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PhD, Professor in Law/Director of the Centre for Law and Justice, Prof
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Professor Alison Gerard founded and lead CSU's first law program and the Centre for Law and Justice (CSU's law school equivalent). Her research examines the criminalisation of vulnerability and seeks to understand the impact of criminalisation and securitisation through listening to those with lived experience. She is a passionate educator and has developed, alongside key stakeholders, an emerging research program on the incoporation of Indigenous perspectives in law and criminology undergraduate programs. Alison is on the Executive of the Council of Australian Law Deans and the Australasian Law Academics Association, and the CALD Working Party on First People's Partnership. Sje is also the Co-Convenor of CSU's Ally Network, responsible for fostering inclusivity and advocacy for LGBTIQA+ staff and students.
Professor Alison Gerard's research focuses on social justice issues and has been included in international journals including the British Journal of Criminology, Theoretical Criminology, Journal of Refugee Studies, and Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her fifth book, an edited collection entitled Entrapping Asylum Seekers: Social Legal and Economic Precariousness (with Francesco Vecchio), is published by Palgrave MacMillan.
Alison's legal experience spans criminal law, corporate law, class actions, public international law and legal research.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Law/Criminology, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Criminal Justice and Criminology), Women and Persecution in Refugee Law, Monash University
2004
Award Date: 24 Dec 2004
Law, Bachelor of Law (First Class Honours), University of Technology Sydney
Award Date: 12 Dec 2003
Law/Criminology, Doctor of Philosophy, The Securitisation of Migration and Refugee Women, Monash University
2009 → 2012
Law/Criminology, Masters of International Humanitarian Action, International Transitional Justice in Cambodia, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2007 → 2008
Executive, Australasian Law Academics Association
07 Jul 2019 → …
Treasurer, Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD)
04 Oct 2018 → 04 Oct 2020
Secretariat (former President), West Bathurst Preschool Inc
28 Feb 2018 → 19 Feb 2020
Web Content Editor, Monash University
2011 → 2012
Research and Consultancy
2008 → 2010
Lawyer, Legal Aid VIC
2006 → 2011
Editorial Board, Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report (public)
14/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
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12/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
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12/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
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04/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
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28/08/18
5 items of Media coverage
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