Summary
Keely Boom is a lawyer and a Research Fellow at THINKK, the Think Tank for Kangaroos, based at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney. Keely is an Awabakal woman who grew up in the Yuin nation. Her personal totem is the kangaroo.
Keely also works as Executive Officer of the Climate Justice Programme.
Keely is undertaking a PhD in Law at the University of Wollongong. Her PhD looks at whether countries can sue each other over the impacts of climate change, with a case study of Tuvalu and Australia.
Experience
- Research Fellow, THINKK, the think tank for kangaroos at University of Technology Sydney – present
- Executive Officer, Australian Climate Justice Program – present
- Legal Intern, Greenpeace International 2007 – present
- Teaching Academic, Faculty of Law at University of Wollongong 2008 – 2010
Education
- University of Wollongong, Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce, 2006
- University of Wollongong, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, 2006
Research Areas
- Wildlife And Habitat Management (050211)
- Law And Legal Studies (18)
- Law (1801)
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Law (180101)
- Environmental And Natural Resources Law (180111)
- International Law (Excl. International Trade Law) (180116)
- Constitutional Law (180108)
- Other Law And Legal Studies (1899)
- Human Rights Law (180114)
- History And Philosophy Of Law And Justice (220204)
- Law And Society (180119)
- Corporations And Associations Law (180109)
- Tort Law (180126)