She is a Chief Investigator on the Applying Human Rights in Closed Environments: A Strategic Framework for Compliance Australian Research Council Linkage project and a foundational Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Julie has co-authored a book on human trafficking, and written numerous book chapters and articles on topics including human rights and democracy, the domestic implementation of human rights obligations in Victoria, Australia and comparatively, human rights in closed environments, responses to trafficking in persons, the rights of indigenous peoples, and access to civil justice and human rights.