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Dr Sharon Hayes - School of Justice

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Room: X508 (Gardens Point campus)
Tel: (07) 3138 7119
Fax: (07) 3138 7123
Email: s.hayes@qut.edu.au

Dr Sharon Hayes has degrees in political science, ethics and philosophy. Her prior experience includes research on corruption and public sector ethics for the Crime and Misconduct Commission, and she has also taught ethics, criminal justice policy, moral philosophy, political theory and social theory at Griffith University, Tulane University, The University of Queensland and QUT. Sharon is a Fellow of the International Institute for Public Ethics and was a founding lay member of the Queensland Legal Practice Tribunal.

Sharon's current research interests include ethics and the teaching and learning of ethics, the nexus between sex, crime and morality, sexuality in education, creating queer spaces on the internet, and same-sex intimate partner violence. Recent publications and conference papers include:

Hayes, S., S. Jeffries and M. Ball (2008) “Same-sex Intimate Partner Violence: Setting the parameters,” Paper presented to the TASA conference, Melbourne, December 2008.
Hayes, S. and M. Ball (2008) “Sexuality in the Justice Curriculum: Students’ conceptualizations of queer identities,” Paper presented at the 2008 International Australian Studies Association Conference, Brisbane, November, 2008.
Hayes, S. (2008) “The Moral Outrage of Global Poverty,” Paper presented at the 2008 Australasian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, Brisbane, June, 2008.
Hayes, S. & H. Hayes (2008) “The Ethics of Restorative Justice,” Paper presented at the 2008 Australasian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, Brisbane, June, 2008.
Hayes, S. (2007) “Global Ethics: Beyond Enlightened Self-Interest,” Social Alternatives, Vol.26, No.3, pp.17-21.
Carpenter, B. and S. Hayes (2007) “Crimes Against Morality,” in Hennessey Hayes and Tim Prenzler (eds) Introduction to Crime, Sydney, Pearson Education Australia.
Hayes, S., N. Stobbs & M. Lauchs (eds.) (2006) Social Ethics for Legal and Justice Professionals, Sydney, Pearson Education Australia

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Research Interests:

  • The nexus between sex, crime and morality
  • Teaching and learning ethics
  • Global Ethics
  • Sexuality and gender
  • Creating queer spaces on the internet
  • Same-sex intimate partner abuse