Overview
Background
Dr Stefanie Plage is a Research Fellow with the Life Course Centre at the School of Social Science at UQ. Her expertise is in qualitative research methods, including longitudinal and visual methods. Her research interests span the sociology of emotions, disadvantage and health and illness. Stefanie has taught introductory and advanced courses in sociology and medical sociology, research design and qualitative inquiry, including the use of software for qualitative research (i.e. NVivo). Her work is multi-disciplinary. She completed her PhD at the Centre for Social Research in Health at The University of New South Wales. In her study she employed a mix of longitudinal qualitative interviews and visual elicitation methods to explore the lived experience of people with cancer. Currently, her research seeks to understand and improve the interactions of families experiencing social disadvantage with the social and health care systems.
Availability
- Dr Stefanie Plage is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), University of Essex
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
Research interests
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Sociology of Health and Illness
Health and homelessness
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Sociology of Health and Illness
Lived experience of chronic illness and cancer
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Sociology of Health and Illness
Educational inclusion, participation and outcomes of children with cancer
Works
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2024
Other Outputs
Justice in Health? Studying the role of legal support in a culturally responsive mental health service in Australia
Plage, Stefanie, Olson, Rebecca, Costa, Nathalia, Mescouto, Karime, Suleman, Sameera, Zulfiqar, Asma, Setchell, Jen and Prasad-ildes, Rita (2024). Justice in Health? Studying the role of legal support in a culturally responsive mental health service in Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-24. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/6fb8ac3
2024
Journal Article
‘Moving, moving, moving’: the social forces that perpetuate housing instability for women experiencing intimate partner violence
Kuskoff, Ella, Sharma, Nikita, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2024). ‘Moving, moving, moving’: the social forces that perpetuate housing instability for women experiencing intimate partner violence. Housing Studies, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2024.2367650
2024
Journal Article
A shelter by any other name? Delivering homeless crisis accommodation services in a hotel
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Wagland, Edwina (2024). A shelter by any other name? Delivering homeless crisis accommodation services in a hotel. Housing Policy Debate, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/10511482.2024.2362633
2024
Other Outputs
Hanging by a thread: our search for home. A youth photovoice project report
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Venables, Jemma and Kuskoff, Ella (2024). Hanging by a thread: our search for home. A youth photovoice project report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2024
Journal Article
Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people
Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca E., Plage, Stefanie, Zulfiqar, Asma, Setchell, Jenny, Dune, Tinashe, Suleman, Sameera, Cummins, Drew, Prasad-Ildes, Rita and Costa, Nathalia (2024). Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people. Frontiers in Sociology, 9 1282938. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1282938
2024
Conference Publication
How the other half ‘healths’: Looking after oneself and others while unstably housed
Plage, Stefanie (2024). How the other half ‘healths’: Looking after oneself and others while unstably housed. 8th international In Sickness & In Health conference 2024 (ISIH 2024), Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, 13-15 February 2024. Auckland, New Zealand: Committee of ISIH 2024. doi: 10.14426/ISIH2024CHB
2024
Other Outputs
Submission to the Mental Health Community Support Services - Psychosocial Supports Consultation
Plage, Stefanie, Olson, Rebecca, Suleman, Sameera, Setchell, Jenny, Costa, Nathalia, Mescouto, Karime and Dune, Tinashe (2024). Submission to the Mental Health Community Support Services - Psychosocial Supports Consultation. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Queensland Government.
