Research projects
Completed
Evaluating the public benefit test
Through a review of existing guidelines and assessment of the economics distinguishing public and private benefit, this project evaluated the public benefit test applied in authorisations to assess th
Exploring the parameters of systemic risk through the climate crisis and financial meltdown
Risks to financial and climate stability can be analysed independently yet also understood as tightly related.
Geographical indications
A GI (for example, Barossa Valley) indicates that a good possesses a special characteristic of some kind by virtue of its origin in a defined place.
Increasing co-operation on climate change governance
This research project examines how individual states and key actors within them, international institutions and key non-state actors, perceive the challenges for climate change governance and their ne
Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World
The collaborative project explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic and social power.
Lancet Commission on Obesity
Sharon Friel is a Commissioner on this project led by The Lancet and the World Obesity Federation to stimulate action on obesity.
NHMRC Partnership Centre, Systems approach to healthy and equitable eating
NHMRC Partnership Centre, Systems approach to healthy and equitable eating
Pluralist justice for women after violence: An experiment in building justice webs in the Philippines project
Using violence against women (VAW) as case study, the project traces how justice institutions develop after the peace process and regional autonomy in Mindanao.
Policing in the 21st century
This project designed and evaluated an innovative policing strategy for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Regulation and social capital
Why do we often waver in our trust in regulatory systems and how do we establish respectful relations with communities and improve regulatory effectiveness.
