Research Interests
Care Ethics, Critical Animal Studies, Trans-species Trauma, Vegan Ecofeminism

Biography

Cassie Pedersen is a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Federation University Australia, based on Wurundjeri land in Narrm (Melbourne). Her work interrogates the interplay between the ordinary and the extraordinary, revealing how extraordinary harms are embedded in ordinary, everyday practices. Her interests include vegan ecofeminism, care ethics, trans-species trauma, and critical animal studies.

Key Publications

• Pedersen, C. (2025). From the rural idyll to the animal industrial complex: Advancing an anti-speciesist rural criminology of disaster. International Journal of Rural Criminology, 9(2), 241–262. https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.6265
• Burrell, S.R. & Pedersen, C. (2025). From men’s violence to an ethic of care: Ecofeminist contributions to green criminology. Journal of Criminology, 58(3), 372–388. https://doi.org/10.1177/26338076241293145

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