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Dr Jonathan Kolieb
Dr Jonathan Kolieb is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University.
Jonathan’s research and teaching interests focus on global governance issues, including current projects on international conflict resolution, business and human rights, and the accountability of transnational corporations under international law. His PhD dissertation was entitled: “Corporate Peacebuilding and the Law: Regulating the Private Sector for Conflict Transformation.”
His written work includes academic articles in leading Australian and international journals, UN peacekeeping training documents, and pieces in the mainstream press such as Newsweek, The Washington Post and The Australian newspapers. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the George Washington University Law School, and a Graduate Visitor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Jonathan has held positions with the Government of Australia, various think-tanks and non-governmental organisations, focusing on human rights and international affairs. These roles include serving as Congressional Liaison Officer at the Embassy of Australia in Washington DC, and as Legal Consultant for the United Nation’s Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
Jonathan holds a PhD (Law) from University of Melbourne, an LL.M. (International Law) and an M.A. (International & Area Studies) from University of California, Berkeley and undergraduate Law and Politics degrees from the University of Melbourne and Monash University.
Jonathan has received several awards and grants in recognition of, and to advance, his scholarship. These include a RMIT College of Business Research Excellence Award (2016), the A.O. Capell Prestigious PhD Scholarship from the University of Melbourne (2011-2015); a Rotary World Peace Fellowship (2004-06); a Human Rights Fellowship from the University of California, Berkeley (2007); and the Rufus Davis Memorial Prize for Politics from Monash University (2001).
For a full list of Jonathan's publications visit Google Scholar or Academia.edu.
Teaching and Coordination (Melbourne):
- International Law
- International Business Law
- Civil Procedure
Teaching (Singapore):
- Commercial Law
Research:
- Several ongoing research projects
Teaching and Coordination (Melbourne):
- Civil Procedure
- Contemporary Issues in International Business Law
- Clinical Legal Education
- Centre for Innovative Justice’s Study Tour
Teaching (Singapore):
- Commercial Law
Research:
- Completing PhD
- Several ongoing research projects
Leadership:
- Work-Integrated-Learning Coordinator
- Law Students’ Society Liaison
- PhD (Law) – University of Melbourne
- LL.M. (International Law) – University of California, Berkeley
- M.A. (International & Area Studies) – University of California, Berkeley
- Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics – Monash University
- B.A. Honours Degree (Political Science) – Monash University
- LL.B. (Hons) and B.A. – University of Melbourne
- Kolieb, J. (2022). Consuming International Law: Towards an Experimental Research Agenda for Understanding the Effects of Corporate International Humanitarian Law Violations on Consumer Buying Behavior In: German Law Journal, 23, 333 - 349
- Kolieb, J. (2020). Advancing the business and human rights treaty project through international criminal law: assessing the options for legally-binding corporate human rights obligations In: Georgetown Journal of International Law, 50, 789 - 838
- Cai, W.,Kolieb, J. (2020). Between National Interests and Global Business: China’s Possible Reservations to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements In: Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 11, 295 - 318
- Kolieb, J. (2020). Protecting the most vulnerable: embedding children's rights in the business and human rights project In: Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- Kolieb, J. (2020). Don’t forget the Geneva Conventions: achieving responsible business conduct in conflict-affected areas through adherence to international humanitarian law In: Australian Journal of Human Rights, 26, 142 - 164
- Kolieb, J. (2019). Jesner v Arab Bank: The US Supreme Court Forecloses on Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses In: Australian International Law Journal, 24, 209 - 220
- Poblet Balcell, M.,Kolieb, J. (2018). Responding to Human Rights Abuses in the Digital Era: New Tools, Old Challenges In: Stanford Journal of International Law, 54, 259 - 283
- Kolieb, J. (2017). Through the looking-glass: Nuremberg's confusing legacy on corporate accountability under International Law In: American University International Law Review, 32, 569 - 604
- Kolieb, J. (2015). When to punish, when to persuade and when to reward: Strengthening responsive regulation with the regulatory diamond In: Monash University Law Review, 41, 136 - 162
- Harrould-Kolieb, E.,Kolieb, J. (2014). Marine and coastal resources and conflict in a high-CO2 world In: Conflict-sensitive adaptation to climate change in Africa, ACCORD, Germany
2 PhD Current Supervisions4 PhD Completions