Nicole Moulding is a researcher and educator with special interests in gendered violence, mental health and social work. Nicole has published three books, Gendered Violence, Mental Health and Recovery in Everyday Lives: Beyond Trauma (2016, sole-authored),The Sexual Politics of Gendered Violence and Women’s Citizenship (2019, co-authored) and Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice (2016, co-edited), as well as over 40 journal articles in research into gendered violence, mental health and social work. Nicole is Director of the Safe Relationships and Communities Research Group (SRC), an interdisciplinary research group with 35 members from diverse disciplines across UniSA and industry partners. Nicole... Read more
About me
Nicole Moulding is a researcher and educator with special interests in gendered violence, mental health and social work. Nicole has published three books, Gendered Violence, Mental Health and Recovery in Everyday Lives: Beyond Trauma (2016, sole-authored),The Sexual Politics of Gendered Violence and Women’s Citizenship (2019, co-authored) and Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice (2016, co-edited), as well as over 40 journal articles in research into gendered violence, mental health and social work. Nicole is Director of the Safe Relationships and Communities Research Group (SRC), an interdisciplinary research group with 35 members from diverse disciplines across UniSA and industry partners. Nicole is involved in a number of ongoing research projects in addition to leadership and management roles. Recent research projects include an ARC-funded nation-wide study into the long-term impact of domestic violence on women's citizenship with a focus on mental health, housing, employment and social participation; a national study on reunifying children with their families after domestic violence; and a study into the impact of domestic violence on women's housing.
About me
Member, Executive of the Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work
Member, Australian Association of Social Workers
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Graduate Diploma in Public Health The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Social Work South Australian Institute of Technology
I worked as a professional social worker prior to entering academia with a particular focus on women's mental health and gendered violence. I took a post-doctoral postion in the School of Population Health at the University of Adelaide in 2004 after completing my doctoral thesis, which explored the gendered nature of theories and interventions used in treatment and prevention of eating disorders. I came to the University of South Australia in 2007 to take up a position as a lecturer in social work in the former School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy. I have held numerous leadership positions over this period, including as Interim Associate Dean: Research Education, Research Degrees Coordinator and Program Director for the Bachelor of Social Work Honours program. I am currently Professor and Discipline Lead of Social Work and Human Services, a Professorial Lead in UniSA Justice and Society and Director of the Safe Relationships and Communities Research Group.
I am currently involved in a national ARC Discovery study exploring the impact of domestic violence on women's citizenship with a particular focus on mental health, housing and employment. I am also publishing new work that reports on findings from my research into the gendered dimensions of childhood emotional abuse and the implications for mental health and wellbeing.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Exploration of barriers to reporting and help seeking following adult rape and sexual assault in South Australia, SA Dept of Health, 01/07/2024 - 31/05/2025
Understanding the long term impact of childhood emotional abuse, ARC - Discovery Projects, 29/03/2021 - 31/12/2024
Empowering young women through mental health peer support, Breakthrough Mental Health Foundation/UniSA ¿ Seed Funding, 28/02/2022 - 30/11/2023
National Survey on the Impact of Tenancy Laws on Women and Children Escaping Violence, Cwth Dept of Social Services, 26/03/2018 - 01/06/2019
Gendered violence and citizenship: the complex effects of intimate partner violence on mental health, housing and employment, ARC - Discovery Projects, 14/04/2013 - 31/12/2017
Moulding, N.T., Rowntree, M., Yu, N. & Buchanan, F. (2014) Transitions to Professional Work for Social Work Graduates: Final Report of a Learning and Teaching Project, University of South Australia, September.
