THE RESEARCH TEAM

The project is a collaboration between the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland and the Australian Human Rights Commission. It is led from the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at the University of Sydney.

Dr Michelle Peterie | Project Lead

Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies | The University of Sydney

Professor Alex Broom

Professor of Sociology | Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies | The University of Sydney

Professor Greg Marston

Professor of Sociology | Director, Centre for Policy Futures | The University of Queensland

Anne Hollonds

National Children’s Commissioner | The Australian Human Rights Commission


Peter Mares

Researcher, Writer and Audio Documentary Maker | Adjunct Senior Research Fellow | Monash University

Dr Zoe Hogan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies | The University of Sydney

Dr Saba Vasefi

Research Associate, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies | The University of Sydney

Dr Sarah Mares

Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist | Adjunct Senior Lecturer | The University of New South Wales


Dr Susan Nicholson

Director, Children’s Rights | The Australian Human Rights Commission

Dr Stephanie Raymond

Manager, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies | The University of Sydney

 

THE EXPERT ADVISORY BOARD

Critical to the project is an Expert Advisory Board comprised of people with lived experience of childhood detention, third-sector representatives, and international scholars. We deeply appreciate the Advisory Board’s partnership in this work, and their vital contributions steering the research.

Zaki Haidari

Refugee Rights Campaigner | Amnesty International | Expert by Experience

Sahar Ghasemi

Expert by Experience

Dr Graham Thom

Advocacy Coordinator | Refugee Council of Australia

Sarah Dale

Director and Principal Solicitor | Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)


Professor Mary Bosworth

Professor of Criminology | The University of Oxford

Associate Professor Caitlin Patler

Associate Professor of Public Policy | The University of California, Berkeley

Professor Alison Phipps

UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language, and Arts | The University of Glasgow

Professor Amy Conley Wright

Professor of Child and Family Social Work | The University of Sydney