Peter Burdon

Professor Peter Burdon is the Deputy Executive Dean and Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) at the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics, University of Adelaide. He holds the position of Professor within the Adelaide Law School and has served in leadership roles such as Acting Dean and Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching). His interdisciplinary research focuses on environmental law, Earth Jurisprudence, climate policy, and legal theory, with notable works including Earth Jurisprudence: Private Property and the Environment (2021) and contributions to the Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene (2023). He has held visiting professorships at institutions like McGill University and the Université de Montréal.

Professor Burdon advocates for inclusive academic environments, serving as a delegate for the National Tertiary Education Union and a member of the ALLY Network. His teaching emphasizes critical thinking and democratic education, delivering courses on property law, legal theory, and Aboriginal law. He has secured grants totaling over $100,000 for projects like modernizing South Australia’s property law and exploring the psychology of property.

His research interests span environmental theory, protest law, and the intersection of law with political philosophy, including studies on Hannah Arendt, neoliberalism, and anarchist thought. He has published extensively on climate change policy, rights of nature, and governance in the Anthropocene, blending legal scholarship with socio-environmental critique.