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Research Member
Associate Professor Maria O’Sullivan
Deakin University
Contact
m.osullivan@deakin.edu.auInstitution
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 Routledge | Dastyari 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 2 | O’Sullivan M |
| The Role of Electoral Commissions in Countering Disinformation — Implications for Neutrality and Trust (2025)in Public Law 16–24 | O’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), Hart | O’Sullivan M |
| National Security and Human Rights (2024)in National Security Law in Australia, Ireland-Piper D (ed), Federation Press | O’Sullivan M |