Overview
Background
Dr Laura Simpson Reeves is a Research Fellow in the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Work at The University of Queensland, and a Research Fellow with the Life Course Centre. She is a highly experienced qualitative social researcher with a strong background across the social sciences and humanities. Her research broadly aims to understand social and cultural responses to inequity and disadvantage, with a strong focus on lived experience. Laura works with vulnerable and marginalised groups at the nexus of culture and disadvantage, especially around ethnicity, gender and sexuality, poverty, and experiences of exclusion and discrimination. She has a particular focus and interest in diaspora and issues around belonging, identity, acculturation, and social cohesion/isolation. Her current research explores family inclusion and children's voices, especially in relation to child protection.
Availability
- Dr Laura Simpson Reeves is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Communiciation, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Policy and Applied Social Research, Macquarie University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2018
Journal Article
What do they need to know? Core skills for postgraduate development studies students : Core skills for postgraduate development studies students
Engel, Susan and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2018). What do they need to know? Core skills for postgraduate development studies students : Core skills for postgraduate development studies students. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 59 (2), 212-225. doi: 10.1111/apv.12191
2018
Book Chapter
Underestimating legacy: lessons learned from mining-caused displacement and resettlement
Ramsay, Rebekah B. and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2018). Underestimating legacy: lessons learned from mining-caused displacement and resettlement. Routledge handbook of community development research. (pp. 55-68) edited by Shevellar, Lynda and Westoby, Peter. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-4
2018
Book Chapter
Complicating dynamics: adapting the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to a remote indigenous context in Australia
Moran, Mark, Simpson Reeves, Laura and Wright, Alyson (2018). Complicating dynamics: adapting the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to a remote indigenous context in Australia. Routledge handbook of community development research. (pp. 146-160) edited by Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315612829-10
2017
Conference Publication
Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies?
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2017). Can visual methods actually challenge hierarchies?. International Visual Methods Conference, Singapore, 16-18 August 2017.
2017
Book Chapter
Intercultural communication study in Australia
Liu, Shuang and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2017). Intercultural communication study in Australia. The international encyclopedia of intercultural communication. (pp. 1-9) edited by Young Yun Kim. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0078
2016
Conference Publication
Challenging hierarchies: the role of visual research methods in participatory development
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2016). Challenging hierarchies: the role of visual research methods in participatory development. ISA RC33 9th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Leicester, United Kingdom, 11-16 September 2016.
2016
Book Chapter
Migration and Aging
Liu, Shuang and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2016). Migration and Aging. Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. (pp. 1-7) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_292-1
2016
Conference Publication
Assessing the impact of public finances on the PNG-Australia borderland
Simpson Reeves, Laura and Moran, Mark (2016). Assessing the impact of public finances on the PNG-Australia borderland. Australasian Aid and International Development Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 10-11 February 2016.
2015
Journal Article
Visualizing participatory development communication in social change processes: challenging the notion that visual research methods are inherently participatory
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2015). Visualizing participatory development communication in social change processes: challenging the notion that visual research methods are inherently participatory. International Journal of Communication, 9 (2015), 3327-3346.
2015
Journal Article
Using purpose-made objects for visual research: an exploratory case study
Hinthorne, Lauren Leigh and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2015). Using purpose-made objects for visual research: an exploratory case study. Visual Communication, 14 (2), 155-178. doi: 10.1177/1470357214565585
2015
Journal Article
Role reversals challenge husbands of Indonesian students in Australia
Utari, Valentina Y. D. and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2015, 03 25). Role reversals challenge husbands of Indonesian students in Australia
2014
Other Outputs
Children left behind: A human rights issue
Lubis, Sofni and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2014). Children left behind: A human rights issue. SMERU Policy Brief. 1/2014. SMERU Research Institute.
2014
Conference Publication
The role of visual methods in multilingual spaces when promoting participation
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2014). The role of visual methods in multilingual spaces when promoting participation. Rhizomes VIII Conference: Surviving and Thriving in Multilingual Spaces, Brisbane, Australia, 10-11 February 2014.
2014
Other Outputs
Mainstreaming Communication for Development in Policies and Programmes. Enabling social inclusion to support food and nutrition security, resilient rural livelihoods and family farmin
van de Fliert, Elske, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Walker, Grady, Sepulveda, Claudia, Sam, Steven and Ngussie, Hagos (2014). Mainstreaming Communication for Development in Policies and Programmes. Enabling social inclusion to support food and nutrition security, resilient rural livelihoods and family farmin. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2013
Conference Publication
Modelling development: The benefits of a participatory approach
Simpson Reeves, Laura (2013). Modelling development: The benefits of a participatory approach. Perspectives on Progress Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 27-29 November 2013.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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