Overview
Deborah Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Student Engagement, Experience and Employability (SEEE) Academic Lead in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work (NMSW) since September 2021. In this academic leadership role, Deborah engages with staff and students groups across the different disciplines and programs in NMSW to facilitate participatory practices and create multiple opportunities for students to engage, express themselves, connect and belong. This has involved partnering with students from each discipline in the School in a Student-Staff Partnership (SSP) Project to co-create a NMSW Student Experience Action Plan (SAP). The SSP project positioned student voices at the heart of the process and emphasised the added value of interdisciplinary connections to facilitate the interchange of knowledge, practice and skills between disciplines that side-steps separate and distinct professional silos.
Since joining UQ, Deborah has undertaken a range of leadership roles in the School. From 2013 until 2016, she was Program Lead of the Bachelor of Social Work and subsequently Bachelor of the Social Work (Honours) overseeing the program through the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Academic Program Review (APR), mapping to AQF Level 8 (Honours) and Reaccreditation of the Program by the Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (ASWEAS) in 2016. She resumed this leadership role to lead the APR and Reaccreditation of the Program in 2021. She was the Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Program Lead in the School from 2019 to 2021 leading the program through COVID-19.
Deborah teaches social work across undergraduate and post-graduate programs in the School and supervises Higher Degree by Research students. Her main teaching areas are group work, community development and international social work. She brings many years of experience in hospital and community-based social work as well as international community development practice in South Africa, India (Kolkata and Bangalore), Nepal (Kathmandu) and Indonesia (North Sumatra) to her teaching. Central to her pedagogy is modelling professional practice by example, and creating safe, supported and enabling learning environments where social work students can build their repertoire of practice skills and capacities which empowers them as learners and future professionals. Deborah grounds her social work teaching in values such as social justice and human rights, criticality and working collectively to nurture dynamic, innovative forms of practice that can respond to contemporary community, environmental and societal issues. Deborah is passionate about social work and the environment and researches and incorporates ecosocial work into her community development teaching. She is a member of BrisLETS which is a Brisbane-based local energy trading system.
Since joining UQ, Deborah has attained recognition for her teaching through receiving the following awards: Dean's Scholar Commendations for Teaching (2012 and 2013); School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work Teaching and Learning Award: Respect and Support for the Development of Students (2016); UQ Teaching and Learning Award: Commendation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2017); and Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Teaching and Learning Award: Commendation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2022). She became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy through the HEA@UQ program in June 2019 which is an established international recognition scheme for university educators. Currently she is an Affiliate Academic with the UQ Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) which is an academic outreach role offered by ITaLI to UQ academics who can demonstrate expertise in teaching and learning.
Since her first research paper on child sexual abuse in The South African Medical Journal in 1988, Deborah has published on systems, policies and practices in health, education and justice that impact on children, young people, families, and communities. In Australia, she developed the North Sydney Area Health Service’s response to young people and adults who experienced childhood sexual abuse, and contributed to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) policy and protocols in New South Wales (and subsequently in Ireland). In Canberra, Deborah developed support programs for refugee children with the Torture and Trauma Rehabilitation and Network Service (TRANSACT). Her publications on children’s rights and child protection foreground the critical contributions of child protection practitioners, academics, non-government organisations, professional groups, children’s rights advocates and child abuse survivor groups to policy, theory, research, and practice. Working with East Cork Area Development (ECAD) which is a community partnership between public, community and voluntary sectors; youth organisations in East Cork; and the Health Service Executive (HSE), Deborah collaborated on a community-based project which explored the needs of over 700 young people in Cork, Ireland.
