Find our full programme schedule of keynotes and panel sessions here!

We are thrilled to announce two incredible Keynote speakers: Professor Susan Forde and Dr Matthew Ball. WIP is a postgraduate and early career research conference designed to celebrate the variety and quality of cross-disciplinary and emerging research across the communication and arts! We have a stellar line-up of diverse, exciting presentations and cannot wait to host fantastic discussions! Come along to specific sessions or stay for the whole event!

This year, our WiP conference is held in memory of the late Professor Tom O' Regan after his passing in July. Tom was a reservoir of knowledge for UQ School of Communication and Arts students, guiding many of us from the very beginning of our academic journeys. He always had bundles of stories, images, and anecdotes to share, as well as a peal of really infectious laughter. He is dearly missed.

Please submit any questions to uqwip2020@gmail.com.

You will receive your Zoom links for full conference access via email upon registration.

Meet our keynotes:

Professor Susan Forde is Director of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, and Professor of Journalism at Griffith University. She is the author of 'Challenging the News: The Journalism of Alternative and Community Media' (Palgrave Macmillan 2011); and co-author of 'Journalism and Climate Crisis: Public Engagement, Media Alternatives' (Routledge 2017) and 'Developing Dialogues: Indigenous and Ethnic Community Broadcasting in Australia' (Intellect, University of Chicago Press 2009).

Dr Matthew Ball is an Associate Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology. His research focuses on the intersections between sexuality, gender, and criminal justice. Matthew has written and edited two foundational texts in the field of queer criminology – Criminology and Queer Theory: Dangerous Bedfellows? (Palgrave) and Queering Criminology (co-edited with Angela Dwyer and Thomas Crofts, Palgrave).