Brooke Marshall

Dr. Brooke Marshall is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, specializing in private law, private international law, and comparative law. Her research focuses on the intersection of refugee law and private international law, particularly addressing legal parentage determinations for refugees under the Geneva Refugee Convention. Prior to her current role, she served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, where she completed her doctoral thesis. She actively participates in the Institute’s academic community, including the “Conflicts Club,” and praises its exceptional library resources and scholarly environment.

• Education: Completed doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law.

Her research interests emphasize resolving legal ambiguities in personal status matters for displaced populations, leveraging comparative law frameworks to harmonize international legal practices. She highlights the Institute’s unique access to German-language legal texts, such as Der Flüchtling im deutschen internationalen Privatrecht (1995) and Flucht und Migration im internationalen Familienrecht (2020), which inform her work. The Max Planck Institute’s interdisciplinary environment and well-resourced library are central to her scholarly contributions.

• Awards: Lindemann Foundation Scholar.

Though no specific grants or student advising details are provided, her scholarly collaborations and part-time status are not indicated. She is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute through her research visits and remains a prominent voice in refugee law and private international law discourse.