
RegNet is one of world’s leading centres for socio-legal research. This cluster aims to lead the development of transformative ideas in the fields of criminology and restorative justice; human rights and international law; legal pluralism; peacebuilding; the regulatory dimensions of international and domestic law; and rule of law.
Our work is interdisciplinary and our new theoretical insights are empirically grounded, with a particular emphasis on Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, and Australia. We share a concern for social equity and advancing sound policy proposals for socio-legal change.
Related research projects
- Improving the impact of state and non-state interventions in overcoming sorcery accusation related violence in PNG
- Law and Justice Development Community of Practice
- Responsive rule of law
- The peacebuilding compared project
- ACT economic, social and cultural rights project
- Australia's first Bill of Rights
- Australian Intervention Support Hub (AISH)
- Building democracy and justice after conflict
- Comparative international law
- Cybercrime book project
- Intercollegiate Negotiation 2018 Competition
- Philippines Project
- Pluralist justice for women after violence: An experiment in building justice webs in the Philippines project
- Policing in the 21st century
- Resourcing public law enforcement agencies in the 21st century: Coercion, sale and gift
- Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States
- RISE: Reintegrative shaming experiments
- Strengthening the international human rights system: Rights, regulation and ritualism
- Strengthening the rule of law through the United Nations Security Council
- The new policing: Partnerships, resources and modes of governance
- The politics of international criminal justice after the Arab uprisings
- The reintegrative shaming experiment (RISE) and shaming in institutional settings
- Transnational Environmental Crime Project
- Transparency and governance working group
- Youth Justice Board key elements of effective practice (KEEP)
Related people

Kristina Simion
Dr. Kristina Simion is a visiting scholar at the School of Regulation and Global Governance.
Michelle Burgis-Kasthala
Dr. Michelle Burgis-Kasthala is a Research Fellow in the RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance and...

Christoph Sperfeldt
Before joining RegNet, Christoph Sperfeldt worked mainly in the fields of human rights and transitional justice,...

Ho Woon Chung (Charlotte)
Charlotte is a Research Assistant at the ANU Cybercrime Observatory.
David Lord
David is a Research Assistant with the Cybercrime Observatory at the Australian National University.



Mareike Riedel
Mareike Riedel was a member of the Law & Anthropology Department at the Max Planck...
Harrison Rule
Harrison Rule is a research intern at the ANU Cybercrime Observatory, assisting Donald Maxim and Roderic Broadhurst on projects relating to Cyber Security and Cyber ...