Rate My Professor Tina Soliman-Hunter

Professor Tina Soliman-Hunter is a Professor of Energy and Resources Law in the Macquarie Law School at Macquarie University. She serves as Co-Director of the Transforming Energy Markets (TEM) Research Centre and was previously the Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), now part of TEM. Before joining Macquarie University, she was the Director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL). She holds several visiting and honorary appointments, including Visiting Professor of Earth Sciences at the Biological Research Institute of Tomsk State University since 2018, Honorary Professor at the University of Eastern Finland since 2017 and at Murdoch University since 2016, Visiting Professor at the University of East London, and Gjesteforsker at the University of Bergen's Faculty of Law for over 20 years.

Her academic qualifications encompass law, applied sciences, and earth sciences: PhD in Law from the University of Bergen (2010) on the Legal Regulatory Framework for the Sustainable Extraction of Australian Offshore Petroleum Resources; JD (Honours) from Bond University (2006); Master of Applied Science (Distinction) in Information Science and Research from Charles Sturt University (2000); Graduate Diploma in Applied Library Science from Charles Sturt University (1993); and BA (Honours) in Geology and Earth Sciences from the University of Sydney (1989). Professor Soliman-Hunter has conducted teaching and research in numerous countries, including the UK, Australia, Norway, Canada, Iceland, Greece, Finland, Russia, the USA, and the Philippines. Her expertise supports governments, industry groups, and NGOs in analyzing laws, drafting legislation, and policy advice.

Her research specializations include energy and petroleum law, with emphasis on offshore operations such as decommissioning and carbon storage, petroleum resources in the Russian Arctic, nuclear energy focusing on floating nuclear power plants and civilian nuclear propulsion, energy law and security, and the energy transition. This multidisciplinary work integrates engineering, geoscience, and political science. She has produced over 200 publications, including forthcoming monographs such as Role of Law and the Future of the Offshore Wind Energy Industry: Planning and Safety (Routledge, 2026, with Eddy Wifa), The Australian Offshore Energy Law (LexisNexis, 2026), and The Energy Transition and Resource-Rich Developed Economies (Edward Elgar, 2026, with Rüdiger Tscherning), as well as the edited Research Handbook on Oil and Gas Law (2023, with Madeline Taylor). As Editor-in-Chief of the OGEL Journal and the Australian Resources and Energy Law Journal since 2024, and a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators Educational Board, the International Expert Committee on Cooperation in the Arctic, and the OECD NEA working group on Small Modular Reactors, she exerts considerable influence in energy law scholarship and policy.