Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society
The Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) commenced activities in 2013 and is devoted to the study of Indonesian law and Islamic legal studies.
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Nurul Azizah Zayzda
Catriona Croft-Cusworth
Samantha Hinderling
Eksa Rettania Krista
Dr Robertus Robet
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Past Graduate Researchers
Name | Supervisor(s) | Research Topics | Year of Completion |
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Ms Dina Afrianty |
Tim Lindsey Michael Leigh |
PhD (Asia Institute) Responses of Local Women's NGOs to Sharia Implementation in Post-Conflict Aceh: Case Studies of Women's Network for Policy Reform (JPUK) | 2010 |
Mr Khalid Al-Azri | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Development, Culture and the Dilemma of Equality in 'Modern' Omani Society: The Practice of Kafa'a in Marriage and Talaq | 2008 |
Ms Adrienne Anderson |
Michelle Foster Susan Kneebone |
PhD (Law) The Political Dimensions of Intimate Partner Violence in Refugee Law | 2023 |
Ms Dewi Apsari |
Tim Lindsey Jeremy Gans |
PhD (Law) International Extradition between Indonesia and Australia | 2019 |
Mr Rifqi Sjarief Assegaf |
Tim Lindsey Simon Butt (University of Sydney) |
PhD (Law) Criminal Sentencing in Indonesia: Disparity, Disproportionality and Biases | 2021 |
Ms Maria Bhatti | Tim Lindsey |
LLM Taxation of Islamic Finance in Australia | 2012 |
Ms Anisa Buckley |
Abdullah Saeed (Asia Institute) Tim Lindsey Andrea Whittaker (Monash) |
PhD (Arts) Muslim Women, Law and the Challenges of Securing a 'Complete' Divorce: The Australian Experience | 2017 |
Mr Matthew Busch | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Indonesia as a Weak State? Bank Restructuring after the Asian Financial Crisis | 2020 |
Mr Simon Butt | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Judicial Review in Indonesia: Between Civil Law and Accountability? A Study of Constitutional Court Decisions 2003-2005 | 2007 |
Ms Melissa Crouch |
Tim Lindsey Amanda Whiting |
PhD (Law) The regulation of religious diversity: The legal boundaries of religious activity in the context of Muslim-Christian relations in post-Suharto Indonesia | 2011 |
Ms Alice de Jonge | Tim Lindsey |
SJD (Law) Media and Markets in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China: Maintaining Corporate Standards in China's H-Share Market | 2007 |
Mr Peter Dirou |
Tim Lindsey Shaun McVeigh Sundhya Pahuja |
PhD (Law) Food Security, Law and Development: Insights from the Indonesian Development Experience | 2014 |
Mr Stewart Fenwick |
Tim Lindsey Abdullah Saeed (Asia Institute) |
PhD (Law) Is Rawlsian Liberalism Compatible with Islamic Thought? A Case Study of Religious Freedom in Post-Soeharto Indonesia | 2015 |
Ms Carolyn Graydon |
Tim Lindsey Dianne Otto |
PhD (Law) Valuing Women in Timor Leste: The Need to Address Domestic Violence by Reforming Customary Law Approaches while Improving State Justice | 2016 |
Ms Susi Dwi Harijanti |
Cheryl Saunders Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) The Indonesian Ombudsman System and Good Governance 2000-2005 | 2011 |
Ms Erica Harper | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Constructing a Legal System in East Timor: Challenges to Introducing International Legal Norms and Principles into Post-conflict States Under UN Administration | 2007 |
Mr Thomas Harré |
Susan Kneebone Bernadette McSherry |
PhD (Law) Human Trafficking for Forced Labour under Transnational Criminal Law: Responses to the Abuse of Migrant Workers in Southeast Asian Fisheries | 2018 |
Mrs Nurhidayah Muhammad Hashim |
Tim Lindsey Abdullah Saeed |
PhD (Law) Maintenance for Children after Divorce in Syaria and Civil Practice in Malaysia: What Malaysia can Learn from Australia's Child Support Scheme | 2013 |
Ms Nur Hidayah |
Tim Lindsey Abdullah Saeed |
PhD (Law) Feminising Islam in Contemporary Indonesia: The Role of Progressive Muslim Women's Organisations | 2012 |
Mr Denny Indrayana |
Cheryl Saunders Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Indonesian Constitutional Reform 1999-2002: An Evaluation of Constitution-Making in Transition | 2005 |
Ms Balawyn Jones |
Tim Lindsey Amanda Whiting |
PhD (Law) Reaching Out From the Ocean: Women's Experiences Navigating the Anti-Domestic Violence Law in Aceh, Indonesia | 2022 |
Ms Josi Khatarina | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Decentralisation, Law, and the Failure of Palm Oil Licensing | 2020 |
Dr Jeremy Kingsley |
Tim Lindsey
Abdullah Saeed |
PhD (Law) Tuan Guru, community and conflict in Lombok, Indonesia | 2010 |
Mr Imran Lum |
Tim Lindsey Abdullah Saeed (Asia Institute) |
PhD (Law and Asia Institute) Negotiating the Prohibition of Riba: Australian and British Muslim Attitudes Towards Conventional and Islamic Banking | 2014 |
Mr Tim Mann |
Tim Lindsey Jenny Beard |
PhD (Law) Cause Lawyering in a Fragile Democracy: The Indonesian Foundation of Legal Aid Institutes (YLBHI) | 2022 |
Mr Michael McKenzie (ANU) |
Veronica Taylor Tim Lindsey |
PhD (ANU) Rethinking International: Crime, Policy and Politics in Australia-Indonesian Relations | 2015 |
Ms Jessica Melvin |
Tim Lindsey Kate McGregor (Arts) Steven Welch (Arts) |
PhD (Law) The 1965 Mass Killings in Aceh | 2014 |
Ms Lilis Mulyani | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Reforming Group Legal Personhood in Indonesian Land Law: Towards Equitable Land Rights for Traditional Customary Communities | 2021 |
Mr Nguyen Hien Quan |
Tim Lindsey
Pip Nicholson |
