Phil Orchard is Professor of International Relations and Head of Discipline, Politics and International Studies, in the School of Social Sciences. He also co-Directs the UOW Future of Rights Centre (FoRC).

Prior to joining UOW, he was an Associate Professor of International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland. He also served as the Research Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, where he remains a Senior Research Fellow. He is also a Senior Research Associate with the IDP Research Programme, Refugee Law Intiative, at the University of London. He holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia, and previously worked as the Assistant to the Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Internally Displaced Persons.

Phil won a 2016 Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as well as other teaching awards at the University and Faculty levels.

Many of Phil's publications are available in submitted versions at his Research Gate page.