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Professor Janine Joyce

Associate Dean (Social Sciences, Social Work and Youth Work)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2352
Email: j.joyce@ecu.edu.au
Campus: South West  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5849-5646

Janine is the Associate Dean of Social Sciences, Social Work and Youth Work in the School of Arts and Humanities.

Background

She is an experienced pracademic and leader committed to supporting the development of students with capacity and heart for community change.

Professional associations

  • 2021 - AASW Western Australia Branch (Full member)
  • Non-practicing Registered Social Worker, Social Workers Registration Board Kāhui Whakaana
    Tauwhiro, Registration number (6708), Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 1989-2021 - New Zealand Aotearoa Social Workers Association
  • International Peace Research Association (IPRA)

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 2012 - 2014 - Commonwealth Scholarship (Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

Research areas and interests

As an interdisciplinary social scientist with the ECU Research Centre for People, Place and Planet, Janine focuses on projects related to ecosystem resilience, climate justice and transformative responses to global environmental change. She is particularly interested in transdisciplinary participatory projects that build and maintain community adaptive capacity in response to ongoing stressors such as climate responsiveness, and other social-psychological-environmental stressors. She is experienced in contributing to projects that are both informed and prioritise Indigenous knowledge systems.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Social Work, New Zealand, 4986.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, New Zealand, 2015.
  • Master of Health Sciences, New Zealand, 2007.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences, New Zealand, 2004.

Research Outputs

2023

Book Chapters

  • Joyce, J. (2023). The Power of Love: Love in Peace and Conflict Studies. Contemporary Love Studies in the Arts and Humanities: What's Love Got To Do With It? (15-25). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26055-1_2.

Journal Articles

  • McKenzie, DK., Joyce, J., Zander, KK., Wurm, PA., Caudwell, KM. (2023). Eastern Australian Farmers Managing and Thinking Differently: Innovative Adaptation Cycles. Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors, 2023(Article in press), 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01873-2.
  • Kemp, W., Bellairs, S., Joyce, J., Henderson, J. (2023). Consideration of First Nations’ cultural values in mine site rehabilitation by environmental professionals. Environmental Challenges, 13(Article in press), Article number 100757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100757.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Joyce, J., Forsyth, H. (2022). It’s a matter of trust: Ngāi Tahu democratic processes and Māori Pākehā research partnership. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21(July 2022), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221117986.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Hawkes, C., Norris, K., Joyce, J., Paton, D. (2021). Professional Mental Health Support Seeking in Women of Refugee Background Resettled in Australia: An Exploratory Study of Facilitators and Barriers. Health and Social Care in the Community, 29(6), e440-e456. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13370.
  • Hawkes, C., Norris, K., Joyce, J., Paton, D. (2021). A qualitative investigation of mental health in women of refugee background resettled in Tasmania, Australia. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article Number 1877. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11934-y.
  • Hawkes, C., Norris, K., Joyce, J., Paton, D. (2021). Exploring Resilience, Coping and Wellbeing in Women of Refugee Background Resettled in Regional Australia. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(2021), article number 704570. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.704570.
  • Hawkes, C., Norris, K., Joyce, J., Paton, D. (2021). Individuals of Refugee Background Resettled in Regional and Rural Australia: A Systematic Review of Mental Health Research. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29(6), 850-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12785.
  • Hawkes, C., Norris, K., Joyce, J., Paton, D. (2021). Resettlement Stressors for Women of Refugee Background Resettled in Regional Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), article number 3942. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083942.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Joyce, J. (2020). Ashram pilgrimage and Yogic Peace Education curriculum development: an autoethnographic study. Journal of Peace Education, 17(3), 263-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2020.1818064.
  • Hawkes, C., Norris, K., Joyce, J., Paton, D. (2020). Resilience factors in women of refugee background: a qualitative systematic review. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 6(2-Jan), 101-127. https://doi.org/10.1285/i24212113v6i2-1p101.

2018

Book Chapters

  • Joyce, J. (2018). Practical Spirituality: Human Beings Evolving into a Higher Level of Communion and Ethical Relation with One Another. Practical Spirituality and Human Development: Transformations in Religions and Societies (35-51). Palgrave Macmilan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0803-1_4.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Joyce, J., Llewellyn, J. (2017). Implementing the principles of kotahitanga/unity and manaakitanga/hospitality in community peace activism: An experiment in peace building. Interface: a journal for and about social movements, 9(1), 103-122.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Katarina, S., Joyce, J. (2016). Looking for Peace in the National Curriculum of Scotland. Peace Research, 48(1-2), 67-90.

Research Projects

  • Enhancing disaster resilience and climate justice in the Western Australian community services sector, Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2027, $892,362.
  • Transformative Aboriginal agriculture methods: Maaman Marra Boodja, Grower Group Alliance, South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $199,000.
  • Climate justice toolkit , Lotterywest, Grant, 2022 ‑ 2025, $362,071.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Realising interconnectedness: Ecology and Yoga

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Youth work in Mongolia: practice and theory
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Moort Yarning: Experiences of Caring for Koorlungka

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Exploring mental health and resilience in Women of refugee background settled in Tasmania
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