Our Research and Publications
Our research and publications
Our research and publications
Our research on gender-based violence aims to strengthen the evidence-base to support policy and interventions that keep everyone safe from violence. Our research covers a breadth of multi-disciplinary and methodological research expertise, with members coming from a broad range of disciplines including:
- social work
- public health
- criminology
- nursing and midwifery
- languages and linguistics
- law
- planning
Our research expertise includes conducting randomised controlled trials, population surveys, process evaluations and systematic reviews. Our qualitative researchers have expertise in conducting ethnographic research, phenomenology, grounded theory, discourse analysis, and case study analysis.
Current projects
Current projects
| Identifying and responding to sexual harassment and unwelcome sexual behaviour in licensed live music venues: Pilot program evaluation | Dr Robyn Dwyer, Dr Sarah Callinan, Dr Amy Pennay, Dr Michael Livingston, Prof. Robin Room. Funded by Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing, Victorian Department of Justice & Regulation |
Contact: Robyn Dwyer R.Dwyer@latrobe.edu.au Ph: 03 9479 8791 |
| Gendered hate speech in Australian law | Laura Griffin, Nicole Shackleton, Tanya D'Souza, Danielle Walt | Contact: Laura Griffin L.Griffin@latrobe.edu.au ph: Ph: 03 9479 5891 |
| Developing a priority-driven research agenda on alcohol-related violence against women |
Ingrid Wilson, Angela Taft, Sandra Kuntsche, Anne-Marie Laslett Funded by VicHealth |
Contact: Ingrid Wilson I.Wilson@latrobe.edu.au Ph: 03 9479 6288 |
| Tackling alcohol-related family violence: A multidisciplinary research program to build strategies to prevent and reduce domestic violence |
Angela Taft, Ingrid Wilson,Robin Room, Anne-Marie Laslett, Sarah MacLean, Michael Livingston, LTU Kate Graham, Canada Gail Gilchrist, Kings College, UK |
Contact: Ingrid Wilson I.Wilson@latrobe.edu.au Ph: 03 9479 6288 |
| Leading change on violence against women through the health sector in Timor-Leste |
Kayli Wild, Angela Taft, Chris Roche, Linda Kelly, Susan McDonald, LTU Lidia Gomes, Angelina Fernandes, Amina de Araujo, Isabelita Madeira, Livio da Conceicao Matos, UNTL |
Contact: Kayli Wild K.Wild@latrobe.edu.au Ph: 03 9479 5701 More information |
| Domestic and family violence and parenting |
Rae Kaspiew, Lixia Qu, Ruth Weston, AIFS Angela Taft, Leesa Hooker, Jan Nicholson, LTU Cathy Humphreys, Uni Melb Fiona Buchanan, Uni SA | Contact: Leesa Hooker l.hooker@latrobe.edu.au More information |
| HARMONY: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a whole of general practice intervention to prevent and reduce domestic violence among migrant and refugee communities | Angela Taft, Ann Wilson, Emma Sayers - LTU. Collaborators/Partners: University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Monash University, University of Bristol, In Touch Multicultural Centre against Family Violence, Office for Multicultural Affairs, Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and Commonwealth Department of Social Services. |
Contact: Ann Wilson ann.wilson@latrobe.edu.au About the pilot study |
| An investigation of violence against young women in the Bendigo area | Leesa Hooker, Karen Anderson, Jacqui Theobald, Paulina Billet, La Trobe Rural Health School and Paula Baron, La Trobe University. |
Contact: Leesa Hooker l.hooker@latrobe.edu.au More information |
| RECOVER: Reconnecting mothers and children after violence: A child parent psychotherapy pilot. Safer Families CRE. | Leesa Hooker, Angela Taft- La Trobe University, Cathy Humphreys, Kelsey Hegarty-University of Melbourne. Harriet MacMillan, McMaster University, Canada. | Contact: Leesa Hooker l.hooker@latrobe.edu.au |
| Prenatal sex selection in the context of migration to Australia | Kristina Edvardsson, La Trobe University. Mary-Ann Davey, Monash University. Anna Axmon, Lund University, Sweden. Rhonda Powell, University of Canterbury, NZ. | Contact: Kristi N A Edvardsson |
PhD projects
Current
Bijaya Pokharel
Developing a sustainable and culturally safe family violence response process for general practices
Brianna Pike
How does reproductive coercion impact victim-survivors’ lives in terms of safety and life circumstances?
Desireé LaGrappe
Maternal Child Health Nursing: A Golden Opportunity to Integrate Screening and Response for Reproductive Coercion in Australia and Beyond?
Mercy Henry
Exploring the barriers to help-seeking and identifying gaps in the Family Violence support system for South Asian migrant women during the perinatal period
Molly Allen-Leap
What are the healthcare experiences of migrant and refugee victim-survivors when seeking care from primary healthcare providers?
Conferred
Catina Adams
How does the Enhanced Maternal and Child Health program in Victoria support women experiencing family violence?
conferred, Oct 2022
Mercy Otsin
A mixed methods study of post abortion women and service providers within the Ashanti region of Ghana
conferred, Oct 2021
Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla
Violence against women, maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity
conferred, July 2019
Alissar El-Murr
Violence against Women Policies in Victoria, Australia: Emergence, Rupture and Continuity of Discourse
conferred, Oct 2017
Rachel Loney-Howes
Being heard, being seen, being believed: The politics of recognition in online anti-rape activism
conferred, Sept 2017
Sonia Reisenhofer
What is the relationship between self-efficacy and position in the stages of change (or other) pathway for women experiencing intimate partner violence?
conferred, May 2017
Heather Wallace
Reproductive health decision-making in Municipio Viqueque, Baucau, Dili and Ermera, Timor-Leste
conferred, September 2019
Ingrid Wilson
Fearing the “changed” man: Women’s experience of alcohol-related intimate partner
conferred, May 2017