Lidia Xynas

Professor Lidia Xynas serves as Dean of Law and Head of Programs (Law, Criminology and Migration) at Victoria Law School, Victoria University. A distinguished academic with extensive leadership experience, she specializes in taxation, commercial law, and criminal justice reform while driving curriculum innovation and student outcomes.

Her educational credentials include:

• PhD (Law)
• LLM (Law)
• LLB (Honours)
• GDLP
• GCHE
• BEc

Xynas' research bridges legal theory and practical policy, with significant contributions to taxation policy design, corporate governance frameworks, and sentencing reform. Her interdisciplinary approach connects law with public health (e.g., obesity taxation), behavioral economics, and migration systems. She actively engages in law reform debates across commercial, criminal, and administrative law domains, emphasizing socially responsive legal mechanisms.

Publication trends reveal sustained focus on Australian tax policy evolution, corporate director responsibilities, and criminal justice proportionality, with increasing interdisciplinary integration of health economics and social engineering principles since 2015.

Her recognitions include:

• Fellow Governance Institute of Australia

She has secured multiple research grants and supervises diverse projects spanning migration law compliance, corporate ethics, refugee protection frameworks, and psychological safety in legal education. Her leadership extends to curriculum design across law, criminology, and migration disciplines while fostering stakeholder collaboration for strategic institutional outcomes.