Yesterday QUT Centre for Justice farewelled Professor Melissa Bull as Centre Director of QUT Centre for Justice. Melissa has led the Centre since its inception in 2020. Under Melissa’s leadership the Centre has grown to become a true interdisciplinary research centre with membership across all faculties of QUT. …
Publication: Queer(y)ing the Teaching of Writing
QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Lisa van Leent (pictured), has published a paper with QUT preservice teacher, Jordan Pickering to assist teachers to engage in queer(ing) pedagogies. Gender expansive pronouns belong in English language classrooms. This is the argument that Lisa and undergraduate co-author, Jordan, make…
Media: High pornography exposure among young Australians helps fuel violence against women
QUT Centre for Justice members, Professor Michael Flood and PhD students Maree Crabbe and Kelsey Adams have drawn on a nationally representative survey of 1,985 Australians aged 15 to 20 on their exposure to and use of pornography. They have published their findings in the Australian and New…
Media: Why social media is rife with multi-level marketing schemes
QUT Centre for Justice member, Professor Deanna Grant-Smith, appeared in a number of media reports this week discussing how social media has become the new ‘front door’ for many multi-level marketing schemes with people using the platform to sell products, but also to recruit friends for financial gain.…
Submission: Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
QUT Centre for Justice member, and STEL (School of Teacher Education and Leadership) academic, A/Prof Lisa van Leent, led a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) with STEL colleagues, Dr Michelle Jeffries and Dr Naomi Barnes, and Dr Steph Jowett, School of Law.…
Event: Queensland Sentencing and Advisory Council
QUT Centre for Justice was pleased to be a part of an event with Queensland Sentencing and Advisory Council (QSAC) to consider whether current sentencing laws related to sexual assault and rape offences are appropriate and meeting their current objectives. QSAC will use this information to provide advice…
QUT Centre for Justice PhD Scholarship
QUT Centre for Justice has a PhD scholarship opportunity available within the following project areas (one scholarship only on offer). Application dates Applications close 30 April 2024 What you’ll receive You will receive an annual stipend paid fortnightly, indexed…
Profile and Publications: Associate Professor Phoebe Hart
QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Phoebe Hart is a writer, director and producer of documentaries, factual content and children’s television. She is known particularly for her autobiographical road trip movie, Orchids: My Intersex Adventure. Hart completed her film studies at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)…
Under Investigation – “The Good Snitch” – Adjunct Professor Phil Kowalick
QUT School of Justice Adjunct Professor and Chair of the School of Justice Advisory Board, Phil Kowalick, will appear as an expert panelists on Under Investigation with Liz Hayes on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 9.00pm in an episode titled, “The Good Snitch.”…
Welcome: Visiting Fellow – A/Professor Hyeok Kim
QUT School of Justice welcomes Professor Hyeok Kim as a Visting Fellow from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025. A/Prof Hyeok Kim, is from Department of Law, Pukyong National University, South Korea. During his year at QUT School of Justice he will study major criminology (especially juvenile…