The following table provides details of the externally funded projects researchers from the Faculty of Law are leading. This is not the complete list of the projects undertaken by our researchers but provides a good indication of the research activity of the Faculty.
|
Project Title |
Investigators |
Duration |
Funding Body and Scheme |
Funding |
| An Institutional Framework to Facilitate Sustainable and Integrated Natural, Cultural and Built Resources Governance |
Prof Sharon Christensen, Prof Douglas Fisher, Dr Pamela O'Connor, Prof Bill Duncan |
2007-2009 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Project |
$230,000 |
| A New Framework for Identifying and Reporting Australian Data Breaches |
Professor Bill Lane, Professor Paul von Nessen, Dr Adrian McCullagh, Mr Thomas Smedinghoff |
2008-2010 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Project |
$269,000 |
| Building Rule of Law Capacity in a Transitional State: Lessons From the Australian Criminal Justice Assistance Programme in Cambodia 1997-2007 |
Prof Rod Broadhurst |
2007-2009 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Project |
$222,000 |
| Articulating a transition pedagogy to scaffold and to enhance the first year student learning experience in Australian higher education. (Carrick Senior Fellowship) |
Professor Sally Kift |
2007-2008 |
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education |
$330,000 |
| Accessing Genetic Resources under the Convention on Biological Diversity regime with particular reference to Australia |
Professor Kamal Puri |
2007-2007 |
Japan Patent Office, Institue of Intellectual Property (IIP) Tokyo |
|
| Comparison of Generic Consumer Legislation |
Prof Stephen Corones, Prof Sharon Christensen |
2007-2007 |
Australian Government Productivity Commission |
$7,273 |
| The Criminal Justice System - Issues Concerning Child Abuse |
Dr Benjamin Mathews |
2007-2007 |
Abused Child Trust |
$5,218 |
| Reconciling Rights of Creators, Owners, Citizens and Consumers |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2010 |
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Creative Industries and Innovation |
$650,000 (Law Component) |
| Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2010 |
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Creative Industries and Innovation |
| Creative Commons Clinic |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2010 |
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Creative Industries and Innovation |
| Teachers' Reporting Child Sexual Abuse: Towards Evidence-based Reform of Law, Policy and Practice |
Prof Desmond Butler, A/Prof Ann Farrell, Dr Benjamin Mathews, Dr Kerryann Walsh |
2006-2008 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Project |
$251,710 |
| Legal Framework for e-Research |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2007 |
Department of Education, Science and Training Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) |
$1,055,000 |
| Whole of Government Licensing Project |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2007 |
Queensland (QLD) Government Office of Economic and Statistical Research |
$2,967 |
| Online Mediation Kit for Neighbourhood Disputes |
Ms Donna Cooper, Ms Rachael Field |
2006-2007 |
Department of Justice and Attorney-General Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund |
$23,300 |
| Self-Represented Litigants Research Project |
Mr Nigel Stobbs, Mr Mark Thomas, Prof Sally Kift, Mr Tony Woodyatt (PI) |
2006-2007 |
Department of Justice and Attorney-General Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund |
$18,300 |
| Transfer of Materials: Research in Bioscience |
Adj/Prof Mark Perry, Prof Brian F Fitzgerald |
2006-2007 |
Development Office - Australian Business |
$25,000 |
| Future Directions in High Tech Crime |
Prof Rod Broadhurst, Dr Nic Chantler |
2006-2006 |
Australian Institute of Criminology |
$31,818 |
| Open Education Resources |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2006 |
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, France |
$4,027 |
| Research Use of Patents |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald |
2006-2006 |
Department of Education, Science and Training - International Science Linkages |
$10,000 |
| Dispute Resolution Training and Research |
