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Carmel Fleming is a mental health professional with the Queensland Eating Disorder Service (QuEDS) and conjoint Clinical Lecturer with Queensland Health and the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland where she teaches in Advanced Practice in Health. At QuEDS Carmel is senior social worker, clinical educator, and clinical supervisor providing consultation and service development across Queensland as well as coordination of QuEDS family and carer services. Prior to this she developed and led the QuEDS statewide education and training program for ten years. Carmel has specialised in mental health and eating disorders since 1992 with a focus on low intensity and specialist interventions such as self help and cognitive behavioural programs as well as family work. Carmel completed her PhD into the effectiveness of services for families of adults affected by eating disorders and maintains a special interest in the clinical support and supervision of other health professionals.

Dr Dorothee Hölscher is a Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at The University of Queensland. She is a qualitative researcher whose work focuses on social justice, social inclusion, and participatory approaches with young people and communities in contexts of (forced) migration and cultural diversity. Her research examines how structural inequalities, xenophobia, and race-based discrimination shape everyday experiences, and explores practical, sustainable, and structural responses that support inclusion and well-being at community, institutional, and policy levels. Her methodological expertise lies in community- and art-based participatory research, informed by grounded theory and critical discourse analysis.

Dorothee completed her social work training in Germany and South Africa, including a Master of Social Science (cum laude) and a PhD (by publication). Prior to entering academia, she worked in refugee and migrant support, community development, and child protection, experiences that continue to inform her research and educational practice. Currently, Dorothee teaches across the Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work (Qualifying) programmes, coordinating theory-focused courses on power, structure, and agency (SWSP1012) and lifespan development, culture, and disability (SWSP7044). Her teaching places a strong emphasis on participatory and critical pedagogies that prepare students for ethical and socially just practice.

Dorothee is the Deputy Chair of a UQ Human Research Ethics Committee and Co-Editor of Ethics & Social Welfare. Having held previous academic appointments in South Africa, Dorothee maintains these important international links through her role as a Research Associate with the Department of Social Work and Criminology at the University of Pretoria.