Rate My Professor Sharon Mascher

Sharon Mascher serves as Professor, Dean and Head of School at the University of Western Australia Law School. She concurrently holds an Adjunct Professor position at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, commencing February 2024, following her prior full-time professorship there. Mascher obtained her Bachelor of Education from McGill University, Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calgary, and Master of Laws, specializing in Environmental Law, also from the University of Calgary. Throughout her career, she has focused on advancing legal scholarship in areas intersecting environmental regulation and public policy.

Mascher's research specializations encompass climate change law, environmental law, international environmental law, natural resources law, property law, and laws affecting Indigenous peoples. She has produced 58 research outputs, including chapters, articles, and specialist publications, with her work cited 318 times according to Google Scholar. Key publications include 'Public Hearings in Impact Assessment: Building on Basics with Deliberative Participation and Alternative Dispute Resolution' co-authored with D.V. Wright and S. Kalen (2024, in Handbook of Public Participation in Impact Assessment); 'Indigenous Rights in Freshwater: Mapping the Contested Space in Australia, New Zealand and Canada' with S. Young and S. Down (2023, Environmental and Planning Law Journal); 'Indigenous Land Rights in Australia: Lessons for a Canadian Northern Corridor' (2022, The School of Public Policy Publications); 'Purpose, Need, and Alternatives Through the Lens of Sustainability and the Public Interest' with A. Kwasniak (2021, in The Next Generation of Impact Assessment); and 'Towards a civil liability regime for climate-related loss and damage' (2021, in Research Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss and Damage). Additional significant works feature 'Canada, the US and International Environmental Law' (2020) and contributions to environmental law handbooks and journals. Mascher contributes to academic governance as Chief Editor of the Journal of Environmental Law and Practice and Member of the UWA Law Review Advisory Board. She has delivered public lectures, including at The French Dialogues 2024 on freedom of speech on Australian campuses, and participated in projects such as the WorldWide Universities Network collaboration on Climate Change and Chronic Disease Prevention (2011) and the Climate Change & Global Public Health Law Workshop (2010). Her expertise supports UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate action, affordable clean energy, and sustainable cities.