QUT Centre for Justice and QUT Carumba Institute are delighted to introduce Gina Masterton who started work as the Indigenous Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the QUT Centre for Justice and Carumba Institute on 1 November 2021. We are grateful to the VC who funded this position in…
The real cost of cybercrime
Associate Professor Cassandra Cross was interviewed for a Cryptoloc blog on “The real cost of cybercrime” This article talks about the financial impact of cybercrime, but also the emotional impact. Read the full article here This article is well timed as we prepared to commence Scams Awareness Week…
Webinar: Eliminating Violence Against Women
Presented by The Embassy of Argentina, The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS) and the ANU Gender Institute, a webinar is being held Thursday 25 November 2021 from 9.00am – 10.15am. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human…
Event: National Scams Awareness Week – “Let’s talk scams” – Industry Panel Discussion
Each year, millions of Australians lose money to fraud. 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 many wide ranging non-financial harms…
Understanding the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: International Perspectives, Volume 2
Assoc Prof Mark Lauchs and his colleague Dr Andy Bain from University of Mount Union (OHIO) announce the publication of Understanding the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: International Perspectives, Volume 2. Gracious thanks are extended to Dr Phil Kowalick for writing an extremely interesting and powerful foreword. The number of…
International Open Access Week – 25-29 October 2021
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…