Dr Jade Lindley

Dr Jade Lindley is a criminologist and senior lecturer at the UWA Law School whose research focuses on transnational crimes and their intersection with international law. She is particularly interested in the criminal motivations to offend and the responses to control these crimes. 

Dr Lindley currently teaches units in the undergraduate Law and Society major and postgraduate courses; Graduate Diploma in International Law and the Master of International Law at UWA. 

Dr Lindley started her journey at UWA in 2016 on a research-only contract and converted to teaching and research in 2017. “The UWA Law School provides a fabulously supportive and collegial environment for academics engaging in research and teaching, as well as for its undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree by research students.”

Her passion and interest in international law stems from an internship she completed at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. Combined with her qualifications in criminology, she also worked as a researcher in global crime at the Australia Institute of Criminology, Canberra. This research combination inspired her PhD at the Australian National University, and led to a Visiting Scholar position at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, and the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London.  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Murdoch University  
• Master of Arts (MA), The University of Western Australia 
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The Australian National University 

Research disciplines:

• Criminology 
• Law 

Research clusters:

• Theme Leader, Maritime Security, Safety and Defence, UWA Oceans Institute
• Member, UWA Africa Research & Engagement Centre (AfREC)
• Member, Modern Slavery Research Cluster
• Member, International Law Society