Simon Bronitt

Professor Bronitt is a distinguished scholar whose research interests include terrorism law and human rights, comparative and criminal law, covert policing, family violence and mental health policing.

He joined the University in July 2019 from the University of Queensland, where he was Professor of Law and Deputy Head and Deputy Dean (Research) of the TC Beirne School of Law since 2014. He was previously Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security hosted by Griffith University, and before that spent 20 years at the Australian National University Law School, where he held a number of senior leadership roles.