Deborah is committed to international outreach, engagement and leadership in social work and community development research and education.Through international collaborations in social work in Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and Singapore, Deborah contributes to interdisciplinary leadership in collaborative projects and journal publications including the British Journal of Social Work, European Journal of Social Work, Social Work Education and Ethics and Social Welfare. She co-authored Social Work and Community Development: A Critical Practice Perspective (2015; Palgrave McMillan) with Dr. Catherine Forde at University College Cork in Ireland and in 2021 she co-edited a themed section of the Community Development Journal with Dr Catherine Ford (University of Cork) and Dr Athena Lathouras (University of the Sunshine Coast). The section focused on community development and social work education and explored contemporary themes such as COVID-related circumstances, digital technologies for social good, the climate crisis and economic inequality and achieving economic opportunity and justice. In addition, Deborah contributes to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through innovative conceptual papers such as the use of visual pedagogies to develop students’ observational skills and criticality in a digital era (The British Journal of Social Work) and on her teaching experiences and lessons learned during COVID-19 (UQ Teaching and Learning Newsletter; Social Dialogue).
Deborah builds interdisciplinary partnerships through research collaborations which align with, and support her program of research in community development. Her recent Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project (2022-2025) focuses on how school-community partnerships underpinned by social justice principles can enable and empower young people experiencing disadvantages and vulnerabilities to engage in education. She is part of an established research team and program initiated by the UQ Humanities and Social Science (HASS) Strategic Research Funding (SRF) Scheme. This research builds on commissioned work with the Queensland Department of Education on school attendance.
Deborah is passionate about health equity. She is keen to draw on community development approaches in research scholarship to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups and communities. In November, 2023 she contributed to the Singapore Ministry of Health National Training Programme as a Visiting Expert in Community Development. Currently, through an inter-disciplinary Indigenous research collaboration within nursing and midwifery colleagues and HDR social work students in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Deborah is researching community-based prevention programs and initiatives to address Rheumatic Heart Disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.
Other Outputs: Empowering communities for health: the dynamic role of community development in Singapore
Lynch, Deborah and Forde, Catherine (2024). Empowering communities for health: the dynamic role of community development in Singapore. N/A N/A: N/A.
Journal Article: Stability in statutory kinship care: a grounded theory study of placement stability in Australia
Clarke, Annaley, Healy, Karen, Lynch, Debby and Featherstone, Gerald (2024). Stability in statutory kinship care: a grounded theory study of placement stability in Australia. Children and Youth Services Review, 156 107289, 107289. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107289
Conference Publication: Exploring school-community partnerships approaches to improve school attendance: a systematic review of the literature
Lynch, Deborah, Carroll, Annemaree, Mills, Martin and Corbett, Brooklyn (2023). Exploring school-community partnerships approaches to improve school attendance: a systematic review of the literature. ANZSWWER 2023 Symposium: Being Global, Regional and Local in Social Work and Human Services: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation, Griffith University Gold Coast Queensland Australia, 2-3 November 2023.
Towards a School-Community Based Approach to Addressing Student Absenteeism
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
Research on effective strategies for improving school attendance
(2016–2017) Queensland Department of Education and Training
Decision Making in Multi-Agency Child Protection Systems: An Exploratory Study
(2012–2013) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Bicultural parenting and acculturation: a social constructionist perspective on the experience of Filipinos and long-time Australians on parenting in Queensland
Doctor Philosophy
A Silent Shame: Exploring the Lived Experience of Adolescent-to-Mother Violence Where There is a History of Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Doctor Philosophy
Effectiveness of Primary Prevention Programmes in Changing Citizens Beliefs and Attitudes towards Violence against Women in Ghana
Doctor Philosophy
Social work and community development
Forde, Catherine and Lynch, Deborah (2015). Social work and community development. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan.
Children's rights and child protection: Critical times, critical issues in Ireland
Deborah Lynch and Kenneth Burns eds. (2012). Children's rights and child protection: Critical times, critical issues in Ireland. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.
Child protection and welfare social work: Contemporary themes and practice perspectives
Kenneth Burns and Deborah Lynch eds. (2008). Child protection and welfare social work: Contemporary themes and practice perspectives. Dublin, Ireland: A & A Farmar.
