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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2021
Journal Article
Australia’s remote workfare policy: rhetoric versus reality of ‘community’ empowerment
Staines, Zoe (2021). Australia’s remote workfare policy: rhetoric versus reality of ‘community’ empowerment. Critical Social Policy, 41 (1), 4-24. doi: 10.1177/0261018319897056
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.
2020
Journal Article
Governing poverty: compulsory income management and crime in Australia
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip and Peterie, Michelle (2020). Governing poverty: compulsory income management and crime in Australia. Critical Criminology, 29 (4), 745-761. doi: 10.1007/s10612-020-09532-2
2020
Other Outputs
Food, work and sovereignty
Smith, Kiah and Staines, Zoe (2020, 10 19). Food, work and sovereignty The Sociological Review Blog
2020
Journal Article
The social harms outweigh the benefits: a study of compulsory income management in Greater Shepparton and Playford
Mendes, Philip, Roche, Steven, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2020). The social harms outweigh the benefits: a study of compulsory income management in Greater Shepparton and Playford. Australian Social Work, 76 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/0312407x.2020.1820536
2020
Journal Article
Big data and poverty governance under Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand's "social investment" policies
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2020). Big data and poverty governance under Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand's "social investment" policies. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56 (2) ajs4.129, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.129
2020
Other Outputs
The 'hidden costs' of compulsory income management
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Roche, Steven (2020, 08 12). The 'hidden costs' of compulsory income management Social Security Rights Review
2020
Journal Article
Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2020) Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands. Centre for Justice Briefing Paper, 5: 1-4.
2020
Journal Article
The complexity of convergence: a multi-dimensional analysis of compulsory income management and social investment in New Zealand and Australia
Humpage, Louise, Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip and Bielefeld, Shelley (2020). The complexity of convergence: a multi-dimensional analysis of compulsory income management and social investment in New Zealand and Australia. Policy Studies, 43 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2020.1783439
2020
Journal Article
Charting the place of islands in criminology: on isolation, integration and insularity
Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2020). Charting the place of islands in criminology: on isolation, integration and insularity. Theoretical Criminology, 25 (4), 136248062091025-600. doi: 10.1177/1362480620910250
2020
Other Outputs
Compulsory cashless welfare programs harm women and children
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Peterie, Michelle (2020, 03 03). Compulsory cashless welfare programs harm women and children The Power to Persuade
2020
Other Outputs
'I don't want anybody to see me using it': cashless welfare cards do more harm than good
Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip and Staines, Zoe (2020, 02 26). 'I don't want anybody to see me using it': cashless welfare cards do more harm than good The Conversation
2020
Other Outputs
Helping or harming? Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand - summary report
Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2020). Helping or harming? Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand - summary report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
2020
Other Outputs
Hidden costs: an independent study into income management in Australia
Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Roche, Steven (2020). Hidden costs: an independent study into income management in Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Zoe Staines is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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 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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