CEA welcomes universities, research centres, academic clinics, supervisors, researchers and student teams who wish to contribute to careful, ethical and evidence-informed work in the area of suspected misclassified male suicides in Queensland.
Our Holistic Approach
CEA’s work requires a holistic approach because a coronial finding is informed by many systems, services and records. Police, health services, forensic services, ambulance records, digital evidence, pathology, hospitals, witnesses, family information, workplace information, government departments and professional reports can all shape how a death is understood.
When these parts are reviewed in isolation, important gaps can be missed.
When they are reviewed together, patterns become clearer. Evidence can be tested against other evidence. Timelines can be checked. Missing records can be identified. Assumptions can be challenged. Conflicts, delays, communication failures and systemic weaknesses can be seen more clearly.
This is why CEA’s review model looks across the full pathway of information that informed, or should have informed, the coronial process.
A Holistic Review
A holistic review can assist CEA to identify whether relevant evidence was preserved, considered and properly understood; whether decisions were made too early or without enough information; whether family concerns were recorded and assessed; whether medical, forensic, digital or investigative material was overlooked; whether communication between agencies broke down; whether records, timelines or findings conflict with other available information; and whether a single case reflects a wider systemic issue.
A Meaningful Opportunity
This work creates a meaningful opportunity for universities to contribute to an emerging public interest area with real-world impact. It brings together law, criminology, forensic science, digital forensics, public health, psychology, social work, ethics, policy, governance and systems research.
Universities bring academic rigour, research skill, supervision, discipline knowledge, ethics frameworks, student capacity and the ability to identify patterns across complex information.
Practical Insight
CEA brings practical casework insight, lived experience, public interest purpose, access to emerging systemic issues, insurance coverage, and a structured review environment supported by its governance, deeds and charitable purpose.
Dignity Is All
Privacy, security and dignity are at the heart of what CEA represents. Every collaboration must protect the dignity of the deceased, the privacy of families, and the integrity of sensitive information.
Practical Learning Environment
A major benefit of collaboration with CEA is access to Comtrac, CEA’s investigation management platform.
Comtrac gives approved university partners a secure and structured way to work with complex information. It assists with organising records, managing exhibits, mapping issues, building chronologies, identifying gaps, linking evidence, testing information against other material, and supporting careful review work across multiple disciplines.
For universities, this creates a practical learning and research environment that goes beyond theory. Students, supervisors and researchers can work within a real investigation management framework, using structured tools designed for complex evidence review and issue analysis.
Collaboration
Through CEA-approved collaboration, university partners can access Comtrac user licences at no licence cost to the university. These licences are available only through CEA and only for approved CEA research, review, student clinic, or structured collaboration work.
Access to Licenses
CEA can make available the number of approved user licences required for the agreed project, clinic, research team or structured review work. This allows universities to involve supervisors, researchers and student teams without the barrier of software licence costs.
Security
CEA’s systems are protected by multi-factor authentication, controlled access, role-based permissions and secure internal processes. Access to Comtrac and any CEA material will be limited to the approved project, approved users and agreed scope of work.
This access has been made available to CEA for this purpose, allowing approved university partners to participate in properly governed review, research and systemic analysis work through a professional investigation management platform.
Comtrac can support universities to:
The benefit for universities is significant. Collaboration with CEA can support applied research, student learning, supervised clinic work, multidisciplinary projects, publications, policy submissions, systemic reform work and public interest outcomes. It gives students and researchers an opportunity to work with real issues, real systems and real consequences while contributing to better practice, stronger evidence and improved outcomes for families and communities.
Research Papers and Outputs
Research papers and approved research outputs produced through CEA collaboration will be published in Our Publications on the CEA website. Approved university partner logos will also be displayed on the CEA website in recognition of their contribution to this important public interest work.
Prevention
This work can also support suicide prevention by identifying missed intervention opportunities, service gaps, communication failures, risk factors and systemic issues affecting men before and after death.
Student Participation
For universities, clinics, supervisors or student groups interested in supervised student involvement, research support, policy work, literature review, education resources or approved project work.
Research Involvement
For academic researchers, research centres, supervisors and institutions interested in research projects, publications, systemic analysis, policy reform, suicide prevention research or public interest research connected to CEA’s charitable purpose.
Structured Review Work
For universities, clinics, researchers, experts and supervised students who may be able to assist with defined review tasks, issue mapping, chronology work, forensic or digital research, evidence organisation or systemic analysis under CEA approval.
CEA is committed to collaboration that is respectful, trauma-informed, privacy-aware, methodologically sound and protective of families. Approved collaborations will be governed through appropriate agreements, confidentiality requirements, conflict declarations, supervision arrangements, privacy safeguards, ethics or governance approval where required, and Trustee and Advisory Committee approval.
CEA welcomes serious proposals from institutions, clinics, supervisors, researchers and academic teams whose work aligns with CEA’s purpose.
To explore a possible collaboration with CEA, please select Research Collaboration Application and complete the form.
CEA would respectfully like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies and waterways on which we work. We recognise the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples amongst the families we care for, our employees, volunteers and supporters, who form part of the oldest continuous living culture on Earth. We pay our respects to them and their Elders past, present and emerging.