Main image: Dr Zoe Mellick, Associate Professor Phoebe Hart and Associate Professor Tiziana Ferrero-Regis Australia’s fast fashion consumption is increasingly causing a mountainous waste nightmare for countries like the Solomon Islands a new documentary by researchers…
Research Success: Reusable and Accessible Public Interest Documents (RAPID)
QUT Centre for Justice is pleased to announce that it will co-host a new digital humanities infrastructure project concerned with the reusability and accessibility of public interest documents (RAPID). Associate Professor Naomi Barnes (right), School of Education and Professor Rowena Maguire (left), Director, QUT Centre for Justice are…
Research: Child sex doll heads sold as model mannequins to harness loophole
ABC News has reported on a current issue where child sex abuse doll torsos and disembodied heads are being offered for sale on Temu and Shein in what advocates say may be a bid to get around Australian laws. Campaigners say the products are advertised in parts as…
Victim-survivors’ views on sex offender reintegration: First-of-its-kind Australian study
A new QUT-led study, the first in Australia to focus specifically on victim-survivors’ perspectives, has revealed strong support for a range of post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending, provided those measures reduce reoffending and are matched by appropriate support for victim-survivors. First Australian study to…
Research and Impact: Associate Professor Danielle Watson
We are pleased to share that Associate Professor Danielle Watson, Academic Lead – Research in the School of Justice at QUT, and Program Lead, Global Justice, QUT Centre for Justice, has been invited to present at the inaugural International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association (IOMGIA) Australasia Training Conference…
Doing Justice Differently – Justice in the Pacific
Doing Justice Differently is the annual signature event of QUT Centre for Justice where we share the voices of those working within a particular area. Our audience are policymakers, practitioners, advocates, researchers and educators and our goal is to stimulate discussion and debate around a particular topic. The…
Event: Design for a Just World 2025
Design for a Just World 2025 is a collaboration between QUT Centre for Justice and QUT Design Lab. It invites researchers, practitioners, and communities to explore how design can contribute to building a fairer and more sustainable future. This year’s program features thought-provoking sessions on social impact assessment,…
Doing Justice Differently – Justice in the Pacific
Doing Justice Differently is the annual signature event of QUT Centre for Justice where we share the voices of those working within a particular area. Our audience are policymakers, practitioners, advocates, researchers and educators and our goal is to stimulate discussion and debate around a particular topic. The…
News: Australian academics concerned about local research amid US funding cuts
Austerity measures and policy shifts in the United States are rippling across to Australia, with regional researchers raising the alarm over the impact of looming cuts to key US science agencies. Two recent media articles discussed some of the impacts that these changes will bring, including weather forecasting…
New Issue: International Journal of Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
The latest issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy was published on September 1. Volume 14, Issue 3 publishes a diverse mix of criminology research from the UK, Canada, the US, South Africa, Australia, Aotearoa NZ, Italy, Zimbabwe and India. Included in this issue: Juneseo Hwang…