Senior Lecturer
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Grace is a senior lecturer in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work and the Director of the Global Research Alliance. Grace was the recipient of the 2014 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Early Career Researchers in recognition of outstanding contributions to excellence in research. From 2018-2020 she was Co-President of the International Observatory on School Climate and Violence Prevention.
Grace is the lead investigator for an international peer aggression and well-being study involving 12 countries and approximately 7000 students and an ongoing international study of the impact of lockdown on student mental health and well-being. She has been a joint investigator in the well-being and positive peer relations project in Maltese schools. She was the chief investigator on a similar research study with funding from a grant awarded by the International Baccalaureate Organisation, where she led a team investigating the well-being of 2,000 middle school students.
Grace’s background includes research on adolescent health with CSIRO and with adolescent offenders at the Office of Crime Statistics and Research (OCSAR) in South Australia. As a researcher at Flinders University, Grace has continued to research the well-being of young people, particularly in anti-social contexts, such as bullying and other antisocial behaviour.
Grace teaches post-graduate students and works collaboratively with other researchers at Flinders University. She also supervises postgraduate students undertaking Masters, EdD and PhD studies.
B.Sc(physics & psychology), BScHons(psychology), Grad Dip Ed, M.Ed (Adelaide), PhD (Flinders)
Awards
Grants & Tenders
Skrzypiec, G., Askell-Williams, H., Slee, P. & Rudzinski, A. International Baccalaureate Research Grant: IB Middle Years Program: Student Social-Emotional Wellbeing and School Success Practices
Slee, P.T, Skrzypiec, G., Dix, K., Askell-Williams, H., Murray-Harvey, R., & Krieg, S., Beyondblue: National Mental Health Initiative
Evaluation of the implementation of the KidsMatter Early Childhood Initiative in services with high proportions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Askell-Williams, H., Lawson, M.J., Slee, P., Wyra, M., Skrzypiec, G.:Flinders Large Grant
Living and Learning at School: A Longitudinal Study 2010-2012
Co-editor of the International Journal of School Climate and Prevention of Violence.
Co-President International Observatory on School Climate and Prevention of Violence.
Co-Director Student Wellbeing and Prevention of Violence (SWAPv) research centre.
Course Co-ordinator of MEd (General).
Course Co-ordinator of MEd (Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment).
Co-ordinator MEd dissertations.
Student mental health and wellbeing, Adolescent development, Adolescent offending, Research Methods, Statistics, Peer Aggression, bullying
MEd (dissertation) - DEC 2018
MEd(IB dissertation) - DEC 2018
MEd (dissertation) - JUL 2018
MEd (dissertation) - SEP 2019
MEd (dissertation) - APR 2015
MEd (dissertation) - SEP 2016
MEd - DEC 2018
EdD - APR 2019
MEd (dissertation) - JUL 2019
MEd (dissertation) - APR 2019
MEd (dissertation) - AUG 2019
MEd (dissertation) - NOV 2021
Director - Global Research Alliance (https://research-all.org/)
Co-President The International Observatory on School Climate and Violence prevention
Co-Director Student Wellbeing and Prevention of Violence Research Centre
Editor International Journal of School Climate and Violence Prevention in Schools - 2015 - current
Reviewer - Asia Pacific Education Review - 2016 - current
Reviewer - Violence and Victims - 2016 - current
FEFRI management committee - 2012 - current
Member of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists - 2015 - current
Member of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence - 2015 - current
Member of the International Society for Research in Aggression - 2012 - current
Justice Re-investment Working Group (Chair: Senator Penny Wright) - 2012
LOGOS Modern Greek Scholarship Selection Committee - 2011-current
Postgraduate Scholars Conference - 2009-10
International Students Welcoming Committee - 2009