QUT Centre for Justice Director, Professor Rowena Maguire, has provided commentary to a media piece on “‘Real possibility’: the bushfire risk to Aussie cities.” The article discusses Australia’s ability to respond to an LA-style fire event. Professor Maguire discusses ‘shared responsibility’ between governments and community volunteers during times…
PAPERS DUE FOR SUBMISSION END OF FEBRUARY 2025 QUT Centre for Justice will be releasing a Briefing Paper Series on Housing and Homelessness in August 2025 at the Annual Lady Musgrave Trust Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness. This special edition aims to produce a series of papers…
As authorities grapple with the threat of domestic violence, police and researchers want more formal education for the front line workers dealing with victim survivors. More than 50 women were allegedly murdered by men in 2024, and statistics show 1 in 4 women have experienced violence from their partner since the age of 15. So how do we get that message across to people who are dealing with this issue up close every day? QUT Centre for Justice member, Professor Michael Flood has appeared in numerous media outlets discussing the new QUT Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Responses, a specialist course…
QUT Centre for Justice welcomes you back for another year of impactful news, research and events on topics and issues related to justice. Over the holiday break the Centre released three new Briefing Papers on three diverse aspects of justice: Queer Justice: Lisa van Leent (2024), Pride celebrations…
QUT Centre for Justice provided support to Aspro Phoebe Hart through a Strategic Initiative Grant, enabling her to undertake a 28-day international trip to document the Australia Taiwan First Nations Arts Exchange. The project was spearheaded by Dr. Sophie McIntyre of QUT in Brisbane and Dr.…
Please join us at a roundtable discussion on Queer and Intersectional Feminist Perspectives on Enviornmental Law Roundtable. At this roundtable lunch event our panellists will present their research on queer and feminist approaches to environmental law, which will be published in a forthcoming edited collection on Feminist Approaches…
Two QUT Centre for Justice members have been awarded $5000 under the QUT Equity and Diversity Grant Scheme, for project which demonstrate strategic alignment with identified actions items in the following action plans: Gender, Equity and Diversity in STEMM Action…
Funder: RBWH SERTA Grant QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Michael Chataway has been awarded a competitive RBWH Research Grant. Title: Harnessing Technology for Safer Workplaces: Real-Time Tracking of Occupational Violence Chief Investigators: Professor Jed Duff, School of Nursing (QUT) and RBWH Dr Michael Chataway, School of Justice (QUT) Dr Grace…
New special issue: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Successful Strategies to Improve Access to Justice for Women Who Kill Their Abusers Guest editors Danielle Tyson (Deakin University), Bronwyn Naylor (RMIT University) and Stella Tarrant (The University of Western Australia) have curated a special issue that…
QUT Centre for Justice congratulates our members who have been successful in being awarded a grant under the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects scheme. This scheme supports excellent basic and applied research to expand Australia’s knowledge base and research capability, and in projects that provide economic, commercial,…
