Research interests
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.
Affiliations
Australian Political Science Association
Academics for Refugees
Refugee Council of Australia
Teaching interests
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.
Units taught
AIP230 Understanding Public Policy (Trimester 1)
AIP209 Asylum Challenges in Australia and Asia (Trimester 2)
Expertise
- Australia
- Democracy
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Migration
- Policy
- Politics
- Refugees
Research groups
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).
Awards
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).
Projects
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).
Publications
Examining refugee externalisation policies: a comparative study of Europe and Australia
Amy Nethery, Azadeh Dastyari, Asher Hirsch
(2023), pp. 1-24, Refugee Externalisation Policies: Responsibility, Legitimacy and Accountability, London, Eng., B1
Refugee externalisation policies: what have we learnt and where are we going?
Amy Nethery, Azadeh Dastyari
(2023), pp. 209-218, Refugee externalisation policies: responsibility, legitimacy and accountability, London, Eng., B1
David Hundt, Hyein Cho, Amy Nethery
(2023), Vol. 17, pp. 197-238, Journal of Diaspora Studies (디아스포라연구), Kwangju, South Korea, C1
Examining refugee externalisation policies: A comparative study of Europe and Australia
A Nethery, A Dastyari, A Hirsch
(2022), pp. 1-24, Refugee Externalisation Policies: Responsibility, Legitimacy and Accountability, London, Eng., B1
Refugee externalisation policies: What we have learnt and where are we going?
A Nethery, A Dastyari
(2022), pp. 207-218, Refugee Externalisation Policies: Responsibility, Legitimacy and Accountability, London, Eng., B1
A Nethery
(2022), pp. 43-45, Anthology : The Impact of the Pandemic on Border (Im)Mobility, Melbourne, VIC, B1
A Nethery, Z Nwokora, P Ferguson, M Clarke
(2022), Vol. 57, pp. 403-419, Australian Journal of Political Science, C1
'If not now, when? If not us, who?' The teal's no-nonsense blow to the two-party system
Amy Nethery
(2022), Vol. 41, pp. 12-18, Social Alternatives, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Transitioning to Life after Parliament
Amy Nethery, peter Ferguson, Zim Nwokora, matthew Clarke
(2022), Geelong, Vic., A6
Refugee Externalisation Policies: Responsibility, Legitimacy and Accountability
A Dastyari, A Nethery, A Hirsch
(2022), London, Eng., A7
Incarceration, classification and control: Administrative detention in settler colonial Australia
A Nethery
(2021), Vol. 89, Political Geography, C1
Policy Paper: Externalisation of Migration Control Policies
Amy Nethery, Asher Hirsch
(2020), Melbourne, AVic., A6
Punitive bureaucracy: restricting visits to Australia's immigration detention centres
Amy Nethery
(2019), pp. 305-325, Crimmigration in Australia: law, politics and society, Singapore, B1
M Rae, E Russell, A Nethery
(2019), Vol. 13, pp. 1036-1055, International Journal of Communication, C1
Australia's refugee detention regime: Offshore and unaccountable
A Nethery
(2019), Vol. 118, pp. 222-228, Current History, New York, N.Y., C1
M Rae, R Holman, A Nethery
(2018), Vol. 40, pp. 479-495, Media, Culture and Society, England, C1
Secrecy and human rights abuse in Australia's offshore immigration detention centres
A Nethery, R Holman
(2016), Vol. 20, pp. 1018-1038, International Journal of Human Rights, C1
Understanding immigration detention and its human impact
S Silverman, A Nethery
(2015), pp. 1-12, Immigration detention: the migration of a policy, Abingdon, Eng., B1
At the discretion of management: immigration detention in Indonesia
A Nethery, B Rafferty-Brown, S Taylor
(2015), pp. 114-124, Immigration detention: the migration of a policy and its human impact, Abingdon, Eng., B1
An early career academic network: what worked and what didn't
E Price, B Coffey, A Nethery
(2015), Vol. 39, pp. 680-698, Journal of Further and Higher Education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Immigration detention: the migration of a policy and its human impact
A Nethery, S Silverman
(2015), London, Eng., A7-1
Australia, ASEAN, and forced migration in Asia
A Nethery
(2014), pp. 107-124, Australia-ASEAN dialogue: tracing 40 years of partnership, New York, B1
Australia-Indonesia cooperation on asylum-seekers: a case of 'incentivised policy transfer'
A Nethery, C Gordyn
(2014), Vol. 68, pp. 177-193, Australian journal of international affairs, Abingdon, England, C1
A Spinney, A Nethery
(2013), Vol. 12, pp. 179-189, Social policy and society, Cambridge, England, C1
Exporting detention : Australia-funded immigration detention in Indonesia
A Nethery, B Rafferty-Brown, S Taylor
(2013), Vol. 26, pp. 88-109, Journal of refugee studies, Oxford, England, C1
Truth-telling at the border : an audience appraisal of border security
E Price, A Nethery
(2012), pp. 148-156, Media international Australia : incorporating culture and policy, St Lucia, Qld., C1
Partialism, executive control, and the deportation of permanent residents from Australia
A Nethery
(2012), Vol. 18, pp. 729-740, Population, space and place, West Sussex, England, C1
Separate and invisible : a carceral history of Australian islands
A Nethery
(2012), Vol. 6, pp. 85-98, Shima, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Temporary protection and the refugee convention in Australia,Denmark, and Germany
F Mansouri, M Leach, A Nethery
(2010), Vol. 26, pp. 135-147, Refuge : Canada's periodical on refugees, North York, Canada, C1
A Nethery
(2009), pp. 65-80, Does history matter? Making and debating citizenship, immigration and refugee policy in Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, A. C. T., B1-1
Forced migration in the Asia-Pacific : prospects and implications for Australia
M Leach, A Nethery
(2008), pp. 102-119, Global crises and risks, South Melbourne, Vic, B1-1
Australia's response to asylum seekers
D Lusher, N Balvin, A Nethery, J Tropea
(2007), pp. 9-20, Yearning to breathe free : seeking asylum in Australia, Leichhardt, N.S.W., B1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Transitioning to Life After Parliament.
Prof Matthew Clarke, Dr Amy Nethery, Dr Zim Nwokora, Dr Peter Ferguson
Parliament of Victoria
- 2021: $63,000
- 2020: $20,000
Industry and Other Funding
Externalisation of asylum policies: the European Union and Australia
Prof Philomena Murray, Dr Amy Nethery
Erasmus and Jean Monnet Network
- 2023: $279
- 2019: $23,292
Review of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's Recommended Benchmarks for Codes of Conduct.
Dr Amy Nethery, Dr Peter Ferguson, Dr Zim Nwokora
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- 2023: $9,720
Supervisions
Rani Silvia
Thesis entitled: The Social Effects of Language Use in Padang, West Sumatra: A Study of Minang, Indonesian and English
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Evan Joymas
Thesis entitled: Designing Representative Institutions for Pragmatic Deliberation
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Tori Stratford
Thesis entitled: The Capacity to Act: Stories of Australia's Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences