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Biography
Professor Kate Ogg undertakes interdisciplinary research in the areas of refugee law, human rights, litigation, access to justice and feminist legal theory. Kate's recent monograph with Cambridge University Press is entitled Protection from Refuge: From Refugee Rights to Migration Management.
Kate is also the co-editor of The Future of Feminist Engagement with International Law (Edward Elgar, 2019) and has published a number of influential book chapters and journal articles in leading international and Australian edited collections and journals. Kate has been invited to present her research at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Headquarters in Geneva. She has been called to give evidence on international refugee law to the Australian Federal Parliament and regularly provides commentary on developments in refugee law and policy in domestic and international media outlets.
Kate is currently working on an Australian Research Council funded project on community sponsorship for refugees. In 2024, Kate will commence a new project on movement litigation which is funded by an Australian Research Council grant.
Qualifications
BA & LLB (First Class Honours, University Medal) from Griffith University; Master of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (Distinction) from the University of Oxford; PhD from ANU RegNet
Research student supervision
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Australia and forced displacement: A new research agenda?
Ogg, K., Apr 2025, Because COVID …: Pandemic Responses, Rationales and Ruses. Leitch, S. & Wheeler, S. (eds.). Canberra: ANU Press, p. 175-192 18 p. (Australia and the World).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Mini-Public Adjudication of Human Rights Disputes: An Empirical Evaluation
Palmerlee, H., Levy, R. & Ogg, K., 3 Sept 2025, In: Federal Law Review. 53, p. 1-26 26 p., e4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Deliberative Democratic Turn in Human Rights
Levy, R. & Ogg, K., 3 Sept 2025, In: Federal Law Review. 53, 30 p., e1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australia’s COVID-19 border restrictions had the same impact as being formally stripped of citizenship: What does this mean for current national and global human rights debates?
Ogg, K., 6 Nov 2024, Journal of Law and Society Blog.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › General Article
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Broken Bonds: How COVID-19 Border Restrictions Transformed Experiences and Conceptualisations of Citizenship
Ogg, K., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Law and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of community sponsorship for refugee resettlement in Australia
Kneebone, S. (PI), Ogg, K. (PI) & Vogl, A. (CoI)
6/07/22 → 5/07/25
Project: Research
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Diversifying the Law Curriculum for the 21st-Century
TZOUVALA, N. (PI) & Ogg, K. (CoI)
25/11/21 → 31/03/23
Project: Research