Dr Amy Nethery

Amy  researches  the development  and  impact  of  asylum  policies  in  Australia  and  Asia,  with  a  focus  on transnational  cooperation  on  border  control. An important theme of her work is the analysis of asylum policy according to democratic norms of policymaking. She  has  a  particular  interest  in  immigration  detention:  its  history,  evolution,  diffusion, legal  status,  consistency with democratic norms, and  human  impact.

Australian Political Science Association

Academics for Refugees

Refugee Council of Australia

Amy's units teach students to become engaged, informed, and critical citizens, and to provide them with the skills to make an impact in their lifetime.

Her units are designed to educate students in the importance of strong democratic systems of governance and the foundations of good policy. 

Recognising a critical need to increase the pathways for women to pursue careers in politics, with colleague Maria Rae she established the Deakin Women in Politics Network.

AIP230 Understanding Public Policy (Trimester 1)

AIP209 Asylum Challenges in Australia and Asia (Trimester 2)

Dr Nethery can contribute her expertise to public debate about asylum policy in Australia.

• Australia
• Democracy
• Human rights
• Immigration
• Migration
• Policy
• Politics
• Refugees

Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University

POLIS (Politics and International Studies), Deakin University

CONREP (Comparative Network on Refugee Externalisation Policies), co-funded by the European Union under the Eramus+ Programme -Jean Monnet Activities (599660 EPP-1-2018-1-AU-EPPJMO-NETWORK).

2014 Boyer Prize for the best original article published in Australian Journal of International Affairs in 2014 (‘Australian-Indonesian cooperation’).

2011 Isi Leibler Prize for the thesis that best advances knowledge about racism in Australia (Immigration detention in Australia).

2018-2021: Jean Monnet Comparative Network on Refugee Externalisation Policies (CONREP). This network will develop a transnational, interdisciplinary examination of the scope, methods and impact of externalisation policies of Australia, the European Union and its member states. Network partners include the University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Monash Univerity, University of Geneva, University of Bologna, and University of Gothenberg. Co-funded by the European Union under the Eramus+ Programme - Jean Monnet Activities(599660 EPP-1-2018-1-AU-EPPJMO-NETWORK).