I started my PhD in 2013, after completing a Bachelor of Justice (Honours) at QUT. Doing a PhD through the School of Justice at QUT offered unique opportunities to work with experts in social justice and human rights. My PhD research examined the decision-making process of people seeking…
As technological advancements and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is more frequently being used to fight climate change and global pollution, an interesting question arises: Should we attempt to avoid hyping AI as the earth’s saviour? Drones are using night vision to track elephant and rhino poachers…
In the fifth seminar of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, we will hear from Thaddeus Mason Pope, who will discuss how COVID-19 has spurred a renewed focus on protecting patient rights and tackling bigger perennial…
Two PhD scholarships are available for this Australian Research Council Future Fellowship research project led by Professor Ben White. It is intended that the PhD candidates would work primarily on the comparative case studies of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) regulation in Canada and Belgium (where VAD has been…
The Rocky Hill Mine case was a landmark legal action for Australia. The Rocky Hill Mine was the first coal mine to be rejected by an Australian Court on the basis of climate change. In the second edition of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series,…
In the fourth seminar of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, we will hear from Professor Fleur Johns, who will discuss how international humanitarianism is taking on new imperatives, protagonists, investments, techniques and objects of inquiry in connection with the expanding reach of the digital.…
Papers for consideration in volume 3(1) are invited. Volume 3(1) will be published in May 2021. Preference will be given to research and scholarship that: Challenges and critically examines the promises and perils of emergent technologies; Engages with the futures (and pasts) of law, technology and humans; Involves…
Each year the Law Faculty provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to work on cutting edge research with academic experts in the School of Law and School of Justice. The Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) is a scheme held during the summer vacation period. Students who participate will…
The world is experiencing a demographic shift as life expectancies extend and birth rates drop, and the associated economic and social transformations present numerous challenges for societies. Dr Bridget Lewis and Dr Kelly Purser (Senior Lecturers in the QUT Faculty of Law and members of the Australian Centre…
A new issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is now available. This third issue for 2020 is a double issue and includes diverse articles from scholars in the UK, China, Colombia, Australia, France and Spain. In two parts, the first part is a special…
