Adjunct Professor
Melissa Bull
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Biography
Professor Melissa Bull joined QUT School of Justice as Director of QUT Centre for Justice in September 2019. Prior to this Melissa worked in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. While at Griffith University Melissa held a number of research leadership roles, including Deputy Director and then Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (2012-15). From 2016 she was the leader of the Justice, Law and Society research program in the Griffith Criminology Institute. Melissa's two main areas of research include drug regulation and policing diversity. Her current research projects include work that focuses on harm reduction and drug law reform in China and Australia, as well as a project with colleagues from the University of Queensland that explores new ways of thinking about policing in Pacific Island states. Melissa has published widely on drug regulation and drug control, sentencing and punishment, long term immigration detention, community policing and diversity, counter terrorism narratives and prevention programs, and gender violence in Pacific island statesPersonal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Keywords
QUT Centre for Justice, Illicit Drug Regulation, Policing and the Global South, Policing and Diversity
Research field
Criminology, Other law and legal studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
Asian Society of Criminology Editorial Board Member, International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy Editorial Board Member, Policing and Society: An International Journal (2013-2018) Reviewer, Australian Research Council competitive grant program in the fields of policing and drug regulation Reviewer, European Social Research Council competitive grant program in the field of policing and international policing
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Melissa, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Fakafoki Ki Api (Returned Home) - The Deportation of Tongan Non-citizen Criminals from Australia: an analysis of deportee's experiences and the perceptions and attitudes of Tonga towards receiving criminal deportees from Australia
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor John Scott, Associate Professor Danielle Watson
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.