Dr Lisa Ewenson
Research Associate
BA (Hons 1st) / LLB (Hons) - University of Melbourne
BSW - Charles Sturt University
MA SocSci (IntDev) - RMIT
PhD - RMIT
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Built Environment
Dr Lisa Ewenson is a Research Associate within the HowWeSurvive initiative and has a background in both social work and law. Her professional work has centred upon the protection and promotion of human rights in both youth justice detention and immigration detention settings, with a particular focus on the rights of children and young people. Lisa's doctoral research involved narrative inquiry with young people recently released from youth justice detention in NSW. Lisa's current research is concerned with disaster recovery for marginalised groups across Australia, with a current focus on the right to adequate housing as well as the role of social work in disaster recovery processes.
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Anita Lawrence Building
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Australian Government Research Training Program. PhD Scholarship 2018 - 2022
Persia Porter Award. Australian Red Cross 2015
Admitted as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.
Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).