Liz Hicks

Liz Hicks is a Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School and a member of the Centres for Law and Environment and Comparative Constitutional Studies. She specializes in comparative public law, environmental governance, and constitutional development. Her research focuses on how constitutions shape environmental politics, climate protest, ag-gag legislation, and crisis governance, including analysis of the pandemic response during the 2020 crisis.

Her educational background includes a joint doctorate from Melbourne Law School and Humboldt University of Berlin (comparing legal professional cultures in Australia and Germany), an LLM in German and European Law from Humboldt University, and a dual Bachelor of Arts/Law (Honours) from Monash University. She previously held roles as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Münster, Teaching Associate at Monash University, and freelance academic translator.

Teaching focuses include Torts and Environmental Rights and Responsibilities. Her affiliations extend to the Verfassungsblog Advisory Board, Climate Conscious Lawyers, and organizations like the Australasian Animal Law Teachers and Researchers Association (AALTRA) and the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). Research trends emphasize interdisciplinary legal analysis of environmental and constitutional challenges in crises.