Dr Carole Zufferey

Senior Lecturer UniSA Justice & Society

Magill Campus (H1-27)
tel +61 8 830 24782

email Carole.Zufferey@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Welcome to my home page. I am currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in Social Work. I have been working at the University of South Australia as a tutor, course coordinator and researcher since 2002. Prior to entering academia I was a social worker and worked in the areas of child protection, aged care, disability, mental health and homelessness in Australia and the UK.

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Research

Research focus

Social Work
Other Studies in Human Society
Psychology
Criminology
Policy and Administration

Highlights

My research interests are home, housing, homelessness, social work practice and education, domestic violence, employment, mental health and child protection.

Research

Outputs

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.

Books

Year	Output
2022	Zufferey, C, Horsell, C, Burgess, K, Cleland, A, Goel, K & Tedmanson, D 2022, The complexities of home in social work, Routledge, UK. 1
2020	Zufferey, C & Buchanan, F 2020, Intersections of mothering: feminist accounts, Routledge, UK. 1 3
2019	Franzway, S, Moulding, N, Wendt, S, Zufferey, C & Chung, D 2019, The sexual politics of gendered violence and women's citizenship, Policy Press, UK. 12 3
2018	Zufferey, C & Yu, N 2018, Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific, Routledge, UK. 8
2017	Zufferey, C 2017, Homelessness and social work: an intersectional approach, Routledge, UK. 9

