About the position
The Faculty of Law at Bond University is calling for expressions of interest from Law graduates interested in undertaking a PhD in the areas of Critical Minerals Trade, OR Australia’s Trade and Economic Security in a Shifting Global Order
The successful applicant will be supervised by Dr Umair Ghori and Dr Matthew Lister.
A successful applicant will address research questions related to these areas, in particular:
Critical Minerals Trade in the Australian Context
How should Australia regulate trade in critical minerals to balance openness, value-adding, and economic security?
To what extent can Australia lawfully promote domestic processing and downstream manufacturing without breaching international trade obligations?
What role should export controls, investment screening, offtake arrangements and strategic partnerships play in Australia’s critical minerals policy settings?
How should ESG standards, sustainability obligations and First Nations engagement be integrated into Australia’s critical minerals trade architecture?




What lessons can Australia draw from comparable jurisdictions in designing a critical minerals trade and industrial strategy?
Australia’s Trade and Economic Security (“America First” context)
How have the Trump Administration’s “America First” trade policies altered the legal and policy workplace for Australian trade?
What are the direct and indirect implications of US tariff, industrial and economic security measures for Australia’s trade interests and strategic autonomy?
How should Australia balance alliance management with diversification, multilateralism and domestic economic security objectives?
Are existing Australian legal and policy tools - such as trade diversification strategies, investment screening, industrial policy and economic security frameworks—adequate to respond to sustained US protectionism?
What reforms should Australia adopt to manage future trade coercion, supply-chain disrupti

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