Researcher

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Labour Law, Law and Society, Migration, Social Policy, Political Economy, Human Rights Law

Biography

Angela Kintominas (she/her) is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW Sydney. Her areas of expertise spans feminist and critical theoretical approaches to gender, work and social reproduction, with a focus on the intersections of labour law, welfare states and migration regimes. She has worked on projects relating to temporary labour migration, family migration and transnational family life, global care chains and migrant care and...view more

Angela Kintominas (she/her) is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW Sydney. Her areas of expertise spans feminist and critical theoretical approaches to gender, work and social reproduction, with a focus on the intersections of labour law, welfare states and migration regimes. She has worked on projects relating to temporary labour migration, family migration and transnational family life, global care chains and migrant care and domestic work, au pairing, childcare, and the platformization of care and domestic work in the gig economy.

Angela has published in The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Gender Work & Organization, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, and the Anti-Trafficking Review, as well as in media outlets The Conversation and Women’s Agenda. Prior to joining UNSW Law and Justice, she was a research associate with the Migrant Justice Institute (UTS/UNSW), the Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), and CEPAR (University of Sydney).

Angela is a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Feminist Law Journal (and former Managing Editor between 2021-2024). She is a member of the Work and Family Policy Roundtable (W+FPR), a fellow of the UNSW Gender Equality Hub and an Associate of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney.

Angela holds a PhD in Law from UNSW Law and Justice, where she was a Scientia PhD Scholar. Her thesis won the 2024 Australian Legal Research Award for Best PhD as well as the UNSW Dean's Award for Outstanding Thesis. Angela obtained a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School, where she was a Lionel Murphy Scholar and was awarded the Walter Gellhorn Prize for highest academic achievement. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons I) and Bachelor of Laws (Hons I, Valedictorian) from UNSW Sydney. Prior to joining academia, Angela worked as solicitor and is admitted in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.


My Qualifications

PhD (UNSW Sydney)

LLM (Columbia)

BA (Hons 1), LLB (Hons 1) (UNSW Sydney)


My Awards

Best PhD, Australian Legal Research Awards (2024)

Dean's Award for Outstanding Thesis (2024)

Finalist, UNSW 3MT Competition (2022)

UNSW Postgraduate Research Council, HDR Student of the Year Award (2021)

Walter Gellhorn Prize for Highest Academic Achievement in LLM, Columbia Law School (2016)

James Kent Scholar (equiv. of First Class Honours), Columbia University Law School (2016)

Lionel Murphy Endowment Postgraduate Scholarship (2015)

Valedictorian of Graduating LLB Class, UNSW Law School (2013)

UNSW Law Dean’s List, UNSW Law (2012)

Bill Ashcroft Prize for Best Essay on Australian Literature, UNSW Faculty of Arts (2010)

 


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

Angela is open to supervise doctoral candidates and masters by research students across the fields of feminist and critical legal theory, labour law, migration law, welfare state law, feminized work such as care and domestic work, as well those using socio-legal/qualitative methods.


Currently supervising

Amarnath Boopalam Manjunath, ‘Is Labour Law Adequate to Protect the Rights of Street Vendors?’ (PhD) (with Christine Forster, Amelia Thorpe)

Aishwarya Singh, ‘Democratic Backsliding in India and the Role of the Supreme Court’ (PhD) (with Rosalind Dixon, Elisabeth Perham)

Daniel Black, 'Addressing Impediments to Worker Power through Multi-Employer Bargaining in a Fissured Australian Economy: Problems and Prospects' (LLB Honours)


My Teaching

Law and Social Theory (LAWS2820/JURD7222)

Employment Law (LAWS3028/JURD7328)

Legal Research and Writing (LAWS1055/JURD7155)

Legal Research & Writing: Australian Law (LAWS1160/JURD7160) 

Federal Constitutional Law (LAWS2150 / JURD7250)

 

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Location

Room 324, Level 3, Law and Justice Building