Overview
Background
Zoe Staines is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland. Her research is deeply interdisciplinary, critically examining social policy, gender and work, welfare conditionality, coloniality, and rural/remote crime and governance, with a central focus on addressing structural injustice. Before entering academia, she held senior research and policy roles in government and the not-for-profit sector. She is currently Co-Editor-In-Chief of leading interdisciplinary journal, the Australian Journal of Social Issues (Q1).
Availability
- Dr Zoe Staines is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Research interests
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Welfare conditionality
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Gender and work
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(Universal) Basic Income
Works
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2022
Conference Publication
Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand
Mendes, Philip, Peterie, Michelle and Staines, Zoe (2022). Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Sociological Assocation National Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
2022
Other Outputs
Submission to Employment White Paper: supporting a sustainable 'care' economy
Staines, Zoe, Markham, Francis, Altman, Jon and Klein, Elise (2022). Submission to Employment White Paper: supporting a sustainable 'care' economy. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government.
2022
Journal Article
Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: moving beyond punitive ‘workfare’
Staines, Zoe (2022). Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: moving beyond punitive ‘workfare’. Journal of Sociology, 59 (4), 144078332211146-827. doi: 10.1177/14407833221114669
2022
Journal Article
Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand
Humpage, Louise, Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe, Peterie, Michelle and Mendes, Philip (2022). Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand. Critical Social Policy, 43 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/02610183221106923
2022
Journal Article
Imperatives of health or happiness: narrative constructions of long-term smoking after undergoing lung screening
Olson, Rebecca E., Ek, Xuan Wen, Staines, Zoe, Goh, Felicia and Marshall, Henry (2022). Imperatives of health or happiness: narrative constructions of long-term smoking after undergoing lung screening. Health, 27 (6), 136345932210991-1134. doi: 10.1177/13634593221099108
2022
Book Chapter
Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card. Social suffering in the neoliberal age: state power, logics and resistance. (pp. 149-165) edited by Karen Soldatic and Louise St Guillaume. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003131779-12
2022
Book
Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.46692/9781447361510
2022
Journal Article
Social quarantining in the construction and maintenance of white Australia
Staines, Zoe (2022). Social quarantining in the construction and maintenance of white Australia. Sociology, 57 (5) 003803852211290, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/00380385221129046
2022
Conference Publication
Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: considering the potential of a basic income
Staines, Zoe (2022). Work and wellbeing in remote Australia: considering the potential of a basic income. Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) International Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28-30 September 2022.
2021
Journal Article
How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia. Children and Youth Services Review, 131 106254, 106254. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106254
2021
Journal Article
Exploring the politics of strain: crime and welfare in remote Indigenous Australia
Staines, Zoe and Zahnow, Renee (2021). Exploring the politics of strain: crime and welfare in remote Indigenous Australia. Social Policy and Administration, 56 (3), 452-471. doi: 10.1111/spol.12778
2021
Journal Article
'Without uniform I am a community member, uncle, brother, grandad': community policing in Australia's Torres Strait Region
Staines, Zoe, Scott, John and Morton, James (2021). 'Without uniform I am a community member, uncle, brother, grandad': community policing in Australia's Torres Strait Region. Journal of Criminology, 54 (3), 265-282. doi: 10.1177/00048658211005516
2021
Other Outputs
Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021
Altman, Jon, Klein, Elise, Markham, Francis and Staines, Zoe (2021). Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Parliament.
2021
Other Outputs
Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2021, 08 27). Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution Australian National University Austaxpolicy: Tax and Transfer Policy Blog
2021
Other Outputs
To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia
Staines, Zoe, Klein, Elise, Markham, Francis and Altman, Jon (2021, 08 06). To enable healing, there’s a more effective way to Close the Gap in employment in remote Australia The Conversation
2021
Journal Article
The trope of the vulnerable child in conditional welfare discourses: an Australian case study
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2021). The trope of the vulnerable child in conditional welfare discourses: an Australian case study. Journal of Sociology, 58 (4), 517-534. doi: 10.1177/14407833211008984
2021
Journal Article
Examining the adverse consequences of welfare conditionality: a case study of compulsory income management in the regional community of Ceduna, Australia
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). Examining the adverse consequences of welfare conditionality: a case study of compulsory income management in the regional community of Ceduna, Australia. Social Policy and Society, 21 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/S1474746421000063
2021
Journal Article
Crime, justice and social capital in the Torres Strait region
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2021). Crime, justice and social capital in the Torres Strait region. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice (620) 620, 1-13.
2021
Journal Article
Workfare and food in remote Australia: 'I haven't eaten... I'm really at the end...'
Staines, Zoe and Smith, Kiah (2021). Workfare and food in remote Australia: 'I haven't eaten... I'm really at the end...'. Critical Policy Studies, 16 (1), 36-59. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2021.1893198
2021
Journal Article
Is conditional welfare an effective means for reducing alcohol and drug abuse? An exploration of compulsory income management across four Australian trial sites
Mendes, Philip, Roche, Steven, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). Is conditional welfare an effective means for reducing alcohol and drug abuse? An exploration of compulsory income management across four Australian trial sites. Australian Journal of Political Science, 56 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2021.1884646
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Zoe Staines is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Conceptions and experiences of home under residualisation in Brisbane¿s social housing
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lynda Cheshire
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Doctor Philosophy
From Access to Advancement: Exploring Women's Career Trajectories within Bangladesh's Digitally Transforming Banking Sector
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The Liminal Place: Exploring the experiences of residents in two rural Australian border communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell
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Doctor Philosophy
Moving beyond incarceration: Exploring the intentions and impacts of legal debt collection policies on socially-disadvantaged groups in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynda Shevellar
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Doctor Philosophy
Older private renters and evictions in Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lynda Cheshire
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Doctor Philosophy
The Creation of Terrorists and Mass Shooters: A Comparative Analysis of Mass Shooting Events in America and New Zealand
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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