Professor Ken Rigby

Adjunct Professor UniSA Education Futures

email Ken.Rigby@unisa.edu.au

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About me

As an adjunct research professor my work at the University of South Australia is being conducted through the School of Education and the Hawke Research Institute. Between 1958 and 1969 I was employed first as a school teacher and then as a school guidance officer. Subsequently I was employed by the University of South Australia as a lecturer in psychology and research methods. Most of my work since 1990 has focussed on bullying in schools - as a researcher, consultant to governments, speaker at conferences and presenter/facilitator at workshops in Australia and overseas for teachers, educational administrators, parents and students.

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Orcid
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Research

Research focus

Psychology
Specialist Studies in Education
Studies in Human Society
Cognitive Sciences
Curriculum and Pedagogy

Highlights

Bullying in schools.

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 or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Books

Year	Output
2022	Rigby, K 2022, Multiperspectivity on school bullying: one pair of eyes is not enough, Routledge, UK. 3
2011	Rigby, K 2011, The method of shared concern: a positive approach to bullying in schools, ACER Press, Camberwell, VIC.
2010	Ng, E & Rigby, K 2010, Breaking the silence: bullying in Singapore, Amour Publishing, Singapore.
2010	Rigby, K 2010, Bullying interventions in schools : six basic approaches, ACER Press, Victoria, Australia. 30
2008	Rigby, K 2008, Children and Bullying, Blackwell, Madden, USA.

Chapters

Year	Output
2021	Rigby, K 2021, 'Addressing cases of bullying in schools: reactive strategies.', in PK Smith & JO Norman (eds), The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Bullying: A Comprehensive and International Review of Research and Intervention, John Wiley & Sons, US, vol. 2, ch. 2, pp. 370-386. 1
2018	Rigby, K & Griffiths, C 2018, 'Addressing traditional school-based bullying more effectively', in M Campbell & S Bauman (eds), Reducing cyberbullying in schools: international evidence-based best practices, Academic Press, UK, ch. 2, pp.17-32. 6
2012	Rigby, K 2012, 'What schools may do to reduce bullying', in S Jimerson, AB Nickerson, MJ Mayer, MJ Furlong (eds), Handbook of school violence and school safety: international research and practice, 2nd, Routledge, New York, ch. 29, pp. 367-376.
2011	Rigby, K 2011, 'Bullying', in DJ Christie (ed.), Encyclopedia of peace psychology, Wiley-Blackwell, US, pp. 71-77. 48
2010	Rigby, K & Bauman, S 2010, 'How school personnel tackle cases of bullying: a critical analysis', in S Jimerson, SM Swearer & D Espelage (eds), Handbook of bullying in schools: an international perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 32, pp. 455-468.
2010	Rigby, K 2010, 'School bullying and the case for the method of shared concern', in SR Jimerson, S Swearer & D Espelage (eds), Handbook of bullying in schools: An international perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 39, pp. 547-558.
2010	Rigby, K 2010, 'What parents can do to reduce bullying', in E Ng & K Rigby (eds), Breaking the Silence: Bullying in Singapore, Armour, Singapore, ch. 8, pp. 207-226. Open access

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Rigby, K 2024, 'Theoretical perspectives and two explanatory models of school bullying', International Journal of Bullying Prevention, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 101-109. Open access 17
2020	Rigby, K 2020, 'Do teachers really underestimate the prevalence of bullying in schools?', Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 963-978. Open access 6 2
2020	Rigby, K 2020, 'How do victims of bullying in Australian schools view their perpetrators - As individuals or as groups? Implications for educators', Australian Journal of Education, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 25-39. Open access 8 6
2020	Rigby, K 2020, 'How teachers deal with cases of bullying at school: what victims say', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol.17, n0. 7, pp. 1-11. Open access 31 25
2019	Rigby, K 2019, 'How Australian parents of bullied and non-bullied children see their school responding to bullying', Educational Review, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 318-333. 9 8
2019	Rigby, K, Haroun, D & Ali, E 2019, 'Bullying in schools in the United Arab Emirates and the personal safety of students', Child Indicators Research, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 1663-1675. 16 12
2018	Rigby, K 2018, 'Exploring the gaps between teachers' beliefs about bullying and research-based knowledge', International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 165-175. 9
2017	Rigby, K 2017, 'Bullying in Australian schools: the perceptions of victims and other students', Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 589-600. 9 10
2017	Rigby, K 2017, 'School perspectives on bullying and preventative strategies: an exploratory study', Australian Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 24-39. 22 14
2015	Burger, C, Strohmeier, D, Spröber, N, Bauman, S & Rigby, K 2015, 'How teachers respond to school bullying: an examination of self-reported intervention strategy use, moderator effects, and concurrent use of multiple strategies', Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 51, pp. 191-202. 144 110
2014	Rigby, K 2014, 'How teachers address cases of bullying in schools: a comparison of five reactive approaches', Educational Psychology in Practice, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 409-419. 54 27
2013	Rigby, K & Bortolozzo, G 2013, 'How schoolchildren's acceptance of self and others relate to their attitudes to victims of bullying', Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 181-197. 10 7
2013	Rigby, K 2013, 'Bullying in schools and its relation to parenting and family life', Family Matters, vol. 92, pp. 61-67. Open access 23
2011	Rigby, K & Griffiths, C 2011, 'Addressing cases of bullying through the Method of Shared Concern', School Psychology International, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 345-357. 37 25
2011	Rigby, K & SMITH, P 2011, 'Is school bullying really on the rise?', Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 441-455. 161 121
2011	Rigby, K 2011, 'What can schools do about cases of bullying?', Pastoral Care in Education, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 273-285. 32 12
2010	Rigby, K 2010, 'Breaking the cycle', vol. September, pp. 8-9.
2008	Bauman, S, Rigby, K & Hoppa, K 2008, 'US teachers' and school counsellors' strategies for handling school bullying incidents', Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 837-856. Open access 147 105
2008	Rigby, K & Slee, P 2008, 'Interventions to reduce bullying', International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 165-183. 58

Conferences

Year	Output
2012	Rigby, K & Bortolozzo, G 2012, 'Acceptance of self and others among children: implications for bullying in schools', 3rd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, BrownWalker Press, pp. 157-166.

Reports

Year	Output
2010	Rigby, K & Coosje, G 2010, Applying the Method of Shared Concern in Australian schools: an evaluative study, DEEWR, Australia.
2010	Rigby, K 2010, Report: Enhancing Responses to Bullying in Queensland Schools, Education Queensland, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Department of Education	UNITED KINGDOM
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations	AUSTRALIA
Education Department	AUSTRALIA
Education Department (WA)	AUSTRALIA
Goldsmiths University	UNITED KINGDOM
Harvest Centre for Research, Training and Development	SINGAPORE
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
South Australian Education Department	AUSTRALIA
University Hospital Ulm	GERMANY
University of Arizona	UNITED STATES
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Vienna	AUSTRIA
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences	AUSTRIA
Zayed University	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Medal in the General Division (OAM) Order of Australia	2020

Other

Member of the National Centre against Bullying. http://www.ncab.org.au/,Member of the South Australian Coalition against Bullying and Violence,International Associate Editor for Pastoral Care in Education

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