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PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Dr Hamman is a Senior Lecturer in the school of law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He holds bachelors degrees in law and commerce from the University of New South Wales (Hons Class 2) and a masters degree in environmental science and law from Sydney University (with distinction). His PhD research - awarded an Outstanding Thesis Award - investigated the role of non-state actors under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Dr Hamman has worked for NGOs and the Queensland Government on conservation and environmental law issues. He has an interest in the role and influence of civil society in conservation. His current research focuses on environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific region including: migratory species; Ramsar wetlands; World Heritage areas; and the Great Barrier Reef. Dr Hamman teaches in property law at QUT and has also delivered lectures in environmental law and planning law. He has a particular interest in clinical legal education. NOTE: Dr Hamman is currently accepting PhD supervisions in any of the following areas: - Governance of coral reefs and marine biodiversity including the Great Barrier Reef. - Conservation of species and Protected Areas law (including the World Heritage Convention, Ramsar Convention and Convention on Biological Diversity). - Compliance and enforcement with Queensland, Australian and international environmental law. - Communities, mining, coal seam gas and access to justice.Projects (Chief investigator)
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Dr Hamman has worked as a lawyer for NGOs, in the private sector and for the Queensland Government Department of Environment. Since graduating with a bachelor of laws in 2004, Dr Hamman has worked in Sydney, Japan and London. Between 2012 and 2014, Dr Hamman wrote a book on mining and coal seam gas in Queensland and appeared before parliamentary committees on law reform matters related to environmental law. He has wide ranging experience on matters relating to environmental law in Queensland, particularly World Heritage, vegetation management, mining and gas extraction, species protection and the effective governance of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. He has recently co-edited a collection with Dr Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh on Pacific Environmental Law (Routledge)
- Hamman, E., (2019). The role of NGOs in monitoring compliance under the World Heritage Convention: options for an improved tripartite regime. In C. Voight (Ed.), International judicial practice on the environment: Questions of legitimacy (Studies on International Courts and Tribunals) (pp. 417–442). Cambridge University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109353
- Hamman, E., (2019). Bilateral agreements for the protection of migratory birdlife: the implementation of the China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA). Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 22(1), 137–159. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128439
- Hamman, E., Van Geelen, T. & Akhtar-Khavari, A. (2019). Governance tools for the conservation of wetlands: the role of the Montreux Record under the Ramsar Convention. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(11), 1493–1502. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128440
- Holleland, H., Hamman, E. & Phelps, J. (2019). Naming, shaming and fire alarms: The compilation, development and use of the list of world heritage in danger. Transnational Environmental Law, 8(1), 35–57. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122693
- Hamman, E., (2019). Wetland restoration in Japan: What's law got to do with it? New Voices in Japanese Studies, 11, 47–73. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131259
- Hamman, E., (2018). Addressing coastal wetland decline in China's Yellow Sea. Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, 2(2), 165–194. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123271
- Hamman, E., (2018). Cultural perceptions and natural protections: a socio-legal analysis of public participation, birdlife and Ramsar Wetlands in Japan. Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 21(1), 4–28. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/104095
- Hamman, E. & Deane, F. (2018). The control of nutrient run-off from agricultural areas: Insights into governance from Australia's sugarcane industry and the Great Barrier Reef. Transnational Environmental Law, 7(3), 451–468. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117179
- Hamman, E., Liping, P., Burloff, D. & Lockhart, A. (2018). The polluter pays principle in Chinese environmental law. Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, 2(1), 57–82. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117132
- Hamman, E., Woolaston, K., Koroglu, R., Johnson, H. & Lewis, B. (2015). Managing the impacts of sugarcane farming on the Great Barrier Reef: An evaluation of the implementation of the Polluter Pays Principle. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90024