Kathryn is a Solicitor living in Northern Rivers, New South Wales, with over eight years' professional experience in the government and not-for-profit sector, international development and the United Nations.

Kathryn has demonstrated competency in human rights, dispute resolution, governance, development programming, project management and research.

Kathryn is a postgraduate with a second-level masters in human rights and multi-level governance (L.M) and an advanced first-level masters (E.MA) in human rights and democratisation, and holds a double bachelor degree in science (BSc) and arts (BA) at the University of Queensland.

Kathryn has had post-conflict training in Kosovo, conflict and dispute resolution and peace methodologies training in Cambodia and cultural mediation training in Australia, Italy and Greece.

In 2013, Kathryn led research and interviews with key civil society and human rights actors at the World Social Forum in Tunisia.

Kathryn's professional experience spans Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe. Thematic areas include human rights, justice, international affairs and the arts.

Kathryn has worked in human rights at a Cambodian NGO, Cord, and across the Australian Permanent Mission to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Venice, Italy.

Kathryn has held various positions in the international arts sector since 2014 and in 2017 served as personal assistant to the Australian Commissioner at the Venice Art Biennale.

In 2018, she worked on a short-term project in the not-for-profit sector in Greece to support immigrants, migrants and Greeks through social integration and employment services.

Since returning to Australia in 2020, Kathryn has held positions at the Griffith University Yunus Centre for Social Impact, School of Political Science at the University of Queensland, the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, as well as a commercial law firm and community legal centre.

Academic Publication: http://rightsblog.net/tag/arendt/