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Associate ProfessorMaria O'Sullivan

Associate Head of School, Research (Director of Research)

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School

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  • Associate Head of School, Research (Director of Research)
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School
  • +61 3 925 17062 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests include Human Rights Law, Refugee Law and Public Law.



I am currently undertaking projects on the following aspects of human rights law:

1. The Right to Protest under international law and as implemented in Australia, including: the definition of 'disruptive' protest; the legality of property damage; policing practices.

 

2. Protest in the context of Countering Extremism and Hate Speech (particularly the banning of certain protest slogans).

3. Freedom of Artistic Expression.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Social Intervention to Counter Violent Extremism in Bangladesh
    18 May 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    DFAT - Scope Global Pty Ltd - Australia Awards - RFQ06-2026 - $311,452.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Public Intoxication Reform (PIR) – Evaluation of the Justice-based impacts RM50092 $ 12,936
    Victorian Department of Justice1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kylie C,
    • O'Sullivan M,
    • Penovic T,
    • Stephen G,
    • Narelle W
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Research Consultancy: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Protection Policy Paper on the Cessation of International Protection (USD 10,000)
    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees1 Jul 2021 - 31 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • O'Sullivan M
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Research Consultancy: European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Legal Note on the Cessation of International Protection and Review of Protection Statuses in Europe, 2021 (EUR 5,000)
    European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • O'Sullivan M
  • TENDER
    Chief Investigator, Consultancy by Tender –Technology and Automated Systems in Government Decision-making and Service Delivery: Administrative Law, Human Rights and Information Law Frameworks, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department 2019 (AUD $130,000)
    Commonwealth Attorney-Generals Department1 Mar 2019 - 1 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • O'Sullivan M,
    • Ng Y-F,
    • Paterson M,
    • Witzleb N
  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    The Comparative Network on Refugee Externalisation Policies’, Project team: University of Melbourne; Deakin University; Université de Genève; University of Bologna; Gothenburg University (Total grant AUD $464,610).
    Erasmus+1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murray P,
    • O'Sullivan M
    Jean Monnet Program