Wendt, S., Tedmanson, D., Moulding, N.T. & Buchanan, F. (2014) Working from the Strength of Connection: Responding to Family Violence in the Northern Area Medicare Local Region, Final Report, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, June 2014.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
12
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
1
1
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
4
4
|
| 2016 |
30
|
| 2015 |
Open access
13
14
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
12
3
|
| 2016 |
30
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
|
| 2023 |
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| 2020 |
Open access
2
|
| 2016 |
Open access
|
| 2009 |
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
2
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
1
|
| 2024 |
Open access
4
5
6
|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
3
8
|
| 2023 |
Open access
37
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
2
65
|
| 2021 |
Open access
8
7
7
|
| 2021 |
Open access
13
10
5
|
| 2021 |
Open access
28
22
20
|
| 2021 |
Open access
42
33
45
|
| 2018 |
Open access
1
1
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
4
4
|
| 2016 |
Open access
17
15
|
| 2016 |
Open access
13
5
|
| 2016 |
Open access
33
22
3
|
| 2015 |
Open access
13
14
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
7
42
2
|
| 2015 |
Open access
41
34
6
|
| 2014 |
31
22
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
21
19
|
| 2012 |
3
1
|
| 2011 |
14
11
|
| 2011 |
Open access
|
| 2011 |
9
9
|
| 2010 |
40
32
|
| 2010 |
3
2
|
| 2009 |
7
9
|
| 2009 |
12
10
|
| 2009 |
16
14
|
| 2009 |
4
|
| 2008 |
Open access
51
43
|
| 2008 |
39
38
|
| 2008 |
Open access
60
|
| 2008 |
56
56
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
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| 2014 |
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Moulding, N.T. (2016) Gendered Violence, Mental Health and Recovery in Everyday Lives: Beyond Trauma. London: Routledge.
Wendt, S. & Moulding, N.T. (2016) Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice. London: Routledge.
Moulding, N.T. (2016) ‘Putting gender in the frame: feminist social work and mental health’. In S. Wendt & N.T. Moulding (Eds.) Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice. London: Routledge.
Moulding, N.T. & Wendt, S. (2016) ‘Introduction’. In S. Wendt & N.T. Moulding (Eds.) Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice. London: Routledge.
Wendt, S. & Moulding, N.T. (2016) ‘Conclusion’. In S. Wendt & N.T. Moulding (Eds.) Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice. London: Routledge.
Moulding, N.T. (2009) ‘The anorexic as femme fatale: reproducing gender through the father-psychiatrist and daughter-patient’. In Malson, H. and Burns, M. (Eds.) Critical Feminist Perspectives On Eating Dis/Orders: An International Reader, London: Routledge.
Moulding, NT., Franzway, S., Wendt, S., Zufferey, C. & Chung, D. ‘Domestic violence and mental health: situating women’s emotional distress in everyday gender power relations’. Paper accepted for peer-reviewed conference proceedings, Stop the Violence Conference, Canberra, December, 2015.
Wendt, S., Chung, D., Franzway, S., Zufferey, C. & Moulding, N.T. ‘The relationship between intimate partner violence, mental health, housing, and employment: Australian women’s recollections’, Paper accepted for peer-reviewed conference proceedings Stop the Violence Conference, Canberra, December, 2015.
Hanisch, D., Moulding, N.T. & Wendt, S. (2015) ‘I blame myself’: re-victimization in women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder’. Trauma, Theory and Practice, 5th Global Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, March.
Moulding, N.T., Franzway, S. Wendt, S., Chung, D. & Zufferey, C. (2014) ‘Domestic violence as an assault on selfhood: implications for women’s citizenship’, Qualitative Health Research Conference, Victoria, Canada, October.
Franzway, S. Wendt, S., Zufferey, C., Chung, D. & Moulding, N.T. (2014) ‘Gendered violence and citizenship: long term impacts on housing, employment and mental health’, Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities. The Australian Sociological Association Conference: 24 – 27 November Adelaide.
Wendt, S., Chung, D., Franzway, S., Moulding, N.T. & Zufferey, C. (2014) ‘Domestic violence & citizenship: impacts on mental health, housing, & employment’, International Social Work Conference, Melbourne, July.
Hanisch, D., Moulding, N.T. & Wendt, S. (2011) ‘My body isn't my own: child sexual abuse, borderline personality disorder and women's ongoing victimization’. Understanding and Working with the Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse, Manchester Metropolitan University, Nottingham, UK, November.
Moulding, N.T. (2010) Flight of the phoenix: women’s narratives of developing and recovering from an eating disorder, Australian Women’s Gender Studies Conference, Adelaide, July.
