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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2019
Other Outputs
Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into an Indigenous Evaluation Strategy
Bond, Chelsea, Brady, Karla, Hassall, Keryn, Macoun, Alissa, Mukandi, Bryan, Singh, David, Staines, Zoe and Strakosch, Elizabeth (2019). Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into an Indigenous Evaluation Strategy. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
2019
Journal Article
Crime and colonisation in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands
Staines, Zoe and Scott, John (2019). Crime and colonisation in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53 (1), 000486581986904-43. doi: 10.1177/0004865819869049
2019
Other Outputs
A road to reconciliation: the case for a voice to Parliament
Staines, Zoe and Gordon, Sean (2019, 07 11). A road to reconciliation: the case for a voice to Parliament The Policy Forum
2019
Other Outputs
Caught up in CDP's punitive web: what remote women have to win (or lose) on May 18
Staines, Zoe (2019, 04 23). Caught up in CDP's punitive web: what remote women have to win (or lose) on May 18 The Power to Persuade
2019
Journal Article
An analysis of outlaw motorcycle gang crime: are bikers organised criminals?
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2019). An analysis of outlaw motorcycle gang crime: are bikers organised criminals?. Global Crime, 20 (2), 69-89. doi: 10.1080/17440572.2019.1583107
2019
Journal Article
Complexity and hybrid effects in the delivery and evaluation of youth programs in a remote Indigenous community
Staines, Zoe and Moran, Mark (2019). Complexity and hybrid effects in the delivery and evaluation of youth programs in a remote Indigenous community. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 79 (1) 1467-8500.12371, 3-25. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12371
2019
Conference Publication
Income management and crime: rethinking evidence and theory
Staines, Zoe (2019). Income management and crime: rethinking evidence and theory. Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, Australia, 9-11 September.
2019
Book Chapter
Social policy
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2019). Social policy. Australian politics and policy. (pp. 547-559) edited by Chen, Peter, Barry, Nicholas, Butcher, John, Clune, David, Cook, Ian, Garnier, Adele, Haigh, Yvonne, Motta, Sara and Taflaga, Marija. Sydney, NSW Australia: Sydney University Press.
2019
Conference Publication
Demonstrate your impact! The realities of evaluating social outcomes under outcome-focused funding frameworks
Staines, Zoe (2019). Demonstrate your impact! The realities of evaluating social outcomes under outcome-focused funding frameworks. AIATSIS National Indigenous Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 July 2019.
2019
Book Chapter
Social policy
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2019). Social policy. Australian politics and policy. (pp. 687-706) edited by Peter Chen, Nicholas Barry, John Butcher, David Clune, Ian Cook, Adele Garnier, Yvonne Haigh, Sara C. Motta and Marija Taflaga. Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press. doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743326671
2019
Conference Publication
Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region
Scott, John and Staines, Zoe (2019). Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region. Senior Torres Strait Islander Police Forum, Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, 19 December 2019. Queensland Police Service.
2019
Other Outputs
Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region
Scott, John, Staines, Zoe and Morton, James (2019). Crime and justice in the Torres Strait Region. Australian Institute of Criminology Research and Public Policy Series Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
2018
Other Outputs
Strategic review of Cape York Income Management
Scott, John, Higginson, Angela, Staines, Zoe, Zhen, Liuissa, Ryan, Vanessa and Lauchs, Mark (2018). Strategic review of Cape York Income Management. Department of Social Services: Australian Government. doi: 10.5204/rep.eprints.123533
2018
Other Outputs
The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don’t know how to fix it
Staines, Zoe (2018, 08 29). The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don’t know how to fix it The Conversation
2018
Other Outputs
Australia is missing the Closing the Gap employment target by decades
Staines, Zoe (2018, 02 12). Australia is missing the Closing the Gap employment target by decades The Conversation
2018
Journal Article
Closing the gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic - at best
Staines, Zoe (2018, 02 09). Closing the gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic - at best Independent Australia
2018
Journal Article
Overcoming social disadvantage by investing in Indigenous teenage mothers—an integrated policy approach
Staines, Zoe and Jose, Fiona (2018). Overcoming social disadvantage by investing in Indigenous teenage mothers—an integrated policy approach. Solutions Journal, 9 (2).
2018
Journal Article
Ground-level impacts of remote employment policy: social disadvantage under the Community Development Programme
Staines, Zoe (2018). Ground-level impacts of remote employment policy: social disadvantage under the Community Development Programme. Journal of Australian Political Economy (82), 107-132.
2017
Journal Article
We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening
Staines, Zoe (2017, 12 22). We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening The Conversation
2017
Other Outputs
We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening
Staines, Zoe (2017, 12 22). We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening The Conversation
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
The role of STEAM education and innovation learning in promoting gender equality in decision making roles in the developing world: Bangladesh as a case
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
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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