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:
- Not 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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2023
Other Outputs
Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: how spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness centre
Stefanie Plage, Kirsten Baker, Cameron Parsell, Rose-Marie Stambe, Ella Kuskoff and Arif Mansuri (2023). Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: how spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness centre. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-03. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia . doi: 10.14264/1540b42
2023
Other Outputs
An empirical study of Micah Project's Street to Home program
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine, Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco and Parsell, Cameron (2023). An empirical study of Micah Project's Street to Home program. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Other Outputs
Staying Safe, Feeling Welcome, Being Seen: How Spatio-Temporal Configurations Affect Relations of Care at an Inclusive Health and Wellness Centre
Plage, Stefanie, Baker, Kirsten, Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Kuskoff, Ella and Mansuri, Arif (2023). Staying Safe, Feeling Welcome, Being Seen: How Spatio-Temporal Configurations Affect Relations of Care at an Inclusive Health and Wellness Centre. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-03. ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.
2022
Other Outputs
Experiences and exits: Living at the Park Hotel and moving out
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2022). Experiences and exits: Living at the Park Hotel and moving out. The Park Hotel Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Conference Publication
'Vertical cruise ships?’ – a narrative analysis of maritime, hotel and residential quarantine in Australian news media
Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2022). 'Vertical cruise ships?’ – a narrative analysis of maritime, hotel and residential quarantine in Australian news media. TASA Annual Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28 November-2 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: How spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness clinic
Plage, Stefanie, Baker, Kirsten, Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Kuskoff, Ella and Mansuri, Arif (2022). Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: How spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness clinic. TASA Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28 November-2 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Combining participant-produced photography and storytelling to explore health among people experiencing homelessness
Plage, Stefanie (2022). Combining participant-produced photography and storytelling to explore health among people experiencing homelessness. PhotoVoice Past, Present, Future, Online, 20-22 October 2022.
2022
Other Outputs
Pathways out of homelessness grant program: An evaluation report
Stambe, Rose, Albaza, Christine, Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Pathways out of homelessness grant program: An evaluation report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
Commodities of Care: The business of HIV testing in China. By Elsa L.Fan, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 2021. pp. 216. $100 (clo). ISBN: 978‐1‐5179‐0764‐8; $25 (pbk). ISBN: 978‐1‐5179‐0765‐5
Plage, Stefanie (2022). Commodities of Care: The business of HIV testing in China. By Elsa L.Fan, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 2021. pp. 216. $100 (clo). ISBN: 978‐1‐5179‐0764‐8; $25 (pbk). ISBN: 978‐1‐5179‐0765‐5. Sociology of Health & Illness, 44 (8), 1387-1388. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13527
2022
Other Outputs
Pathways and profiles: getting to know the Park Hotel clients
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine (Tin), Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2022). Pathways and profiles: getting to know the Park Hotel clients. The Park Hotel Series Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
Connection, connectivity and choice: Learning during COVID ‐19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programmes in Australia
Plage, Stefanie, Cook, Stephanie, Povey, Jenny, Rudling, Emily, te Riele, Kitty, McDaid, Lisa and Western, Mark (2022). Connection, connectivity and choice: Learning during COVID ‐19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programmes in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00 (1), 212-231. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.228
2022
Other Outputs
The Park Hotel: understanding the service delivery model
Stambe, Rose, Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella, Plage, Stefanie and Ablaza, Christine (Tin) (2022). The Park Hotel: understanding the service delivery model. The Park Hotel Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
The rhythms of cancer survivorship
Plage, Stefanie (2022). The rhythms of cancer survivorship. Visual Communication, 21 (4), 147035722210780-622. doi: 10.1177/14703572221078040
2022
Other Outputs
Connection, connectivity, and choice: learning during COVID-19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programs in Australia
Plage, Stefanie, Cook, Stephanie, Povey, Jenny, Rudling, Emily, te Riele, Kitty, McDaid, Lisa and Western, Mark (2022). Connection, connectivity, and choice: learning during COVID-19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programs in Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2022-10. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
2022
Book Chapter
Adolescence a period of vulnerability and risk for adverse outcomes across the life course: the role of parent engagement in learning
Povey, Jenny, Plage, Stefanie, Huang, Yanshu, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Cook, Stephanie, Austerberry, Sophie and Western, Mark (2022). Adolescence a period of vulnerability and risk for adverse outcomes across the life course: the role of parent engagement in learning. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 97-131) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_6
2022
Other Outputs
Picturing cancer survivorship: a collection of photographs from the 'changing landscapes of survivorship' study
Kenny, Katherine, Broom, Alex, Kirby, Emma and Plage, Stefanie (2022). Picturing cancer survivorship: a collection of photographs from the 'changing landscapes of survivorship' study. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, The University of Sydney.
2021
Other Outputs
Keeping families together: pilot project study
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Clarke, Andrew and Plage, Stefanie (2021). Keeping families together: pilot project study. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Journal Article
Reconfiguring time: optimisation and authenticity in accounts of people surviving with advanced cancer
Plage, Stefanie and Kirby, Emma (2021). Reconfiguring time: optimisation and authenticity in accounts of people surviving with advanced cancer. Health Sociology Review, 31 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2021.1918016
2021
Journal Article
Deploying normality: cancer survivor identity and authenticity in ritual-like practice
Plage, Stefanie (2021). Deploying normality: cancer survivor identity and authenticity in ritual-like practice. Medical Anthropology, 40 (5), 473-489. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2021.1909582
2021
Other Outputs
Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service
Baxter, Janeen, Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Cook, Stephanie, Tseng, Yi-Ping, Polidano, Cain, Kalb, Guyonne, Mamun, Abdullah, Ahmad, Shabbir, O'Flaherty, Martin, Borland, Jeff, Plage, Stefanie, Bellotti, Melindy, Kennedy, Elizabeth, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2021). Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service. Institute for Social Science Research - Publications Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Stefanie Plage is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
A Qualitative Life Course Study on Extremely Poor Couples with Controlled Fertility Behaviours: The Case of Timorese Couples
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zoe Staines
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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
Gender Inequality over the Life Course
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kieren Lilly, Professor Janeen Baxter
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Doctor Philosophy
Slippery and Sticky Sensibilities: The Moral and Intimate Economies of Dating App Use
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Professor Rebecca Olson
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring wellbeing in young people treated for cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy Mitchell, Associate Professor Jemma Venables
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Doctor Philosophy
Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Achieve the Quintuple Aim: Insights from Diabetes Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Professor Clair Sullivan
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Beyond pathology: (re)conceptualising distress in physiotherapy and chronic low back pain care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rebecca Olson
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