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Dr. Olivia Barr is an Associate Professor and Director of the research programme on 'Geography, place and the possibilities of law' at the University of Melbourne Law School. Her interdisciplinary research examines relationships between law, place, and sovereignty, with expertise in legal geography, Indigenous rights, and decolonization.
Her research investigates legal movement's role in colonization, spatial dimensions of law, and Indigenous sovereignty recognition. Work integrates legal theory with geography, art, and architecture to understand place-based legal practices.
Publications analyze walking as legal methodology, spatial justice, colonial legal footprints, and decolonial jurisprudence. Theoretical frameworks draw from critical geography and Indigenous legal traditions.
She directs innovative research at the Institute for International Law and the Humanities exploring law's spatial dimensions.
