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Email

douglash@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
Melbourne Law School - Admin
Education
Doctorate
The University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-0420-3820

Prof Heather Douglas

Professor
Melbourne Law School

249 Scholarly works
20 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Navigating Legal Responses to Emerging Adult Filial Violence: A Pandora's Box
    DOI: 10.1177/26338076261496553
  • 2026

    Journal article

    From Awareness to Action: Gendered Dynamics of Engagement and Intervention in University Sexual Misconduct Training.
    DOI: 10.1177/08862605261494983
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    181How the concept of coercive control has changed the way we think about violence against women in Australia and New Zealand
    DOI: 10.1515/9783112222881-024
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    219Strengthening judicial responses to violence against women: Research partnership in practice—the national domestic and family violence bench book
    DOI: 10.1515/9783112222881-028
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
  • 2022

    Research Contracts

    National Bench Book on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the Legal System
Heather Douglas

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
2017
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
2012
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    178179Frontline and legal system responses to violence against women
    DOI: 10.1515/9783112222881-023
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Recommendations From Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to Mainstream Inquiries on Family Violence: It's Time to Act.
    DOI: 10.1177/10778012261484115
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Suicides and Claimed Suicides in the Context of Domestic and Family Violence and Coercive Control: Legal and Policy Responses
    DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.4720
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Ageism, rape myths, and disgust: Australian news media, older women, and sexual violence
    DOI: 10.1177/17416590261468672
  • 2026

    Report

    Building Respectful Relationships on Campus: A Case Study of Student-led Training in an Australian Law School
    DOI: 10.30688/janzssa.2026-1-02
  • 2026

    Report

    Submission to the Australian Government's consultation on the Second Action Plan (2027–2032) under the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022–2032
    DOI: 10.26180/33127193.v1

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

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