Hanisch, D. & Moulding N.T. (2010) Adult survivors of child sexual abuse: an exploration of professional discourse, Australian Women’s Gender Studies Conference, Adelaide, July.
Moulding, N.T. (2009) Rite of passage: overcoming bulimia as a heroic quest, invited paper presented at the Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, July.
Research
I am currently involved in a national ARC Discovery study exploring the impact of domestic violence on women's citizenship with a particular focus on mental health, housing and employment. I am also publishing new work that reports on findings from my research into the gendered dimensions of childhood emotional abuse and the implications for mental health and wellbeing.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| California State University | UNITED STATES |
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| Columbia University | UNITED STATES |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| New York City College of Technology | UNITED STATES |
| Northumbria University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Portland State University | UNITED STATES |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Australasian College of Physicians | AUSTRALIA |
| Touro College | UNITED STATES |
| University at Albany, State University of New York | UNITED STATES |
| University at Buffalo, State University of New York | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of California | UNITED STATES |
| University of Denver | UNITED STATES |
| University of Houston | UNITED STATES |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | UNITED STATES |
| University of Pittsburgh | UNITED STATES |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Strathclyde | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Warwick | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Washington | UNITED STATES |
| University of Waterloo | CANADA |
| Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Executive memberAustralian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work |
2019 |
Invited member of the Editorial BoardAffilia: The Journal of Women in Social Work |
2019 |
MemberAustralian Association of Social Workers (AASW) |
2019 |
Invited member of the Editorial BoardAffilia: The Journal of Women in Social Work |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Association of Social Workers (AASW) |
2018 |
Member, Steering CommitteeAustralian Association of Social Workers Family Violence |
2018 |
FacilitatorSouth Australian Joint Agency Social Work Futures Symposium |
2017 |
Invited EditorialAustralian Journal of Social Work |
2017 |
Invited memberThe Prato Group, Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work |
2017 |
Invited member of the Editorial BoardAffilia: The Journal of Women in Social Work |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Association of Social Workers (AASW) |
2017 |
My teaching involves a focus on mental health in social work practice and research education. I have developed a highly relational approach to teaching based on the principle that learning occurs in relationship rather than through the passive intake of knowledge. This very much fits with my teaching areas: both mental health and research education involve the development of new knowlege, but also learning and practising skills, and the embrace of social work values and principles of ethical research. A relational approach to learning and teaching enables an integrated approach to learning across the dimensions of theory, practice and ethics, and allows for a dynamic two-way process between teachers and learners, as well as between peer learners.
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| But you dont look sick. Making visible the lives of Australian young adults living with invisible and contested chronic illness. | Current |
| Constructing individuals with mental illness in community treatment orders (CTO): A discourse analysis | Current |
| The Effects of Gender and Social Class Dynamics on Long-term Sibling Relationships Following Childhood Emotional Abuse | Current |
| Understanding women's experiences of disclosing sexual violence through body mapping | Current |
| Young women's autobiographical accounts of attempted suicide: a narrative analysis | Current |
| A discourse analysis of postfeminist body gossip in Australian celebrity magazines | Completed |
| Caring and disability in rural Australia: a feminist standpoint analysis | Completed |
| Diverse Aboriginal motherhoods: challenging constructions of the 'unfit' m(other) | Completed |
| Iraqi women's experiences of war: select stories of survival | Completed |
| Preventing crime: what we know, and what we need to do | Completed |
| Resilience and vulnerability to cumulative stress in police: the influence of coping mechanisms and self-concept | Completed |
| Success for university students with mental illness: building resilience and positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment | Completed |
| The concealed debate: a feminist exploration of childhood sexual abuse and its perceived role in the aetiology and maintenance of eating disorders in women | Completed |
| Trimillennium feminine sexualities: representations, lives and daydreams | Completed |
| Understanding the impact of child sexual abuse in women's sexual lives: a discourse analysis | Completed |
| What's culture got to do with it? ethnicity, culture and women's experience of child sexual abuse | Completed |
