Renée is a research assistant and PhD graduate researcher at the Australian Centre for Child Protection. Her research focuses on family, domestic, and sexual violence, perinatal child protection, out-of-home care, and disclosing child sexual abuse – with an emphasis on the long-term social, emotional, and psychological impacts of trauma.
Renée’s work is guided by a strong commitment to social justice and a focus on understanding the systems and structures that create inequities, particularly for women, children, and other marginalised groups. Using qualitative research methods, she is dedicated to including lived experience voices in research to help shape evidence-based policy and practice at local,... Read more
About me
Renée is a research assistant and PhD graduate researcher at the Australian Centre for Child Protection. Her research focuses on family, domestic, and sexual violence, perinatal child protection, out-of-home care, and disclosing child sexual abuse – with an emphasis on the long-term social, emotional, and psychological impacts of trauma.
Renée’s work is guided by a strong commitment to social justice and a focus on understanding the systems and structures that create inequities, particularly for women, children, and other marginalised groups. Using qualitative research methods, she is dedicated to including lived experience voices in research to help shape evidence-based policy and practice at local, national, and international levels. Renée has also written and co-authored several published articles and shared her work through webinars and national conferences, both online and in person.
Her PhD focus: Perinatal child protection responses in the context of domestic and family violence: A critical exploration of policy, practice, and lived experience.
You can find more on her published work at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-9705
About me
Master of Social Work (with Distinction) Curtin University
Bachelor of Behavioural Science The University of Notre Dame Australia
Bachelor of Counselling The University of Notre Dame Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Wrapped in Our Ways During Pregnancy, Paul Ramsay Foundation, 11/11/2025 - 31/01/2029
Bringing Baby Home (BBH) Program, Department for Education, Children and Young People, 10/02/2025 - 30/06/2025
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 or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2025 |
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| 2025 |
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| 2025 |
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| 2024 |
Open access
3
3
15
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| 2024 |
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| 2022 |
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Murdoch University | AUSTRALIA |
| The University of Notre Dame Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
