Qld Police Commissioner Ian Stewart, Centre Director Prof. Melissa Bull, Prof. James Messerschmidt, Belinda Cox, Assoc. Prof. Michael Flood The #MeToo movement has drawn national and global attention to the problems of sexual harassment and abuse. A recent, popular public event at the Queensland University of Technology explored…
Emerita Professor Raewyn Connell
We were so thrilled to welcome Emerita Professor Raewyn Connell to QUT CJSDRC this week to present at two events – her first was an informative and inspiring internal workshop about Writing for Research: Theory and Practice, aimed at our post-grad and ECR students. Her second event was…
Book: The Struggle over Human Rights: The Non-Aligned Movement, Jimmy Carter and Neoliberalism
Sessional academic Courtney Hercus has recently had a book published based on her PhD research. The Struggle over Human Rights: The Non-Aligned Movement, Jimmy Carter, and Neoliberalism traces the origins of the relationship between neoliberalism and the modern doctrine of human rights to the 1970s. It uses empirical…
Book Launch: Challenging the Human Trafficking Narrative: Victims, Villians and Heroes
Challenging the Human Trafficking Narrative : Victims, Villains and Heroes by CJSDRC member, Dr Erin O’Brien was launched last night at Avid Bookstore West End, by Professor Kerry Carrington. It was a full house attended by a large audience. The book is published in a Routledge book series…
Webinar: Using App-Based and Sensing Methods for Social Science Research
Last week, CJSDRC researcher Dr Michael Chataway, and Dr Reka Solymosi from the University of Manchester presented a webinar on app based and sensing methods for social science research. The webinar, co-hosted by the UK Data Service and Methods@Manchester was designed to discuss the use of mobile apps…
Prof. Kerry Carrington: United Nations Commission on the Status of Women #CSW63
Our very own Head of School, Professor Kerry Carrington, is speaking at the United Nations 63rd Commission on the Status of Women NGO Sessions in New York today. Kerry will present with a member of her research team and QUT PhD student, Maria Victoria Puyol. Kerry will present…
Dr Emma Russell – Emerging Australian Scholar – Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Conference 2019
We welcome Dr Emma Russell as an invited Emerging Australian Scholar in the Policing stream at our upcoming Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference to be held on the Gold Coast from 15-17 July 2019. Emma is a Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies at La…
Presentation: Reflections on women, men, sexual violence and #MeToo
(L-R) Police Commissioner Ian Stewart; Director, CJSDRC Professor Melissa Bull; Professor James W. Messerschmidt; Belinda Cox and Associate Professor Michael Flood Last night QUT’s CJSDRC hosted two leading international scholars who reflected on the #MeToo movement and the promise and pitfalls of current efforts to end sexual violence,…
Dr. Max Halupka – Emerging Australian Scholar – Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Conference 2019
We welcome Dr. Max Halupka as an Emerging Australian Scholar within the Governance, Activism and Social Change stream of the Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 5th Biennial International Conference. Max is Research Fellow at Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra. He is an…
CFP: Special Issue of Internet Policy Review on Power, Jurisdiction and Surveillance
Topic and relevance The rise of digital technology has major implications for how states and corporations wield coercive regulatory power through the transnational administration of justice. Increases in data transmitted and stored by public and private actors across jurisdictions raise crucial questions about how individual rights and freedoms…