Professor Badland's research examines how the environment is connected to health, wellbeing, and inequities in both adults and children internationally, with an interest in vulnerable groups. Her interdisciplinary, mixed-methods research program engages with end-users, typically policymakers and non-government organisations, to influence on-the-ground change. She is currently working on two major research themes. One is enhancing the social determinants of health for those with disability. The other focuses on reducing inequities in early childhood development. The emphasis in both these streams is investigating how local built and social environments support or hinder opportunity and understanding impacts of any inequity.
ARC DECRA Fellow & Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Vandra Agisalou, Senior Lecturer
Dr Sharon Andrews, Lecturer
Social policy, Evidence based policy & practice; Human service delivery outcomes focused work, Higher Education policy, Academic freedom
Dr Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow Representative and Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
Social science, Drug use, Digital society and technology
Lucinda Bashfield
Dr Alexis Bergantz, Lecturer
The French Pacific, Franco-Australian history, New Caledonia, Empire studies, settler colonialism, French society and culture
Professor Judith Bessant
Sociology, Politics, Policy studies, Youth studies, Ethics, Criminology, Education, History
Dr Tamara Borovica, Research Assistant
Dr Tuba Boz, Research Fellow
Migration, Identity politics, Multiculturalism, Muslim minorities and diaspora
Dr Robin Cameron, Senior Lecturer
Terrorism, Counter-radicalisation, Social control, Urban protest, Disasters and urban space, Global crime, Refugees, Human security, Cyber-security, Critical security studies, International relations theory, Foucault, Post-structural analysis
Dr Peter Chambers, Senior Lecturer
Border Security
Dr Brianna Chesser, Senior Lecturer
Criminology & Justice
Ms Mish Colla, Associate Lecturer
Dr Sebastian Cordoba, Lecturer
Social Work
Dr Christine Craik, Lecturer
Women, Children, Domestic violence, Social Work
Dr Chantal Crozet, Senior Lecturer
Intercultural language teaching, Religion, secularism and gender issues in contemporary France, French popular songs as historical, societal and cultural discourse
Mr Rob Cunningham, ECDF
Social Work & Human Services
Dr Kathryn Daley, Lecturer
Young people, Chronic disadvantage, Drug use, Self-injury, gender, Practice development, Research ethics
Emma Dalton
Dr Christina David, Lecturer
Disability, human rights based approaches, social support, policy and practice
Ms Nadia David, Associate Lecturer
Criminology and Justice
Mr Christopher Davies, Associate Lecturer
Dr Anamaria Ducasse, Language, Culture & International Education Representative and Senior Lecturer
Analysing communication and language primarily in assessment settings, Discourse analysis and qualitative research methodologies, Second language teaching and learning, Language and identity
Dr Kathy Edwards, Senior Lecturer
Youth sociology, Youth policy, Youth studies, Youth work, Feminist theory, Feminism, Women/gender and policy, Political participation and social movements, Prostitution and sex-trafficking, Young people and globalization
Associate Professor Ronnie Egan Social work, Human service sector, Violence against women, CALD students and practice
Dr Michael Emslie, Lecturer
Dr Adis Fejzic, Research Assistant
Ms Jessica Findling, Associate Lecturer
Dr Kathleen Fitt, Lecturer
Social Work ;& Human Services
Ms Olga Garcia-Caro Alcazar, Lecturer
Interpreting, Translation, Gender
Ms Rachel Goff, Lecturer
Mr Kent Goldsworthy, Associate Lecturer
Dr Erika Gonzalez Garcia, Senior Lecturer
Translation ;& interpreting, Interpreter & translator ethics, Medical & legal discourse
Associate Professor Damian Grenfell, Senior Research Fellow
Nation-formation, State and peace-building, Development in conflict and post-conflict societies
Associate Professor Roberto Guevara
Asia-Pacific environmental education, HIV-AIDS education, Community and eco Tourism, International aid and development, Community development
Professor Hariz Halilovich, Migration EIP Network
Place, Displacement ;& emplacement, Forced migration, Diaspora studies, Conflict & peace studies, Genocide & mass violence, War windows, Memory studies, Commemorations & remembrances, Archives & museums, Exile literature
Dr Gemma Hamilton, Research Officer
Gendered violence, Forensic interviewing, Sexual assault
Ms Betty Haralambous, Associate Lecturer
Dr Lisa Harris, Lecturer
Community, Cyberspace, elearning, Human services practice and innovation, Public and social policy related to human services
Dr Michael Hartup, Lecturer
Aminath Hasna, Associate Lecturer
Mr Alasdair Henry, Associate Lecturer Industry Fellow
Associate Professor Nicola Henry, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow
Sexual violence, sexual assault, rape, sexual harassment, domestic violence, digital abuse, technology-facilitated abuse, transitional justice, human rights, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, international courts and tribunals, discrimination, trauma, collective memory, victims, gender
Associate Professor Georgina Heydon, Senior Lecturer
Legal communication and language, Police interviewing, Criminal records, Lie detection, Cross-cultural communication
Ms Rebecca Hiscock, Associate Lecturer
Associate Professor Kimberley Humphery, Lecturer
History, sociology and theories of consumption and materiality; ethical/sustainable consumption; social & cultural theory; transgender studies; the body; social & cultural dimensions of Indigenous health; research ethics.
