Dr Isobelle Barrett Meyering joined Macquarie University in 2018. Her current research project, ‘Contested Childhoods: A History of Children’s Rights in Australia (1959-2013)’, explores how debates over children’s rights have shaped political, social and cultural life across a period of almost sixty years.  This research builds on Isobelle's previous work...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Dr Shireen Daft is a Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, and the Deputy Director for the Centre of Environmental Law. She received her BA LLB (Hons) from Macquarie University, and her LLM specialising in Human Rights and Social Justice from the University of New South Wales. She was awarded her...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Dr Holly Doel-Mackaway has worked in the children’s rights field for over 25 years as an academic, lawyer and social worker. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on international children’s rights law, children’s participation, Indigenous children’s rights, child protection, girls’ rights and juvenile justice. Her research across several major grant projects spanning...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Joanne is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies, in the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Literature, and Language (MCCALL), and was an ARC Future Fellow from 2018 - 2022. Her research investigates the ways in which representations of childhood circulate in Australian culture to manage anxieties about national identity...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Introduction The overarching question that guides my research is: How can cultural and historically specific understandings and practices around childhood/youth, education, and work can be leveraged to inform community development and social inclusion? This question brings together the diverse but somewhat connected research projects I have engaged in, by cementing...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Mio Bryce is Head of Japanese Studies and has been developing and teaching a diverse range of units including Japanese language (from Introductory to Advanced), literature, manga/anime and popular culture, as well as a PACE unit, aimed at capturing and magnifying students' passion for Japanese culture and language....View full profile in our Researcher's database

Dr Kirsten Davies has extensive: education, policy, governance, management, marketing and board experience. In her career she has held senior management, directorship and chair roles. She holds two PhDs, one in Sustainable Management the other in International Enviornmental Law.  Kirsten was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to conduct research in...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Francesca Dominello is a Lionel Murphy Scholar. She holds a combined BALLB degree from Macquarie University, and a LLM (Research) and PhD degree from UNSW. In 2009 Francesca was awarded the CCH-ALTA 'Best Paper' Award for the paper she presented at the 2008 ALTA Conference titled 'Beyond Symbolism: Aboriginal Sovereignty...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Tobia Fattore's empirical research is in the broad areas of the sociology of childhood and sociology of work. He is currently working on several projects in these areas. This includes a sociological examination of children's well-being, that analyses children's understandings and sense of well-being and how this reflects processes of...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Associate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash is passionate about using technology to enable lawyers to do their jobs faster and better and to counter systemic discrimination and bias in the legal system. His research transcends traditional disciplinary barriers, drawing on everything from law, computing, political science, behavioural psychology and data science. He...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Dr Kate Gleeson is Associate Professor and member of the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE). She is a leader of the Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality and Power research stream. Kate studied for her PhD in Politics and International  Relations at the University of New...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Dr Henry Kha is Senior Lecturer in Law at Macquarie University. He is the  Treasurer for the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society. His main research interest is in all aspects of family law from both a legal historical and contemporary perspective. Henry was previously lecturer at the...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Ray is a Professor of Ancient History. He joined Macquarie University in 2017. Previously, he worked in universities in the UK, where he was Professor of Roman History and Archaeology at the University of Kent. He is an enthusiastic communicator of his research and has founded the start-up Ancient Rome...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Mianna joined the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie in 2005 as Associate Lecturer in Ethics/Applied Ethics. Prior to her arrival she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, and a Lecturer at La Trobe University. Mianna holds a PhD from Monash...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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As of 2022, Titia Benders has taken up an Assistant Professor position at the University of Amsterdam, where she continues her work into Child Language Acquisition, specifically developing phonological representations at the interface between perception, production, and input (infant-directed speech). Titia Benders remains connected to Macquarie University as Honorary Senior Lecturer...View full profile in our Researcher's database

After studying Developmental and Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland and the University of Oregon (USA) Kay received a PhD from the University of Queensland. She undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship under the supervision of Professor Bandura at Stanford University, USA. On returning to Australia she accepted an academic appointment...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Dr Colliver is an Honorary Lecturer at the Macquarie School of Education. He has worked in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings for nearly a decade in multiple cities across the world including Osaka (Japan), Ulsan (South Korea), Wakayama (Japan), Concepcion (Chile), Granada (Spain) and Honiara (Solomon Islands). Through...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Sheila Degotardi is a Professor of Early Childhood Education and the Director of the Centre for Research In Early Childhood Education. ...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Maria Kangas, BA(Hons), MClinPsych, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University. Maria is a registered psychologist and has dual endorsements in Clinical and Counselling Psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia. Maria completed her Masters of Clinical Psychology degree at the University of Sydney and...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Annabelle is Associate Professor of Linguistics, and Director of Research Training for the Department of Linguistics. Her research interests include the study of language in politics, media, healthcare and literature. In 2019 she published a War and its Ideologies: A Social-Semiotic Theory and Description, a book based on 15 years on...View full profile in our Researcher's database

My research and community outreach work focuses on psychological adaptation during the transition to parenthood in the context of various reproductive risk factors – in particular,  infertility/assisted conception, and perinatal mood disorders.  I have a particular interest in the parent-child attachment relationship, and in programs to support parenting during the...View full profile in our Researcher's database

Associate Professor Kathleen Tait’s expertise in the field of tertiary education stems from 30 years practical, administrative and consultative experience in the United Kingdom, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong SAR and Australia.  Kathleen has a strong history of working in cross-cultural research projects in East Asian countries (Mainland China and Japan)...View full profile in our Researcher's database