Panos Karanikolas

Dr Panos Karanikolas is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the La Trobe Law School. Panos is socio-legal researcher, whose research critically examines law, medicine and carcerality. Panos has a background in law and has expertise across fields of disability and mental health law, policing and criminal legal processes. Panos also has experience working in disability advocacy, the community legal sector and contributing perspectives arising from lived experience of mental health services in coproductive research.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Research officer, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2024 
    La Trobe University, PhD
  • 2017 
    College of Law, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
  • 2015 
    Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Melbourne
  • 2014 
    Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, University of New South Wales

Professional Memberships

  • Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand

Contact Panos for

  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration