Louise Olliff

Louise Olliff is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University's School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), where she works with an inter-disciplinary team on the project 'Diaspora Humanitarians: How Australia-based migrants help in crises abroad.' Prior to and alongside her academic career, Louise has worked for various non-governmental organisations in research, community engagement and advocacy roles relating to refugee and migration policy since 2003. She is currently a senior policy advisor with the Refugee Council of Australia, where she has been employed since 2009.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and International Development) with Honours from Deakin University, a Masters in Collaborative International Development Studies (Anthropology) from the University of Guelph, Canada, and a PhD in Anthropology and Development Studies from the University of Melbourne. Her doctorate explored diaspora humanitarianism and the role of refugee diaspora organisations in the international refugee regime. Louise has worked as a lecturer (sessional) teaching subjects in the Master of Development Studies program in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She is an Adjunct Fellow with the Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI) at Western Sydney University.