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Personal profile
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 Institute. At 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):
Research area keywords
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Law
- Family Law
- Gender And Law
- Family Violence
- Women's Rights
- Mediation
- Non-Adversarial Justice
- SDG5
- Gender equality
Network
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Evaluation of Magistrates’ Court of Victoria Family Violence Reforms
Ogloff, J. R. P., Reddy, P., McEwan, T. E., Batagol, B., Gelb, K. & Spivak, B.
15/03/23 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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AICPAIRTWP7: Evaluating services provided to women in Makassar experiencing family violence: best practice and recommendations for better support
Davies, S., Yunus, R., Sebastian, E., Irwan, A. M., Batagol, B., Yani, A. A. & Arundhana, A. I.
12/04/22 → 11/08/22
Project: Research
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Coping with COVID-19: A study on the impacts of the pandemic and the coping strategies of women and men living with disability in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Batagol, B., Junaid, M., Nasir, S., Spivakovsky, C. & Salim, I.
27/08/20 → 27/11/20
Project: Research
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Transformative Resilience in the Context of Climate Change
Batagol, B., Castellanos, P., Alston, M., Hoek, A., Court, E., Ransom, E., Sexsmith, K., Tickamyer, A., Sachs, C. & Randell, H.
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/09/19 → 31/08/20
Project: Research
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WfW: Toolkit for the gender responsive co-design of WASH facilities
Batagol, B., Sinharoy, S., Clasen, T. F., Prescott, M., Spasojevic, D. & Francis, N.
1/07/19 → 1/05/22
Project: Research
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Joint food and water insecurity had a multiplicative effect on women’s depression in urban informal settlements in Makassar, Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Charles, I., Salinger, A., Sweeney, R., Batagol, B., Barker, S. F., Nasir, S., Taruc, R. R., Francis, N., Clasen, T., Sinharoy, S. S. & for the RISE consortium, Apr 2023, In: The Journal of Nutrition. 153, 4, p. 1244-1252 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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What is ‘good’ domestic violence lawyering? views from specialist legal services in Australia
Wangmann, J., Bartlett, F., Batagol, B., Booth, T., Douglas, H., Kaye, M. & Seear, K., 2023, In: International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. 37, 1, 23 p., ebac034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Exploring injured persons' experiences of engaging and using lawyers in road traffic injury compensation claims
Scollay, C. E., Batagol, B. & Grant, G. M., 2022, In: Journal of Law and Medicine. 29, 1, p. 156-172 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Intimate partner economic abuse in loans and guarantees: an empirical review of 10 years of cases
Barkehall Thomas, S., Batagol, B. & Ulbrick, M., 2022, In: Australian Journal of Family Law. 35, 3, p. 252-289 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Mempromosikan Desain Partisipatif Inklusif untuk Infrastruktur Air dan Sanitasi di Permukiman Informal Perkotaan
Translated title of the contribution :Promoting Inclusive Participatory Design of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Urban Informal Settlements Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Research Impact (Economic and Social Impact) 2017
Batagol, Becky (Recipient), 31 Aug 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Faculty of Law Award for Teaching Excellence
Batagol, Becky (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Office for Learning and Teaching, Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Batagol, Becky (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Batagol, Becky (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Batagol, Becky (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Submission to Consultation on the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023
Jess Mant (Contributor), Becky Batagol (Contributor) & Cate Banks (Contributor)
27 Feb 2023Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Submission no 217 to Select committee on the Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2017
Becky Batagol (Contributor)
13 Jan 2017Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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President, Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network
Becky Batagol (Chair/ Co-Chair)
10 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2017Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network (Publisher)
Becky Batagol (Editor in chief)
1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press/Media
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Family law bill is a big step forward, but doesn’t do enough to address family violence
30/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Government’s family law bill is a big step forward. But it doesn’t do enough to address family violence
18/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Menstrual hygiene: Period poverty, and the undermining of gender equality and human rights for school students, Monash Lens, 28 May 2021
Robyn Mansfield, Naomi Francis, Becky Batagol, Heli Askola, Megan Adams, Tania Penovic & Lisa Hunter lisahunter
28/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature