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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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. doi: 10.1177/14407833241255151
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
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
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
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
Funding
Current funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Dr Ella Kuskoff is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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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Doctor Philosophy
Research evidence in the not-for-profit sector and consumer-driven change
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release in conservation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller
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Doctor Philosophy
Learning from lived experience: Consumer Participation in Specialist Homelessness Services
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release in conservation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller
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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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