Meet
Sophie Hindes
(they/them) Critical Criminologist, Lecturer and Research Fellow
I am an early-career researcher and critical criminologist specialising in the intersections of feminist and queer criminology and gender-based violence. I use qualitative methodologies and take an innovative strengths-based approach to understanding crime and harm, seeking to comprehend how people construct positive relationships, identities, and communities.
I currently hold multiple roles across universities in Australia. I am a Lecturer in Criminology at Monash University, a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland, and a Research Associate at RMIT.
My research impact is demonstrated through my robust publication record in high-impact criminology and gender studies journals. I have also published research reports for government departments and research centres and have developed strong connections with external stakeholders and partners. This includes federal and state governments, peak bodies, and community groups and services.
I value innovative teaching and learning practices, including active learning styles and hybrid course design. I have been commended as an engaging teacher who designs interactive and accessible criminology course content.
I am based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. I live and work on the lands of the Wurundjeri people, and I recognise them as the traditional owners of the land.
This website is a space for me to make my academic writing and research accessible. It is also a space for me to write on issues as an advocate and queer person. I am always open to speaking engagements, lecturing opportunities, consultations, and research collaborations, so please do not hesitate to get in touch!
Sophie Hindes Resume
Education
Teaching/Course Development Experience
Research Positions
Other Experience
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles & Academic Publications:
Hindes, S. (2024). Beyond Consent: Exploring Bi+ People’s Experiences of Negotiating Sex Through a Queer Phenomenological Framework. Australian Feminist Studies, 1–16.
Fileborn, B. & Hindes, S. (2024) It’s “part of this larger tapestry of anti-queer experiences”: LGBTQ+ Australians’ experiences of street harassment. Critical Criminology.
Hindes, S. (2023) Beyond Consent Towards Sexual Agency. Writing From Below.
Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R. & Hindes, S. (2023) Alternative reporting options for sexual assault: Perspectives of victim-survivors. Trends & Issues in Crime & Criminal Justice.
Flynn, A., Powell, A., Hindes, S. (2023) An Intersectional Analysis of Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Prevalence, Experiences and Impacts of Victimization. The British Journal of Criminology. (online first)
Flynn, A., Powell, A., Hindes, S. (2023) Policing Technology-Facilitated Abuse. Policing and Society (online first).
Hindes, S. (2022) Beyond Consent. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education. Palgrave Macmillian. 1-9.
Hindes, S. & Urry, K. (2022) How COVID-19 is (and is not) changing the way we talk about sex and dating: A critical analysis of sex advice during the pandemic. Sexualities. (online first)
Hindes, S. & Fileborn. B. (2022) ‘Why did he do it? Because he’s a fucking bloke’: victim insights into the perpetration of street harassment. The British Journal of Criminology. (online first)
Hindes, S. & Fileborn, B., 2020. Reporting on sexual violence ‘inside the closet’: Masculinity, homosexuality and #MeToo. Crime, Media, Culture. 17(2): 163-184.
Hindes, S. & Fileborn, B., 2019. “Girl power gone wrong”: #MeToo, Aziz Ansari, and media reporting of (grey area) sexual violence. Feminist Media Studies. 20(5): 639-656
Research Reports
Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R. & Hindes, S. (2023) Alternative reporting options for sexual assault: Investigating their use, purpose and potential. Australian Institute of Criminology Research Report.
Flynn, A., Hindes, S., Powell, A. (2022) Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Interviews with Victims and Survivors and Perpetrators. ANROWS.
Powell, A., Flynn, A., Hindes, S. (2022) Technology-Facilitated Abuse: National Survey of Australian Adults Experiences. ANROWS.
Flynn, A., Powell, A., Hindes, S. (2021) Technology-Facilitated Abuse: A Survey of Support Services Stakeholders. ANROWS.
Journalistic and Popular Writing:
Flynn, A., Powell, A., Hindes, S. (2022) Half of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes: New research. The Conversation.
Hindes, S. (2022) Affirmative consent laws are being introduced in NSW, ACT, and VIC and there’s some major issues with them. Umbrella News.
Fileborn, B. & Hindes, S. (2022) Catcalls, homophobia and racism: we studied why people (and especially men) engage in street harassment. The Conversation.
Hindes, S. (2022) It’s time to re-think the politicisation of violence against women. Umbrella News.
Fileborn, B, & Hindes, S. (2021) How to get consent for sex (and no, it doesn’t have to spoil the mood). The Conversation.
Hindes, S., Ison, J. & Fileborn, B. (2021). LGBTQ+ people are being ignored in the national conversation on family and sexual violence. The Conversation.
