Professor Elisa Arcioni is Professor of Public and Constitutional Law in the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney. She holds a BA (Italian with Distinction) and an LLB (Hons I) from the University of Wollongong, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law, and a PhD from the University of Sydney in 2011 with a thesis titled 'The People under the Australian Constitution'. Arcioni joined the Sydney Law School in 2012 as a Senior Lecturer, having previously served as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Wollongong and as an associate to the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. Her career has focused on public law scholarship and teaching, including courses on public law and constitutional law.

Arcioni's research specializations encompass public law, constitutional law, the identity of 'the people' under the Australian Constitution, citizenship law, parliamentary representation, constitutional membership, and interactions between First Nations peoples and the state. She is recognized as a leading scholar on constitutional aspects of membership and exclusion. As Chief Investigator, she contributes to the ARC Special Research Initiative project 'Citizenship and Claims of Belonging in Australian Law and History' (2021-2024). Key publications include 'The small brown bird: Values and aspirations in the Australian Constitution' (2016, 62 citations), 'Environmental justice in Australia: when the RATS became IRATE' (2005, 42 citations), 'Excluding Indigenous Australians from ‘the people’: a reconsideration of sections 25 and 127 of the Constitution' (2012, 26 citations), 'Representation for the Italian diaspora' (2006, 18 citations), and recent works such as 'Competing visions of ‘the people’ in Australia: First Nations and the state' (2023). Her scholarship has influenced discussions on national identity, the Voice to Parliament, and constitutional recognition. Arcioni has held significant roles including former Editor of the Sydney Law Review, former Executive Council member of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law, outgoing convenor of the International Association of Constitutional Law Research Group on Membership and Exclusion under Constitutions, and current member of the Editorial Board for CERIDAP.

Professional Email: elisa.arcioni@sydney.edu.au