Overview
Background
Zoe Staines is a Senior Lecturer (social sciences, social policy, criminology) within the School of Social Science, University of Queensland. She previously held research and policy positions in the Queensland public sector and, more recently, in the not-for-profit sector, as a Senior Policy Officer and Manager of Research. Since completing her PhD in criminology, she has published in the areas of policing, social policy, welfare conditionality, coloniality, gender and employment, and rural/remote crime and governance. Zoe is also Co-Editor of the Australian Journal of Social Issues.
Availability
- Dr Zoe Staines is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Research interests
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Welfare conditionality
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(Universal) Basic Income
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Gender and work
Works
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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.
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
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
2021
Other Outputs
Submission to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan
Staines, Zoe and Radke, Amelia (2021). Submission to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet.
2021
Other Outputs
Guiding principles for a new livelihood and work program in remote Indigenous Australia
Staines, Zoe, Altman, Jon, Klein, Elise and Markham, Francis (2021). Guiding principles for a new livelihood and work program in remote Indigenous Australia. The Australia Institute 'Remote Access' Research Report Series Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Australia Institute.
2021
Journal Article
Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2021). Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait. Journal of Sociology, 59 (1) 144078332110312, 1-21. doi: 10.1177/14407833211031299
2021
Conference Publication
Punitive webs of welfare conditionality and worsening health/wellbeing in remote Australia
Staines, Zoe (2021). Punitive webs of welfare conditionality and worsening health/wellbeing in remote Australia. Healthy Societies 2021, Sydney, NSW Australia, 16 November 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
More welfare cash is associated with lower crime: COVID-19 social security changes and crime in remote Indigenous communities in Queensland (Australia)
Staines, Zoe and Zahnow, Renee (2021). More welfare cash is associated with lower crime: COVID-19 social security changes and crime in remote Indigenous communities in Queensland (Australia). Australian National University Centre for Social Research & Methods Research Symposium, Canberra, ACT Australia, 26 May 2021.
2021
Book Chapter
Losing sight: social security policy in Australia
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2021). Losing sight: social security policy in Australia. Social policy in Australia: understanding for action. (pp. 214-237) edited by Alison McLelland, Paul Smyth and Greg Marston. Docklands, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
2020
Conference Publication
Moving away from punitive 'workfare' in remote Australia, but headed in which direction?
Staines, Zoe (2020). Moving away from punitive 'workfare' in remote Australia, but headed in which direction?. TASA: Sociological insights for the now normal, Melbourne, Australia, 23-26 November 2020.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Zoe Staines is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Welfare conditionality in remote Australia
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Poverty governance and crime
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Basic Income
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Gender and work
Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
From Access to Advancement: Exploring Women's Career Trajectories within Bangladesh's Digitally Transforming Banking Sector
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata
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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
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
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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Doctor Philosophy
Older private renters and evictions in Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lynda Cheshire
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