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

TAYLOR DEE HAWKINS, SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER, ELISE STEPHENSON MATTHEW DAY AND AMIE FURLONG |  In an era defined by overlapping crises—climate Explore why Australia must move beyond short-term policymaking in Future generations policy, governance and leadership: Ending ‘policrastination’. This timely analysis by Taylor Dee Hawkins, Susan Harris Rimmer and co-authors highlights the risks of “policrastination” and outlines practical pathways to embed intergenerational fairness in governance. Drawing on

Sten Rynning traces the political history of NATO from its inception in 1949, through to the ongoing Ukraine War and into 2024. This book identifies a pattern in the Alliance’s past, at a critical crossroads as it must decide how it progresses in a rapidly changing global environment.

Air strikes are nothing new for Myanmar’s civilians, but since the 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, they’ve become frequent, deadlier, and targeted. The “Sit-tat” (Myanmar Army) uses wartime aircraft like the Yak-130s and MIG-29s to bomb schools, monasteries, homes, and ethnic communities in a brutal display of power.

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.

Thomas Hale’s book Long Problems skilfully unpacks the issue of time that prevents humans to adequately formulate and implement responses. He provides a range of options to overcome this challenge, using climate change as the prime example.

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

In a rare act of bipartisanship, an independent MP and a Liberal backbencher have proposed properly factoring in young people’s needs when drafting new policy.

The COP29 negotiations in Baku concluded amid walkouts, protests, and an all-too-familiar sense of frustration over unfulfilled climate finance promises. This year's summit revealed deep-seated issues in mobilising adequate resources for climate action, particularly for developing nations.

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…

Share The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revealed the criticality of drones as a weapon system for modern battlefields. Yet as other states rush to follow suit, there are some sobering realities to face from “high-tech” tools of warfare. In 2020,…

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…

America’s foreign policy has always been a battleground between isolationist and internationalist forces, according to Charles Kupchan. The tussle continues to this very day, and could intensify if Donald Trump wins the next US Presidential election.…

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…

Taylor Swift has descended on Southeast Asia, or one small part of it at least: All of her six sold-out shows are in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest nation. Many of her fans in this part of the world, which is home to more than 600 million people,…

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…