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20032025

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Research Biography

I live and work on the lands of the Kaurna people, and I acknowledge their sovereignty as First Nations people. I am a professor in psychology and my mixed-methods research focuses primarily on gender, family, and wellbeing. Specifically, I have examined public attitudes to family diversity, trans parents, fertility preservation, heterosexual first time parents, surrogacy, foster care, animal companionship, domestic violence, and embryo donation for formation formation.

Research Interests

  • kinship studies
  • child protection
  • LGBTQ social science research  
  • health education
  • wellbeing in marginalised communities

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisions:
  • Psychology (2)
  • foster care, specialist care, residential care, child protection (1)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Supervision

  • Registered

Research Areas

  • Psychology
  • Social work
  • Women's and gender studies

Supervisory Interests

  • Family responses to grief and loss
  • Gender and sexuality
  • Child protection
  • Family development
  • Family changes in Australia
  • Sexual health and family planning

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