Dr Shannon Colville
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Biography
Shannon Colville is a Lecturer, researcher and consultant in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology. Her work focuses on organised crime and technology-enabled offending, exploring how trust and relationships shape criminal networks, facilitate cooperation and enable the exploitation of individuals and organisations. She also investigates how emerging technologies, including generative AI, influence human behaviour and create new opportunities for harm.Her research also examines how technology can be used to support individuals and address social challenges, including loneliness and social connection. She is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Linkage project, Digitalising with Care: Strengthening Social Connection and Staff Wellbeing in Contact Centres (2026–2029). Supported by over $630,000 in funding, the project investigates how technology can help identify signs of loneliness in everyday service interactions and support more effective responses.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Justice
Keywords
Organised Crime, Corruption, Human-AI Interaction, Trust, Loneliness
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
Associate Editor, Journal of Criminology
Teaching
Shannon is currently the Unit Coordinator for:
- JSB228 When Crime Goes Digital
- JSB279 Criminal Network Analysis
Shannon is also the Course Coordinator for the Investigation and intelligence Graduate Certificate and Quality Equivalence Advisor for the following units:
- JSQ210 Managing Complex and Sensitive Investigations
- JSQ211 The Power of Intelligence
- JSQ212 Integrity Driven Investigations
- JSQ213 Informed Decision Making
Publications
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/shannon.colville
Supervision
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Current supervisions
- Mapping clergy perpetrated child sexual abuse within the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jodi Death, Associate Professor Angela Higginson
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.