Mediator and Broader Consulting
A reflective look at impartiality, consultancy, and the blurry edges between them Many mediators encounter this tension. You are invited into a workplace to support the resolution of a particular conflict between two individuals, and along the way you notice broader structural or cultural problems.
WHAT I’VE BEEN READING: Man-Made: How the Bias of the Past is Being Built Into the Future, by Tracey Spicer
Australian Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer brings her investigative journalism skills and wicked sense of humour to explore AI’s past, present and future. Spicer uncovers the inherent biases the way AI works, as well as in the history of AI and who controls its future.
Tending the Fire: A Conflict Makeover
Conflict really does have a bad reputation. We tend to treat it as something to prevent, contain, clear up, or make disappear. But what if we are wrong about conflict? Civil rights, women’s suffrage, and workplace safety laws did not come from people politely agreeing
How Do We Get Party B to Agree to Mediate?
It’s a deceptively simple question. After all, mediation is voluntary. If one person says no, that should be the end of it. Yet, in practice, mediators are regularly drawn into the space between willingness and refusal. How far should they go in encouraging participation? When
WHAT I’VE BEEN READING: NeuroTribes: The Untold History of Autism and the Potential of Neurodiversity, by Steve Silberman
There is a lot of noise about autism at the moment: claims, counterclaims, politics, and misinformation. But confusion about autism is not new. The boundaries of what it means, and the tension between those searching for a cause or cure and those seeking real support,
Dr Judith Rafferty Presents on Trauma, Justice, and Healing at the International Association of Genocide Studies Conference
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow Dr Judith Rafferty represented The Cairns Institute at the 2025 Conference of the International Association of Genocide Studies (IAGS) in Johannesburg, South Africa (20–24 October 2025). The event, themed  The Challenge of ‘Never Again’: Engaging with Protection and Prevention of Genocide,