Dr Kate Seymour

Senior Lecturer

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82015973

kate.seymour@flinders.edu.au

Social Science South (339)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

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.

Qualifications

PhD (Deakin University)

Masters of Social Science (Criminology)

Bachelor of Social Administration

Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services)

Key responsibilities

Deputy Discipline Head (Social Work)

Academic Lead, Field Education

Academic Lead, 'Strengthening social work practice education' project

Peer Evaluator (Teaching)

Topic coordinator

SOAD3102 Field Education 1

SOAD3107 Identity, Self and Agency

SOAD2011 Social Work & Reflective Practice

Supervisory interests

Critical criminology

Critical masculinity studies (scholarly distinction from masculinity or men's studies)

Critical social work

Domestic violence, criminal justice system responses

Gendered violence

Social policy

Violence

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Associate supervisor: 1607 (1)

Completion

Associate supervisor: 1602 (1)

Professional engagement

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
NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

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.

Expert for media contact

Crime

Culture

Deviance

Gender studies

Justice

Social policy/welfare

Violence

Violence, Gendered Violence, Gender and Masculinities

Available for contact via

+61 8 82015973

kate.seymour@flinders.edu.au

Or contact the media team

newsdesk@flinders.edu.au

+61 8 82012092

0427 398 713

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Media expertise

Crime
Culture
Deviance
Gender studies
Justice
Social policy/welfare
Violence

Interests

Violence, Gendered Violence, Gender and Masculinities

Further information

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.