Dr Charles Hunt, Senior Research Fellow
Security and justice sector reform, Policing, Peace operations, Peacebuilding, Humanitarianism, Responsibility to protect and protection of civilians in armed conflict, African Security, Monitoring and evaluation
Dr Suzi Hutchings, Senior Lecturer
Indigenous Australia, Native Title, Indigenous youth and social justice, Indigenous youth and music, De-colonisation
Dr Reina Ichii, Lecturer
Development economics, Feminist economics, Public policy, Public finance, Gender and development, Time use research
Ms Belinda Johnson, Lecturer
Social work, Gender and precarious work, Organisational studies
Professor Guy Johnson
Housing, Homelessness, Substance abuse, Stigma
Professor Katherine Johnson, Associate Dean, Research & Innovation
Dr Binoy Kampmark, Senior Lecturer
Institution of war, Diplomacy, International relations, 20th-century history, Terrorism, International law
Dr Elizabeth Kath, Senior Lecturer
State capacity, Social capital, Public health (esp. maternal-infant health), Latin America and Caribbean (esp. Cuba), Public policy, Reconciliation
Dr Maren Klein, Research Assistant
Professor Renata Kokanovic, Centre Director
Narrative approaches to mental illness, chronic illness and neurodiversity, the dynamics of caregiving, health decision making, critical health humanities, interdisciplinary research and practice
Associate Professor Bawa Kuyini
Quantitative & Qualitative approaches to research on Disability, Special Needs/inclusive Education, Refugees & Migration
Dr Miranda Lai, Senior Lecturer
Ms Melissa Laing, Associate Lecturer
Dr Caroline Lambert, Lecturer Industry Fellow
Dr Julian Lee, Associate Professor
Globalisation; International studies; Careers and employability; Civil Society; Popular Culture
Mr Joseph MacFarlane, Higher Degree Research Student
Associate Professor Cecily Maller
Dr Peta Malins, Senior Lecturer
Drug use, policing, drug education, intersectionality, abolition
Associate Professor Robyn Martin, Associate Dean Social Work & Human Services
Dr Sonia Martin, Lecturer
Inequality, Welfare reform, Social policy, Community development
Dr Marietta Martinovic, Senior Lecturer
Corrections, Community based corrections, Prisons, Punishment, Electronic monitoring, Comparative criminal justice and social crime prevention
Mrs Lucy Maxwell, Early Career Researcher Representative and Associate Lecturer
Dr Crystal McKinnon,VC Indigenous Research Fellow
Dr Joni Meenagh, Lecturer
Dr Glenda Mejia, Senior Lecturer
Women studies (intersectionality), Migration (place-making, belonging, language and identity), Spanish-speaking migration & mobility in Australia, Pedagogy (teaching practice and mLearning)
Ms Monique Moffa, Associate Lecturer
Ms Miimi Morris, Vice Chancellor’s Indigenous Predoctoral Research Fellow
Associate Professor Kerry Mullan
French language and culture, Cross-cultural communication & interactional styles, Intercultural pragmatics, Discourse analysis, Language teaching, Conversational humour
Associate Professor Yaso Nadarajah
Communities & Wellbeing, Identity & Belonging, Local-global sustainability, Community engaged & qualitative research methodologies in cross-cultural environments (PNG, Sri Lanka, Malaysia)
Dr Jindan Ni, Lecturer
Dialogic relationships between classical Chinese & Japanese literature & culture, Comparative literary studies
Dr Sharlene Nipperess, Lecturer
Human Rights (in relation to critical social work, people experiencing mental distress, people from refugee & asylum seeker backgrounds, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples & the environment), Social Work Ethics
Dr Caroline Norma, Senior Research Fellow
Public policy, Prostitution, Pornography & trafficking in Australia, Japan and South Korea, Translation & interpreting
Mrs Hiroko Ohashi, Lecturer
Discourse analysis for language teaching, Application of pragmatics to language learning, Intercultural communication, Language teaching
Mrs Patrick O'Keeffe, Lecturer
Dr Rebecca Olive, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Angelika Papadopoulos, Lecturer
Social policy, Sustainability & social work, Higher education policy
Dr Kate Phelan, Lecturer
Dr Peter Phipps, Senior Lecturer
Postcolonialism, Global cultural studies, Nat'l identities & modernity, Indigenous relations, & festivals, Cultural politics, Urban ethnic precincts, Anthropology of tourism
Associate Professor Anastasia Powell
Cybercrime, Technology Facilitated Abuse, Sexual & Domestic Violence
Dr Jing Qi, Lecturer
Transcultural doctoral education, Transnational knowledge exchange, Blended and Online Learning
Dr Kaye Quek, Lecturer
Feminist politics, Human rights, Gender, Violence against women, Human trafficking, International law
Mx Rory Randall, Research Assistant
Dr Panayiota Romios, Senior Lecturer
Dr James Rowe, Lecturer
Law reform, Social justice, Street-based sex work, Public policymaking
Dr Michele Ruyters, Associate Professor
Gender & Sport, Gender & Physical Identity, Biographical Disruption, Wrongful Conviction
Dr Paul Scriven, Lecturer
Dr Rosanna Scutella, Senior Research Fellow
Social economics, Social policy
Dr Emma-Louise Seal, Research Fellow
Luke Stickels
Dr Sharna Rajesh, Senior Lecturer
Dispute resolution, International trade, Foreign investment law & policy, India & China
Dr Emma Shortis, Research Fellow
European Union, Environmental Politics and History, US Politics and History
Ms Alyssa Sigamoney, Associate Lecturer
Ms Sharon Simon, Associate Lecturer Industry Fellow
Dr Russell Solomon, Lecturer
Human Security Issues, Australia's Engagement with the International Human Rights Regime, Rights Based Approach to Policymaking, Economic/Social and Cultural Rights
Dr Gemma Sou, V-C's Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020
Disasters, Human vulnerability; Critical development studies; Refugees; Disaster risk reduction; Disaster recovery; Media representations of international development and disasters; Ethnography; Creative research translation; the Caribbean
Dr Ceridwen Spark, Associate Professor
Gender, Urbanisation, Gender and education, Women's leadership, Gender and ethnicity, Cross-cultural interaction, Biography
Dr Gregory Stratton, Lecturer
Wrongful conviction, Miscarriages of justice, Media & crime, Digital criminology, Internet research, Technology & crime
Professor Stuart Thomas, Criminology & Justice Studies Representative
Dr Ellen van Holstein, Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Associate Professor Aiden Warren, Global Studies Representative
International Security, US national security and foreign policy, US Politics, International Relations, WMD Policy, International Political Economy
Dr Juliet Watson, HDR Co-ordinator and Deputy Director Unison Housing Research Lab
Homelessness, Violence against women, Social exclusion, Social capital, Feminist theory and activism, Intersectionality, Embodiment, Young people
Professor Rob Watts, Professor in Social Science
