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BIO

Eugene Schofield-Georgeson works across the fields of labour and criminal law. His research negotiates possibilities for industrial and social democracy by challenging a neoliberal rule of law. His work investigates the reproduction of social relationships involving class power through labour and regulatory law, and the law of evidence.

He is the author of Contract, Labour Law and the Realities of Working Life (Routledge, 2025), critiquing dominant common law approaches to labour law, with a particular focus on the High Court's redefinition of employment in the age of precarious work. His previous book, By What Authority? Criminal Law in Colonial NSW, 1788-1861 (2018), explores the evolution and reform of Australian criminal and labour law through the emergence of modern social movements and legal institutions. He has continued this vein of work through two major historical studies of Australian labour enforcement. 

In addition, Eugene researches possibilities for worker voice, in respect to health, safety and the environment. 

Eugene teaches labour law and Australian constitutional law. Prior to academia, Eugene practised criminal and employment law for over a decade.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2021 - present
  • Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law, Australia1 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
  • Associate Lecturer
    Macquarie University, Macquarie University Law School, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2016 - 1 Jul 2016
  • Sessional Lecturer & Tutor
    Macquarie University, Macquarie University Law School, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2015

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia2012 - 2016
  • BA Hons (History)
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia2007
  • LLB Hons (Law)
    The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia2005

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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