Chapters

Year	Output
2025	Zufferey, C, Cowie, J & Horsell, C 2025, 'Using a complex case study to develop student skills and confidence in a social work studio space', in M Jarldorn and C Hudson (eds), Tutorial Ideas for Educators on The Run, Springer, Singapore, ch. 10, pp. 71-19.
2024	Barraud, J, Zufferey, C & de Anstiss, H 2024, 'An intersectional feminist analysis of Australian print media representations of sexual violence by Indian men: implications for social work', in C Noble et al. (eds), The Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms in Social Work, Routledge, UK, ch. 18, pp. 215-227.
2024	Zufferey, C & Horsell, C 2024, 'Intersectional perspectives on homelessness and social work', in B Akkan et al. (eds), Overlapping Inequalities in the Welfare State: Strengths and Challenges of Intersectionality Framework, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 21, pp. 331-343. 1
2024	Zufferey, C, Goel, K & Shabbar, F 2024, 'Diverse cross-cultural reflections on whiteness in the social work academy', in J Ravulo et al. (eds) (eds), Handbook of critical whiteness deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines, Springer, Singapore, ch. 37, pp. 535-544.
2023	Cleland, A & Zufferey, C 2023, 'Yarning about yarning: a potential strategy to deconstruct whiteness', in Jioji Ravulo et al. (eds), Handbook of Critical Whiteness, Springer, Singapore, pp. 1-13. Open access
2023	Qiu, D, Zufferey, C & Tang, S 2023, 'Homelessness in China', in J Bretherton & N Pleace (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness, Routledge, UK, ch. 26, pp. 290-297.
2020	Parkes, A & Zufferey, C 2020, 'Aboriginal mothering in the Australian context', in C Zufferey & F Buchanan (eds), Intersections of Mothering: Feminist Accounts, Routledge, UK, ch. 8, pp. 104-116. Open access 5
2020	Zufferey, C & Buchanan, F 2020, 'Conclusion beyond the intersections of mothering', in C Zufferey & F Buchanan (eds), Intersections of Mothering: Feminist Accounts, Routledge, UK, ch. 16, pp. 206-209. Open access
2020	Zufferey, C & Buchanan, F 2020, 'Introduction: theorising intersectional feminism and mothering', in C Zufferey & F Buchanan (eds), Intersections of Mothering: Feminist Accounts, Routledge, UK, ch. 1, pp. 1-16. 3
2020	Zufferey, C 2020, 'Mothering without a home', in C Zufferey & F Buchanan (eds), Intersections of Mothering: Feminist Accounts, Routledge, UK, ch. 9, pp. 117-127. Open access 3
2018	Horsell, C & Zufferey, C 2018, 'Homelessness in Australia', in C Zufferey & N Yu (eds), Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacific, Routledge, UK, ch. 9, pp. 133-145. 8
2018	Qiu, D & Zufferey, C 2018, 'Homelessness in China', Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific, Routledge, UK, ch. 3, pp. 28-46. 6
2018	Zufferey, C & Yu, N 2018, 'A portrait of homelessness in the Asia Pacific', in C Zufferey & N Yu (eds), Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific, Routledge, UK, ch. 10, pp. 146-156. Open access
2018	Zufferey, C & Yu, N 2018, 'The many faces of homelessness: a critical introduction', in C Zufferey & N Yu (eds), Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific, Routledge, UK, ch. 1, pp. 1-8. Open access 1
2018	Zufferey, C 2018, 'Gendered violence in the Australian context: feminist consciousness-raising', in N Yu (ed.), Consciousness-raising: critical pedagogy and practice for social change, Routledge, UK, ch. 5, pp. 65-77. Open access
2016	Zufferey, C 2016, 'Homelessness and Gender', in N Naples et al. (eds), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Wiley-Blackwell, US, pp. 1-8. 9
2016	Zufferey, C 2016, 'Homelessness and intersectional feminist practice', in S Wendt et al. (eds), Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice, Routledge, UK, ch. 16, pp. 238-248. 3
2016	Zufferey, C 2016, 'Homelessness in western cities', in C Williams (ed.), Social work and the city, Palgrave MacMillan, UK, ch. 4, pp. 97-120. 4 1
2014	Zufferey, C 2014, 'Intersectional feminism and social work responses to homelessness', in S Wahab, B Anderson-Nathe & C Gringeri (eds), Feminisms in social work research: promise and possibilities for justice-based knowledge, Routledge, US, ch. 6, pp. 90-102. 5
