Research projects
Completed
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.
Regulatory strategies for improving health sector performance
This theme applied concepts from the ‘responsive regulation’ model in examining ways to govern the performance of health care.
Resolving patients complaints about hospitals: responsive regulation by health ombudsmen
The voice of patients can be hard to hear above those of the many vested interests in the health sector.
Resourcing public law enforcement agencies in the 21st century: Coercion, sale and gift
This project analysed three basic means of enhancing the resources of public law enforcement agencies.
RISE: Reintegrative shaming experiments
RISE was a set of four experimental-longitudinal tests of restorative justice as a diversion from prosecution in Canberra.
Socio-psychological factors and compliance with work health and safety regulation – theory, policy and practice
The project is investigating how compliance with work health and safety regulation is influenced by regulatees’ motivations, attitudes, perceptions, knowledge, skills, social norms and other socio-psy
Strengthening the international human rights system: Rights, regulation and ritualism
This project focuses on a problem endemic to the international human rights system: why are international human rights standards widely accepted in theory but so hard to implement in practice?
Strengthening the rule of law through the United Nations Security Council
This project will explore the potential of the rule of law to guide and support UNSC decision-making and practice across the areas of peacebuilding, sanctions and the use of force.
TAPPC Food Project HE2: A systems approach to healthy and equitable eating
When tackling a complex problem such as healthy eating, the tendency is to oversimplify the problem and therefore policy domains that give rise to outcomes of interest.
Teachers' perspective on bullying project
This study explores the shame management capacities that teachers need to have in order to be leaders in the development of a safe school anti-bullying culture.
