John Braithwaite. Photo by Darren Boyd.
Distinguished Professor John Braithwaite has won the 2012 Future Justice Prize for his extraordinary efforts and internationally-renowned work in the fields of justice and peacebuilding. The Future Justice Prize is awarded to Australian individuals or organisations who demonstrate leadership and initiative in the advancement of future justice, with a focus on the legacy that those living today leave behind for future generations. Professor Braithwaite, from the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential scholars in the fields of sociology and criminology. In nominating Professor Braithwaite, fellow RegNet professor and ARC Laureate Fellow Hilary Charlesworth highlighted the immense contribution he has made to justice issues. "Indeed, he is one of the most influential social scientists in the world from any discipline and has been described as a 'new Durkheim'," said Professor Charlesworth. "Professor Braithwaite has made an extraordinary contribution to future justice through his interdisciplinary work on a wide range of issues of justice and punishment, including delinquency, white collar crime, republican theory, international business regulation, responsive governance and restorative justice. Most recently, he has been leading an ambitious multidisciplinary study on peacebuilding processes in 48 different countries, some of which have seen the worst level of violence since the 1990s.
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