Guest co-editors: Wendell C. Wallace and Loene Howes Vulnerable people are frequently involved in interactions with police officers as victims, witnesses and/or offenders. The fair, safe, and effective policing of vulnerable people presents an array of challenges for police officers and organisations worldwide. However, some of the challenges…
Media: Felicity Deane – “Can monetising nature help repair it?”
QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Felicity Deane, has provided commentary to Cosmos (15 June 2023) on the Australian Labour Party’s proposed voluntary biodiversity market scheme – Nature Repair Market. Read the full article here. Felicity has published extensively in areas where economics and the law intersect and…
Dr Angela Higginson: Stockholm Criminology Symposium – Research Advises Policy
Last week QUT Centre for Justice member, Angela Higginson attended the Stockholm Criminology Symposium and was part of the opening discussion on Research Advises Policy. This was a moderated discussion between Dr Higginson, the Swedish Minister for Justice, and the winner of the 2023 Stockholm Prize in Criminology.…
Event: QUT Centre for Justice and QUT Centre for Robotics Disability and Inclusion Symposium
This symposium intends to raise a conversation bringing together QUT researchers across the Centre for Justice and Centre for Robotics, with people and organisations, to support Australia’s Disability Strategy (2021-2031). Bringing together industry, community partners, researchers and government voices, this symposium will discuss what the barriers and opportunities…
Publication: Erin O’Brien – “Why we need to embrace political investorism”
QUT Centre for Justice member Dr Erin O’Brien has had a blog published on the European Consortium for Political Research’s public site – The Loop – titled, “Why we need to embrace political investorism” “Investors’ political participation goes well beyond the traditional model of shareholder activism at AGMs.…
QUT Centre for Justice members top-two most read in The Conversation in May
Following on from our April success where QUT Centre for Justice members were authors of the top-three most read articles in “The Conversation”, our members have done it again in May with our Centre members authoring the top two most read articles in “The Conversation”. Professor Christine Morley…
Panel Discussion: Talking to boys and young men about Andrew Tate and the manosphere
QUT Centre for Justice and School of Justice Seminar Series invites you to a panel discussion “Talking to boys and young men about Andrew Tate and the manosphere” Tuesday 20 June 2023 2.00pm – 3.00pm (afternoon tea to follow for in-person audience) Live from QUT Kelvin Grove campus,…
QUT Centre for Justice HDR Winter School 2023
QUT Centre for Justice HDR Winter School will run from 17 – 19 July 2023 at QUT Kelvin Grove campus. We have a great line-up of speakers and presenters in 2023. The program includes six methodology sessions, two Professional Development sessions and an afternoon session aimed to encourage…
Media: Unpaid practical placement – Christine Morley
QUT Centre for Justice members, Christine Morley, Joanne Clarke, Jennifer Mays and Jennie Briese have been part of a team researching the current financial burden on students required to complete long, and mostly unpaid, social work placements. Their research has been published in the social sciences Q1 journal, The…
QUT Centre for Justice – National Reconciliation Week 2023
QUT Centre for Justice is committed to fostering reconciliation between non-Indigenous Australians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. One of the three key themes of QUT Centre for Justice is Access to Justice. The United Nations has identified this as a priority sustainable development goal where discrimination, inequality,…