The ANZSIL History & Theory of International Law (HTIL) Interest Group is delighted to host a seminar with Dr Regina Jefferies, winner of the ANZSIL Article/Book Chapter (ECR) Prize 2026.
This seminar will discuss Dr Jefferies prize-winning chapter 'Transnational Legal Process, Cognition, and Context' in Anne van Aaken and Moshe Hirsch (eds), International Legal Theory and the Cognitive Turn (Oxford University Press, 2025), and introduce her new book Rethinking Compliance: How Street-Level Bureaucrats Implement International Refugee Law (Bloomsbury 2026).
The seminar will be hosted by the convenors of the HTIL Interest Group and feature commentary from Professor Daniel Ghezelbash.
When: Thursday 10 December 2026, 9.30-10.30AM AEDT/11.30AM-12.30PM NZDT
Where: online or in person (UTS Law Faculty Boardroom CB02.16.213 (Room 213, Level 16, UTS Central (aka Building 2), 61 Broadway)
Dr Regina Jefferies is a lawyer and Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, ARC Laureate Evacuations Research Hub at the University of New South Wales. She is also an affiliate of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. Dr Jefferies specialises in international human rights law and international refugee law, with a focus on transnational legal theory, socio-legal studies, and the application of international legal norms in transboundary and multi-jurisdictional settings. Her research publications have examined the role of street-level bureaucrats, sub-state entities, and international organisations in the implementation and contestation of international legal norms. Dr Jefferies has extensive experience in the practice of asylum and refugee law before United States administrative agencies and the United States federal courts. She holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales; a Master of Studies from the University of Oxford in International Human Rights Law; a Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University; and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
Professor Daniel Ghezelbash is a Professor and the Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney. His research and practice focus on refugee law, law and technology and access to justice. He was named as Innovator of the Year in the 2025 Australian Law Awards. He is an internationally recognised scholar of international and comparative refugee and migration law. His ARC DECRA Fellowship examined comparative practices to develop recommendations for improving the fairness and efficiency of Australia's asylum procedures. He has also published widely on the way restrictive asylum policies have spread around the world. This is the topic of his book, Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World (Cambridge University Press, 2018). He has spent time as a Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, Brooklyn Law School and New York Law School. Professor Ghezelbash is a practicing refugee lawyer. He is Special Counsel at the National Justice Project, and sits on the boards of a number of not-for-profit legal centres, including the Refugee Advice and Casework Service and Wallumatta Legal. He is also a founder and board member of the Access to Justice and Technology Network, which promotes and supports the uptake of legal technology in Australia's not-for-profit legal sector.
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