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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

School of Built Environment

Lisa Ewenson has worked in social work and legal roles for over twenty years. 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.

E-mail

lisa.ewenson@unsw.edu.au

Location

Level 3 Anita Lawrence Building

Book Chapters | 2023

Ewenson L, 2023, 'Contemporary Youth Detention Experiences in New South Wales', in Clancey G; Lulham R (ed.), Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children's Courts (in NSW), LexisNexis, Sydney, https://store.lexisnexis.com/en-au/products/youth-crime-youth-justice-and-children-s-courts-in-nsw.html
Journal articles | 2024

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Teaching human rights-based social work in Australia–drawing from practice experiences in diverse environments', Social Work Education, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2361732

Journal articles | 2021

Ewenson L; Naylor B, 2021, 'Protecting human rights in youth detention: listening to the voices of children and young people in detention', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 27, pp. 97 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2021.1961368
Other | 2023

Ewenson L, 2023, Children's Rights and Participation in Youth Justice Systems: An International Perspective - Webinar Panelist, , https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/events/youthjusticesystems

Conference Presentations | 2022

Ewenson L, 2022, 'Narrating the youth detention experience in NSW, Australia', presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Darwin, 28 November 2022 - 30 November 2022, https://anzsocconference.com.au/8038

Theses / Dissertations | 2022

Ewenson L, 2022, Children Must Be Heard When They Cannot Be Seen. An Analysis of Youth Justice Detention in Contemporary Australia - External Oversight Mechanisms, Children's Rights and the Capabilities Approach., Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT, https://researchrepository.rmit.edu.au/esploro/outputs/9922207311201341

Conference Presentations | 2021

Ewenson L, 2021, 'An analysis of youth justice detention in contemporary Australia.', presented at 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference, Brisbane & on-line, 11 November 2021 - 13 November 2021, https://www.ifsw.org/the-26th-asia-pacific-regional-social-work-conference-important-update/

Conference Presentations | 2019

Ewenson L, 2019, 'Children must be heard when they cannot be seen. An analysis of youth justice detention.', presented at The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Sydney, 25 November 2019 - 29 November 2023, https://www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=671860&module_id=357514

Conference Presentations | 2004

Ewenson L, 2004, 'Discussion Paper on the Ethics of the Use of Motivational Interviewing with Involuntary Clients', presented at Global Social Work Congress - Reclaiming Civil Society, Adelaide,, 02 October 2004 - 04 November 2004, https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=BF2A8A074148C185DB617AE0F87A4F88?doi=10.1.1.131.8699&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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).

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