Dr Adiva Sifris

Research Interests

Defacto Relationships
Family Law
Legal Education
Property Law

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

2 LLB honours theses

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

The family law amendment (share parental responsibility) act 2006: a study of the impact of the legislation on judicial determination of parenting disputes

Grants and Commissions

2008: Victorian Law Foundation Grant for 'All you need to know about relationship agreements, property and maintenance'

2008: Victorian Law Foundation Grant for 'All you need to know about Victoria's new relationship register'

2008: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth grant for 'The wellbeing of children following separation and divorce'

Member of a research consortium under the leadership of Professor Thea Brown

Monash University Faculty of Law Small Grant Scheme (with Tania Penovic)

Strategic Innovations Fund (with Mrs Joycey Tooher and Ms Elspeth McNeil)

Teaching Innovations Fund - Laptop computer Learning and Study Methods (with Mrs Vicki Vann)

Teaching Innovations Fund An Investigation into Small Group Teaching and Learning In Law (with Ms Elspeth McNeil)

Publications

2010

Gerber P and Sifris A (eds), Current Trends in the Regulation of Same-Sex Relationships (The Federation Press, 1st ed, 2010).

Gerber P and Sifris A, The wind of change is blowing’ in Law in Context (The Federation Press, 2010), 1-7.

Bagshaw D, Brown T, Wendt S, Campbell A, McInnes E, Tinning B, Batagol B, Sifris A, Tyson D, Baker J, and Fernandez Arias P, ‘Family Violence: parents' and children's experiences before and after the 2006 reforms’ (2010) 21(2) Australian Family Lawyer 11-18.

Sifris A, ‘Lesbian parenting in Australia: demosprudence and legal change’ in Paula Gerber and Adiva Sifris (eds), Current Trends in the Regulation of Same-Sex Relationships (The Federation Press, 2010), 8-27.

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2010