Researchers Taking Part In 2018 Social Sciences Seminars Series

The Institute’s researchers presented two seminars to audiences at the University of Tasmania. Both presentations were part of the 2018 series, hosted by the the School of Social Sciences, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (TILES) and Institute for the Study of Social Change.

About Presentations

Queering police administration: How policing administration complicates LGBTIQ-police relations

In this seminar (25 May), Associate Professor Angela Dwyer explored how police service administration complicates and facilitates the relationships between LGBTIQ communities and police. Her research draws from data across a number of Australian research projects focused on how police interact with LGBTIQ people. The data is analysed using a queer theoretical framework, in addition to critical and queer criminological research approaches, to demonstrate the importance of queering (Ault, 1996) police administration processes.

Associate Professor Dwyer and Associate Professor Nicole Asquith are currently working on a research project - Relationships Between LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police.

Law Enforcement and Public Health in Tasmania: is Collective Impact a viable pathway for collaboration?

Presented by the Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) TILES team - Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Professor Roberta Julian and Dr Danielle Campbell, on 13 April.

The team presented preliminary findings to date, and invited the audience to participate in a scholarly debate about the responsibility of law enforcement and public health, existing collaborative pathways and potential obstacles to improving inter-agency relationships.

In 2017, the LEPH research team at TILES launched a statewide consultation on whether collective impact could be a viable pathway to improve agency collaboration in all areas of law enforcement and public health. The consultation will be closing in August 2018.