PhD (Law) Social Structures and Relational Contracts in the Vietnamese Market: Toward a Contract Law Theory | 2006 |
Ms Nina Nurmila |
Abdullah Saeed
Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Asia Institute) Marriages in Contemporary Indonesia: 'Women's Perspectives' | 2006 |
Ms Helen Pausacker |
Tim Lindsey Abdullah Saeed |
PhD (Law) Morality and the Nation: Law, Pornography and Indonesia's Islamic Defenders Front | 2013 |
Ms Rheny Pulungan |
Tim Lindsey Andrew Mitchell |
PhD (Law) The Shortcomings of International Law on Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: Options for Strengthening Maritime Security in the Malacca Strait | 2015 |
Mr Dudi Rulliadi |
Anne Orford Tim Lindsey Andrew Mitchell |
PhD (Law) Public-Private Partnerships and the Transformation of the Third World State: The Case of Indonesia | 2017 |
Mr Arskal Salim | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Islamisation of Laws in a Modernising State: Sharia in Indonesia 1945-2005 | 2006 |
Adv Andy Schmulow |
Tim Lindsey Charles Coppel |
PhD (Law) Problems Associated with Prudential Regulatory Enforcement in the Indonesian Banking Sector | 2014 |
Ms Sofie Arjon Schuette |
Howard Dick Tim Lindsey Peter Verhezen |
PhD (Law) Institutional Change and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Indonesia since the Regime Change in 1998 | 2012 |
Ms Chenxia Shi | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Political Determinants of Corporate Governance in China | 2009 |
Ms Kerstin Steiner | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Are 'Asian Values' Universal? - International Discourses on Human Rights Policies | 2007 |
Mr Nandang Sutrisno | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Dispute Settlement in the WTO and Developing Countries | 2006 |
Ms Windy Triana |
Tim Lindsey Farrah Ahmed |
PhD (Law) Reforming the Education of Islamic Judges in Indonesia | 2022 |
Ms Elizabeth (Ann) Wardrop | Tim Lindsey |
PhD (Law) Regulation of Insolvent Investor-Owned Essential Service Corporations | 2007 |
Mr I Gusti Ngurah Parikesit Widiatedja |
Tim Lindsey Jenny Beard |
PhD (Law) The Regulatory Failure of Spatial Planning in Bali and its Environmental and Social Impact: A Case Study of Hotel Projects | 2020 |
Ms Phoebe Wynn-Pope |
Tim Lindsey Tim McCormack |
PhD (Law) The Responsibility to Protect Against Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide: Effective Operationalisation of the Principle | 2010 |
Ms Brandais York |
Susan Kneebone Michelle Foster |
PhD (Law) A Marriage of Convenience: Marriage Migration Policy and Cambodia’s Lean into China | 2019 |
CILIS strives to continuously engage in innovative and important research projects that relate to Indonesia and Islamic legal studies both nationally and internationally.
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Research Grants
Research projects currently undertaken by members of CILIS.
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Publications
CILIS academic staff produce a wide range of publications. CILIS also publishes its own series of Briefing Papers.
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Resources
CILIS aims to provide resources about Indonesian and Islamic legal studies. It publishes an online bibliographical database called Islamic Law Online.
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CILIS runs numerous research activities throughout the year, many of them open to the public. Please also follow our activities on Facebook and on Twitter.
CILIS Public Lectures
CILIS Public Lectures are presented by high-profile speakers. These seminars are relevant to academics, government and business organisations, as well as the community.
Research Seminars
The CILIS Research Seminars are informal seminars, which are often presented by postgraduate students. These seminars are open to the public, but are usually attended by the University community. Students are able to gain feedback on their current research, while contributing to the continued research in Islamic legal studies.
Annual Conference
CILIS hosts an annual Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference in conjunction with the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies. This conference is open to students both locally and internationally, who are researching Islam-related topics. Information on the annual conference is usually available from mid-June each year.
Please check our Events listings for further information or contact CILIS. Please also see the conference Facebook page.
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Islamic Law Online
Islamic Law Online is an online bibliographic database of materials relating to Islamic legal studies.
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Asian Law Online
Asian Law Online is the first and only online bibliographic database of Asian law materials in the world.
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Indonesia at Melbourne Blog
The Indonesia at Melbourne blog present analysis, research and commentary on contemporary Indonesia from academics and postgraduate students affiliated with the University of Melbourne. It aims to stimulate debate and provide a forum for exchange of information and opinion on current events in Indonesia.
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IDeHaRI
The Indonesia Democracy Hallmark Research Initiative (IDeHaRI) seeks to build a cohesive Indonesian studies community at Melbourne, create new collaborations between scholars working on Indonesia, democracy or Islam, and boost external recognition of Melbourne's Indonesia expertise.
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