Projects
Optimising the availability and provision of Indigenous language interpreting in circuit courts
Primary Chief Investigator: Dr Dima Rusho
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor John Bradley
Chief Investigator: Dr Greg Dickson
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The project addresses the issue of inconsistent access to Indigenous language interpreting services in remote Indigenous communities, particularly in the context of circuit courts. The study is conducted in two Indigenous communities, Ngukurr and Borroloola, and focuses on the availability of interpreters from these communities, training and qualification opportunities, the discretionary use of interpreters by courts, and community understandings and expectations of the interpreting profession.
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https://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/indigenous-justice-research-program-2/
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Funded by the Indigenous Justice Research Program, Australian Institute of Criminology
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Evaluation of the Justice-based Impacts of the Public Intoxication Reform
Primary Chief Investigator: Professor Kyllie Cripps
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Narelle Warren
Chief Investigator: Dr Dima Rusho (project manager)
Chief Investigator: Dr Cammi Murrup-Stewart
Chief Investigator: Dr Stephen Gray
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Tania Penovic
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Maria O'Sullivan
Chief Investigator: Professor Dharmalingam Arunachalam
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This project will evaluate the justice-based impacts of the Public Intoxication Reform in Victoria, which went into effect on 7th November 2023. In particular, the project measures the impact on a number of mariginalised groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples, Sudanese and South Sudanese communities, people with mental health related illness, people experiencing homelessness and housing instability, members of the LGBTI community and young people
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Funded by the Department of Justice and Community Safety
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Global dementias: Examining structural vulnerability and dementia outcomes
Lead Chief investigator: Associate Professor Narrelle Warren
This project aims to examine the social and cultural dimensions of dementia by using a comparative ethnographic approach to examine the experiences of people living with dementia in Australia, Malaysia and India. The project expects to generate new anthropological knowledge about structural inequalities by examining how dementia is responded to in diverse geographic, cultural and social settings. Expected outcomes of this project include the creation of a new evidence-base on dementia and the production of briefing documents to guide global health frameworks. The project should provide significant benefits for people living with dementia by providing locally-relevant strategies to respond to dementia and resultant disability.
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Role: Research Associate
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Funded by the Australian Research Council