About
Ruby Crandell is an advocate and researcher specialising in community-led initiatives within tertiary institutions and the gender-climate nexus. She has extensive experience designing and delivering programs that promote inclusion and prevent gender-based violence across university communities. Ruby’s research focuses on gender-responsive climate policymaking, examining how institutions can better integrate equity and sustainability in domestic and international contexts. She is open to consultancy work and short-term tenders related to gender, climate, and social inclusion.
Ruby believes in decolonial and community-led approaches that champion the voices of those most affected by systemic inequalities: amplifying the solutions they create and working with rather than for communities.
PROJECTS
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2025
PROJECT LEAD
The two faces of Australian policy at the gender-climate nexus: sifting priorities through the “Janus Sieve”
Thesis examining differentiation between Australia’s domestic and foreign in their approaches to gender-responsive climate action. This study develops an original framework—the Janus Sieve—to explain how institutional structures and narratives filter international norms into divergent outcomes. By uncovering how institutional design mediates global norms, the thesis advances theory on intra-state policy divergence and highlights the need for more integrated, gender-responsive climate governance.
2025
CONTRIBUT
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Submission to the Productivity Commission (Australia) on investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transition brief
Alongside my colleagues at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership I worked on a submission to the Australian Productivity Commission. The brief put forth a series of recommendations for Australia to pursue a more equitable and inclusive Net Zero Transition.
2023-25
PROJECT
LEAD
The Australian National Universities’ sexual and gender based violence prevention programme
Responsible for the design, delivery, and evaluation of online and in-person train-the-trainer programs focused on informed consent, bystander intervention, and sexual and gender-based violence prevention. These programs, aligned with national best-practice standards, engage and educate over 10,000 ANU students each year.
WORK
2025-Current
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
The Global Institute of Women’s Leadership
Research think-tank founded by ex-Prime Minister Julia Gillard pursuing research into effective, evidence-based solutions to advance gender equality.
Responsibilities include project management, co-authoring peer-reviewed articles, developing tailored qualitative and quantitative methods, collaboration within diverse teams, and liaising with the Australian Government to advance gender integration in climate and security policy.
2023-25
PROJECT
OFFICER
Inclusive and Respectful Communities Unit, The Australian National University
Responsibilities include designing and delivering online and in-person programs addressing gender inequality, racism, and ableism across the ANU community. This includes leading gender-based violence prevention programs reaching over 10,000 students annually, developing trauma-informed and restorative practice initiatives, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to ensure culturally sensitive and inclusive program design.
2024
INTERN
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Australia
Responsibilities include coordinating official communications with embassies and external stakeholders, preparing policy briefs and memos on current affairs across Australia, Asia, and the Pacific, monitoring key geopolitical developments, and drafting and editing speeches for the Ambassador’s formal engagements.
EDUCATION
2021— 2025
Bachelor of International Relations (Honours)
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
2021 – 2024
Bachelor of Arts (major in Middle Eastern and Central Asian studies)
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
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