Dr Julie Robinson

Academic Status

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82012395

Social Sciences North (345)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

B.A. (Hons) (Newcastle), M.A. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA), Ph.D. (Newcastle)

Supervisory interests

Development psychology

Disaster response health and community focus/resilience

Maternal and child health

Migration and public health

Refugees

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Psychology (1), child, adolescent, disability, wellbeing, Vietnam (1)

Associate supervisor: refugee, health (1)

Completion

Principal supervisor: Psychology (6), early childhood, child care, play, social interaction (1)

Associate supervisor: Education (1), Disability Studies (1)

Professional engagement

Development and delivery of
- Cross-cultural training programs
- Programs providing orientation to service providers working with clients from refugee backgrounds.
Research capacity building in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa (via my involvement with The International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development)
Capacity building for maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa (via AusAID-funded training grant).

Expert for media contact

Children/Youth

Refugees

well-being of child and adolescent refugees and immigrants

Available for contact via

+61 8 82012395

Or contact the media team

newsdesk@flinders.edu.au

+61 8 82012092

0427 398 713