2010	Arney, FM, Lange, R & Zufferey, C 2010, 'Responding to parents with complex needs who are involved with statutory child protection services', in F Arney & D Scott (eds), Working with vulnerable families, Cambridge University Press, New York, ch. 9, pp. 157-186.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	O'Connor, CA, Zufferey, C & de Anstiss, H 2025, 'Governing failed neoliberal subjects: representations of women's mental health in Australian mental health policies', Qualitative Social Work, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 61-77. Open access 6
2025	Sorby, J, McKenzie, C, Regan-Coe, R, Zufferey, C & Moulding, N 2025, 'Supervision on country: enhancing culturally safe social work supervision through First Nations knowledges', Australian Social Work, online, pp. 1-16. Open access
2025	Yu, N, Zufferey, C, Horsell, C, Cowie, J & Le, TM 2025, 'Use of Actors in Simulations for Social Work Eduaction: A Scoping Review', Research on Social Work Practice, online, pp. 1-14. Open access
2024	Cordier, R, Chen, Y-W, Chung, D, Mahoney, N, Martin, R, Dorozenko, K, Franzway, S, Moulding, N, Wendt, S & Zufferey, C 2024, 'The long shadow of intimate partner violence: associations of mental and physical health with employment, housing, and demographic factors', Violence Against Women, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1300-1329. Open access 1 2
2024	Zufferey, C 2024, 'Radicalising hope to resist the neoliberalisation of social work', Critical and Radical Social Work: An International Journal, in press, pp. 1-17.
2023	Fitriani, SR, Zufferey, C & Ibrahim, N 2023, 'Communal parenting, marriage and children in Papua, Indonesia: Insights for social work', International Social Work, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 1513-1526. Open access
2023	Maddison, C, Maxfield, K & Zufferey, C 2023, 'Raising the age of criminal responsibility: advocates perspectives and an urgent call for action', Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 54-70. Open access
2023	McHendrie, T, Zufferey, C, Bilic, S & Loeser, C 2023, 'Unruly female spectators at the Melbourne Cup in Australia: media discourses about women and alcohol consumption', Feminist Media Studies, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 2576-2591. Open access 3 4 53
2023	Moulding, N, Chung, D, Zufferey, C, Franzway, S & Wendt, S 2023, 'Social participation after intimate partner violence: investigating the impact on women's citizenship', Violence Against Women, vol. 29, no. 14, pp. 2754-2774. Open access 37
2022	Coram, V, Tually, S, Cornell, V, Zufferey, C & Lovell, F 2022, 'Lasting legacies: meeting the housing needs of forgotten Australians from mid-life to older age', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 408-422. Open access 1 1 1
2022	Smith, TL, Zufferey, C, Bilic, S & Loeser, C 2022, 'Questioning policy representations of women's alcohol consumption: implications for social work', Qualitative Social Work, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 731-747. Open access 5 3
2022	Zufferey, C, Cowie, J & McCubbin, P 2022, 'Teaching about homelessness in social work: integrating theory and practice', Parity, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 12-13.
2022	Zufferey, C, Watson, J, Martin, R & Stonehouse, D 2022, 'Introduction', Parity, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 4-6.
2021	Armfield, JM, Ey, L-A, Zufferey, C, Gnanamanickam, ES & Segal, L 2021, 'Educational strengths and functional resilience at the start of primary school following child maltreatment', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 122, article no. 105301, pp. 1-12. Open access 10 9 178
2021	Cramp, KJ & Zufferey, C 2021, 'The removal of children in domestic violence: widening service provider perspectives', Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, vol. 36, no. 3,, pp. 406-425. Open access 17 13
2021	Moulding, N, Franzway, S, Wendt, S, Zufferey, C & Chung, D 2021, 'Rethinking women's mental health after intimate partner violence', Violence Against Women, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1064-1090. Open access 42 33 45
2020	Zufferey, C, Yu, N & Hand, T 2020, 'Researching home in social work', Qualitative Social Work, vol. 19, no. 5-6, pp. 1095-1110. Open access 11 4
2019	Zufferey, C & Parkes, A 2019, 'Family homelessness in regional and urban contexts: service provider perspectives', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 70, pp. 1-8. Open access 13 11
2018	Chung, D, Fisher, C, Zufferey, C & Thiara, R 2018, 'Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 540, pp. 1-13. Open access 6 13
