Rebekah Ruddy

Rebekah Ruddy (she/her) is a First Nations researcher with deep cultural connections to the lands and waters of Far North Queensland, belonging to the rainforest, saltwater and freshwater peoples of Mamu, Jirrbal (Dyirbal), Yidinji and Guugu Yimithirr Nations. Ms Ruddy holds dual roles as a senior researcher assistant at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures and as a research officer at ANU@POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research, where she has endeavoured to elevate marginalised voices in research and policy development. Additionally, Rebekah enjoys tutoring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander undergraduate students at Griffith University in criminology, International Relations and political science. Rebekah is passionate about First Nations Justice, Youth Justice, Restorative Justice and Human Rights. Ms Ruddy’s broad, early-established research has focused on sensitive topics, including reducing child sexual abuse, domestic and family violence, intimate partner violence and intimate partner homicide. Ms Ruddy is currently pursuing a Master of International Relations with a dissertation at Griffith University. She is interested in transnational crime, particularly human trafficking and modern slavery in the Pacific Region.