Professor Caroline Lenette
Professor
PhD Social Work and Human Services (QUT) 2011
MIntSocDev (ʹڲƱ) 2004
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Social Sciences
Caroline Lenette is Professor of Anti-Colonial Research, School of Social Sciences, and Deputy Director of theBig Anxiety Research Centre. She is a leadinginterdisciplinary researcher in refugee studies and uses participatory, creative methods with community partners and co-researchers. Caroline is interested in sociocultural approaches to understanding and addressing suicide based on refugee perspectives, as part of critical suicide studies. She is the author of(2019,Springer) and(Oxford University Press, 2022), and co-editor of(Bristol University Press, 2024). Her latest edited book, 'Anti-Colonial Research Praxis: Methods for Knowledge Justice' is published with Manchester University Press. Caroline is the creator of the.
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Location
130 Morven Brown
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Recent grants
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National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) 2021–22: Co-designing resources to increase access to information and services: Syrian and Iraqi people with disability from refugee backgrounds and service providers ($106,000).
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Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery 2020: Womenmarginalised by mental health, disability or refugee status($207,000).
Fellowships
- 2017European Union –Durham University Co-fund International Senior Research Fellowship in Research and Enterprise:Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, Durham University, UK.
- 2014Endeavour Executive Fellowship($19,500) – Visiting Scholar: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada.
2024 ʹڲƱ Arts, Design and Architecture Award for Excellence in Research Leadership.
2024 Stanford’s World’s Top 2% Researchers: 2023 citations (public health).
2017 European Union–Durham University Co-fund International Senior Research Fellowship: Centre for Social Justice and Community Action (Durham University).
2014 Endeavour Executive Fellowship: Visiting Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies (York University).
2013 Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre Junior Fellowship (Griffith University).
2016 Shortlisted - FASS Dean’s Research Award for Achievement as ECR (ʹڲƱ).
2011 Griffith Health Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Teaching(Griffith University).
2003 Bachelor of Human Services Medallist (Griffith University).
Caroline's work explore anti-colonial and creative approaches to critical suicide studies. See special issue ofSocial Sciencesٳٱ://ɷɷ.辱.dz/dzܰԲ/dz/徱ܱ/24ʴ779
My Research Supervision
PhD:Oscar Curry (2018, Joint-Principal): Domestic migration of refugee populations in Australia;Ruth Horsfall (2020, Joint-Principal): Participatory theatre and refugee women in Western Sydney;Carly Hawkins(2020, Joint-Principal): Educational attainment of school-aged asylum seeker and refugee children detained in Nauru.Keren David (2021, Joint-Principal): Impact of COVID-19 on regional resettlement.Tierney Marey(2023, Joint-Principal): Embodied experiences of equity labour in higher education.
Completions - PhD: Dr ReenyJurczyczyn (Associate): Higher education and young people in care (2014);ٰʲܱJops(Secondary):Negotiating Survival: Experiences of Urban Refugee Women in Delhi, India Who Engage in "Risky" Livelihoods(2017).Dr Annabel Dulhunty (Co-Principal):Gender and Development: Worth the Hype for the most marginalised?The impact on lower caste women in West Bengal, India.Dr Amelia Wheeler (2015, Joint-Principal):Bringing the child’s perspective into family dispute resolution: a critical analysis of policy and legislation related to Australian post-separation family dispute resolution practices.Dr Amani Kasherwa (2024, Principal):Survival strategiesamong child sexual abuse victims.Masters:Catherine Clark (2018):Enabling Pathways for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Higher Education.Grace Thomas (2018):Women’s narratives and the #MeToo movement.Geneve O'Connor (2017): Neoliberal appropriation of community development and young women aged 15-25.Honours:Luke Upton (2015): Evidence-based refugee policy;Hannah Zeb (2016): Visual representations of asylum seekers and terrorism.Rachel Lui (2017):Narrative therapy and trauma among refugee women.
My Teaching
- SOSS2001 Qualitative Research Methods
- ARTS4266Puzzles, Planning, and Presentation for Honours in Social Sciences
- SOSS2822 Decolonising Research Methods
- SOSS3822 Decolonising Methods in Criminal Justice