Lynch, Deborah (2020). Community practice and social development in a global world: critical engagement and practical action. Community practice and social development in social work. (pp. 363-383) edited by Sarah Todd and Julie Drolet. Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-6969-8_19
Kelleher, Pat and Lynch, Deborah (2012). 'Walking a tightrope': exploring uncertainties in the initial assessment of suspected non-accidental head injury to an infant in statutory child protection and welfare. Children's rights and child protection: Critical times, critical issues in Ireland. (pp. 146-167) edited by Deborah Lynch and Kenneth Burns. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.
Politics, democracy and protecting children
Burns, Kenneth and Lynch, Deborah (2012). Politics, democracy and protecting children. Children's rights and child protection: Critical times, critical issues in Ireland. (pp. 1-14) edited by Deborah Lynch and Kenneth Burns. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.
Contexts, themes and future directions in Irish child protection and welfare social work
Lynch, D. and Burns, K. (2008). Contexts, themes and future directions in Irish child protection and welfare social work. Child protection and welfare social work: Contemporary themes and practice perspectives. (pp. 1-8) Dublin, Ireland: A & A Farmar.
Stability in statutory kinship care: a grounded theory study of placement stability in Australia
Clarke, Annaley, Healy, Karen, Lynch, Debby and Featherstone, Gerald (2024). Stability in statutory kinship care: a grounded theory study of placement stability in Australia. Children and Youth Services Review, 156 107289, 107289. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107289
The use of a constructivist grounded theory method - a good fit for social work research
Clarke, Annaley, Healy, Karen, Lynch, Deborah and Featherstone, Gerald (2023). The use of a constructivist grounded theory method - a good fit for social work research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. doi: 10.1177/16094069231186257
Community development and social work teaching and learning in a time of global interruption
Lynch, Deborah, Lathouras, Athena and Forde, Catherine (2021). Community development and social work teaching and learning in a time of global interruption. Community Development Journal , 56 (4) bsab028, 566-586. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsab028
Introduction—community development in social work education: themes for a changing world
Forde, Catherine, Lynch, Deborah and Lathouras, Athena (2021). Introduction—community development in social work education: themes for a changing world. Community Development Journal , 56 (4) bsab027, 561-565. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsab027
Integrating visual thinking strategies in social work education: opportunities for the future?
Lynch, Deborah (2021). Integrating visual thinking strategies in social work education: opportunities for the future?. The British Journal of Social Work, 52 (3), 1643-1661. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcab121
“I’m not sitting around doing nothing with my life”: The aspirations of school-aged mothers
Howell, Angelique and Lynch, Deborah (2020). “I’m not sitting around doing nothing with my life”: The aspirations of school-aged mothers. International Journal of Educational Research, 103 101646, 101646. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101646
Tham, Pia and Lynch, Deborah (2020). ‘Perhaps I should be working with potted plants or standing at the fish counter instead?’: newly educated social workers’ reflections on their first years in practice (Jag kanske skulle arbeta med krukväxter eller stå i fiskdisken istället?: Nyexaminerade socionomers reflektioner över deras första år i yrket). European Journal of Social Work, 24 (3), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2020.1760793
Changing contexts of practice: challenges for social work and community development
Lynch, Deborah, Forde, Catherine and Lathouras, Athena (2019). Changing contexts of practice: challenges for social work and community development. Australian Social Work, 73 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2019.1694047
Approaches to Improving School Attendance: Insights from Australian School Principals
Mills, Martin, Howell, Angelique, Lynch, Deborah and Dungan, John (2019). Approaches to Improving School Attendance: Insights from Australian School Principals. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 20 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/15700763.2019.1695847
Russ, Erica, Lonne, Bob and Lynch, Deborah (2019). Increasing child protection workforce retention through promoting a relational-reflective framework for resilience. Child Abuse and Neglect, 110 (Pt 3) 104245, 104245. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104245
Burck, David, Walsh, Deborah and Lynch, Deborah (2019). Silenced mothers: exploring definitions of adolescent-to-parent violence and implications for practice. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 21 (1), 7-18.
