10 Reduced Inequalities

Integrity experts call for focus on justice for whistleblowers

No employee should be left worse-off for blowing the whistle - Griffith integrity experts call for a principles-based Commonwealth whistleblower protection regime.
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Alumni

Griffith academics honoured in King’s Birthday Awards

Leaders in the field of corporate governance and medicine have led the Griffith community who have been honoured in the 2023 King's Birthday list.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Call to protect wellbeing of future generations

Griffith University researchers are leading the charge to ensure short-term policy thinking is a system of the past to protect future generations. Short-termism is an issue the EveryGen group is addressing and it’s calling for a law reform agenda which holds decision makers accountable for Australia’s long-term interests. EveryGen convenor, human rights lawyer and Griffith […]
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Centre for Governance and Public Policy Success with ARC Grants and Fellowships

The Centre for Governance and Public Policy (CGPP) has again been successful in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Scheme. In December 2022, the ARC awarded two grants to CGPP members. Associate Professor Huiyun Feng, Professor Kai He & Associate Professor Gloria Ge were granted $171,550.00 for the project Discerning China’s Foreign Policy Playbook: […]
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

European Parliament Talk

In December 2022, Dr Lee Morgenbesser attended the convening and implementation meetings of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, hosted by the European Parliament and the European Union’s External Action Service. Associate Professor Morgenbesser was invited to speak on the problem of “fake election observation” — i.e., where authoritarian regimes recruit individuals and […]
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Centre for Governance and Public Policy Book Launch 2022

The Centre for Governance and Public Policy (CGPP) annual Book Launch celebrated the publications of 2022 at the Griffith University northern campus. The books of CGPP members Associate Professor Gideon Baker, Dr Steve Feng and Professor Juliet Pietsch, were launched by the Griffith Business School PVC Professor Caitlin Byrne who delivered an insightful reflection on […]
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Environmental Politics under Authoritarian Rule: activism, policy and governance

Dr Ellie Martus, Centre for Governance and Public Policy Griffith University, and Associate Professor Fengshi Wu, University of New South Wales, co-convened an international conference this month titled “Environmental Politics under Authoritarian Rule: activism, policy, and governance”. The conference was funded by a grant from the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) with additional funding provided […]
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

2022 Australian Election Study

Almost one in three voters cast their ballot for minor parties or independent candidates in the 2022 federal election, the highest number in almost 100 years, Australia’s largest and longest-running study on elections has found. The 2022 Australian Election Study (AES), prepared in partnership with Griffith University and The Australian National University (ANU), found Anthony […]
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

NACC webinar — A New Standard for Public Integrity?

Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy (CGPP), convened a webinar on 7 December to discuss the new Australian national anti-corruption commission. Drawing on the contributions of CGPP and other Griffith researchers over many years, the webinar examined key elements of the final legislative outcome on this historic reform – the passage of […]
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Alumni

Australia’s new national anti-corruption body a testament to Griffith research and perseverance

Griffith research has been at the forefront of the development and establishment of Australia's long-awaited National Anti-Corruption Commission
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Gendered food insecurity study informs recovery and preparedness in the Indo-Pacific

Academics from the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) collaborated with researchers from the Indo-Pacific to examine the risks related to economic hardship and food insecurity that women in the region experienced during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded project focused on low-income women working […]
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Business and government

Griffith researcher explores lost opportunities of temporary migrants from South East Asia in Australia

Griffith Asia Institute member and Head of School of Government and International Relations, Professor Juliet Pietsch’s latest research has just been published by Cambridge Elements as part of the Global Development Studies series. Much of the scholarship in development studies focuses on developing countries. However, many of the same issues can be seen in developed […]
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Australian Rivers Institute

Griffith recognised as a leader in sustainable development

Griffith has been ranked in the global Top 100 (92) of universities globally in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022.
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Business and government

Budget 2022-23: Griffith experts available to comment

Griffith University experts can offer insight and analysis on all aspects of the 2022-23 federal budget.
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Alumni

All systems go for Fulbright scholars in 2022

Former Griffith Young Alumnus of the Year, Dr Elise Stephenson, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Griffith will also host an American Fulbright scholar in 2022.
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Drop in Australia’s corruption ranking signals urgent need for Integrity Commission

A new international index ranking shows Australians are rapidly losing faith and trust in the nation's public institutions, sparking calls for a federal integrity commission.
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Arts Education Law

17 ARC Discovery Projects greenlit for Griffith researchers

Researchers have received grants worth over $6.96 million from the Australian Research Council.
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Centre for Governance and Public Policy

Most deserving whistleblowers get no protection new research shows

More than half of all public interest whistleblowers who experience serious repercussions for reporting wrongdoing receive no recourse.
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