Fileborn, B. & Hindes, S. (2021) Consent apps are a bad idea – here’s why. Pursuit.
Fileborn, B., Loney-Howes, R. & Hindes, S. (2019) #MeToo has changed the media landscape, but in Australia there is still much to be done. The Conversation.
Parlimentary Submissions:
Fileborn, B., Loney-Howes, R., O’Neill, T., & Hindes, S. (2020) Submission to the VLRC – Improving the Response of the Justice System to Sexual Offences
Presentations
Hindes, S., Ison, J. & Fileborn, B. (2023) Adult LGBTQ+ Sexual Violence: A Critical Scoping Review. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. State Library of Victoria.
Hindes, S. (2023) Invited interstate keynote speaker. Queer Theory Reading Group Conference: Queer Voice and Absence. Macquarie University, 28 September 2023.
Hindes, S. (2023) Invited speaker. Queering Consent. Sexual Communication and Consent – New Challenges and Directions. La Trobe University. 12 September 2023.
Hindes, S. (2023). Lived Experience. Invited guest workshop presented at the University of Melbourne – Critical Paradigms Series.
Hindes, S. et al. Roundtable: Queering Gender-Based Violence. (2022). Roundtable invited guest speaker. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Darwin Convention Centre.
Hindes, S. et al. Alternative reporting options for disclosing or reporting sexual violence: challenges, complexities and ways forward (2022). Panel guest speaker, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Darwin Convention Centre.
Hindes, S. (2022) Beyond consent: how queer people negotiate sex and identity. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Darwin Convention Centre.
Hindes, S. (2022) Beyond consent: how queer people negotiate sex and identity. Invited keynote at the Sexology in Practice Symposium. Australian Society of Sexologists (online).
Hindes, S. (2022) Beyond consent towards comfort: A phenomenological understanding of sexual communication. Queer Theory Reading Group Conference: Questions and Directions. Macquarie University.
Hindes, S. & Fileborn, B. (2022) LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of street harassment. Queer Theory Reading Group Conference: Questions and Directions Conference. Macquarie University.
Hindes, S. (2022) Yes means yes? Consent and sex education. Invited panelist for the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology ‘Gender, Sex and Sexualities’ thematic group event.
Hindes, S. (2022) Panel on fieldwork, friendship, and failure. Invited guest speaker for Ethnoforum at the University of Melbourne.
Hindes, S. (2022) Rethinking sexual consent as a preventative mechanism for sexual violence. Invited video content creation for the University of Melbourne subject Gender and Crime.
Urry, K., & Hindes, S. (2021). “Sex Breaks Every Rule of Physical Distancing”: Representations of Sex, Dating, and Intimacy in Australian Online Media During Lockdown 1.0. Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Hindes, S. (2021) Beyond consent: how queer people navigate sex and relationships. As part of the panel: Beyond law reform: (re)imagining responses to gendered violence. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference. Griffith Criminology Institute.
Hindes, S. (2021) From Consent to Sexual Agency: Queer Insights on Negotiating Sex. Invited guest lecture presented at the Barry Symposium: Criminology and it’s Discontents at The University of Melbourne.
Hindes, S. (2021). From Consent to Sexual Agency: Queer Insights on Negotiating Sex. Conference Paper presented at New Futures in Gender and Sexualities at Deakin University.
Hindes, S. (2021). Positive Criminology. Invited guest workshop presented at the University of Melbourne – Critical Paradigms Series.
Hindes, S. and Mitchell, M. (2020). All Tied Up: Playing with Queer Tensions. Invited guest Lecture/Workshop presented at the University of Melbourne – ‘Criminology Conversations’ series.
Hindes, S. (2020). Social Change with and Outside the Law: Sexual Violence, Rape Law Reform and Consent. Invited guest lecture presented at the University of Melbourne for the undergraduate course Law, Justice and Social Change.
Hindes, S. (2020). Sex and the Body. Guest workshop presented at the University of Melbourne – Critical Paradigms Series.
Hindes, S. (2019). Queering Consent. Paper presented at the Victorian Postgraduate Criminology Conference, Monash University, Melbourne.
Hindes, S. (2019). Queering Consent. Paper presented at the Bodies of Work Conference, Sydney University, Sydney
Media
Podcast guest:
2020 – Triple-bi-pass on JoyFM: Queering Consent with Sophie Hindes!
2020 – Out of the Pan on 3CR with Sally Goldner: Queering Consent and Mardi Gras Review
2020 – PhD Pandemic Episode 1: Sexual Consent in Queer Relationships