Kate Ogg

Kate Ogg is Professor and Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research) at ANU Law School. Her interdisciplinary research examines refugee law, human rights litigation, and feminist legal theory through works including the monograph 'Protection from Refuge: From Refugee Rights to Migration Management'. Ogg's scholarship investigates how courts shape refugee journeys globally.

She holds a BA/LLB (First Class Honours, University Medal) from Griffith University, MSc (Distinction) from Oxford, and PhD from ANU. Ogg provides expert testimony to the Australian Federal Parliament and contributes to international media discourse on refugee policy.

Research Focus: Current ARC-funded projects examine community sponsorship for refugees and movement litigation. Key research streams include:

• COVID-19 border restrictions' impact on citizenship conceptualizations
• Feminist engagements with international refugee law
• Deliberative democratic approaches to human rights adjudication
• Constitutional struggles in displacement contexts

Recent publications analyze pandemic border controls as internal displacement events and refugee law's response to democratic backsliding. Collaborative work advances methodological innovation through refugee-centered legal scholarship.

Leadership: As Director of the Rewriting Jurisprudence project, Ogg collaborates with scholars and lawyers with displacement experiences to reimagine legal precedents. She co-leads the Law, Governance & Institutions cluster at ANU's Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.