This project aims to investigate the rippling impacts of immigation detention on the lives of people who were detained as children. Utilising an innovative arts-based, person-centred design, and in partnership with The Australian Human Rights Commission and children themselves, the project aims to generate a foundational evidence-base that advances knowledge and provides the basis for improved policy and practice.
Addressing the current dearth of evidence concerning the long-term impacts of childhood detention, the project will offer critical recommendations to improve services and reduce harm, while fostering increased public awareness through a high-impact radio documentary that tells the stories of Australia's forgotten children.
This is an ARC-funded Linkage Project led by The University of Sydney.
Dr Michelle Peterie (Project Lead), School of Social and Political Science, The University of Sydney
Professor Alex Broom, Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, The University of Sydney
Professor Greg Marston, Director, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
Deb Tsorbaris, National Children's Commissioner, The Australian Human Rights Commission
Peter Mares, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Dr Zoe Hogan, Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, The University of Sydney
Dr Sarah Mares, Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist | Adjunct Senior Lecturer, The University of New South Wales
Dr Susan Nicholson, Director, Children’s Rights, The Australian Human Rights Commission
