Senior Lecturer
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Kate is a Senior Lecturer, currently in Social Work at Flinders University in South Australia, and previously in Criminology and Justice Studies, and a founding member of the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS). Her research focus - on gender, masculinities and violence - spans the fields of social work and criminology. She is especially interested in the framing of violence in the policy, prevention, and practice realms, and the ways in which this reflects and reinforces social hierarchies and structural inequalities.
Kate is a skilled qualitative researcher with a background in direct social work practice and management including in the areas of adult offending and work with male perpetrators of domestic and family violence.
PhD (Deakin University)
Masters of Social Science (Criminology)
Bachelor of Social Administration
Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services)
Deputy Discipline Head (Social Work)
Academic Lead, Field Education
Academic Lead, 'Strengthening social work practice education' project
Peer Evaluator (Teaching)
Peer Reviewer:
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work
Australian Social Work
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Affiliations
Member Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS), Flinders University, SA.
Member, Centre for Research on Men and Masculinities (CROMM), University of Wollongong, NSW.
Current research grants
Emerging Minds ($70,000), July 2021, Developing evidence-based training materials for working with complex families. CIs: S Wendt, C. Bastian, K Seymour.
Adelaide Hills Council ($12,000), June 2021, Resilience and Readiness (Development of an evaluation framework). Cis: K Seymour (Lead), S Wendt.
Australian Research Council, Linkage Project ($284,215, LP200200848) A home-centred approach to support children and young people in state care. CIs:K Natalier, S Wendt, M. Jones, C. Bastian, K Seymour. Awarded March 2021.
Australian Research Council, Discovery Program Grant ($275,000, DP210101214), Strengthening Australia's Domestic and Family Violence Workforce. CIs:S Wendt, K Seymour, K Natalier. Awarded Oct 2020.
Innovation Partnership Seed Grant and OARS Community Transitions ($50,000), Developing an innovative response to domestic and family violence: Accommodating perpetrators as a strategy for change. CIs: K Seymour (Lead), S Wendt, K Natalier, C Bastian. Awarded Oct 2020.
Anglicare SA ($100,000), Jan 2020, Developing, implementing and evaluating a practice framework for supporting young people leaving care and family reunification. CIs: C Bastian, S Wendt, K Seymour.
College (EPSW) Research Grant ($12,000), awarded Dec 2019. Project: Keeping domestic and family violence perpetrators in full view to protect women and children: What does it take? CIs: C Bastian, K Seymour, S Wendt.