Associate Professor Danielle Ireland-Piper

Associate Professor

Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper is an Associate Professor at the National Security College, Australian National University. Danielle’s expertise includes national security law, constitutional law, transnational crime, and international law (including space and human rights). Her research work is recognised internationally and she is the author of books, journal articles, and public commentary. In 2025, Danielle was appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a peer-elected appointment recognising an individual’s significant contribution to the discipline of law.

Danielle teaches across NSC masters courses such as NSPO8033 Climate, Environment and National Security, NSPO8041 Borders, Migration, and Security, and NSPO8050 National Security, Human Rights and International Law. She has experience working in the Australian, Queensland, and New Wales governments across both law and policy roles, including on human rights, health, community services, anti-corruption, and international crime cooperation. Danielle has also worked in private legal practice and was an Associate in the Federal Court of Australia. She has a PhD from the University of Queensland and a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Chevening Scholar. She has been a visiting scholar at the University College Dublin in Ireland, Utrecht University in The Netherlands, Jindal Global University in India, the University of South Pacific in Fiji, and the University of Basel in Switzerland.