Research projects
Completed
The Canberra bullying and life at school project (1996-1999)
This project tracked children who bullied others, and were the victims of bullying, and provides insight into their thoughts and actions over a three-year period.
The effectiveness of model work health and safety laws
An integrated series of research projects examining the implementation and impact of Australia’s harmonised work health and safety (WHS) laws.
The governance of synthetic illicit drugs
This project sought to identify outstanding examples of the ways in which police harness external resources to control illicit synthetic drugs.
The new policing: Partnerships, resources and modes of governance
This project aimed to establish Australia as a world leader in policing research and policing practice.
The reintegrative shaming experiment (RISE) and shaming in institutional settings
This project examines the relationship between shame and guilt and how the social process of shaming interacts with institutional settings and personal characteristics to produce shame/guilt feelings.
The role of the banking industry in global climate change mitigation
The finance sector - particularly the banking, investment and insurance industries - has potential through its own business practices to facilitate and incentivize greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduct
The shame and pride management project: Family, school and workplace conflict in Bangladesh
The Bengali version of the modified ‘Life at School Survey’ (Ahmed, 1996) was administered in nine schools in Bangladesh to children in grades seven to ten.
Time use survey of new mothers (TUSNM)
This project was a small-scale pilot study of how mothers of young babies spend their time, how this affects their health and well-being, and how their time use is related to other factors such as the
Transnational Environmental Crime Project
The Transnational Environmental Crime (TEC) project investigates emerging trends in transnational environmental crime and examines the conditions for successful regulatory and enforcement responses.
Transparency and governance working group
In 1998, 'transparency' was dubbed the 'word of the moment' in the New York Times Magazine.