2024
Journal Article
Book review: The sociology of housing: How homes shape our social lives, edited by Brian J. McCabe and Eva Rosen, Chicago, IL, and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2023
Plage, Stefanie (2024). Book review: The sociology of housing: How homes shape our social lives, edited by Brian J. McCabe and Eva Rosen, Chicago, IL, and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2023. Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/07352166.2024.2311585
2024
Journal Article
“There’s not much I can do about it”: violence and control in marginal(izing) spaces
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2024). “There’s not much I can do about it”: violence and control in marginal(izing) spaces. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/10530789.2024.2308495
2024
Other Outputs
Supportive housing for families in Brisbane: Successes and challenges of the housing model
Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose, Sharma, Nikita, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Supportive housing for families in Brisbane: Successes and challenges of the housing model. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-02. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7a4d8f6
2024
Book Chapter
Cancer Survivorship Heroism
Plage, Stefanie and Olson, Rebecca E. (2024). Cancer Survivorship Heroism. Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. (pp. 174-179) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_185
2023
Other Outputs
Keeping families together: 2023 study report
Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose, Sharma, Nikita, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Keeping families together: 2023 study report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Micah Projects.
2023
Journal Article
Seeing, sharing and supporting: assertive outreach as a partial solution to rough sleeping
Stambe, Rose, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2023). Seeing, sharing and supporting: assertive outreach as a partial solution to rough sleeping. The British Journal of Social Work, 54 (2), 723-740. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad251
2023
Journal Article
Distress in the care of people with chronic low back pain: insights from an ethnographic study
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca E., Plage, Stefanie, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter, Stewart, Matthew, Christoffersen, Anja, Kilner, Simon, Barthel, Natalie and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Distress in the care of people with chronic low back pain: insights from an ethnographic study. Frontiers in Sociology, 8 1281912, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1281912
2023
Other Outputs
Hanging by a thread: our search for home
Wood, Leanne, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Maddren, Rees, Ledgerwood, Tahnee and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). Hanging by a thread: our search for home. Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia: Anglicare Southern Queensland; The University of Queensland.
2023
Other Outputs
Health, home, hope. A research report on Inclusive Health and Wellness Partnerships
Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Baker, Kirsten and Mansuri, Arif (2023). Health, home, hope. A research report on Inclusive Health and Wellness Partnerships. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Other Outputs
Assertive outreach as a response to rough sleeping: seeing people, sharing information, and supporting housing access
Stambe, Rose, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2023). Assertive outreach as a response to rough sleeping: seeing people, sharing information, and supporting housing access. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-20. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/a370d12
2023
Other Outputs
From Hostels to Hotels: An Empirical Study of Brisbane’s Innovative Homelessness Response
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine, Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). From Hostels to Hotels: An Empirical Study of Brisbane’s Innovative Homelessness Response. LCC Working Paper Series 2. 2023-16. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/5bc9122
2023
Journal Article
Increases in income-support payments reduce the demand for charity: A difference-in-difference analysis of charitable-assistance data from Australia over the COVID-19 pandemic
Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron, Middlebrook, Nathan, Robinson, Richard N. S., Kuskoff, Ella and Plage, Stefanie (2023). Increases in income-support payments reduce the demand for charity: A difference-in-difference analysis of charitable-assistance data from Australia over the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One, 18 (7) e0287533, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287533
2023
Journal Article
Health home hope - a photographic exhibition on housing and health
Plage, Stefanie and Perrier, Robert (2023). Health home hope - a photographic exhibition on housing and health. Parity, 36 (5), 7-7.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Stefanie Plage is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring wellbeing in young people treated for cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amy Mitchell, Dr Jemma Venables
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring wellbeing in young people treated for cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amy Mitchell, Dr Jemma Venables
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Doctor Philosophy
Beyond pathology: (re)conceptualising distress in physiotherapy and chronic low back pain care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rebecca Olson
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Doctor Philosophy
Online Dating Experiences of Cancer Survivors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Associate Professor Rebecca Olson
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Doctor Philosophy
Documenting and working through loss and grief from climate change in the Cook Islands
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jenny Munro
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Doctor Philosophy
Online Dating Experiences of Cancer Survivors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Associate Professor Rebecca Olson
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Doctor Philosophy
Online Dating Experiences of Cancer Survivors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Associate Professor Rebecca Olson
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring how physiotherapists navigate distress in low back pain care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rebecca Olson
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Doctor Philosophy
Online Dating Experiences of Cancer Survivors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Associate Professor Rebecca Olson
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