Dr Zoe Staines is a Research Fellow at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland. She has previously held research and policy positions in the Queensland Government, academia and in the not-for-profit sector, most recently working as a Researcher, Senior Policy Officer and Manager of Evaluation at an Indigenous non-government organisation. Zoe has a keen research interest in social policy, Indigenous governance, and evaluation. She holds degrees, including a PhD, in criminology.
Publications
Journal Articles
Staines, Zoe and Moran, Mark (2019) Complexity and hybrid effects in the delivery and evaluation of youth programs in a remote Indigenous community. Australian Journal of Public Administration, . doi:10.1111/1467-8500.12371
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2019) An analysis of outlaw motorcycle gang crime: are bikers organised criminals?. Global Crime, .
Staines, Zoe (2018) Ground-level impacts of remote employment policy: social disadvantage under the Community Development Programme. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 82: 107-132.
Staines, Zoe and Jose, Fiona (2018) Overcoming social disadvantage by investing in Indigenous teenage mothers—an integrated policy approach. Solutions Journal, 9 2: .
Staines, Zoe (2017) Lessons from the recent policy experience in the Indigenous community-employment sector. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 20 3: 229-248.
Staines, Zoe and Lauchs, Mark (2013) The use of Facebook in tertiary education: a case study of a unit-related Facebook page in a university justice class. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 10 4: 285-296. doi:10.1108/ITSE-05-2013-0008
Staines, Zoe and Lauchs, Mark (2013) Students’ engagement with Facebook in a university undergraduate policing unit. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 29 6: 792-805. doi:10.14742/ajet.270
Staines, Zoe (2013) Managing tacit investigative knowledge: measuring investigative thinking styles. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 36 3: 604-619. doi:10.1108/PIJPSM-07-2012-0072
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2012) Career path of a corruption entrepreneur. Global Crime, 13 2: 109-129. doi:10.1080/17440572.2012.678620
Dean, Geoff and Staines, Zoe (2011) Capturing investigative knowledge: methodological scaffolding for measuring thinking styles of police investigators. Ministry of Home Affairs Home Team Journal, 3: 120-132.
Staines, Zoe (2011) Creativity in policing: building the necessary skills to solve complex and protracted investigations. Ministry of Home Affairs Home Team Journal, 3: 133-144.
Conference Paper
Lauchs, Mark and Staines, Zoe (2009). Public sector legislation in Queensland: old or new directions?. In: Proceedings of the 2009 IPAA National Conference. IPAA National Conference, Brisbane, Australia, (). 2009.
Research Report
Scott, John, Higginson, Angela, Staines, Zoe, Zhen, Liuissa, Ryan, Vanessa and Lauchs, Mark (2018) Strategic review of Cape York Income Management Department of Social Services: Australian Government
Thesis
Staines, Zoe (2013). Knowledge management in criminal investigation: empirical examination and re-conceptualisation of dean's investigative thinking styles PhD Thesis, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology.
Newspaper Articles
Staines, Zoe (2018, August 29). The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don’t know how to fix it. The Conversation, .
Staines, Zoe (2018, February 12). Australia is missing the Closing the Gap employment target by decades. The Conversation, .
Staines, Zoe (2018, February 09). Closing the gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic - at best. Independent Australia, .
Staines, Zoe (2017, December 22). We’re not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it’s widening. The Conversation, .