2021 Publications Performance
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Mean Field Weighted Citation Impact of Monash Outputs: 1.87
Number of Monash Research Outputs: 179
Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre
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The Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (MMIC) is an interdisciplinary research unit that takes an evidence-based and interdisciplinary approach to understand how migration – both regular and irregular – shapes social, economic and community relationships in Australia and abroad. The migration, borders and policy observatory is a key platform of MMIC, focussed specifically on the intersection of border control and immigration law, regulations and policy with border crossing experiences and patterns. Their includes human trafficking and modern slavery, migrant worker exploitation and abuse including unlawful migrant workers and deportation and offshore detention policy transfer.
Modern slavery
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The Monash Centre for Financial Studies is investigating disclosure quality of modern slavery statements of large organisations, and has just released research findings, alongside key recommendations for companies, regulators and investors. Monash Professor of International Law, Jean Allain, continued to address the issue of forced labour through 2020-21, with two peer-reviewed publications on confronting the business models of modern slavery, and tracking implementation gaps in international anti-slavery commitments.
Sustainability transformation pathways for small
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The Sustainability transformation pathways for small to medium enterprises project, launched in 2021, examines how small to medium enterprises’ (SMEs) capacity for experimentation and innovation enables their adoption of sustainable business models to drive sustainable transformations. The research outcomes are critical for understanding and supporting innovative strategies for organising and governing SMEs’ pathways to a sustainable society. The knowledge developed will support business sustainability transformations in Australia and internationally.
Trafficking and Slavery Research Group
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The Trafficking and Slavery Research Group at Monash is working for change for a future free of exploitation. As leading researchers and practitioners, the group is building the evidence base for policy, criminal justice and corporate responses to modern slavery. Through strong relational partnerships and bringing together the different perspectives of criminology, law, social work and operations and supply chain management disciplines the centre is working towards real and sustained impact in reducing exploitation. Research projects during 2020-21 included Strengthening corporate responses to modern slavery, Measuring the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act, and the co-development of the Realising Women’s Safe and Fair Migration Across ASEAN Program.