Lost in transition? Newly educated social workers' reflections on their first months in practice
Tham, Pia and Lynch, Deborah (2017). Lost in transition? Newly educated social workers' reflections on their first months in practice. European Journal of Social Work, 22 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2017.1364701
Decision making in child and family welfare: the role of tools and practice frameworks
Gillingham, Philip, Harnett, Paul , Healy, Karen , Lynch, Debby and Tower, Marion (2017). Decision making in child and family welfare: the role of tools and practice frameworks. Children Australia, 42 (1), 49-56. doi: 10.1017/cha.2016.51
Lynch, Deborah and Forde, Catherine (2016). ‘Moral Distress’ and the beginning practitioner: preparing social work students for ethical and moral challenges in contemporary contexts. Ethics and Social Welfare, 10 (2), 94-107. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2016.1155634
Tham, Pia and Lynch, Deborah (2014). Prepared for practice? Graduating social work students' reflections on their education, competence and skills. Social Work Education, 33 (6), 704-717. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2014.881468
Critical practice for challenging times: social workers' engagement with community work
Forde, Catherine and Lynch, Deborah (2013). Critical practice for challenging times: social workers' engagement with community work. British Journal of Social Work, 44 (8), 2078-2094. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bct091
Social work within a community discourse: Challenges for teaching
Lynch, Debby and Forde, Catherine (2006). Social work within a community discourse: Challenges for teaching. Social Work Education, 25 (8), 851-862. doi: 10.1080/02615470600915902
Prior childhood sexual abuse in mothers of sexually abused children
Oates, R. Kim, Tebbutt, Jennifer, Swanston, Heather, Lynch, Deborah L. and O'Toole, Brian I. (1998). Prior childhood sexual abuse in mothers of sexually abused children. Child Abuse and Neglect, 22 (11), 1113-1118. doi: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00091-X
Oates, R. K., Lynch, D. L., Stern, A. E., O'Toole, B. I. and Cooney, G. (1995). Correction: The criminal justice system and the sexually abused child. Help or hindrance? (Medical Journal of Australia (1995) 162 (126-130)). Medical Journal of Australia, 162 (12)
Self Esteem, Depression, Behaviour and Family Functioning in Sexually Abused Children
Stern, Anne E., Lynch, Deborah L., Oates, R. Kim, O'Toole, Brian I. and Cooney, George (1995). Self Esteem, Depression, Behaviour and Family Functioning in Sexually Abused Children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 36 (6), 1077-1089. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb01352.x
The criminal justice system and the sexually abused child. Help or hindrance?
Oates, R. K., Lynch, D. L., Stern, A. E., O'Toole, B. I. and Gooney, G. (1995). The criminal justice system and the sexually abused child. Help or hindrance?. Medical Journal of Australia, 162 (3), 126-127+129.
Stability and Change in Outcomes for Sexually Abused Children
OATES, R. KIM, O'TOOLE, BRIAN I., LYNCH, DEBORAH L., STERN, ANNE and COONEY, GEORGE (1994). Stability and Change in Outcomes for Sexually Abused Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33 (7), 945-953. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199409000-00003
Who Participates in Child Sexual Abuse Research?
Lynch, Deborah L., Stern, Anne E., Kim Oates, R. and O'Toole, Brian I. (1993). Who Participates in Child Sexual Abuse Research?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 34 (6), 935-944. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01099.x
Lynch, Deborah, Carroll, Annemaree, Mills, Martin and Corbett, Brooklyn (2023). Exploring school-community partnerships approaches to improve school attendance: a systematic review of the literature. ANZSWWER 2023 Symposium: Being Global, Regional and Local in Social Work and Human Services: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation, Griffith University Gold Coast Queensland Australia, 2-3 November 2023.
Yang, Tingting, Lynch, Deborah and Rix, Janine (2022). Partnering with students to enhance social connection and a sense of belonging following the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 National Students as Partners Roundtable , Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, 22 - 23 November 2022.
