I’m delighted to report that Helen Singh, the Master’s student recruited to our Australian Research Grant, has passed her thesis examination. She did so in tough personal circumstances. Helen grew up in Fiji among extended family after losing both parents and a sister as a child. While undertaking her thesis research, her partner and father …
Gender Inequality in the Higher Education Workforce
Gender Inequality in the Higher Education Workforce Significant gender inequities persist in Australian Universities despite extensive efforts by universities to establish policy and practice frameworks to address gender inequity. The Facts Women comprise 60% employees at Australian Universities. Nevertheless, there are two distinct patterns of gender division in employment across Australian Universities, one horizontal and …
Enhancing the Policing of Gender Based Violence in Pacific Island Communities
Kerry Carrington, Melissa Jardine, Helen Singh and Carla Chan Unger School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant issue in Pacific Island communities, where women report lifetime prevalence rates of violence ranging from 60 to 80 per cent (UNICEF, 2017). The Pacific Island of Fiji, which is …
Dr Maria Puyol wins Outstanding Thesis Award
I’m thrilled to share the news that Dr Maria Puyol, has won the Executive Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for 2023 for the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, QUT. Maria Puyol worked tirelessly with my ARC research team through the COVID pandemic to produce her award winning Phd thesis. Congratulations on …
Open Call for Abstracts
2nd Edition Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South Kerry Carrington, Roxana Cavalcanti, David Fonseca, Russell Hogg, John Scott & Valeria Vegh Weis (editors) Criminology – as a theoretical and empirical project – has historically overlooked the distinctive contributions from and about the global South. This second edition of the Palgrave Handbook of Criminology …
Embedding #domesticviolence specialists in police stations: Will they enhance DV survivor satisfaction & improve police responses?
A number of inquiries into policing responses to domestic violence have highlighted the need to strengthen inter-agency collaboration to improve system responses and outcomes for survivors of #DFV. With this in mind, a research team led by Dr Jess Rodgers undertook an evaluation of the co-location of a domestic violence specialist embedded in a regional police station. The abstract and link to the publication can be found in this blog.
Meet Helen Singh, Master Student on our ARC Project To Enhance Policing of Gender Violence
Meet Helen Singh is the successful candidate for Master Scholarship funded by the ARC DP team working on a project to enhance the policing of gender violence in Pacific Island Communities.
Imposter Syndrome & Self Sabotage: Learn to spot it and stop it.
Imposter Syndrome can ruin your career. Learn how to spot it stop it.
Improving the Policing of Gender Violence in the Global South: Masters research scholarship opportunity
Exiting research scholarship to conduct research on how to improve the policing of gender violence in Pacific Island Communities.
Rotten to the Core: Should Qld’s First Female Commissioner take the wrap for the culture of sexism, racism and misogyny in Qld Police?
Opinion Piece In November last year, the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Qld Police Service (QPS) found ‘ample evidence’ that cultural issues of racism, sexism and misogyny adversely impacted on how the QPS respond to DFV. The report made 78 Recommendations to address these systemic problems including: strengthening integrated responses to domestic family …