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Associate Professor Maria O’Sullivan
Research Member

Associate Professor Maria O’Sullivan

Deakin University

Contact

m.osullivan@deakin.edu.au

Institution

Deakin University

Research Areas

Human rights lawProtestPolitical violenceHate speechCounter-extremismTerrorism law

Maria O’Sullivan is an Associate Professor at the Deakin Law School and has written on a broad range of human rights issues relating to counter-extremism and terrorism law. Her work has included scholarly papers on pseudolaw and sovereign citizens, the human rights implications of national security and the use of political violence. She is currently undertaking a three-year research project on the right to protest and has made a number of submissions to government inquiries on hate speech and counter-extremism measures. She is a regular media commentator on a broad range of rights issues.

Key Publications

Books

International Law and the Regulation of Protest (2026)in RoutledgeDastyari A and O’Sullivan M (eds)

Journal Articles

Climate Protest and the Right of Resistance in International Law (2026)in Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Issue 2O’Sullivan M
The Role of Electoral Commissions in Countering Disinformation — Implications for Neutrality and Trust (2025)in Public Law 16–24O’Sullivan M

Book Chapters

Pseudolaw and Legal Fictions: Vaccine Mandate Claims During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Future Implications (2025)in Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens, Hobbs H, Young S and McIntyre J (eds), HartO’Sullivan M
National Security and Human Rights (2024)in National Security Law in Australia, Ireland-Piper D (ed), Federation PressO’Sullivan M