Human rights and state responses during COVID
Tracks
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Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Ballroom 1 |
Speaker
Ms Kristina Chelberg
PhD Candidate
Australian Centre Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
Dark side of vulnerability in aged care during Covid-19
3:30 PM - 3:50 PMBiography
Kristina Chelberg is a socio-legal researcher exploring intersections of cultural frames with legal structures, particularly in the area of dementia and aged care. Kristina holds Degrees in Law and Science, a Masters in Writing, Editing and Publishing from UQ, and is a final year PhD candidate in the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at QUT. She has published in socio-legal and gerontology journals and presented at international and national conferences. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8836-9686
Dr Sara Dehm
University of Technology Sydney
The Medical Border, and the Neglect of Refugees during COVID
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMBiography
Dr Sara Dehm is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney. Sara’s expertise is in international migration and refugee law, with a focus on the denial of healthcare under Australia’s extraterritorial asylum and immigration detention regimes. She is also an Associate Member of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities, Melbourne Law School.
Dr Kiran Pienaar
Senior Lecturer
Deakin University
Pandemic policing and the construction of publics: An analysis of COVID-19 lockdowns in public housing
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Dr Kiran Pienaar is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Deakin University. Her research interests include the sociology of pandemics, and social studies of drugs, gender and the body. Her work seeks to inform health and social policy, particularly in relation to interventions for marginalised communities.
Chair Person
Dean Murphy
Senior Research Fellow
ARCSHS, La Trobe University
Benjamin Riley
Policy and Public Affairs Manager
ASHM