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Professor Sarah Wendt made the switch to academia to find innovative solutions to widespread societal challeges that impact communities around the world. As a social worker, working in the field of domestic violence, she was inspired to change to academia to research and advocate for social, cultural, and political change.
Professor Wendt is a Matthew Flinders Fellow and Professor in Social Work in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work and Director of the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS) Research Centre.
Professor Wendt has a PhD from the University of South Australia and has published extensively on violence against women and social work practice. Her current research projects explore the impact of domestic violence on women's citizenship, service provision for Aboriginal communities experiencing family violence, and engaging men to address domestic violence. In particular, Sarah has been researching rural women's experiences of domestic violence for over a decade in Australia and more recently how domestic violence work shapes practitioners living and working in rural communities.
The Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS) Research Centre aims to grow the evidence base of social work practice, partnering with service providers and service users to develop innovative solutions to some of our most difficult social challenges. As Director of SWIRLS, Profesor Wendt leads research projects exploring the intersection of domestic violence and child protection, men’s use of violence, young women’s experiences of homelessness and violence, and Aboriginal ways of being and working in strengthening families. The research centre is now working with multiple stakeholders across government and non-government sectors and goes out of its way to include the voices and experiences of service users.
Family and domestic violence, feminisms, gender, child protetcion, Aboriginal communities and culturally infomred practice and rurality.
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy (Social Work), University of South Australia
… → 2005
Bachelor of Arts, University of Adelaide
… → 2001
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of Social Work (1st class honours), University of South Australia
… → 2000
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bastian, C. (Organiser) & Wendt, S. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Bastian, C. (Organiser) & Wendt, S. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Seymour, K. (Consultant), Natalier, K. (Consultant) & Wendt, S. (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Bastian, C. (Speaker) & Wendt, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk