Shelley Marshall

Shelley Marshall is a Professor of Law at RMIT University. From 2020-2023 she was an Australian Research Council DECRA research fellow. Prior to that she was a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University. She is a graduate in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne, in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Regulation, Justice and Diplomacy at the Regulatory Institutions Network at the Australian National University.

Shelley's work spans Business and Human Rights and Labour Law, employing the analytical tools availed by degrees in three disciplines. She has two primary research interests in the field of labour law: (a) the regulation of informal work, (b) labour law in poor and middle income country contexts. She has conducted major research projects in each of these areas. Her multi-country project with the ILO and Professor Simon Deakin of Cambridge University examined labour law in developing countries, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. She has undertaken empirical research into informal work in Bulgaria, India, Australia and Cambodia exploring ways that labour law can respond to different political economic conditions and ‘regulatory problems’. Shelley has repeatedly advised the International Labour Organisation, with her work cited at the highest governing body, influencing international labour market regulation.

Her books include 'Living Wage', 'Homeworking Women: A Gender Justice Perspective' and 'Varieties of Capitalism and Law, Corporate Governance and the Management of Labour: A Study of Australian Regulatory Style and Business Practice'. Shelley also co-edited: 'Corporate Governance and Employees', 'Fair Trade and Corporate Accountability: Experiments in Globalising Social Justice'.