So what is open access? Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers. Through licensing via an open license (usually a Creative Commons License), freely available outputs can also be…
Event: Women and Work Symposium – 10 November 2021
Although women make up just over half of the Australian population and comprise close to half of the Australian workforce entrenched gender bias continues to exist across all stages of the career cycle. Women earn less than their male counterparts and are more likely to engage in precarious…
Event: Lunchtime Research Brief – Sex Work, Whore Stigma and the Criminal Legal System
Join us for this free lunchtime research brief with Dr Zahra Stardust, QUT & Jules Kim Scarlet Alliance. About this event #DecrimQLD has the pleasure of presenting a lunchtime online research brief: ‘I Wouldn’t Call the Cops if I was Being Bashed to Death’: Sex Work, Whore Stigma…
Podcast: Responsive Social Change with Jackie Kauli and Verena Thomas
Associate Professors Jackie Kauli (L) and Verena Thomas (R) QUT Centre for Justice members, Associate Professors Jackie Kauli and Verena Thomas are interviewed in the podcast, “Why Change – a podcast for the creative generation”. This podcast examines how arts, culture and…
Call for Papers: Law, Technology and Humans
Papers for consideration in Volume 4(1) are now invited. The issue will be published in May 2022. See the full call for papers at https://lthj.qut.edu.au/announcement/view/71 Law, Technology and Humans is an innovative open access, blind peer reviewed international journal…
Award: Best Paper – Social Marketing – Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference
The following paper was awarded Best Paper in the Social Marketing Category of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference. Re-imagining issue framing: The Women’s Butterfly Project Rebekah Russell-Bennett*a, Melissa Bulla, Nick Kellya, Kate Letherena, Joy Parkinsonb, and Jinglan Zhanga a Queensland…
Award: Kamilah Dean – National Council of Women of Queensland’s 2021 Lady Justice Bursary
QUT School of Justice student, Kamilah (Millie) Dean has been awarded the National Council of Women of Queensland’s 2021 Lady Justice Bursary. This award acknowledges the value of law and justice by supporting a Queensland woman to achieve her goal studying within this area. More information about Millie…
Event: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference
(Not pictured – Alissa Macoun) Last week eight members of the QUT Centre for Justice participated in the Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference. The Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) is the professional association for those teaching and researching in Politics and International Relations in Australia. Those presenting…
Research: Sentencing for social supply of illicit drugs in Australia
Professor Melissa Bull, Centre Director, QUT Centre for Justice has been involved as part of a team researching the sentencing for the social supply of illicit drugs in Australia. The research team included Professor Melissa Bull, Professor Ross Coomber Dr Leah Moyle, Dr Lisa Durnian and Dr Wendy…
Research: Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs – Mark Lauchs
Assoc Prof Mark Lauchs has published an article in the Asian Journal of Criminology entitled: A survey of the rise of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in East Asia. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG) have been growing in almost every nation in the world. Men across the world are forming new…