About the scholarship This PhD scholarship is part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) project investigating the role of non-government organisations (NGOs) in mobilising ethical consumerism and shareholder activism. Through a world-first study of Australia’s anti-slavery advocacy network, this project aims to develop…
QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Helen Berents has co-authored an article with young women peacebuilders, Erika Yague, and Shadi Rouhshahbaz for The Lowy Institute The Interpreter Series, to commemorate International Women’s Day. The article titled, “Young feminist leadership is the future of peacebuilding” discusses how intergenerational feminist…
QUT Centre for Justice member, Professor Kerry Carrington will present at the 66th UN Commission on the Status of Women – NGO Sessions. Topic CSW66 Parallel Event: Feminist Approaches to Justice: Women, Disasters and Climate Change: The Research Speaks Sponsored…
Moreton Bay Regional Libraries are running a Women’s Day Event on Tuesday 8 March 2022. This year’s theme calls on us to imagine a gender–equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Join us as we celebrate inspiring…
A new issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been published. Volume 11 Issue 1 presents two special issues. The first is a special issue on: Green Criminological Dialogues: Voices from Asia Guest Editors Orika Komatsubara, David Rodríguez Goyes, Laÿna Droz and Tanya Wyatt…
The special edition of ‘Social Alternatives’ titled ‘Access to Justice in an Age of Uncertainly’ has been released. This special edition was edited by Professor Christine Morley and Professor Kerry Carrington, both of QUT Centre for Justice. Social Alternatives is an independent, quarterly refereed journal which aims to…
Fraud is defined as using lying, cheating and deception to gain a financial advantage. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Australians reported over $851 million lost to fraud in 2020, up from $634 million in 2019. While these monetary losses are significant, there are also…
QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Tiziana Ferrero-Regis has co-authored an article in Journal of Industrial Ecology titled, “Castoff from the West, pearls in Kantamanto? A critique of second-hand clothes trade”. Tiziana has worked across many fields of the creative industries and is a member of QUT…
We are looking for a MPhil student who resides in Vanuatu to apply for a funded scholarship to undertake research with the team. This research project investigates how to improve the policing of gender violence in the complex cultural and practical contexts of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.…
A/Prof Angela Higginson has been funded as part of a collaborative research project with UQ to work on a 12 month project “Enhancing the Capability of the Global Policing Database (GPD)”. The $150,000 project explores the use of machine-learning approaches to populate the GPD, and is funded jointly…
