Social science and humanities researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Charles Sturt University are interested in exploring a wide range of research focusing on social change, psychosocial wellbeing, community resilience, and environmental justice. A transformative approach is adopted to reflect underpinning research principles relating to holism, diversity, relationality, and the questioning of dominant assumptions. The group’s research efforts are guided by Yindyamarra Winhanganha – ‘the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in’ - and the University’s ethos - ‘for the public good’ (DET, 2017).
The group’s projects include collaborative research in partnership with individuals, groups, organisations, communities, government and global entities. Strengths-based and outcomes focused research as well as theory-building projects are undertaken to explore topics such as (but not limited to):
A range of theoretical frameworks underpin the group’s research endeavours, including critical social theory, feminist theory, complex systems theory and post-conventional approaches. Qualitative methodology and mixed-methods approaches are used in the group’s projects.
The group is committed to sharing knowledge through quality publications and research outputs, external collaborations, as well as professional development activities with a range of local, national and international partners. As an active, diverse group of peers from a range of disciplines, there is also a strong commitment to supporting other researchers, including early career researchers and postgraduate students at all levels. The wide-ranging nature of the group’s research is in alignment with the intersecting aims of the University’s research strategy – resilient people, flourishing communities and sustainable environments.
Facilitator
Associate Professor in Social Work and Human Services
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Co-facilitator
Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Associate Lecturer in Indigenous Australian Studies
School of Indigenous Australian Studies
Professor in Social Work and Human Service
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Agricultural & Wine Sciences
Lecturer in Sociology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Associate Professor Peter Simmons
School of Communication and Creative Industries