Abraham Kuol is an Associate Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University; his research explores the post settlement challenges of African Australians with a focus on justice system contact. His research interests include youth violence, risk, and protective factors for offending, and culturally and linguistically diverse young people. Abraham possesses an undergraduate and honours degree in Project Management from RMIT University. He has worked and consulted for leading culture-based community organisations in the youth justice space.