Dr Stefania Velardo

Senior Lecturer

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82015737

stefania.velardo@flinders.edu.au

Education (5.22)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Stefania is a Senior Lecturer in Health Education at Flinders University. She has published widely on the sociology of food and health and her work largely draws on oral and visual qualitative methods to investigate social, cultural and economic influences on people's relationships with food. Stefania is experienced in conducting qualitative health research with marginalised and vulnerable groups, with a particular interest in inclusive child-centred methodologies. She also works with other vulnerable groups including older Australians and socioecnomincally disadvantaged communities. Alongside her academic position, Stefania led the Australian Health Promotion Association (SA Branch) as President between 2016-21. This role enabled her to develop partnerships with stakeholders to advocate for a broad range of public policies and initiatives.

Qualifications

BHSc (University of South Australia)
BEd (Hons) (Flinders University)
PhD (Flinders University)

Honours, awards and grants

2021

Australian Health Promotion Association - Glen Paley Memorial Award
Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation Grant
Flinders University Re-Entry Research Fellowship

2019

Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation Grant

2018

ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Research Mentoring Scheme (University of Melbourne)
Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers
Flinders University College of EPSW Teaching Award
Healthy Development Adelaide International Travel Grant
Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior High Impact Award

2017