Dr Lucas Lixinski is Associate Professor at Faculty of Law, UNSW Australia. His research focuses on the interactions between critical heritage studies and international heritage law, particularly with a view of exploring the potentials and pitfalls of broader community participation in heritage governance and management. He is also Vice-President (Conference) of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, and sits on the Board of Editors of the International Journal of Heritage Studies. His latest book is International Heritage Law for Communities: Exclusion and Re-Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2019).