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Environmental Justice Australia
Credit: Environmental Justice Australia

Beyond fines: Rethinking justice for crimes against nature.
Professor Miranda Forsyth joined a webinar exploring how restorative justice can address environmental harm and support accountability, repair and Traditional Owners’ participation.
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Job opportunity: Project Officer
RegNet is seeking a Project Officer to support two complementary research projects focused on community rule-making and peacebuilding and violence prevention.
Stanislava CRJ Visitor
Stanislava CRJ Visitor

Exploring restorative justice across legal systems: Stanislava Ochranova visits the CRJ
Stanislava Ochranova, a doctoral researcher from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, is visiting RegNet to explore comparative perspectives on restorative justice and the Australian experience.
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New edited book on power structures in the 21st century
We are delighted to announce the publication of Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World, a newly edited volume by Kate Henne.
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Translating risk and consequences of emerging technologies to engineers and policymakers
Kate Henne discusses how Australia can lead in AI regulation, bridging the gap between social sciences, engineering and policy.
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(L-R) Dr Ali Malik, Professor Susan McVie OBE, A/Prof Jarrett Blaustein, Dr Alistair Henry

From Canberra to Edinburgh: Rethinking adaptive policing through a visiting fellowship
Jarrett's Visiting Fellowship at the Edinburgh Futures Institute provided an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and develop new international research collaborations.
Researchers at 13th international conference

Centre Researchers present at the 13th International Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice
Centre researchers presented a keynote, workshop and poster at the European Forum Conference, highlighting holistic restorative justice, environmental harm and dialogue-based responses to elder abuse.
Viyanga Gunasekera

PhD spotlight: Meet Viyanga Gunasekera
Final-year PhD scholar Viyanga Gunasekera's research on people's lives after Sri Lanka's civil war is a story of fate and hard work. She shares her PhD journey in this Q&A.

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How Facebook is shaping public debate on sorcery violence in PNG
This new study by Miranda Forsyth analyses how Facebook influences the debate around SARV in PNG through the people involved, the messages they share, and the broader role the platform plays.

Red tape not a dirty word, says regulation academic
The “cacophony of demand” to cut red tape is often a self-serving exercise that rarely aligns with public sentiment, says Veronica Taylor.

Politics: Why is Australia shifting right?
To understand the surge of the far-right, it helps to look at nationalism, authoritarianism and populism — and how much they already exist in Australia, writes Ibolya Losoncz.

Australia has spent 25 years ‘stopping the boats’, but that’s not the same as controlling migration
This article by Alan Gamlen reflects on what “stop the boats” achieved, what it obscured, and why Australia must rebuild its capacity for effective migration governance.

Migration is not a crisis or a cure-all. It just needs to be managed
Migration can transform lives and enrich societies. It can also create pressures and vulnerabilities. The question is not whether migration is good or bad. It is whether we are managing it well, writes Alan Gamlen.

The fight over AI data centres is becoming Australia’s next Indigenous policy challenge
AI is often talked about as something virtual. Yet it depends heavily on physical resources such as land, water and energy, writes Jenna Imad Harb and Shanine Ryan.

The next phase of global methane policy
As a middle power with diplomatic finesse, Australia will have opportunities to contribute to the future of global methane policy, writes Nikolai Drahos.

A toxic brew has shaped a world driven by anger, fear and confusion
Cost-of-living pressures, terror attacks, widening inequality and financial crises — it’s no wonder Australians are angry. Yet danger lies in scapegoating, writes Alan Gamlen.

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ROV 6000 gripper arm with manganese nodule
Mister Pommeroy, Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Tue, 22 Sep 2026

Fragmentation in seabed mining governance: assembling the puzzle

Navigating the different levels of governance over the seabed is essential to clarify the existing framework for protecting the marine environment and preventing risks arising from mining.
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Change the Date? Final revised
Change the Date? Final revised
Wed, 23 Sep 2026

2026 Immersia: Change the Date? | Project Launch

Join us for the launch and beginning of a landmark conversation that will unfold over the next four years.

 
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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 8 Oct 2026

Redesigning business and finance to unlock economic transformations

Episode 34 of the Saving the World webinar series features Erinch Sahan discussing how to transform businesses for planetary health equity.
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Aerial view from Jaigarh Fort at sunset, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur.
Image credit: Anton Aleksenko, iStock
Wed, 14 Oct 2026

Vernacular cultures of justice and accountability for enforced disappearances in India

This presentation is Asaf's mid-term doctoral candidature review. 

This is an internal event only
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Salia, Kioa Island, Fiji - August 25, 2009: View of Salia village from the top of mount on the island of Kioa.
Image credit: ksroy, iStock
Tue, 20 Oct 2026

“We do our own thing … but we survive”: Resilience without recognition, vernacular climatology and adaptive precarity among Indo-Fijians

This seminar explores “resilience without recognition”: how Indo-Fijian communities adapt through local knowled
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Stunning view of Earth from space at night, showing glowing city lights across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Planet Earth illuminated under a starry sky.
Image credit: Alones Creative, iStock
Tue, 27 Oct 2026

Space Deals: Power, legalization and bilateralism in the orbits.

What do nearly 1,000 space agreements tell us about power, bilateralism, and the design of international rules? 
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Mochtar Kusumaatmadja (center) signs the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Dec. 10, 1982. Standing behind him are Indonesian negotiators Abdullah Kamil (second left) and Hasjim Djalal (second right). (Hasjim Djalal via NUS Press/File)
Image credit: Image used originally in the article "Late maritime law negotiator put forth as national hero" published in thejakartapost.com. Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2023/05/26/late-maritime-law-negotiator-put-forth-as-nati
Wed, 28 Oct 2026

The Contested Archipelago: How do legal advisors, political actors and impacted states shape Indonesia’s law of the sea practice?

This seminar is Aristyo's final presentation of his doctoral candidature.

This is an internal event only
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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 5 Nov 2026

Public power for planetary health equity: why ownership matters

Episode 35 of the Saving the World webinar series features Dr Matt Ryan, UTS Chancellor's Research Fellow and Hothouse Future Leaders Program Fellow (2024).
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