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