Susan Harris Rimmer

The decisions being made right now, in parliament, in budget lock-ups, in policy debates, will shape the lives of your kids and their kids. Think: Climate. Housing. Aged care. AI., But in many cases, those decisions are being deferred. There's a name for it: policrastination. The habit of delaying what we know needs doing because the short-term political incentives reward inaction, even when the long-term costs are clear. What would it actually take to govern for the long term? This conversatio

Future-proofing from the ground up is how eastern Indonesia is working towards climate resilience. Empowering women, honouring tradition, and listening to marginalised voices have been key to a fairer and more responsive appraoch.

As a prominent member of the Griffith Law School and the Law Futures Centre, Professor Susan Harris Rimmer has dedicated her career to advancing

SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER AND ELISE STEPHENSON  |  In the Asia-Pacific, where rapid social and political changes intersect with longstanding Security vetting, a key step in selecting diplomats, plays a critical yet often unseen role in shaping who gets to represent nations on the global stage. While designed to protect national interests, these processes can also reinforce gendered, racialised, and cultural biases, limiting diverse representation in diplomacy. Susan Harris Rimmer and Elise Stephenson

This post has been contributed by Professors Sarah Joseph and Susan Harris Rimmer, Professors in the Griffith Law School and members of the Law Futures Centre and Matthew Day, Student and Researcher at Griffith Law School. In late July 2021, we…

By Professor Susan Harris Rimmer and Professor Rowena Maguire Analysis Feminist foreign policy provides a lens through which we can see climate action as a shared priority and human security issue. Australia should use feminist climate diplomacy to…

This post has been contributed by Professor Susan Harris Rimmer, a Professor in the Griffith Law School, Leader of the Climate Action Beacon and co-founder of the Gender Equality Research Network (GERN) and a member of the Law Futures Centre. The…

This post has been contributed by Professor Susan Harris Rimmer, a Professor in the Griffith Law School, Leader of the Climate Action Beacon and co-founder of the Gender Equality Research Network (GERN) and a member of the Law Futures Centre and Ms…

The Queensland government has given the international law expert until the end of September to report on the state’s two-year-old Human Rights Act. Griffith University’s Professor Susan Harris Rimmer will need to deliver a copy of her review to…

The Australian government’s national gender equality strategy “Working For Women”, released this month, is the first in four decades and follows a path marked out by prime ministers Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam. It comes after years of neglect that…

As International Women’s Day comes around once more, the latest gender pay gap figures for Australia have made for disappointing reading, including naming those companies where the gap is widest. Looking at full-time equivalent total remuneration,…

The heat records just keep breaking; it’s much hotter for much longer. As our communities grapple with record-breaking temperatures and prolonged heatwaves, the human cost of extreme heat events is becoming increasingly evident. July 2023 has marked…

2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather that has left a trail of devastation and despair, according to the World Meteorological Organization at COP 28. Some of the most significant extreme heat events were in southern…

SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 Climate change is a shared challenge that requires a combination of global and local solutions Data plays a critical role in understanding and addressing the challenges of climate change. This is because data and insights allow us…

This blog post was first published by The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA), the leading organization representing researchers, academics, and students in the fields of Women’s Studies and Gender Studies in Australia. Read the…

In this episode we delve into the inspiring vision of Professor Susan Harris Rimmer. She envisions a world where gender equality and human rights are paramount! Susan brings a wealth of experience in policy research and innovation. Her commitment to…

An idyllic island that sits just off the coast of north Queensland masks a dark past of subjugation, displacement and discrimination. Up until the late 1960s, men, women and children from more than 40 tribal groups from across Queensland were forced…

Elise Stephenson and Susan Harris Rimmer explore new research on diversity within intelligence agencies and its implications. In recent years, many global intelligence agencies are turning their eye inward with major reforms, analysis, and…

A group of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from Griffith Business School recently embarked on a two-day ‘Canberra Showcase’ organised by the Policy Innovation Hub (PIH). Led by Professor Susan Harris Rimmer and Dr Ed Morgan, the trip aimed to provide…

Time for the generations to fight together for a fairer future How old should I be when I get arrested for climate protesting? I’ll tell you why this is on my mind, with the alarm bell of the final IPCC report clanging in my ears. I have been…