Ms Rebekkah Markey-Towler (she/her)

Teaching areas:   Law, Climate Change, Economics, Politics

Rebekkah (Bek) has degrees in Arts (International Relations and Political Science) and Law from the University of Queensland. She is currently completing her PhD at the Melbourne Law School. Her thesis looks at how law and regulation can connect climate change and mortgage lending. Bek is also a Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures' Sustainable Finance Hub at the University of Melbourne. In this role, she undertakes a range of activities including co-producing the Climate Talks podcast, running the database on climate change litigation in Australia, and regularly contributing to Government and other stakeholder inquiries and projects. Her research interests lie at the intersection of climate change law, financial law and corporate law. Prior to working at the University, Bek taught English in Japan as part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Programme and was the Executive Associate to a judge on the Federal Court of Australia. In her free time, Bek enjoys swimming, yoga, hiking and reading up on the latest climate change news.