STAFF PROFILE
Dr Kaye Quek
Dr Kaye Quek is a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, and Program Manager of the Bachelor of International Studies.
She has a PhD in political science and BA (Hons) from the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne. Her research examines gendered abuses of human rights, particularly in the context of harmful marriage practices, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
In 2018, she published her monograph 'Marriage Trafficking' with Routledge as part of its Gender and Global Politics series.
Her work has appeared in journals such as Women's Studies International Forum, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and in public forums including The Conversation (Australia), ABC News, and the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog.
Kaye has more than ten years of experience teaching at a tertiary level. In this time, she has taught across a number of subject areas and disciplines, including gender studies, political science and theory, sociology, international relations, development, health and human diversity, and media, at several institutions.
Outside the university, she has provided expert advice to industry and government bodies such as the Family Section of the (former) Department of Immigration and Citizenship, and the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. She has also been consulted by news programs including ABC’s Four Corners and SBS’ Insight, and has given interviews to ABC News Radio’s Drive and Triple J’s Hack. In 2020, she co-hosted an episode of ABC Radio National's 'The Minefield' (with Dr Meagan Tyler, RMIT) on the topic of International Women's Day.
Her current research projects examine harmful marriage practices and their links to human trafficking, forced marriage in the UK and Australia, the US-based mail-order bride industry, and the phenomenon of reproductive exploitation, particularly in the context of globalisation.
Kaye teaches core and elective courses in RMIT's Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) undergraduate program. Her current teaching responsibilities include coordination of the first year course SOCU2112 Global Political Economy.
Her current research projects examine harmful marriage practices and their links to human trafficking, forced marriage in the UK and Australia, the US-based mail-order bride industry, and the phenomenon of reproductive exploitation, particularly in the context of globalisation.
- PhD, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne (2013)
- BA (First Class Honours in Political Science), University of Melbourne (2007)
Kaye is an executive member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), the Australian branch of CATW International which is a non-government organisation with Category II consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
She has consulted with organisations including Project Respect, SisterWorks, UN Women, and The Salvation Army.
Her industry experience also includes providing expert advice to government bodies and media engagement in the form of radio interviews, advice to producers of television news programs, and published opinion pieces.
Recent articles
- 7 April 2020: ‘When staying home isn’t safe: COVID-19, pornography and the pandemic of violence against women’, ABC Religion and Ethics, co-authored with Dr Meagan Tyler (RMIT)
- 3 March 2020: ‘Should we stop celebrating International Women’s Day’, ABC Religion and Ethics, co-authored with Dr Meagan Tyler (RMIT)
- 15 December 2015: ''Toy wars' a year on: we’re finally recognising the role of culture and attitudes in domestic violence', The Conversation (Aus)
- 25 August 2015: ‘Gender-based violence prevention in the classroom is just a start’, The Conversation (Aus)
- 5 December 2014, ''Toy war' debates misunderstand the causes of domestic violence', The Conversation (Aus)
- Lee, J.,Branford, A.,Carroll-Bell, S.,Ono, A.,Quek, K. (2023). Teaching for Buoyancy in the Pre-carious Present for an Evitable Future In: Living with Precariousness, Bloomsbury Academic, United Kingdom
- Quek, K. (2023). Gender and Security: Reconceptualizing risk and response In: Global Security in an Age of Crisis, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Lee, J.,Branford, A.,Karakas, G.,Kayes, L.,Quek, K. (2023). Digital Inter-est: On Being Together in a Global Digital World In: The Digital Global Condition, Palgrave Macmillan, Gateway East, Singapore
- Farhall, K.,Quek, K.,McVey, L. (2022). Reimagining organisational responses to domestic and family violence: applying a feminist ethics of care to the work–violence interface in non-metropolitan Victoria, Australia In: Labour and Industry, 32, 380 - 403
- Bell, N.,Branford, A.,Karner, N.,Lee, J.,McGarvey, M.,Quek, K. (2020). Global Skills: Articulating the International Studies Skillset and its Value In: Yonsei Journal of International Studies, 12, 41 - 58
- Quek, K. (2019). Patriarchy In: Handbook on Gender and Violence, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- Quek, K. (2018). Marriage Trafficking: Women in Forced Wedlock, Taylor and Francis, Abingdon, United Kingdom
- Tyler, M.,Quek, K. (2016). Conceptualizing pornographication: a lack of clarity and problems for feminist analysis In: Sexualization, Media and Society, 2, 1 - 14
- Quek, K. (2016). Fundamentalist Mormon polygamy and the traffic in women In: Women's Studies International Forum, 58, 25 - 33
- Quek, K. (2015). Questioning 'choice' and 'agency' in the mailorder bride industry In: Freedom Fallacy, Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia
3 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions
- EU-Australia Trade Relations and Ambitious Negotiations: Implications for Security Concerns in the Indo-Pacific. Funded by: European Commission ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Actions from (2024 to 2027)