Our people
CENRIT brings together world-class energy, resources, and technology/innovation researchers from around the world to lead research and academic discourse in this critical field.
All members have extensive international networks and research links, enabling CENRIT to be positioned at the forefront of research in energy, natural resources and innovation/transformation.
Director
Tina Soliman Hunter
Professor
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Macquarie Law School, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Professor Tina Soliman-Hunter is a Professor of Energy and Resources Law at Macquarie University, the Co-Director of the Transforming Energy Markets (TEM) Research Centre at Macquarie University, and was the Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CEN… View full profile
Deputy Director
Madeline Taylor
Director of Research Training
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Macquarie Law School, Smart Green Cities Research Centre, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Dr Madeline Taylor is Director of Research Training and Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, Deputy Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Co-Lead of the Energy, Communities, and Market Regulation Stream of the Transforming Energy Markets … View full profile
Members
Rouzbeh Abbassi
Professor
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Data Horizons Research Centre, Performance and Expertise Research Centre, School of Engineering, Smart Green Cities Research Centre, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Dr Rouzbeh Abbassi completed his PhD in environmental engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's, NL, Canada). Upon completion, he was offered and undertook two Postdoctoral Fellowships; firstly at the Department of Process Engineering of Memorial University and secondly at the … View full profile
Carlos Bernal-Pulido
Professor
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Ethics and Agency Research Centre, Macquarie Law School
Carlos Bernal is a Professor at Macquarie Law School (Sydney, Australia). He has research interests in the fields of constitutional comparative law, jurisprudence, and torts. He has published widely in all these fields in 7 different languages. His qualifications include a LL.B. from the University … View full profile
Dr Hannah Harris
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Financial Integrity Hub (FIH), Macquarie Law School
Dr Harris is a Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Law School. Her research area is transnational law and corporate regulation. Her current work includes analysis of legislative responses to transnational challenges, including illegal logging and modern slavery; and the impact of foreign bribery enforce… View full profile
Dr Fatemeh Salehi
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Smart Green Cities Research Centre, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Dr Fatemeh Salehi completed her PhD in renewable energy engineering at the University of New South Wales. She then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney before joining Macquarie University. She is currently a Chief Investigator at Blue Economy Cooperative Research Cent… View full profile
Niloufer Selvadurai
Professor
Data Horizons Research Centre, Future Communications Research Centre, Macquarie Law School
Professor Niloufer Selvadurai is a technology law scholar who analyses the regulation of emerging and evolving technologies, focussing especially on AI. She examines how laws and governance frameworks can be designed to calibrate the benefits and risks of technological innovation, and how such laws … View full profile
Vladimir Strezov
Professor
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), MQ Centre for Energy and Environmental Contaminants, School of Natural Sciences, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Prof Vladimir Strezov has research interests in renewable and sustainable energy, industrial ecology, control of environmental pollution and designing sustainability metrics of industrial operations. He has established research links with primary industries aiming to reduce their environmental impac… View full profile
Robert Willows
Professor
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre - ARC Training Centre for Molecular Technology in the Food Industry (ITTC), Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), School of Natural Sciences, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Dr Constantinos Yiallourides
Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), Macquarie Law School, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Dr Constantinos Yiallourides is Senior Lecturer (Tenured Assoc.Prof.) in International Law at the Macquarie School of Law, Deputy Director of the Centre of Environmental Law (CEL), and affiliate member of the Centre for Energy & Natural Resources Innovation & Transformation (CENRIT). He is c… View full profile
Dr Rohan Best
Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, Centre for Workforce Futures, Data Horizons Research Centre, Department of Economics, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
My research covers economics and finance, including energy economics and household finance. My publications have been in journals such as Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, the Energy Journal, the Australian Journal of Agricul… View full profile
