2025

    Professor Anthony Casey (USA)

    • Professor, University of Chicago
    • 4 – 6 November 2025

    Dr Justin Ellis (Australia)

    • Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
    • 3 – 28 February 2025

    Associate Professor Jorge Feliu Rey (Spain)

    • Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
    • 18 November – 17 December 2025

    Dr Monica Garcia-Salmones (The Netherlands)

    • Assistant Professor in Foundations of Law, Maastricht University
    • 10 November – 22 December 2025

    Associate Professor Joe McGrath (Ireland)

    • Associate Professor, University College Dublin
    • 6 February – 1 April 2025

    Mr Anselm Ohme (Germany)

    • PhD student, ESCP Business School Berlin 
    • 24 February – 7 May 2025

    Associate Professor Sirja-Leena Penttinen (Finland)

    • Associate Professor, University of Lapland
    • 10 November 2025 – 31 March 2026

    Dr Senthorun Raj (UK)

    • Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Law School
    • 27 March – 16 May 2025

    Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (Spain)

    • Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
    • 18 November – 17 December 2025

    Mr Sid Saigal (Australia)

    • PhD student, University of Melbourne
    • 4 September 2025 – 1 September 2026

    Dr Varsha Singh (India)

    • Assistant Professor, National Law University, Jodhpur
    • 26 May – 25 July 2025

    Dr Polina Smiragina-Ingelstrom (Sweden)

    • Lecturer and Senior Research Manager, DIS Stockholm      
    • 10 February – 20 December 2025

    Mr Tjorben Studt (Germany)

    • PhD student, University of Cologne  
    • 18 August – 5 September 2025

    Dr George Tian (Australia)

    • Senior Lecturer, UTS
    • 4 March – 28 August 2025

    Associate Professor Yuhong Zhao (Hong Kong)

    • Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong   
    • 3 March – 31 March 2025

    Professor Alexander Bröstl (Slovak Republic)

    • Professor of Legal Theory/Jurisprudence, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
    • 13 May 2024 – 14 June 2024 

    Professor Anna Chapman (Australia)

    • Professor, The University of Melbourne
    • 19 November 2024 – 29 November 2024 

    Matthew Chippin (UK)

    • PhD student, University of Leeds
    • 25 October 2024 – 8 November 2024

    Professor Andrew Dickinson (UK)

    • Professor of the Conflict of Laws, University of Oxford
    • 5 February 2024 – 28 February 2024

    Professor Ozan Erözden (Türkiye)

    • Professor of Legal Theory, Kadir Has University
    • 8 April 2024 – 19 April 2024

    Professor Guillermo Estrada (Mexico)

    • Professor of Public International Law, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autóno de México (UNAM)
    • 29 October 2024 – 20 December 2024

    Associate Professor Eric Ghosh (Australia)

    • Associate Professor, The University of New England
    • 20 March 2024 – 14 June 2024 

    Professor Özlem Gürses (UK)

    • Professor of Commercial Law, King’s College London
    • 25 July 2024 – 23 August 2024 

    Bulelani Jili (USA)

    • Meta Research PhD fellow, Harvard University 
    • 2 August 2024 – 17 August 2024 

    Dr Yixian Li (China)

    • Lecturer and researcher, Yunnan University
    • 10 March 2023 – 24 February 2024 

    Emma Miquel (France)

    • PhD candidate, Polytechnic University of Hauts de France (UPHF) funded by the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lille
    • 1 May 2024 – 31 July 2024  

    Dr Irene Pollastro (Italy)

    • Lecturer and Research Fellow, Turin University
    • 4 March 2024 – 16 March 2024  

    Dr Brandon Stewart (Australia)

    • Lecturer, The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
    • 9 September 2024 – 20 December 2024

    Associate Professor Edith I Tzu Su (Taiwan)

    • Associate Professor, National Chunghsing University
    • 26 August 2024 – 13 September 2024

    Professor Masayuki Tamaruya (Japan)

    • Professor of Legal Theory, The University of Tokyo  
    • 18 March 2024 – 22 March 2024 

    Justice Edilson Vitorelli (Brazil)

    • Federal Circuit Judge at the Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Brazil 
    • Adjunct Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais Law School (UFMG)
    • 31 July 2024 – 16 August 2024

    Professor Michael Welch (USA)

    • Professor in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
    • 11 June 2024 – 31 October 2024

    Helge Wieggrefe (Germany)

    • PhD candidate, University of Münster

    Professor Mark Dawson (Germany)

      • Professor of EU Law and Governance, Hertie School in Berlin

      Mr Michele Di Vita (Italy)

      • PhD student in renewable energy law, IUSS Pavia

      Associate Professor Shohei Eto (Japan)

      • Associate Professor of Law, Hitotsubashi University

      Dr Yarran Hominh (USA)

      • Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bard College

      Mr Heikki Jaatinen (Finland)

      • Doctoral Researcher, University of Turku

      Associate Professor Jorge Feliu Rey (Spain)

      • Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

      Dr Meng Jin (China)

      • Associate Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law

      Dr Yixian Li (China)

      • Lecturer, Yunnan University

      Professor Alex Mills (UK)

      • Professor of Public and Private International Law, University College London

      Professor Kuei-Jung Ni (Taiwan)

      • Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transnational Trade Laws, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

      Dr Sirja-Leena Penttinen (Finland)

      • Senior Lecturer at UEF Law School 
      • Legal Advisor to the Energy Authority, Finland

      Associate Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (Spain)

      • Associate Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 

      Associate Professor Vivek Sehrawat (India)

      • Associate Professor, Mahindra University

      Professor Gerry Simpson (UK)

      • Professor of Public International Law, LSE Law School

      Professor Kim Talus (Finland) 

      • Professor of European Energy Law, UEF Law School (University of Eastern Finland)
      • Founder and co-director of UEF's Center for Climate, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL)

      Professor Pierre Thielbörger (Germany) 

      • Professor of Public International Law and Executive Director of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)

      Professor Kimberley Trapp (UK)

        • Professor of Public International Law, University College London

        Judges in Residence

        The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) has partnered with the Supreme Court of Japan's Overseas Training and Research Program for Japanese Judges and court officials since 2002. The program enables Judges from Japan to experience life in a jurisdiction outside Japan for a twelve-month period and provides them with a valuable opportunity to study Australian law courses, access University resources, and undertake research and training activities, including visits to courts and meetings with court personnel.

        2026-2027

        Judge Ryu Takahashi

        • Saitama District Court and Saitama Family Court

        2025-2026

        Judge Hiroyoshi Kimura

        • Chiba District Court, Kisarazu branch

        2024-2025

        Judge Hirofumi Higashi

        • Civil Division of the Sendai District Court, Miyagi

        2023-2024

        Judge Kohei Sasaki

        • Yamagata District and Family Court 

        2022-2023

        Judge Saori Miyazaki

        • Takasaki Branch of Maebashi District Court, Takasaki Branch of Gunma Family Court and Takasaki Summ