Nada Ibrahim
Research Fellow
College of Business, Government and Law
I am a Criminologist/Counsellor specialising in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and Faith-based Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) at Flinders University. I am also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of South Australia.
My DFV research and publications center around CALD and Muslim communities exploring its extent, harmful attitudes/beliefs, risk factors, gender drivers, victims’ experiences with Australian criminal justice system, children’s experiences of DFV, mental health impacts on DFV, forced/arranged marriages, child abuse in Muslim communities, among others.
Currently I am working on several projects with Tually S in the homelessness and housing sector, as well as vulnerable children in the North.
I recently completed research with colleagues from Flinders University on the Independent Review of the operation of the paid family and domestic violence leave entitlement in the Fair Work Act 2009 producing a report tabled in parliament available here. Some notable works include reports for research on online safety for young people and forced marriages in multicultural communities that produced associated social media resource.
My research has also included child abuse and neglect in Aboriginal communities, international child sexual abuse medical reviews, harmful sexual behaviours, and exploratory research in child abuse and neglect in Australian Muslim communities.
In the past, I have taught and coordinated various courses in Psychology at the University of South Australia, Criminology and Humanities courses at Griffith University, and a Psychology course at the International Islamic University Malaysia.
I have co-designed two signature DFV programs for the prevention of, and recovery from DFV - targeted at survivors, Imams/community leaders and wider community. The DFV Upskilling for Imams & Community Leaders intensive training has been offered multiple times in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide with great success since 2018. The 13-weeks inspiredNAFSi Personal Leadership Healing Program has been offered multiple times in Brisbane and Melbourne since 2016.
In recognition of my expertise and contribution to my field of expertise and its impact on community, I was inducted into the Queensland Domestic Violence Prevention Honour Roll and was a finalist “Women’s Empowerment” category 2020 WomenAcknowledgingWomen Award and International Islamic University Malaysia Alumni Community Engagement Award 2022.
- PhD (Criminology)
- MEd (Guidance & Counselling)
- DipBusAcc
- BHSc (Psychology)
- Certificate in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk (MARAM)
- 2022 Alumni Community Engagement Award – Individual Female International Islamic University Malaysia (Finalist)
- 2020 WomenAcknowledgingWomen Award (Finalist)
- 2020 Queensland DFV Prevention Honour Roll
- 2013-2014 Canadian Observatory Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award
- 2010-11 Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship Award
- Karima al-Marwaziayyah PhD Scholarship Award
- Growing SmartState PhD Funding Award (Queensland)
- Best Student (Overall) for MEd(Guidance & Counselling)
- Dean’s List Bachelor of HSc(Psychology)
Managing multiple research projects including:
- Project scoping
- Research Ethics
- Literature Reviews
- Data collection
- Liaising with industry partners
- Data analysis
- Writing results/reports/publications
- Project management/meeting deadlines
Over the course of my academic career, I have topic coordinated and tutored at five Australian and international universities across the disciplines of Criminology, Child Protection, Justice and Society, Psychology, Humanities, and Education:
- Counselling Interventions (3rd year course at UniSA Justice & Society) 2021-2022: Tutor & 2022: Course Coordinator
- Counselling Concepts (1st year course at UniSA Online) 2021-2022: Course Coordinator/Course Redeveloper
- Counselling Foundations (1st year course at UniSA Justice & Society) 2021-current: Course Coordinator
- Counselling Skills (2nd year course at UniSA Justice & Society) 2021-current: Tutor
- Psychology Applications (2nd year course at UniSA Justice & Society) 2022: Course Coordinator
- Introductory Research Methods (1st year course at UniSA Justice & Society) 2021-current: Course Coordinator
- Psychology of the Justice System (final year course at Griffith University) 2013: Course convenor
- Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology (1st year course OUA) 2013: Head Tutor
- Crime and Society (first year course at Griffith University) 2012-2013: Guest Lecturer/Tutor
- Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology (1st year course at Griffith University) 2012: Course co-convenor
- Islam & International Relations (3rd year course at UniSA) 2019-2020: Course co-Developer
- Introduction to Islam (1st year course at UniSA) 2018-2020: Course Coordinator
- Empires of Islamic Civilisation (1st year course at UniSA) 2018: Guest Lecturer
- Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation (1st year course at Griffith University) 2013: Course co-convenor
- Introduction to Shariah (1st year course at Griffith University) 2013: Course co-convenor
- Introduction to Psychology (1st year course at International Islamic University Malaysia) 2010-2011: Course convenor
Editorial Boards: I serve on editorial boards and regularly peer-review manuscripts for national and international journal in the field of criminology, domestic violence, and culturally response practice.
2020-current Psikohuamniora Jurnal Penelitian Psikologi, Walisongo State Islamic University Semarang, Indonesia for articles submitted in English, Member Editorial Board
2019-current The IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, Associate Editor
Other professional engagements: I hold several community leadership roles supporting migrant and faith-based communities, including advisory and board positions focused on domestic and family violence prevention, early intervention and recovery, multicultural engagement, and culturally appropriate service design and delivery.
2023-2025 Educating for Change Project Advisory Group – collaboration between ACRATH, Flinders University and University of South Australia for production of micro credential for pre-service professionals
2023-current SA Forced Marriage Network: Consultation on enhancing civil protections and remedies for individuals in or at risk of forced marriage
2023-current Initiated Child abuse and neglect in Australian Muslim communities Advocacy group, South Australia for soft awareness raising, research and network of child abuse and neglect in Muslim communities across Australia
2023-2024 Kinship Care Domestic and Family Violence Communities of Practice, Inala Community House, Family Intervention Service, QLD
2022-current Academic Member of Australian Counselling Association
2022 Invited participant at South Australian Roundtable discussions on Principles of Coercive control, Adelaide
2021-2022 Advisory Group member for Powerful Interventions Research Project: Improving the use and enforcement of Intervention Orders as a tool to address family and domestic violence in South Australia Uniting Communities SA
2021-current Member of Communities for Change (C4C) DFV Working Party, Australian Refugee Association SA; Member of Settlement Action Network SA
2020-current Migration and Refugee Research Network (MARRNet), Flinders University SA
2019-current Settlement Action Network SA, Australian Refugee Association
2019-current Advisory Board member for Domestic Violence Project Board of Imams Victoria funded by Department of Premier & Cabinet, Victorian Government
2019-2021 Advisory Committee for BRIDGE (Building Resilience in Diverse Groups & Ethnicities) to Strengthen families project Islamic Society of South Australia funded by Stronger Together Grants SA, Department of Premier and Cabinet SA.
2017-2019 Invited Consultant for prison support with Department of Correctional Services, South Australia
2017-2018 Invited participant at South Australian Roundtable discussions on Domestic and Family Violence for faith-based communities, Adelaide CBD
2015-2016 Invited participant at National Roundtable discussions on Domestic and Family Violence under the categories of culturally and linguistically diverse communities, leaders and researchers
- Child abuse
- Domestic violence
- Muslims
- Domestic Violence
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