Ecosocial work concept map: a herb spiral of knowledge
Skinner, Alex and Lynch, Deborah (2022). Ecosocial work concept map: a herb spiral of knowledge. Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9 -11 November 2022.
Social work education in ecosocial transition
Lynch, Deborah, Skinner, Alex and Lam, Yik Ling (2022). Social work education in ecosocial transition. Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9 - 11 November 2022.
Community development in social work education: themes for a changing world
Lynch, Deborah, Forde, Catherine and Lathouras, Athena (2022). Community development in social work education: themes for a changing world. Australian & New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research (ANZSWWER), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9 - 11 November 2022.
Partnering to co-create a student experience action plan
Lynch, Deborah, Rix, Janine, Lewis, Peter and Humphrey, Tracy (2022). Partnering to co-create a student experience action plan. 2022 Teaching and Learning (T&L) Week The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October - 4 November 2022.
Illuminating partnership: partnering to co-create a student experience action plan
Yang, TIngting, Lynch, Deborah and Rix, Janine (2022). Illuminating partnership: partnering to co-create a student experience action plan. Student-Staff Partnership (SSP) Project Showcase , Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 October 2022.
A Social Work Journey: Critical Reflections on a Program of Research with Schools
Lynch, Deborah (2019). A Social Work Journey: Critical Reflections on a Program of Research with Schools. International Conference on Change and Innovation for a Better World, Hong Kong, 27-28 June 2019.
Lynch, Deborah and Howell, Angelique (2019). I want to go back to school but how am I going to do this? Young mothers' perspectives on completing schooling. Australian Young Pregnant and Parenting Network National Symposuim, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia, 8-9 August 2019.
Approaches to improving school attendance: Insights from Queensland principals
Howell, A., Lynch, D., Mills, M. and Dungan, J. (2017). Approaches to improving school attendance: Insights from Queensland principals. Australian Association for Research in Education, Canberra, 26-30 November 2017.
'Moral Distress' and the beginning practitioner
Lynch, D. (2016). 'Moral Distress' and the beginning practitioner. Australian Association of Social Workers, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD Australia, 26 November 2016.
Critical practice for challenging times: Social Workers' engagement with Community Development
Lynch, D. and Forde, C. (2015). Critical practice for challenging times: Social Workers' engagement with Community Development. Fifth European Conference for Social Work Research, University of Ljubljanu, Slovenia, 22-24 April 2015.
Preparing students for health and social care practice through inter-professional learning
Turpin, Merrill, Lynch, Deborah, Spermon, Deborah and Steel, Emily (2015). Preparing students for health and social care practice through inter-professional learning. HERDSA Annual International Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 6-9 July 2015. Milperra, NSW, Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA).
Researching the role of ethnicity in child protection decision-making
Keddall, E., Gillingham, P. and Lynch, D. (2015). Researching the role of ethnicity in child protection decision-making. 14th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 March - 1 April 2015.
Lynch, D. and Forde, C. (2014). Social Work and Community Development: Global, Connected and Critical Perspectives for Social Work Education. Joint Social Work Education and Social Development World Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 9-12 July 2014.
The real world of school refusal: The connections between research, practice and actions
Lynch, D (2014). The real world of school refusal: The connections between research, practice and actions. Supporting Young People's Renegagement Forum, Nundah, Brisbane, 26 November 2014.
Decision-making in multi-agency child protection systems: an exploratory study
Lynch, D. and Felton, K. (2013). Decision-making in multi-agency child protection systems: an exploratory study. 13th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Dublin, Ireland, 15 - 18 September 2013.
Lynch, D. and Tham, P. (2013). Prepared for Practice? Graduating social work students' reflections on their education, competence and skills. 3rd ENSACT Joint European Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-19 April 2013.
