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Dr Ella Kuskoff
Dr

Ella Kuskoff

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Overview

Background

Ella’s research seeks to understand the experiences of people experiencing deep and persistent disadvantage, including those who use and are subjected to domestic violence; those who experience poverty and homelessness; and those who are engaged with statutory child protection services. Although Ella is a qualitative scholar, she collaborates within a multidisciplinary team that leverages both qualitative and quantitative data to form a comprehensive picture of how different forms of disadvantage interact with each other, and with broader social structures and systems. Ella also collaborates and engages deeply with industry partners to ensure that her research and its outcomes align fully with their research and practice needs.

Within this broad picture, Ella’s research aims to develop strategies for overcoming the structural barriers that perpetuate social disadvantage.

Availability

Dr Ella Kuskoff is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Works

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81 works between 2016 and 2025

1 - 20 of 81 works

2025

Other Outputs

Tenant engagement with Common Ground Queensland

Parsell, Cameron, Perrier, Robert, Anderson, Melissa, Donohue, Brendon, Plage, Stefanie, Constantine, Skye, Sharma, Nikita and Kuskoff, Ella (2025). Tenant engagement with Common Ground Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Mental Health Commission.

Tenant engagement with Common Ground Queensland

2025

Other Outputs

Motels as crisis accommodation for families: a snapshot of the current literature

Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron and Walsh AM, Karyn (2025). Motels as crisis accommodation for families: a snapshot of the current literature. LCC Working Paper Series. 2025-04. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Australia. doi: 10.14264/2f13619

Motels as crisis accommodation for families: a snapshot of the current literature

2025

Journal Article

Ontological pleasure: Exploring eating as enjoyment among people with experience of homelessness

Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Perrier, Robert and Kuskoff, Ella (2025). Ontological pleasure: Exploring eating as enjoyment among people with experience of homelessness. Social Science and Medicine, 366 117622, 117622. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117622

Ontological pleasure: Exploring eating as enjoyment among people with experience of homelessness

2024

Journal Article

Subject to quarantine: a narrative analysis of COVID-19 reporting in the Australian news media

Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella and Stambe, Rose-Marie (2024). Subject to quarantine: a narrative analysis of COVID-19 reporting in the Australian news media. Sociological Research Online. doi: 10.1177/13607804241275282

Subject to quarantine: a narrative analysis of COVID-19 reporting in the Australian news media

2024

Journal Article

What is the scope and contribution of lived experience in social work? A scoping review

Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Constantine, Skye (2024). What is the scope and contribution of lived experience in social work? A scoping review. The British Journal of Social Work, 54 (8), 3429-3448. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae106

What is the scope and contribution of lived experience in social work? A scoping review

2024

Other Outputs

Disasters and Individual Wellbeing: Evidence from Australia

Sharma, Nikita, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron and Middlebrook, Nathan (2024). Disasters and Individual Wellbeing: Evidence from Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-35. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/a7a822d

Disasters and Individual Wellbeing: Evidence from Australia

2024

Journal Article

Global expectations for bystander intervention in domestic violence: a scoping review of governmental policies and community resources in eight countries

Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Global expectations for bystander intervention in domestic violence: a scoping review of governmental policies and community resources in eight countries. Journal of Family Violence, 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10896-024-00759-z

Global expectations for bystander intervention in domestic violence: a scoping review of governmental policies and community resources in eight countries

2024

Other Outputs

What does it take and mean to sustain a tenancy and prevent homelessness?

Parsell, Cameron, Sharma, Nikita, Stambe, Rose, Kuskoff, Ella, Davidraj, Paul and Kozionas, Jade (2024). What does it take and mean to sustain a tenancy and prevent homelessness?. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

What does it take and mean to sustain a tenancy and prevent homelessness?

2024

Other Outputs

A survey of the people contributing to the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland 2024

Sharma, Nikita, Kuskoff, Ella, Hill, Samantha and Parsell, Cameron (2024). A survey of the people contributing to the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

A survey of the people contributing to the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland 2024

2024

Book Chapter

The endurance, limitations and potential opportunities of charitable responses to homelessness

Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Watts-Cobbe, Beth (2024). The endurance, limitations and potential opportunities of charitable responses to homelessness. Research Handbook on Homelessness. (pp. 212-222) Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800883413.00025

The endurance, limitations and potential opportunities of charitable responses to homelessness

2024

Journal Article

Of good mothers and violent fathers: negotiating child protection interventions in abusive relationships

Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Perales, Francisco and Ablaza, Christine (2024). Of good mothers and violent fathers: negotiating child protection interventions in abusive relationships. Violence Against Women, 30 (10), 2531-2548. doi: 10.1177/10778012231158107

Of good mothers and violent fathers: negotiating child protection interventions in abusive relationships

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, 1-22. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2024.2367650

‘Moving, moving, moving’: the social forces that perpetuate housing instability for women experiencing intimate partner violence

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

A shelter by any other name? Delivering homeless crisis accommodation services in a hotel

2024

Journal Article

Developing a contextual understanding of empowerment through education: narratives from highly educated women in Pakistan

Zulfiqar, Asma and Kuskoff, Ella (2024). Developing a contextual understanding of empowerment through education: narratives from highly educated women in Pakistan. Gender and Education, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2024.2359519

Developing a contextual understanding of empowerment through education: narratives from highly educated women in Pakistan

2024

Other Outputs

Engaging with the domestic violence action centre: survivor experiences

Campbell, Alice, Kuskoff, Ella, Lloyd, Madison, Baxter, Janeen and Harper, Melanie (2024). Engaging with the domestic violence action centre: survivor experiences. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-09. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/ee0ba1a

Engaging with the domestic violence action centre: survivor experiences

2024

Journal Article

Climbing, stalling, falling: how people experiencing housing instability anticipate their futures

Plage, Stefanie, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Parsell, Cameron and Kuskoff, Ella (2024). Climbing, stalling, falling: how people experiencing housing instability anticipate their futures. Journal of Sociology, 61 (1), 40-61. doi: 10.1177/14407833241255151

Climbing, stalling, falling: how people experiencing housing instability anticipate their futures

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.

Hanging by a thread: our search for home. A youth photovoice project report

2024

Journal Article

Re(de)fining success: tenancy issues, provider supports, and tenancy outcomes in an Australian Permanent Supportive Housing programme

Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron, Ablaza, Christine, Kuskoff, Ella, Plage, Stefanie and Stambe, Rose (2024). Re(de)fining success: tenancy issues, provider supports, and tenancy outcomes in an Australian Permanent Supportive Housing programme. Housing Studies, 1-25. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2024.2339915

Re(de)fining success: tenancy issues, provider supports, and tenancy outcomes in an Australian Permanent Supportive Housing programme

2024

Journal Article

Homemaker or breadwinner: labour force participation of Pakistani women

Zulfiqar, Asma, Kuskoff, Ella, Povey, Jenny and Baxter, Janeen (2024). Homemaker or breadwinner: labour force participation of Pakistani women. Community, Work and Family. doi: 10.1080/13668803.2024.2336031

Homemaker or breadwinner: labour force participation of Pakistani women

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, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/10530789.2024.2308495

“There’s not much I can do about it”: violence and control in marginal(izing) spaces

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025
    How can we prevent domestic and family violence? Reimagining the role of the community
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Validation of AHVTT
    MICAH PROJECTS LTD
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    QMHC Tenant Engagement
    Queensland Mental Health Commission
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    St Vincent de Paul Queensland evidence research partnership
    St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Photovoice and service user driven transformations
    Anglicare Southern Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Keeping Families Together Evaluation 2022
    Micah Projects Inc
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Ten Year Empirical Review of Tenancies at Common Ground Queensland
    Micah Projects Inc
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    An empirical investigation of the St Vincent de Paul Society Park Hotel Homelessness Trial
    St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Homelessness Systems, Pathways and Experiences
    Micah Projects Inc
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Parents as Teachers: Permanent Supportive Housing
    Micah Projects Inc
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Ella Kuskoff is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Shelter from the Storm? The implementation of trauma informed care in specialist homelessness and mainstream services in NSW

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Research evidence in the not-for-profit sector and consumer-driven change

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release in conservation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Learning from lived experience: Consumer Participation in Specialist Homelessness Services

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release in conservation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Shelter from the Storm? The implementation of trauma informed care in specialist homelessness and mainstream services in NSW

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell

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