Professor Amanda Kennedy
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Biography
Amanda Kennedy (PhD, LLB (Hons 1), B.Com, Grad.Dip. Legal Practice, Grad. Cert. Law Teaching, Lawyer (NSW)) joined the Queensland University of Technology as a Professor of Law in 2019. She was previously the Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law at the University of New England (2007 - 2018). Amanda’s research interests fall predominantly within the area of agri-environmental law, and include:- resources and land use law
- environmental justice
- food systems governance
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Keywords
Ecological Justice, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Agricultural Law
Research field
Law
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of New England)
Professional memberships and associations
- Co-Chair, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law Teaching and Capacity Building Committee (2017 - present)
- Council Member, National Rural Law and Justice Alliance (2013 - 2016)
- Co-Editor in Chief, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law eJournal (2013 - 2016)
Publications
- Kennedy, A., Du Plessis, A., Fowler, R., Hamman, E. & Warnock, C. (2021). Teaching and Learning in Environmental Law: Pedagogy, Methodology and Best Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211567
- Kennedy, A. & Holley, C. (2021). A case for place in governing the energy-environment nexus. In R. Bartel & J. Carter (Eds.), Handbook on Space, Place and Law (pp. 268–280). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210045
- Nay, Z., Deane, F., Kennedy, A., Huggins, A. & Hamman, E. (2021). Environmental Regulation of Agriculture in Federal Systems of Government: The Case of Australia. Agronomy, 11(8). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212161
- Maguire, R., Hamman, E., Bell-James, J., Kennedy, A. & England, P. (2020). Environmental, Planning and Climate Law in Queensland. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200854
- Holley, C. & Kennedy, A. (2019). Governing the energy-water-food nexus: Regulating unconventional gas development in Queensland, Australia. Jurimetrics: journal of law, science and technology, 59(2), 233–266. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128823
- Holley, C., Mutongwizo, T., Shearing, C. & Kennedy, A. (2019). Shaping Unconventional Gas Regulation: Industry Influence and Risks of Agency Capture in Texas, Colorado and Queensland. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 36(5), 510–530. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133263
- Holley, C., Kennedy, A., Mutongwizo, T. & Shearing, C. (2019). Governing energy transitions: Unconventional gas, renewables and their environmental nexus. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 36(5), 427–436.
- Preston, B., Martin, P. & Kennedy, A. (2018). Bridging the gap between aspiration and outcomes: the role of the court in ensuring ecologically sustainable development. In C. Voigt & Z. Makuch (Eds.), Courts and the environment (The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series) (pp. 35–58). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124257
- Holley, C., Shearing, C., Harrington, C., Kennedy, A. & Mutongwizo, T. (2018). Environmental security and the Anthropocene: Law, criminology, and international relations. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 14, 185–203. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124254
- Kennedy, A., (2017). Environmental justice and land use conflict: The governance of mineral and gas resource development (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124249
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - 'Effective Systems for Managing Intractable Natural Resource Conflict'
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Innovation Grant - 'Rethinking law curriculum: developing strategies to prepare law graduates for practice in rural and regional Australia'.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Water and Coal Seam Gas: Achieving Integrated Governance
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170100281
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.