Miranda Stewart

Miranda Stewart is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School, where she serves as Director of the Tax Group. She earned an LLM in International Tax from New York University School of Law in 1998 and was awarded a Doctor of Laws (LLD) by the University of Melbourne in 2025 in recognition of her work on tax law and public policy. Stewart joined the Melbourne Law School faculty in 2000. She previously served as Inaugural Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy from 2014 to 2017 and holds a fellowship there. Earlier in her career, she taught in graduate tax programs at New York University School of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Canada, and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She worked in tax policy and legislation at the Australian Taxation Office and practiced as a solicitor at Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks. Stewart has been a visiting scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, on the Melbourne-Oxford Faculty Exchange, and at the Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University Saïd Business School. She consulted for the Henry Tax Review into Australia’s Future Tax System and was a member of the Eminent Expert Group on Revenue Mobilisation and Public Expenditure for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Since Fall 2025, she has served as Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the International Tax Program at New York University School of Law for a three-year term.

Stewart's research specializations include taxation of large and small business entities, not-for-profits, and individuals; international taxation and the role of tax in development; tax reform processes and budget institutions; gender equality in tax and transfer systems; and resilience, legitimacy, and fairness of tax systems. Key publications are Tax and Government in the 21st Century (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Tax, Social Policy and Gender (ANU Press, 2017, co-editor and author), Sham Transactions with Edwin Simpson (Oxford University Press, 2013), Tax, Law and Development with Yariv Brauner (Edward Elgar, 2013), Death and Taxes, sixth edition, with Michael Flynn (Thomson Reuters, 2014), Income Taxation Commentary and Materials, eighth edition, with Graeme Cooper, Michael Dirkis, and Richard Vann (Thomson Reuters, 2017), and Housing and Tax Policy (Australian Tax Research Foundation, 2010). She serves on the Law Council of Australia's Taxation Committee and the Executive Committee of the International Fiscal Association Australian Branch. Stewart is on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association and the New Zealand Journal of Tax Law and Policy. With more than 25 years of experience in academia, government, and the private sector, she engages in research, policy advice, and teaching across tax law and policy topics.

Professional Email: m.stewart@unimelb.edu.au