Paul Kildea

Lecturer

BA (Hons) LLB PhD UNSW
Project Director, Federalism
Project Co-Director, Referendums

Contact details

Room:

367 Law Building

Phone:

9385 9652

E-mail:

p.kildea@unsw.edu.au

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Brief overview

Dr Paul Kildea is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales. He is also the Director of the Federalism Project, and co-Director of the Referendums Project, at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. Paul holds undergraduate law and history degrees, and a PhD in political science, from UNSW. His recent work focuses on the constitutional status of intergovernmental relations, and citizen participation in the process of constitutional reform in Australia. Paul is a co-editor of Tomorrow’s Federation: Reforming Australian Government (Federation Press, 2012), and has authored various journal articles and conference papers on federalism and constitutional reform. In addition to his academic research, Paul contributes frequently to parliamentary inquiries and media debate on public law issues. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law, Paul worked at the federal Attorney-General’s Department and taught Australian politics at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW.

Courses taught

Areas of expertise

Public law, federalism, constitutional reform, political participation, deliberative democracy.

Professional memberships and affiliations

NSW Co-Convenor, Electoral Regulation Research Network; Australian Association of Constitutional Law; Australian Political Studies Association