Politics, Democracy and Protecting Children
Burns, K. and Lynch, D. (2012). Politics, Democracy and Protecting Children. Politiche Sociali, Democrazia E Protezione Dell'infanzia Conference, Italy, 26 June 2012.
Who sets the standards? A comparison of social work education in three countries
Healy, K., Tham, P. and Lynch, D. (2012). Who sets the standards? A comparison of social work education in three countries. Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Education (AASWE) Symposuim, Magill Campus, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 27 - 28 September 2012.
Professional formation on the Master of Social Work: An exploration from students’ perspectives
Lynch, D., Bantry-White, E. and McCaughren, S. (2011). Professional formation on the Master of Social Work: An exploration from students’ perspectives. 13th UK Joint Social Work Education Conference with 5th UK Social Work Research Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, 14 July 2011.
The Transformative Paradigm: New Possibilities for Social Work Research?
Lynch, D., Forde, C. and Hurley, M. (2011). The Transformative Paradigm: New Possibilities for Social Work Research?. Irish Research Coucil for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCSS) Research Development Initiative, Cork, Ireland, 20-24 June 2011.
Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning on the Master of Social Work Programme
Lynch, D. and Forde, C. (2010). Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning on the Master of Social Work Programme. 4th Annual Conference of The National Academy for Integration of Research & Teaching & Learning (NAIRTL), Dublin, Ireland, 6-7 October 2010.
Kelleher, P. and Lynch, D. (2009). Walking a Tightrope: Exploring uncertainties in the initial assessment of suspected non-accidental head injury to an infant. Children's Rights and Child Protection Conference: Critical Times, Critical issues, Cork, Ireland, 23 October 2009.
Empowering communities for health: the dynamic role of community development in Singapore
Lynch, Deborah and Forde, Catherine (2024). Empowering communities for health: the dynamic role of community development in Singapore. N/A N/A: N/A.
Community development in social work education: themes for a changing world
Lynch, Deborah , Forde, Catherine and Lathouras, Athena (2022). Community development in social work education: themes for a changing world. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
'What am I missing?' Finding connection in an online community development course during COVID-19
Lynch, Deborah and Forde, Catherine (2021). 'What am I missing?' Finding connection in an online community development course during COVID-19. Social Dialogue (25) 05.
Blog post – “You’re on mute!” New choreographies in virtual teaching and learning sessions
Lynch, Deborah (2021). Blog post – “You’re on mute!” New choreographies in virtual teaching and learning sessions . Online: ITaLI, The University of Queensland.
Mills, Martin, Howell, Angelique, Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Lynch, Deborah, Phillips, Louise, Carroll, Annemaree, Dungan, John, Hellens, Andrea and Sheppard, Karen (2018). Making every day count: effective strategies to improve student attendance in Queensland state schools. Brisbane, Queensland: The University of Queensland.
McGrath, Mary and Lynch, Deborah (2007). Where do you go when you go out? Young people's views on youth friendly facilities in East Cork: A report. Dublin, Dublin, Cork:
Towards a School-Community Based Approach to Addressing Student Absenteeism
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
Research on effective strategies for improving school attendance
(2016–2017) Queensland Department of Education and Training
Decision Making in Multi-Agency Child Protection Systems: An Exploratory Study
(2012–2013) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Bicultural parenting and acculturation: a social constructionist perspective on the experience of Filipinos and long-time Australians on parenting in Queensland
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
A Silent Shame: Exploring the Lived Experience of Adolescent-to-Mother Violence Where There is a History of Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Effectiveness of Primary Prevention Programmes in Changing Citizens Beliefs and Attitudes towards Violence against Women in Ghana
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
The person of the counsellor in the practice of counselling: exploring therapist traits through Virtue Theory
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Family-School-Community Conceptualisation of School Absenteeism
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Witnessing resilience: Resilience of child protection workers in Queensland.
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Stability in Statutory Kinship Care : A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Placement Stability.
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Two homes that used to be one. What has grief got to do with it?
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Women's participation in local governance in Mongolia
(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor