DrYvonne Breitwieser-Faria
Lecturer
Curtin Law School
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria is a lecturer with half a decade experience teaching and coordinating public international law and criminal law subjects. She is currently also the Director of Learning and Teaching for the Curtin Law School.
Yvonne is an external Fellow of the University of Queensland's Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, a committee member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law's International Peace and Security Interest Group, and is on the editorial team of the ANZSIL Perspectives.
She holds a Magistra iuris with specialisation in international legal practice and language and an LLM from the University of Vienna, and a PhD from the University of Queensland.
CURTIN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- Director of Learning and TeachingCurtin University, Curtin Law School, Perth, Australia3 Feb 2025 - present
- LecturerCurtin University, Curtin Law School, Perth, Australia1 Jul 2024 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Casual AcademicThe University of Queensland, TC Beirne Law School, Brisbane, Australia1 Aug 2019 - 30 Jun 2024
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Sentence Planning Adviser / Sentence Planning CoordinatorQueensland Corrective Services, Brisbane, Australia2 Oct 2017 - 31 Mar 2019
- Legal Career Development CoordinatorQueensland Law Society, Brisbane, Australia1 Feb 2016 - 4 Aug 2017
- Project Manager and Research ConsultantP/S/R Institute, Vienna, Austria1 Jul 2014 - 30 Apr 2015
DEGREES
- PhDThe University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia2023
- Master of LawsUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria2015
- Magistra iurisUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria2014
CERTIFICATIONS
- Certificate IV in Training and AssessmentCarson Australasia, Brisbane, Australia2016
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- FrenchCan read and write
ROLE
- Staff
SUPERVISOR LEVEL
- Level 2 (Co-Supervisor): Provides supporting supervision and subject-matter expertise alongside the primary supervisor.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 4803 - International and comparative law
- 4804 - Law in context
- 4807 - Public law
DEPARTMENT
- Curtin Law School