Dr Catherine Gascoigne
Macquarie Law School, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre
Dr Catherine Gascoigne is a Macquarie Research Fellow at Macquarie Law School, which is a 100% research role. Her research is primarily concerned with International Economic Law, with a particular focus on International Trade Law and International Investment Law as well as their synergies with Inter… View full profile
Dr Jonathan Symons
Macquarie School of Social Sciences
Jon's current research focuses on environmental politics and global climate policy, including governance of solar geoengineering, engingeering biology and carbon dioxide removal. His most recent book Ecomodernism: Technology, Politics and Climate Crisis (Polity, 2019) explores the argument for incr… View full profile
HDR scholars
International members
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
Associate-Professor
Law Faculty, University of Bergen
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bergen, specializing in the regulation of energy markets and new energy technologies, with an emphasis on offshore wind. His work combines law, economics and technology in an interdisciplinary, cross-jur…
Dr Elizabeth Brandon
University of Stirling
Elizabeth has taught aspects of energy law in relation to environmental and natural resources law in Australia, Hong Kong and Scotland. Her research has examined the regulatory approaches to site contamination around the world, including those affected by industrial processes, mining and other resou…
Ruven Fleming
Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, Netherlands, and TU Berlin, Germany
Research areas: energy law, with a particular focus on hydrogen, `unconventional´ forms of energy production, renewable energy and energy investment and trade law.Dr. Ruven Fleming is Assistant Professor of Energy Law at the University of Groningen and member of the managing board of the Groning…
Allan Ingelson
Professor
University of Calgary
Research areas: regulation of shale oil and gas, geothermal, wind, and solar energy development, exploration & mining of rare earths, lithium, cobalt and nickel, carbon capture utilization and storageBio: Professor in the Faculty of Law and Executive Director of the Canadian Institute of Resources…
Huan Ji-e
Associate-Professor
Public Administration School China University of Geosciences
Key Laboratory of Rule of Law Research, Ministry of Natural ResourcesResearch areas: Constitutional Law, Natural Resources Law, Legislative Practice Research Prof. Huan JI'e is an associate professor of Law, and serves for the School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences. Dr Hu…
Michael LaBelle
Associate-Professor
Central European University
Dr. Michael LaBelle is an associate professor at Central European University. He holds a joint appointment between the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy and the Department of Economics and Business. He is also an Open Society University Network Senior Academy Fellow, at Chatham House, …
Dr Slawomir Raszewski
Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London (UK)
Research areas: energy policy, geopolitics of energy security and energy transition, oil and gas sector governance, sustainabilityDr Slawomir Raszewski is Senior Lecturer and MSc Oil and Gas Management Programme Leader in the Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London. His…
Leonie Reins
Professor
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Leonie Reins is Professor for Public Law and Sustainability at Erasmus School of Law. Prior to joining ESL, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University. She obtained her FWO-financed PhD on "the coherent regulation on ene…
Kim Talus
Professor
UEF Law School, Tulane Law School, University of Helsinki Law School
Research areas: International energy law and policy; gas market regulationKim Talus is the Professor of European Energy Law at UEF Law School and the founder and co-Director of its Center for Climate, Energy and Environmental Law Center (CCEEL). He is also the holder the James McCulloch Chair in…
Dr Eddy Wifa
Energy Law Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
Dr Eddy Wifa is an Energy Law lecturer at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen. He has a Masters in Oil and Gas Law with Distinction and a PhD Marine Renewable Energy Risk Governance both from the University of Aberdeen. His research expertise includes offshore energy health, safety and environ…
Hannah Wiseman
Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
Research areas: law of electricity, oil and gas law, renewable energy law, energy transition policy, land use law, property lawHannah Wiseman teaches and researches in many areas of energy law, focusing primarily on the challenges of siting energy infrastructure and integrating renewable energy in…
David M Wong
Professor
Professor of International and Environmental Law, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Law of the Sea, International (including Marine) Environmental Law, International Energy (including Investment & Climate Change-related) Law;David provides 1) research leadership in International Law (including Law of the Sea) and Environmental Law, through publications in the highest ranked aca…