Adjunct Professor
Erin O'Brien
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Political activism, Ethical consumerism, Advocacy, Agenda-setting, Politics, Narrative, Modern Slavery, QUT Centre for Justice
Research field
Political science, Criminology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- MA (University of Durham)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australian Political Science Association (APSA)
- Law and Society Association
Teaching
- JSB379 Political Practice, People Power and Protest
- JSB260 Global Justice and Human Security
- JSB263 Australian Political Institutions
- JSB982 Transnational Crime
- JSB418: Advanced Research Management
- JSB171 Justice and Society
Publications
- O'Brien, E., (2022). From Mobsters to Magnates: Shifting Blame for Modern Slavery in Australian Parliamentary Inquiries. Parliamentary Affairs, 75(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209060
- O'Brien, E., Coneybeer, J., Boersma, M. & Payne, A. (2023). Political investorism: Conceptualising the political participation of shareholders and investors. International Political Science Review, 44(5), 609–626. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232778
- O'Brien, E. & Macoun, A. (2022). Responsible citizens, political consumers and the state. Acta Politica, 57(2), 377–395. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208579
- Coneybeer, J., Bolger, S., Boersma, M., Maguire, R., O'Brien, E., Rissanen, T., Kaine, S., Josserand, E. & Payne, A. (2021). Solution approaches to address downstream labour abuses in the Australian cotton value chain: Milestone Report 2.3.
- O'Brien, E., (2019). Challenging the Human Trafficking Narrative: Victims, Villains, and Heroes (Victims, Culture and Society). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122444
- O'Brien, E. & Berents, H. (2019). Virtual Saviours: Digital games and anti-trafficking awareness-raising. The Anti-Trafficking Review, 13, 82–99. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133506
- O'Brien, E., (2018). Human trafficking and heroic consumerism. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 7(4), 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223964
- O'Brien, E., (2016). Human trafficking heroes and villains: Representing the problem in anti-trafficking awareness campaigns. Social and Legal Studies, 25(2), 205–224. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/220906
- Wilson, M. & O'Brien, E. (2016). Constructing the ideal victim in the United States of America's annual trafficking in persons reports. Crime, Law and Social Change, 65(1), 29–45. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/220953
- O'Brien, E., Hayes, S. & Carpenter, B. (2013). The politics of sex trafficking: A moral geography [Critical Criminological Perspectives series]. Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62725
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Awards
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellowship
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching and Research Excellence
Selected research projects
- Title
- Australian Civil Society Combating Modern Slavery with Ethical Consumerism
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE210100735
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Strategies for Improving Labour Conditions Within the Australian Cotton Value Chain
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- QUT1903 (1819FRP051)
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Gendered Narratives of Genocide and the Ethics of Storytelling: An Analysis of Civil Society Representations of the Yazidi Genocide (2021)
- The Politics of Privacy Protection: An Analysis of Resistance to Metadata Retention and Encryption Access Laws (2020)
- Animal Cruelty, Discourse, and Power: A Study of Problematisations in the Live Export Policy Debates (2018)
- Life-Saving and Life-Changing: The Decision-Making Processes of People Seeking Asylum (2018)
- Imagined Ruralities and the Spatial Regulation of Sex Work in Queensland (2017)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.