Ms Iyla Davies, Ms Melinda Shirley |
2006-2006 |
Brisbane City Council |
$3,600 |
| Mediation Training and Research |
Ms Iyla Davies, Ms Melinda Shirley |
2006-2006 |
QLD Building Services Authority |
$3,600 |
| Providing Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities in Queensland with General Information Regarding Civil Law by means of a Website and/or a Booklet |
Dr Loretta de Plevitz, Ms Heron Loban |
2006-2006 |
Department of Justice and Attorney-General Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund |
$30,973 |
| Improving Service Provision by Legal Practitioners to Clients in Relation to Enduring Power of Attorney and Advance Health Directives |
Prof Lindy Willmott |
2006-2006 |
Department of Justice and Attorney-General Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund |
$37,432 |
| Establishing Guidelines for Coronial Best Practice Use of Internal Autopsy |
Dr Belinda Carpenter, Dr Glenda Adkins, Mr Michael Barnes, A/Prof Charles Naylor |
2005-2008 |
Australian Research Council Linkage Project with Queensland Health Pathology and Scientific Services and Office of the State Coroner |
$70,742 |
| Electronic Contract Administration - Security and Legal Issues |
Prof Sharon Christensen, Ms Kathryn O'Shea, Dr Ernest Foo, Ms Debra Smit, Prof Bill Duncan, A/Prof Audun Josang, Prof Edward Pyle Dawson, and Others |
2005-2007 |
CRC for Construction Innovation (CRCCI) |
$143,428 |
| Legal Protocols for Copyright Management: Facilitating Open Access to Research at the National and International Levels. Also known as the Open Access to Knowledge Law or OAK Law project. |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald. |
2005-2007 |
Department of Education, Science and Training DEST Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) |
$1,330,000 |
| The young adult outcomes of childhood and adolescent antisocial behaviour: an Australian cohort |
Ms Tara McGee, Prof Jake N Najman, Dr William Bor (PI), Gail Williams |
2005-2006 |
Australian Criminology Research Council |
$2,000 |
| Legal professional ethics and the Legal Profession Act 2004 (Qld) - Analysing complaints data and educating lawyers and the public about standards of acceptable professional legal conduct |
Prof Sally Kift, Mr Mark Thomas, Mr Nigel Stobbs, Prof Stephen Corones |
2005-2006 |
Department of Justice and Attorney-General Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund |
$34,175 |
| OCS BC Pro-Bono Legal Services - External Contributions |
A/Prof. Belinda Carpenter |
2005-2005 |
Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House |
$10,988 |
| Simulation Model of the Illicit Drug Industry in Australia |
Dr Glenda Adkins, Mr Michael Barnes, Justice Tim Carmody, Dr Melissa Bull |
2004-2007 |
National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund |
$366,227 |
| E-Business - Security and Legal Issues |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald, Prof Bill Duncan, Prof Sharon Christensen, Prof Martin Betts, Ms Debra Kaylene Smit, Mr Adrian Burgess, Mr Paul Smith, and Others |
2004-2006 |
CRC for Construction Innovation |
$27,660 |
| The Nexus of Law and biology for Emerging Technologies |
Dr Barbara Hocking, Dr Piero Giorgi, Mr Joseph Vogel, A/Prof Roxanne Mykitiuk, A/Prof Eva Ryrstedt, Mr Christian Byk, Dr Michelle Harvey-Blankenship. |
2004-2006 |
Australian Research Council Linkage International Award |
$53,419 |
| Research Report on Prisoner Release |
Prof Brian Fitzgerald, Prof Myles Mcgregor-Lowndes, Dr Tamara Walsh, Rev Dr Noel Preston |
2004-2005 |
Uniting Care Centre for Social Justice |
$14,000 |
| OCS BC Pro-Bono Legal Services - External Contributions |
A/Prof Belinda Carpenter |
2004-2005 |
Queensland Law Society Incorporated |
$18,182 |
| Commercial Risk Management in the Health Environment: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Boundaries of Consent in Genetic Diagnostic Research |
Dr Barbara Hocking, Ms Theresa McCormack Benedetti |
2003-2006 |
Australian Research Council Linkage Project with Hunt and Hunt Lawyers and Mayne Health Pathology |
$59,744 |
| Children in Detention: Comparisons of Australian and Canadian Legal Frameworks |
Ms Terry Hutchinson |
2003-2004 |
International Council for Canadian Studies Programs for International Research Linkages |
$8,064 |
