Clue Coman

Clue Coman

PhD Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
Centre for Social Research in Health

Supervisors: Anthony K J Smith, Christy Newman, Andy Kaladelfos

Clue Coman (they/them) is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW.

Their research explores the social imaginary of queer justice, and examines the direct and social harms impacting LGBTQIA+ people through the frameworks of critical human rights, queer theory, and zemiology. This thesis interrogates the justice gap between the legal and institutional protections for queer communities, and the reality of their lived experiences.

They have previously been awarded a Masters in Social Justice (Human Rights) from University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Politics Philosophy and Economics from the Australian National University.

  • Social imaginaries of justice
  • Queer theory
  • Creative research methods