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…
New double issue: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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…
From PhD to full time academic: Dr Lisa Kruck and her HDR journey
When I started my PhD in 2012 at the QUT School of Law and Australian Centre for Health Law Research, I had no idea that by 2020 I would be leading a four-year program to teach medical students about law and ethics. Seemingly long before that, in 2008…
Dr Eliana Close discusses research scholarships
Research scholarships provide funding to help students with general living costs while they focus on research studies, and the QUT Faculty of Law’s scholarship round is now open. Dr Eliana Close, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Law, received scholarships from the QUT Faculty of Law to…
Runaway Technology: Can Law Keep up?
Is technology doomed to always be regulated by out-of-date rules? Or, worse, will the world become lawless as technology leaves dusty law codes behind? The recent QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar with Professor Joshua Fairfield discussed these challenges and is now available to watch online. The…
Applications now open for Higher Degree Research scholarships
QUT Law has opened their annual scholarship round for HDR scholarships. These scholarships are available to support new PhD/MPhil students interested in pursuing research in law. The Law School is uniquely placed in having legal experts available to supervise topics that involve innovative research that can make an…
Further recognition for the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been ranked by Criminology Open as the second most cited “diamond journal” in criminology internationally. Criminology Open compiles all the open access publications in this space and has started a ranking for different open access models using citation…
Physician attitudes to voluntary assisted dying
Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) became legal in the Australian state of Victoria on 19 June 2019 and will be legal in Western Australia from 2021. Other Australian states are progressing similar law reform processes. In Australia and internationally, doctors are central to the operation of all legal VAD…
ACHLR launches new online seminar series: Coffee with a Colleague
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) has launched a new online seminar series called Coffee with a Colleague. In this series, ACHLR researchers will discuss their research and projects with key collaborators and colleagues. In the first episode (introduced by Associate Professor Tina Cockburn), Dr Eliana…
QUT Journal ranked as top Law journal in Australia
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been ranked by Scopus as a Q1 (Quartile 1) for journal quality in the subject category, ‘LAW’ in the latest Scimago* rankings. The Journal is the only Law journal in Australia with a Q1 status – and the…