Current Projects
Indonesian Law and Society
This project involves partnerships and collaborations with academics and universities in Indonesia to support and mentor scholars and students of…
Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia
Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia Editor, Melissa Crouch The Indonesian Constitution is an important legal text that governs the world’s third…
Human Rights in Asia
Members are involved in several initiatives on human rights in Asia. One current collaborative research project is on Reimagining Vulnerability…
Australia’s Asia Education Imperative
From 2019 to 2023, Melissa Crouch and Edward Aspinall (ANU) are co-leading a major educational review of trends in Asian…
Constitutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes
Chief Investigator Professor Melissa CrouchAustralian Research Council Discovery Project DP180100772 (2018-2021) This project aims to understand how and why constitutions…
Past Projects
Women Judges in Asia and the Pacific
Women Judges in Asia and the Pacific In 2019, UNSW hosted a workshop on women and the judiciary in Asia…
The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia
The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in IndonesiaThis book project is an outcome of a workshop…
Student Overseas Exchange and Internships: ACICIS
UNSW Law students have the opportunity to go on exchange to Indonesia through two main programs run by the Australian Consortium…
Collaboration with Universities in Myanmar
In 2014, UNSW Law School signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mandalay Law Department, at the University of Mandalay.…
Myanmar/Burma Database at AsianLII
Professor Graham Greenleaf and Philip Chung of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), in consultation with Melissa Crouch, have established…
Legal Education and Judicial Training Program in Myanmar
From 2016 to 2019, Melissa Crouch led a major legal education project to deliver legal training for lawyers, judges and…
Constitutional Reform and the Peace Process in Myanmar
The purpose of this project is to support and equip key local actors to contribute to constitutional reform, democratic consolidation…
Australia Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project
In 2013, the Australia-Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project was established by Sydney University, in cooperation with UNSW, ANU and NUS. This…
Fostering Women’s Empowerment through Digital Entrepreneurship
This workshop series will bring leading experts and researchers from Australia, Thailand and Indonesia together to focus on the role…