March 2023

02
Mar
2023

Troubling 'kastom' as justice: women, hegemony and human rights in Vanuatu

Heidi Tyedmers

This presentation traces how efforts to expand the role of kastom and the ‘power of chiefs’ in key state justice and governance institutions in Vanuatu directly and negatively impacts the lives of women and girls.

Image of women dancing taken by Dan McGarry, part of his Humans of Vanuatu series http://gallery.imagicity.com/imageview.html?img=vanuatu-humans-of-vanuatu-2.jpg&img_size=700 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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03
Mar
2023

Mapping social cohesion

James O'Donnell

The Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s Mapping Social Cohesion study is the pre-eminent source of information on social cohesion in Australia. This presentation will summarise the results from the 2022 report.

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07
Mar
2023

Transnational legal order through rule of law? Australia and the United Nations Security Council, 2005-2022

Jeremy Farrall and Terence Halliday

How can the UN Security Council be held accountable to rule of law standards? Hear Farrall and Halliday examine initiatives by Australia/ANU and others to limit UNSC powers on sanctions, peacekeeping and force.

Image of UN Security Council Chambers by bwats2 from flcikr https://flic.kr/p/hanfZ (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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14
Mar
2023

Hold your friends close: countering radicalisation in Britain and America

Sarah Logan

In this talk Sarah Logan outlines the themes and empirical findings of her new book, Hold your friends close: countering radicalisation in Britain and America.

Hold your friends close: countering radicalisation in Britain and America book cover

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21
Mar
2023

Violence at work: reducing assault and abuse experienced by frontline staff in public service roles

Steve Munns

This research aims to provide an evidence-base for developing proactive risk mitigation practices to reduce the burden of physical and psychological injury on frontline staff (Services Australia and the Department of Veteran Affairs) providing welfare and other services to vulnerable Australians.

Image of people having conflict while working by Yan Krukau from pexels.com (free to use under pexels licence)

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23
Mar
2023

Book celebration - the Palgrave Handbook of environmental restorative justice

Deb Cleland, Miranda Forsyth, Meredith Rossner, Miranda Forsyth, Melanei Montalban (tbc)

This event celebrates the publication of The Palgrave Handbook on Environmental Restorative Justice - a creative vision of how to prevent and respond to environmental harm through new restorative and inclusive governance systems.

The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice book cover from Springer website https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-04223-2/cover

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28
Mar
2023

Complex cases and responsive courts: navigating epistemic uncertainty

Malcolm Langford

How should courts deal with epistemic uncertainty in complex cases like climate change and social rights? The presentation advocates a responsive approach, rather than deference or vigilance.

Light painting illustrating Nonlinear dynamical systems by Kevin Dooley from flickr https://flic.kr/p/iiR4qC (CC BY 2.0)

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