Research
The School
of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
encourages staff and students to conduct world-class research in the
disciplines of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy.
Where possible, the research that we conduct informs the content of our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs, and our students are provided with opportunities to collaborate in research activities.
Examples of our current areas of research interests include:
- coping mechanisms of retail employees in threatening situations
- reduction of food waste in Australian homes
- impact of sleep interventions for primary school students
- development of best practice models of enterprise bargaining in the retail sector
- understanding domestic violence in rural Australia
- response of legal bodies to failures in the human services
- changes in the collaborative supply of irrigation services
- evaluation of policies and programs to alleviate social disadvantage
- preventing the abuse of older people
Our research is supported by government and non-government entities including:
- the Australian Research Council
- the National Health and Medical Research Council
- the National Institute of Health (US)
- the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees' Association
- Uniting Care Wesley
- Police Association of South Australia
In the last 5 years, our research has been published in journals such as:
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Applied Ergonomics
- Sleep
- Developmental Neuropsychology
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Child, Abuse & Neglect
- Journal of Youth Studies
Division of Education, Arts and Social Science 2010 Research Awards:
2010 Leading Research School (second year running) -
- School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
Mid Career Researcher -
- Associate Professor Sally Ferguson
Early Career Researcher -
- Dr Siobhan Banks
Supported Researcher of the Year -
- Professor Drew Dawson
10 Year Supported Researcher Awards -
- Associate Professor Dale Bagshaw
- Ms Deirdre Tedmanson
10 Year Plus Supported Researchers -
- Dr Lia Bryant
- Professor Ed Carson
- Professor Drew Dawson
- Professor Maureen Dollard
- Associate Professor Kurt Lushington
- Professor Tony Winefield
2010 Divisional Research Performance Fund Recipients (DRPF)
- Project team: Dr Sophia Rainbird, Associate Professor Verna Blewett, Dr Danielle Every, and Mr James Wani-Kana Lino (Sudanese Community Association of Australia – SA Branch). Project title: Pathways to employment for Sudanese refugees in South Australia: implications for policy, programs and research.
- Project team: Dr Charli Sargent, Dr Alison Coates, and Dr Jill Dorrian. Project title: Why are shiftworkers bad eaters? The impact of shiftwork on the dietary intake of Australian shiftworkers.
- Project team: Dr Harry Savelsberg. Project title: Examine the significance of student participation in school planning and decision-making for school engagement.
- Project team: Dr Kirrilly Thompson, Dr Danielle Every and Professor Drew Dawson. Project title: Identifying discourses around the effect of animals on human behaviour in natural disasters: implications for safe evacuation of humans, livestock and companion animals.