Researcher Profile: A/Prof Sarah Moulds

Dr Sarah Moulds is an Associate Professor in Law UniSA: Justice + Society and co-founder of the Rights Resource Network SA.  She is passionate about parliaments and connecting citizens and communities with law makers, and her book Committees of Influence explores the important role parliamentary committees play in rights protection in Australia.  Dr Moulds has been actively engaged in local, national and international conversations about emergency law-making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role parliaments can and should play in holding government's to account.  In 2022 Dr Moulds was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to explore how to empower young people to engage effectively with Australian parliaments. She is currently the Editor of the Australasian Parliamentary Review and the Deputy Chair of the International Parliamentary Engagement Network.

Dr Moulds' career has a strong law reform focus and includes seven years at the Law Council of Australia including as Director of Criminal Law and Human Rights, and more recently as a Senior Project Officer at the South Australian Law Reform Institute. 

Dr Moulds publishes frequently in print and online media as well as national and international academic journals.  She is a member of a range of professional and community bodies seeking to make a positive difference to the law and lawmaking in Australia. 

In 2019 Dr Moulds' PhD Thesis was awarded the University of Adelaide's 2018 Doctoral Research Medal. She also holds a Masters of Comparative Law, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of International Studies.