2018	Mignone, S, Zufferey, C & De Anstiss, H 2018, 'Family experiences of caring for relatives who have received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)', Australian Social Work, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 86-97. Open access 3 3 14
2017	Rowntree, MR & Zufferey, C 2017, 'Lesbians' embodied and imagined homes: 'it's an internal journey'', Sexualities, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 943-958. Open access 10 5 18
2016	Rowntree, M, Zufferey, C & King, S 2016, ''I don't just want to do it for myself': diverse perspectives on being successful at university by social work students who speak English as an additional language', Social Work Education, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 387-401. Open access 6 1
2016	Zufferey, C & King, S 2016, 'Social work learning spaces: the Social Work Studio', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 395-408. Open access 1 1
2016	Zufferey, C, Chung, D, Franzway, S, Wendt, S & Moulding, N 2016, 'Intimate partner violence and housing: eroding women's citizenship', Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 463-478. Open access 33 22 3
2015	Mackay, T & Zufferey, C 2015, ''A who doing a what?': Identity, practice and social work education', Journal of Social Work, vol. 15, pp. 644-661. Open access 21 19 1
2015	Rowntree, MR & Zufferey, C 2015, 'Need or right: sexual expression and intimacy in aged care', Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 35, pp. 20-25. Open access 26 22 4
2015	Zufferey, C & Chung, D 2015, ''Red dust homelessness': housing, home and homelessness in remote Australia', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 41, pp. 13-22. 19 17 1
2015	Zufferey, C 2015, 'Diverse meanings of home in multicultural Australia', International Journal of Diverse Identities, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 13-21.
2014	Zufferey, C, Gibson, C & Buchanan, F 2014, 'Collaborating to focus on children in Australian social work education', Social Work Education, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 32-45. 1
2013	Gordon, L & Zufferey, C 2013, 'Working with diversity in a neoliberal environment', Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 21-31.
2013	Wache, D & Zufferey, C 2013, 'Connecting with students from new and emerging communities in social work education', Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 80-91.
2013	Zufferey, C 2013, 'Questioning representations of homelessness in the Australian print media', Australian Social Work, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 525-536. 3 18
2012	Zufferey, C & Gibson, C 2012, 'Social work education and children', Australian Social Work, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 391-401. 2 2
2012	Zufferey, C 2012, ''Not knowing that I do not know and not wanting to know': reflections of a white Australian social worker', International Social Work, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 659-673. 26 19
2012	Zufferey, C 2012, 'Jack of all trades, master of none?' Social work identity and homelessness in Australian cities', Journal of Social Work, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 510-527. 12 10
2010	Zufferey, C 2010, 'Teaching for practice with children in homeless families', Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 39-51.
2010	Zufferey, C, Arney, FM & Lange, R 2010, 'Mental Health is one Issue, the Child is another Issue, Issues bounce back and clash against each other: Facilitating collaboration between child protection and mental health services', Communities, Children and Families Australia, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 21-34.
2009	Zufferey, C 2009, 'Making Gender Visible Social Work Responses to Homelessness', Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 382-393. 24 16
2009	Zufferey, C 2009, 'Teaching about homelessness, with a focus on children and families, as an emerging area of social work practice', Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 109-116.
2009	Zufferey, C, Scott, D & Gibson, C 2009, 'Making children visible in social work education', Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 9-30.
2008	Zufferey, C 2008, 'Homelessness, Social Work, Social Policy and the Print Media in Australian Cities', Social Work and Society, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1-4. Open access
2008	Zufferey, C 2008, 'Responses to Homelessness in Australian Cities: Social Worker Perspectives', Australian Social Work, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 357-371. 32

