QUT Centre for Justice was proud to co-host the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference held at QUT Kelvin Grove from 10-13 February 2026. The conference included a PhD symposium as well as three days of sessions in line with the theme, “Housing Justice in Turbulent Times.” The conference was…
Call for Special Edition of QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper Series QUT Centre for Justice, in conjunction with Solomon Islands Australia Partnership, University of South Pacific (USP) and Solomon Islands National University (SINU) will be releasing a Briefing Paper Series on…
QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Claire Ferguson will feature as a leading expert in intimate partner homicide as part of a CHANNEL 7 TV 10-part podcast series exposing the patterns of behaviour of some of Australia’s most infamous killer narcissists, such as Gerard Baden-Clay, titled Kiss and…
QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Danielle Watson has published a piece in The Interpreter titled, “Pacific women in policing: Seen but still not heard”. The piece examines how gender equality reform in Pacific policing has become highly visible, yet often stops short of redistributing institutional power.…
Call for Contributions: Edited Book Researching People who have offended sexually: Behind the scenes Editors: Danielle Arlanda Harris (Griffith University, Australia) Anja Emilie Kruse (University of Oslo, Norway) Kelly Richards (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) ————————————————————————— We invite contributions from both emerging and established scholars (employed in academic…
Gendering Postcolonial Punishment – Guest Editors Lynsey Black and Lucia Bracco This special issue will critically explore gender and postcolonial punishment, encouraging submissions that challenge dominant epistemologies and methodologies punishment are shaped in diverse carceral settings—both concrete and symbolic. Abstract submission deadline: 30 March 2026 All details: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/genderingpostcolonialpunishment The International…
———————————————————– Two QUT Centre for Justice members made it to the Top 5 Conversation pieces read during the month of December 2025. Professor Michael Flood co-authored a piece titled, “Hustle, muscle and grift: how the manosphere has grown into a money-making machine” -…
(Feature image courtesy Getty Images) QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Fiona Crawford (pictured), has co-written a piece for The Conversation this week on the topic, “Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?”. In this piece Fiona…
Family members of prisoners experience a form of incarceration themselves through strict rules, surveillance and emotional regulation imposed during visits, a recent study has found. The study was led by Dr Nicole Ryan, a criminologist in the La Trobe University Law School, in collaboration with Dr Nathan Ryan…
QUT Centre for Justice member Professor John Scott and co-author Dr Zoe Staines were recognised with the Australasian criminology’s top book award in December, for their work Island Criminology (Bristol University Press, 2024). The Christine M. Alder Book Award is designated biannually by the peak regional professional body for justice…
