Becky Batagol

Assoc Professor

Accepting PhD Students

20032023

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Biography

Dr Becky Batagol is a researcher and teacher with a focus on family law, family violence, non-adversarial justice, dispute resolution, gender, child protection and legal education.

Becky is the co-author of Non-Adversarial Justice (2nd ed, 2014), Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Family Mediation (2011) and the author of many academic articles. Becky writes regularly for the ADR Research Network blog and tweets regularly under the handle @BeckyBatagol.

Becky is curently co-appointed across the Faculty of Law and Monash Sustainable Development InstituteAt MSDI, Becky's role is to grow the Institute's work on gender. With Assosicate Professor Janice Richardson, Becky is co-convener of the Monash Law Feminist Legal Studies Group. She is also Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation. 

In 2015 Becky worked as a research consultant to the Royal Commission into Family Violence. She has also consulted to the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Becky's outstanding teaching has been recognised at the 2014 Australian Awards for University Teaching with a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. She was also awarded the Monash Law Dean's Award for Research (Social and Economic Impact) in 2017.

Becky is an experienced supervisor of research students and welcomes inquiries from prospective researchers in the fields of dispute resolution, family law, constitutional law, the legal aspects of child protection and family violence.

Research interests

Family violence

Gender

SDG 5 (gender equality)

Non-adversarial justice

Dispute resolution (Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR)

Family law

Child protection

Mediation

Legal Education

Mental Health

Constitutional law

Gender and law

Human rights

Legal ethics

Legal profession and practice

Civil practice and procedure

 

Supervision interests

Family violence

Gender

Non-adversarial justice

Dispute resolution (Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR)

Family law

Child protection

Mediation

Legal Education

Mental Health

Constitutional law

Gender and law

Human rights

Legal ethics

Legal profession and practice

Civil practice and procedure

 

Consulting

Australian Securities and Investment Commission, (on financial abuse) 2019

 

Royal Commission into Family Violence, 2015

 

Attorney-General's Department/Allens Consulting, 2012

 

Attorney-General's Department, 2010

 

Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2010

 

Community service

Becky was a director at FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria for 5 years until 2015.

Becky was Editor in Chief of the Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network blog for five years until 2019.

Becky was the president of the Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network in 2016-17.

Monash teaching commitment

LAW4225 Non-adversarial Justice SEM2

LAW 2111 Constitutional Law SEM2

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research area keywords

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Law
  • Family Law
  • Gender And Law
  • Family Violence
  • Women's Rights
  • Mediation
  • Non-Adversarial Justice
  • SDG5
  • Gender equality

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