Anthea Vogl

Associate Professor Anthea Vogl is an academic and legal scholar specializing in refugee law, migration governance, and socio-legal studies at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She holds a joint PhD from UTS and the University of British Columbia, an LLM from McGill University, and a BA/LLB(Hons) from the University of Sydney. Her current roles include Co-Director of UTS’s Brennan Justice and Leadership Program and Associate Co-Director of Border Criminologies at Oxford University.

• Research focuses on refugee status determination processes, crimmigration control, and the intersection of gender/race with migration policies.
• Authored Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination (Cambridge UP, 2024), which won the 2024 Law and Society Association Book Prize.
• Leads multiple funded projects including an ARC Discovery Grant on refugee sponsorship and a study on health-related legal needs of migrants.
• Active in advocacy through roles like national convenor of Academics for Refugees and contributor to parliamentary submissions.

Key teaching areas include refugee law, administrative law, and legal theory. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges legal frameworks with social justice imperatives, particularly addressing systemic inequities faced by non-citizens.