Qualifications:
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland, 2021
- Graduate Certificate of Conflict Resolution and Mediation, The University of Queensland, 2014
- Masters of Development Practice (Community Development, International Relations), 2013
- Graduate Diploma of Education, University of New England, 1998
- Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Hons, Anthropology), University of Sydney, 1987
Research interests:
I study the effects of forced migration on asylum seekers and refugees, with a focus on Australian policy from 2012 onwards.
Current research interests include:
- issues regarding access to training, education, and work for refugees on temporary visas;
- the intersectional effects of government refugee policy;
- the export of Australian asylum-seeker policy;
- citizenship conditionality as part of a post-colonial national imaginary
Presently working on a book proposal from my PhD thesis, conferred in 2021. I tutor part-time in the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland. More information can be found on my ORCiD profile.
Current employment: