
Scientia Professor Louise Chappell
01/09/1998 Doctoral Degree PhD, Political Science, University of Sydney, Australia
01/03/1990 Bachelor Honours Degree (First Class), Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Political Science, University of New England, Australia
Scientia Professor Louise Chappell is Director of the at ʹڲƱ Sydney.
A Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in AustraliaԻ Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2010-14), Louise’s research interests are in the areas of women’s rights; gender, politics and institutions and comparative federalism and public policy.
Louise is a ʹڲƱ Sydney - an initiative identifying established research leaders to drive up the University's research performance and the number of high-quality and highly cited research publications.
Research areas
Women’s rights, gender and politics from a comparative and international perspective, public policy and federalism.
Positions
Editorial Board member: Australian Journal of Political Science; British Journal of Politics and International Relations; Politics, Groups and Interests
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Affiliations and Memberships
Australian Political Studies Association
American Political Science Association
British Political Studies Association
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Areas of Supervision
Gender, law and politics; human rights; gender and public policy; comparative federalism.
Current Postgraduate Research Supervision
Josh Gibson, PhD Law, "Effectiveness of State-derived Gender-specific Institutions"
Allison Henry, PhD Law
Anna Hush. "Sexual Assault on Australian University Campus"
Angela Kintominas, Scientia PhD Law, "The Uber-isation of Care? The Gig-economy, Gender, Migration and Care"
Lenka Olejníková, Scientia PhD Social Science, "Conflict ZonesԻ Sexual Violence as Informed by Gender Norms"
Kavitha Suthanthiraraj, PhD Social Science & Policy, "Gender and the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine"
Sophie Yates. PhD Social Sciences. "The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence: A Gender Analysis"
Recent Postgraduate Research Completions
2018. Natalie Galea. "Gender and the Construction Industry"
2015. Rosemary Grey, PhD Politics & International Relations, "Gender Justice and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court"
2005. Ladan Rahmani, PhD Politics, University of Sydney, "Transformation or Tokenism?: Assessing Gender Mainstreaming in International Organization: The Case of the United Nations Human Rights Agencies"
Recent media
2018. With Elaine Person. Human rights in 2018 - ten issues that made headlines. The Conversation.
2018. Expert Analysis: How accurate is Trump's 'cesspool' description for the UNHCR?. SBS The Feed.
2017. With Carolien van Ham and Lisa Hill. Ten things Australia can do to be a Human Rights Hero. The Conversation.
2016. With Natalie Galea. Construction is the last frontier for women at work. Sydney Morning Herald.
2013. Justice for Women depends on the International Criminal Court. The Conversation (UK)
2012. With Rosemary Grey. Simone Gbagbo & the International Criminal Court: The unsettling spectre of the female war criminal. IntLawGrrls Blog.
2012. With Andrea Durbach. ICC deserves help in seeking justice for all. The Age.
2012. With Rosemary Grey. Tribunal's ruling is real alternative to trial by vigilante. The Sydney Morning Herald.
2011 Coalition has won but women have lost. The Sydney Morning Herald.
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