Labour Market, Social Security Policy, Private Investment in Public Infrastructure, Australian Social Theory History, Australian Eugenics History, Youth Policy
Associate Professor John Douglas Whyte, Deputy Dean (Policy Practice & Social Innovation)
Indigenous identity, Post-colonial theory, Cross-worldview social work practice, Chaos/complexity theory, International sex trafficking
Professor Bruce Wilson
Relationship between learning & work, Organisational change & Work design, Workplace implications of new technologies
Ms Margareta Windisch, Associate Lecturer
Dr Alice Witt, Research Fellow (Advanced)
Dr Maki Yoshida, Lecturer
Language and identity; language, gender and sexuality; Japanese sociolinguistics; critical discourse analysis; critical pedagogy
Professor Christopher Ziguras, Deputy Dean (International)
International education
Dr Shannon Zimmerman, Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Jane Bullen, Associate
Professor Chris Chamberlain, Emeritus Professor
Dr Melek Cigdem, Associate
Professor Leo Goedegebuure, Honorary Professor
Professor David Hayward, Emeritus Professor
Dr Helen Marshall, Honorary University Fellow
Professor Bruno Mascitelli, Honorary Professor
Professor Pavla Miller, Emeritus Professor
Professor Martin Mowbray, Emeritus Professor
Professor Suellen Murray, Honorary Professor
Dr Fiona Nicoll, Adjunct Professor
Associate Professor Paul Ramcharan, Honorary Associate Professor
Professor Gabriele Suder, Honorary Professor
Dr Anna Urbanowicz, Associate
Dr Chloe Ward, Associate
Professor Gavin Wood, Emeritus Professor
Dr Kate Johnston-Ataata, Visiting Research Fellow
Professor Kenji Koyama, Visiting Professor
Dr Nicholas Hill, Visiting Research Fellow
Dag Sommervoll
Gurdip Chima, Mental Health Branch, Dept. Health & Human Services (DHHS)
Prof. Andrea Cornwall, SOAS University of London
Beth Eggleston, Humanitarian Advisory Group
Prof. John Hajek, University of Melbourne
John Walsh, Founder, Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative at RMIT
Seregious Be-Ere (HDR Student Representative)
Anumoni Joshi (HDR Student Representative)
Gabriella Karakas (DSC Subcommittee Candidate Representative)
Muhammad Abbas
Glenn Abblitt
Rusmir Ahmic
Mansour Alobaisi
Abdullah Khalid S Alrebdi
Sumayyah Alsulami
Amaya Alvarez
Joanne Barker
Tarana Begum
Godwin Festival Boateng
Karen Broadley
Jack Brookes
Simone Cappelluti
Fiona Carey
Sam Carroll-Bell
Jannett Nieves Cortes
Louise Coventry
Christine Craik
Maureen D'Arcy
Divya Das
Liz Dearn
Lucy Demant
Amber Domberelli
Somaieh Ebrahimi
Donna Evans
Lisa Ewenson
Rachael Fernald
Jessica Findling
David Fisher
Joshua Hallwright
Hamdullah
Ahsan Hanif
Emily Hanscamp
Luan Huynh
Md Badrul Hyder
Afshin Jafari
Qamar Jafri
Ivana Jurko
Sajjad Kianbakht
Tyler King
Ceyhan Kurt
Melissa Laing
Tegan Larin
Victor J Lasa
Hanna Moges Lemma
Mercy Masta
Sarah McCook
Natalie Mclean
Jane Middleton
Lena Molnar
Thomas Moore
Shaez Mortimer
Adnan Nawaz
Osorio Neto
Minh Nguyen
Hasan Nuhanovic
Monica O'Dwyer
Tully O'Neill
David Paull
Binh Pham
Hau Pham
Septaliana Dewi Prananingtyas
Hyun-Jun Roh
Tamzin Rollason
Caitlin Roper
Susan Rouch
Kara Sandri
Yuniar Paramita Sari
Bess Schnioffsky
Amina Shahzadi
Emily Spiller
Tanya Stelmach
Lanie Stockman
Una Stone
Joanne Taylor
Donna Teekens
Sangeetha Thanapal
Samantha Togni
Emily Toome
Bree Turner
Xiaolong Wang
Catherine Weiss
Bronwyn Winch
Dallas Wingrove
Garth Wright
Renee Wright
Savva Zavou
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.