Elizabeth M. Grierson

Prof. Elizabeth Grierson

ELIZABETH MARY GRIERSON — EDUCATOR

ELIZABETH MARY GRESSON — BARRISTER NEW ZEALAND gressonlaw.com

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand http://www.vulcanchambers.co.nz/

Australian Lawyer (Vic)

Emeritus Professor RMIT University Melbourne Australia

Lawyer Editors’ Collective Council (EPAT Journal)

EDUCATION – LAW – ART

QUALIFICATIONS

Life Fellow of Royal Society of Arts for encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce (UK)

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

Significant reputation for academic management, scholarship and research, publications and conferences.
World Councillor of InSEA International Society of Education through Art (2006-12 two terms);
Represent NZ, Australia & Pacific region at World Creativity Summits, Taipei Taiwan and Newcastle UK;
Appointed Head of School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne Victoria Australia (2005-2012) Head-hunted for the position while Associate Head of School of Art & Design, AUT University.
Appointed Adjunct Professor AUT.
Professor RMIT; leading researcher in the Design Research Institute and Centre for Art, Society and Transformation .
President NZ Art Educators Association, New Zealand (2001-2005, two terms);
President Royal Society of Arts for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (NZ, 2003);
Represent New Zealand at UNESCO meetings in Fiji for arts education in Pacific Region (2002);
Represent New Zealand in public speaking World Finals, International Training in Communication, St Louis Missouri, USA.

BARRISTER at VULCAN CHAMBERS BARRISTERS AT LAW, Vulcan Lane Auckland https://gressonlaw.com/

http://www.vulcanchambers.co.nz/
2016-cont. lawyer for Editors’ Collective Council http://www.editorscollective.org.nz/
Continuing research in law and education: cyberbullying, law of evidence, fiduciary duty in employment law, contract law, criminal law, restorative justice, defamation, intellectual property and publishing laws, women in law, refugee laws.

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP

Active researcher in education, art and aesthetics, law and justice;
Law research in criminal jurisdiction Interlocutory Appeals;
Visiting Research Fellow at University of Brighton UK (1997-98);
Active in establishing inaugural Global Studies Association at Manchester Metropolitan University UK;
Active in establishing Design Research Institute and Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT;
Leading researcher Design Research Institute and CAST Centre for Art Society and Transformation;

RESEARCH FOCUS

Law and Social Justice; Criminal law, Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence;
Cyber Laws;
Legal history New Zealand and Australia;
Philosophy of Education; Continental philosophy; Art and Aesthetics.

Current research projects:

Transformations: art and the city (book published 2017);
Jutland and Beyond (Battle of Jutland 31/05/1916);
Politics of knowledge in education;
Gresson family Judges 1856 to 1967: His Honour Justice Henry Barnes Gresson, first resident Judge of Canterbury and South Island of NZ; His Honour Justice Sir Kenneth Gresson P, first President NZ Court of Appeal; His Honour Terence A. Gresson, youngest appointed Supreme Court Judge (now High Court) in NZ; His Honour Sir John Edward Denniston, first Judge wholly educated in law in NZ.

PUBLICATIONS

42 books, book chapters;
48 refereed journal articles;
45 conference papers;
Editor of ACCESS: Critical Perspectives on Communication Cultural & Policy Studies incorporated with EPAT Educational Philosophy and Theory, Routledge Taylor & Francis http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rept20 http://www.tandfonline.com
Responsible for two special issues of ACCESS Journal per year.

EDUCATION

Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics.

Keen understanding of art and aesthetics both theoretically and practically;
Ability to bring theory and practice together in viable working relationship;
Exhibited artworks in New Zealand for over 20 years prior to academic management and law;
Built a strong reputation for compelling lectures on art and art history at the University of Auckland Department of Continuing Education: Women in Art, Women Studies, New Zealand Art;
Well known for advocacy of creative disciplines in education; and public speaking on art and education;
Strong reputation in NZ, Australia and internationally for educational work in art and aesthetics.

Doctorate supervising and examining:

Distinguished record of Doctorate & Master degree supervisions in NZ & Australia: RMIT, The University of Auckland, AUT;
Examination of Doctorate and Masters at universities in NZ: AUT, The University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, Massey University; and Australia: Monash University, University of Melbourne, James Cook University;
Specialises in practice-based research supervision: research of place and identity through contemporary jewellery; the body in art; urban art and the city; aesthetic knowledge and identity formations; philosophy of education focusing on Continental philosophies; art as experience John Dewey.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Abilities in public speaking;
Represented New Zealand internationally in public speaking;
Winner of Debating contests and Best Speaker Award;
Invited speaker many international conferences, symposia, events: London, Brighton, Manchester, New York, St Louis, Munich, Viceu, Lisbon, Talin Estonia, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Singapore, Hong Kong, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand.

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