MrAbraham Kuol

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
most recently as a Project Manager/Research Project Manager in the not-for-profit
sector. He was awarded a 2025 Westpac Social Change Fellowship.

He is 2026 Young Australian of the Year for Victoria.

Abraham provides expert guidance and insights to Victorian state government
departments, local councils, mainstream community organisations, and
cultured based organisations in the youth justice space. He has worked and
consulted for leading culture-based community organisations in the youth
justice space. Abraham is involved in a number of community led justice
focused interventions for South Sudanese communities.

Abraham is part of the Justice, Young People, Community (JYC) Research Group.