Jaimee Stuart

Jaimee is an applied cultural and developmental psychologist and Principal Research Fellow at the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. Her work examines human development within complex social systems with a focus on the experiences of marginalised, under-represented, and disadvantaged communities. Throughout her career she has worked to support the health and well-being of diverse minority groups (e.g. cultural, religious, gender, and sexual orientation) and those who experience inflated risk factors (e.g., exposure to violence, low socio-economic status, displacement). She is especially interested in how governance, community, and individual-level factors intersect with contemporary social issues including emerging technologies, intercultural relations, and social cohesion. Jaimee focuses on issues of social justice, peace, and equity with an emphasis on the empowerment of Indigenous, migrant and refugee background youth and families.

Jaimee has multisector research and leadership experience across the United Nations, government, and academia in Australia and Aotearoa. Most recently, she was Head of Research (Acting) at the United Nations University Institute in Macau, where she led a team examining the gender digital divide, the ethics of AI, and online violence among civil society in Asia-Pacific. Prior to that she held a senior research role at Griffith University where she led the research strategy for a large project in Logan aimed at alleviating the impacts of place-based disadvantage among diverse cultural groups. Jaimee has extensive experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods, knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder engagement, and policy advisory.