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Dr

Roberto Buonamano

Director For Students

Faculty of Law

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  • Director For Students
    Faculty of Law
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BIO

Roberto Buonamano has research interests in the fields of legal and political philosophy, the theory and history of rights, human rights jurisprudence, and constitutional theory. He teaches in the areas of International Human Rights Law, Australian Constitutional Law, and Criminal Law and Procedure.

He has published primarily in the fields of legal and political theory, through readings of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser, among others. Current areas of interest include the application of continental philosophy to human rights, hermeneutical methods within human rights jurisprudence, and theories of democracy and constitutionalism.

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Academic Liaison Officer
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2021 - Aug 2023
  • Chair, Courses Committee
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law, Australia1 Jan 2019 - Dec 2023
  • Student Misconduct Officer
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
  • Member & Chair, University Student Conduct Committee
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaJan 2011 - present
  • Member & Chair, Student Misconduct Appeals Committee
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaJan 2011 - present

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY ORGANISATIONAL UNITS MEMBERSHIP

  1. Faculty of Law
    Faculty

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Academic Visitor
    Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, London, United KingdomApr 2025 - Jun 2025
  • Visiting Scholar
    European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, Italy10 Sep 2018 - 14 Oct 2018
  • Visiting Scholar
    Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, University of Sydney, Australia1 Oct 2009 - 31 Dec 2009

DEGREES

  • PhD
    UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
  • LLM
    UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
  • LLB
    UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
  • BA (Philosophy)
    UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Solicitor
    Supreme Court of NSW

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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