Cutting-edge humanities and social science research with a global focus
The Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research brings together a multidisciplinary group of researchers, committed to creating new research that deepens our understanding of the challenges and issues confronting contemporary society. We have built strong relationships with government institutions, non-governmental organisations and industry partners to help us continue our vital research.
Director
Professor Susan Forde
Susan Forde is Director of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. Her work focuses on community and alternative media and she is interested in connections between protest, social movements and media.
Deputy Director
Professor Sue Trevaskes
Sue Trevaskes is the Deputy Director of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR). She researches in the area of Chinese criminal justice, governance and law and has obtained over a million dollars in external grants including two sole-CI ARC fellowships. She was Adjunct Director of the China in the World (CIW) at ANU and member of the CIW management committee from 2010-2018.
Centre governance and staffing
Centre advisory board
The centre’s advisory board comprises senior researchers from leading research institutes in the humanities and social sciences and leaders from cultural institutions, offering enhanced research collaboration opportunities.
Members are:
- Ms Rebekah Butler - Museum and Gallery Services Queensland
- Mr Peter Denham - Director, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Sydney
- Ms Louise Denoon - Director, Regional Access and Public Libraries, State Library of Queensland
- Ms Criena Gehrke, Executive Coordinator Arts and Culture, City of Gold Coast
- Mr Peter Greste - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, foreign correspondent and senior journalist
- Professor Tim Rowse - Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney
- Ms Fiona Stager - Avid Reader Bookshops
- Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner - Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland
- Professor Johanna Wyn - Director, Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne
Research degrees
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Our research
New research which investigates and confronts contemporary social and cultural challenges.
Harry Gentle Resource Centre
Investigating the people and places of Australia in the years leading up to 1850.