Publications
Book Chapters
Ramsay, Rebekah B. and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2018). Underestimating legacy: lessons learned from mining-caused displacement and resettlement. Routledge handbook of community development research. (pp. 55-68) edited by Shevellar, Lynda and Westoby, Peter. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-4
Moran, Mark, Simpson Reeves, Laura and Wright, Alyson (2018). Complicating dynamics: adapting the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to a remote indigenous context in Australia. Routledge handbook of community development research. (pp. 146-160) edited by Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-10
Liu, Shuang and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2017). Intercultural communication study in Australia. The international encyclopedia of intercultural communication. (pp. 1-9) edited by Young Yun Kim. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0078
Liu, Shuang and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2016). Migration and Aging. Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. (pp. 1-7) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_292-1
Journal Articles
Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues.
Simpson Reeves, Laura, Clarke, Andrew, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57 (4), 783-797. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.201
Parsell, Cameron, Hutchins, Marcus, Simpson Reeves, Laura and Deighton, Chris (2021). Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 36 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1959163
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2020). Review of Helmut Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak (eds) (2020), Absolute Poverty in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon, Bristol: Policy Press. Journal of Social Policy, 50 (1), 212-214. doi: 10.1017/S0047279420000598
Simpson Reeves, Laura, Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2020). Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’. Journal of Sociology, 56 (3), 439-454. doi: 10.1177/1440783319851204
Simpson Reeves, Laura and Hinthorne, Lauren Leigh (2019). Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies? A case study from Papua New Guinea. Community Development Journal, 54 (3) bsx047, 371-388. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsx047
Perales, Francisco, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Plage, Stefanie and Baxter, Janeen (2019). The family lives of Australian lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a review of the literature and a research agenda. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 17 (1), 43-60. doi: 10.1007/s13178-018-0367-4
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2019). Review of Lori Kido Lopez, Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship. International Journal of Communication, 13, 2513-2515.
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2018). Book review: Darin Barney, Gabriella Coleman, Christine Ross, Jonathan Sterne, and Tamar Tembeck (Eds.), The Participatory Condition in the Digital Age. International Journal of Communication, 12, 4465-4467.
Engel, Susan and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2018). What do they need to know? Core skills for postgraduate development studies students : Core skills for postgraduate development studies students. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 59 (2), 212-225. doi: 10.1111/apv.12191
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2015). Visualizing participatory development communication in social change processes: challenging the notion that visual research methods are inherently participatory. International Journal of Communication, 9 (2015), 3327-3346.
Hinthorne, Lauren Leigh and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2015). Using purpose-made objects for visual research: an exploratory case study. Visual Communication, 14 (2), 155-178. doi: 10.1177/1470357214565585
Conference Papers
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2019). Family, Food and Faith: How Samoan and Tongan diaspora in Australia imagine ‘the good life’. American Anthropological Association and Canadian Anthropological Society Joint Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 20-24 November 2019.
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2017). Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies?. International Visual Methods Conference, Singapore, 16-18 August 2017.
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2016). Challenging hierarchies: the role of visual research methods in participatory development. ISA RC33 9th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Leicester, United Kingdom, 11-16 September 2016.
Simpson Reeves, Laura and Moran, Mark (2016). Assessing the impact of public finances on the PNG-Australia borderland. Australasian Aid and International Development Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 10-11 February 2016.
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2014). The role of visual methods in multilingual spaces when promoting participation. Rhizomes VIII Conference: Surviving and Thriving in Multilingual Spaces, Brisbane, Australia, 10-11 February 2014.
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2013). Modelling development: The benefits of a participatory approach. Perspectives on Progress Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 27-29 November 2013.
Working Paper
Lubis, Sofni and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2014). Children left behind: A human rights issue. SMERU Policy Brief. 1/2014. SMERU Research Institute.
Research Reports
Baxter, Janeen, Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Plage, Stefanie, Kennedy, Elizabeth, O'Flaherty, Martin, Tseng, Yi-Ping, Polidano, Cain, Kalb, Guyonne, Borland, Jeff, Ribar, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Ball, Sarah, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Bellotti, Melindy, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2020). Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
van de Fliert, Elske, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Walker, Grady, Sepulveda, Claudia, Sam, Steven and Ngussie, Hagos (2014). Mainstreaming Communication for Development in Policies and Programmes. Enabling social inclusion to support food and nutrition security, resilient rural livelihoods and family farmin. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).