Dr Catherine Mackenzie

Catherine is a Research Fellow in The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise. Catherine's academic background includes the disciplines of anthropology, politics and public health. Catherine is an experienced qualitative reseacher with a particular interest in the nexus between theory and method development. In recent years she has been developing participatory methods (e.g. using interactive maps and emoji) to improve participant engagement and interaction with the research topic. Her overarching research interest is in social justice and inequities and how these may be overcome. Catherine's specific research interests include the experience of people living in regional, rural and remote areas; the experience of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Australia; the community service sector; women's health; cancer survivorship; and social determinants of health.

Catherine was the Public Health Association Australia's Women's Health Special Interest Group co-convenor 2010-2017.

Catherine is a current Australian Political Studies Association member.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University

• Bachelor of Arts with Second Class Honours in Politics University of Adelaide

• Bachelor of Arts University of Adelaide

Work history

Before commencing work at UniSA in January 2019, Catherine worked as a researcher at the Australian Centre for Community Services Research 2016-2018 and the Southgate Institute from 2009-2014 at Flinders University. She also taught in the Flinders University Graduate Entry Medical Program (6 years) and the Master of Speech Pathology as a Problem Based Learning Tutor in 2018. Previously, Catherine worked at the University of Adelaide (2004-2008) on an ARC linkage funded Gender Analysis Project.