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Dr Shajimon Peter

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 9780 7744
Email: s.peter@ecu.edu.au
Campus: South West  
Room: BU5.136  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7051-0861

Shajimon is a Senior Lecturer for Bachelor of Social Work at the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • SWK1112 - Introduction to Social Research
  • SWK4120 - Social Work Project
  • SWK2112 - Australian Politics and Policy
  • SWK1103 - Culture and Daily Life

Background

Shajimon is an award-winning student from Sussex University in the UK where he pursued his qualifying Master of Social Work programme of study. He was given the John Simmonds Outstanding achievement Award for his remarkable achievements and progress in a demanding professional course which he undertook in an unfamiliar policy and practice context. Shajimon worked with the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in New Zealand as a Senior Lecturer of Social work where he taught Bachelor of Social Work Students.

He worked as a Research Fellow at the Auckland University in New Zealand. Shajimon taught Master of Social Work (MSW) students at Marian College Kuttikkanam affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University and was MSW Programme Coordinator. He worked as the Regional Officer of Caritas India, the official organisation of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India (CBCI) for social development works.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Newcastle, 2013.

Research Outputs

2023

Book Chapters

  • Godden, N., Peter, S. (2023). The Love Ethic: Love and Activism for Ecosocial Justice. Contemporary Love Studies in the Arts and Humanities: What's Love Got to Do with it? (1-14). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26055-1_1.

Journal Articles

  • Peter, S., Bartley, A., Beddoe, L., Park, LS., Choo, LW. (2023). Transition of transnational social workers: A critical realist perspective on the need for a response from the profession. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 18(4), 386-401. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2023.2184704.
  • Mitchell, D., Peter, S. (2023). Safety issues for women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV): An integrative review. Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory, 6(1), 49-72. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/3073.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Peter, S., Beddoe, L., Bartley, A. (2022). Navigating the territories of transition: An exploration of the experiences of transnational social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Social Work, 65(5), 856-869. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820956261.
  • Park, LS., Peter, S. (2022). Application of critical realism in social work research: Methodological considerations. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 34(2), 55-66. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/1432.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Peter, S., Bartley, A., Beddoe, L. (2019). Transnational social workers’ transition into receiving countries: what lessons can be learned from nursing and teaching?. European Journal of Social Work: the forum for the social work professional, 22(1), 16-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2017.1366430.
  • Chisnell, C., Peter, S., Merchant, R., Luscombe, T., Tua, J. (2019). Couples-based approach to prevention of domestic violence: An innovative initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand. Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory, 2(1), 1-19.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Peter, S., Park, LS. (2018). Changing research methodology: Two case studies of Critical Realism informing social work doctoral research. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 30(1), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol30iss1id426.

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.
  • Climate justice toolkit , Lotterywest, Grant, 2022 ‑ 2025, $362,071.
  • Leadership Development in Not-For-Profit (NPO) Organisations , Richmond Wellbeing, Grant, 2023 ‑ 2024, $10,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Experiences, Discourse and Practices of Patriarchy before and after a change in Cultural field: A case study of Pakistani Muslim married Women in Perth, Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Just in Time: Imagining and Enabling the Climate-Just Transformation of Community Service Organisations in Wester Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Second hand goods exports to West Africa: motivations and implications

Completed Supervisions

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