Conferences

Year	Output
2014	Zufferey, C & Rowntree, M 2014, 'Finding your community wherever you go? Exploring how a group of women who identify as lesbian embody and imagine 'home'', in B West (ed.), 2014 TASA Conference: Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities, TASA - The Australian Sociological Association, pp. 1-15. Open access
2012	Horsell, C & Zufferey, C 2012, 'Emotions and homelessness', in L Cheshire & A Broom (eds), 2012 TASA Conference, TASA, pp. 469-480. Open access
2012	Zufferey, C & Wache, D 2012, 'Connecting with the African-student diaspora in Australian higher education', in N Brown, SM Jones & A Adam (eds), 35th HERDSA Annual International Conference, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, pp. 363-373. Open access
2012	Zufferey, C, Chung, D & Franzway, S 2012, 'Not on people's radar: employer responses to women's experiences of intimate partner violence', in A Broom & L Cheshire (eds), 2012 TASA Conference : Emerging and Enduring Inequalities, The Australian Sociological Association, pp. 1-10. Open access
2010	Zufferey, C 2010, 'The politics of homelessness in the Australian print media', in S Velayutham, N Ebert & S Watking (eds), The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2010, Macquarie University, pp. 1-11. Open access
2010	Zufferey, C, Franzway, S, Chung, D & Moulding, N 2010, 'Domestic Violence and multidimensional factors : investigating the impact of domestic violence on women's health and housing', 3rd Our Work Our Lives : Women and Industrial Relations : National Conference 2010, NationalNorthern Territory Working Women's Centre and the Working Womens' Centres, pp. 1-9. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2024	Martin, R, Stubbings, J, Corrone, C, Cataldo, M, David, C, Edwards, K, Fisk, L, Jarldorn, M, Lovett, DA, Maihi, A, Martin, S, Matthews, H, Nipperess, S, Thirkell, C, Watson, J & Zufferey, C 2024, Lived experience participation and influence in homelessness and housing policy, service design and practice, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Australia. Open access
2021	Webb, E, Thredgold, C, Zufferey, C, Beer, A & Moulding, N 2021, Impact of tenancy laws on women and children escaping violence, UniSA, Australia. Open access
2020	Coram, V, Tually, S, Cornell, V, Zufferey, C & Lovell, F 2020, Forgotten Australians and the housing system, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2020	Mackenzie, D, Hand, T, Zufferey, C, McNelis, S, Spinney, A & Tedmanson, D 2020, Redesign of a homelessness service system for young people, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Australia. Open access 6
2020	Valentine, k, Blunden, H, Zufferey, C, Spinney, A & Zirakbash, F 2020, Supporting families effectively through the homelessness services system, AHURI, Australia. Open access 4 2
2019	Thredgold, C, Beer, A, Zufferey, C, Peters, A & Spinney, A 2019, An effective homelessness services system for older Australians, AHURI, Australia. Open access 5
2018	Chung, D, Fisher, C, Zufferey, C & Thiara, R 2018, Young women from African backgrounds and sexual violence, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia. Open access
2016	Breckenridge, J, Chung, D, Spinney, A & Zufferey, C 2016, National mapping and meta-evaluation outlining key features of effective "safe at home" programs that enhance safety and prevent homelessness for women and their children who have experienced domestic and family violence : research report, ANROWS, Australia. Open access
2015	Breckenridge, J, Chung, D, Spinney, A & Zufferey, C 2015, National mapping and meta-evaluation outlining key features of effective "safe at home" programs that enhance safety and prevent homelessness for women and their children who have experienced domestic and family violence: State of knowledge paper, Australian National Research Organisation for Women, Australia. Open access
2015	Franzway, S, Wendt, S, Moulding, N, Zufferey, C, Chung, D & Elder, A 2015, Gendered violence and citizenship: the long term effects of domestic violence on mental health, housing, work and social activity, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2012	Chung, D, Zufferey, C & Powell, A 2012, Preventing violence against women in the workplace, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Victoria. Open access
2008	Arnold, L, Maio-Taddeo, C, Scott, DA & Zufferey, C 2008, Professionals protecting children: child protection and social work education in Australia, Australian Centre for Child Protection, Australia. Open access

Other outputs

Martin, R., Stubbings, J., Corrone, C., Cataldo, M., David,C., Edwards, K., Fisk, L., Jarldorn, M., Lovett, D., Maihi,A., Martin, S., Matthews, H., Nipperess, S., Thirkell,C., Watson, J. & Zufferey, C. (2024) Lived experienceparticipation and influence in homelessness and housingpolicy, service design and practice, AHURI Final ReportNo. 433, Australian Housing and Urban Research InstituteLimited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/433, doi: 110.18408/ahuri5332501.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Catholic University	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
ECH Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
Families SA	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Helpinghand	AUSTRALIA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Multicultural Youth SA	AUSTRALIA
Northumbria University	UNITED KINGDOM
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Seeds of Affinity	AUSTRALIA
Shanghai University	CHINA
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
Swinburne University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Warwick	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)	2017

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
The exploration of domestic violence within culturally and linguistically diverse multicultural communities and the intersectionality to accessing domestic violence services and the responses of cultu	Current
Diverse Aboriginal motherhoods: challenging constructions of the 'unfit' m(other)	Completed
Gender and power relations and feminism in young heterosexual women's lives	Completed
Lived experiences of Papuan parents: perceptions and practices	Completed
Understanding the impact of child sexual abuse in women's sexual lives: a discourse analysis	Completed

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