Regulatory Science and Traumatic Brain Injury

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This research explores the rise of traumatic brain injury as a health concern, focusing on how shifting scientific and public health discourses frame the condition and its treatment. It considers how inequality mediates regulatory strategies targeting traumatic brain injury among sport participants, military personnel, and survivors of interpersonal violence in Australia, Canada, and the United States (including U.S. Pacific Island territories). The aim is to illuminate how science and regulation interact across contexts, as well as how they reflect shifting understandings of brain health, the mind and body, and (injured) human agency.

Dr Kathryn Henne named 2018 Critical Criminologist of the Year
01 November 2018RegNet Associate Professor Kate Henne has been named the 2018 Critical Criminologist of the Year by the American Society of

Professor Kathryn Henne
Professor Kathryn (Kate) Henne is the Director of the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet). An interdisciplinarily trained scholar, she has a PhD in Criminology, Law and Society...

Law, justice and human rights
RegNet is one of world’s leading centres for socio-legal research. This cluster aims to lead the development of transformative ideas in the fields of criminology and restorative justice; human rights and international law; legal pluralism; peacebuilding; the regulatory dimensions of international and domestic law; and rule of law.

Society, safety and health
The Society, Safety and Health cluster has four research themes:
- Policy processes and the social determinants of health inequities
- Governance for health equity
- Food systems, nutrition and climate change
- Regulation and governance of health care systems