ECU offers innovative and practical courses across a variety of disciplines and we have a vibrant research culture. ECU is a leader in developing alternative entry pathways to higher education.
We have three campuses in Western Australia. Joondalup and Mount Lawley in the Perth metropolitan area and our South West campus in Bunbury, 200km south of the Perth CBD.
ECU provides a variety of services and facilities that go beyond the classroom, with opportunities for personal development and social interaction for students and staff.
We collaborate with all types of businesses, including new start-ups, small to medium enterprises, not-for-profits, community organisations, government and large corporates in the resources sector.
Children's University Edith Cowan aims to inspire students between seven and fourteen to develop confidence and a love of learning through validated activities beyond the school curriculum.
The Inspiring Minds scholarship program are equity scholarships that give students an opportunity to access an education that may otherwise be out of reach.
Grbic, J., Goddard, P., Ryder, D. (2017). Observations of the role of science in the United States medical cannabis state policies: Lessons learnt. International Journal of Drug Policy, 42(April 2017), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.019.
McLaughlin, B., Ryder, D., Taylor, M. (2017). Effectiveness of Interventions for Grandparent Caregivers: A Systematic Review. Marriage and Family Review, 53(6), 509-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2016.1177631.
Maynard, R., Ryder, D., Taylor, M. (2016). Adolescent-to-parent violence: A review of profession responses, the efficacy of these response and how they are viewed by parent-victims. Crime and violence prevention: Moving beyond hot-stove policing and perpetrator rehabilitation (159-175). Nova Science Publishers.
Gausia, K., Ryder, D., Ali, M., Fisher, C., Moran, A., Koblinsky, M. (2012). Obstetric complications and psychological well-being: Experiences of Bangladeshi women during pregnancy and childbirth. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, 30(2), 172-180.
Ryder, D. (2008). Political and Legal Institutions and their Influence on Drug Policy: An Australian Perspective. Drug and Alcohol Review, 27(4), 374-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/09595230802090774.
Bright, S., McKillop, D., Ryder, D. (2008). Cigarette Smoking Among Young Adults: Integrating Adolescent Cognitive Egocentrism With the Trans-theoretical Model. Australian Journal of Psychology, 60(1), 18-25.
Bright, S., McKillop, D., Ryder, D. (2007). Current understanding and future direction of the Trans-Theoretical model: The role of adolescent cognitive egocentrism. The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 24(2), 25-43.
Loxley, W., Toumbourou, JW., Stockwell, T., Haines, B., Scott, K., Godfrey, C., Waters, E., Patton, G., Fordham, R., Gray, D., Marshall, J., Ryder, D., Saggers, S., Sanci, L., Williams, J. (2004). The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia: A review of the evidence. The National Drug Research Institute and the Centre for Adolescent Health.
Ryder, D., Kraszlan, K., Lien, D., Allen, E., Chiplin, T., Dick, S., Petsos, S. (2001). The western Australian court diversion service: Client profile and predictors of program completion, sentencing and re-offending. Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 8, 65-75.
Research Projects
Domestic Violence, Substance Use and Mental Health, PhD, Department for Child Protection, Grant, 2006 ‑ 2010, $42,644.
Staff Climate Survey 2010, Department of Corrective Services WA, Grant, 2010, $5,741.
Fit for Life Workplace Health Promotion, WA Police , Grant, 2006 ‑ 2007, $36,228.
Development of culturally sensitive clinical assessment compendium, WA Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grant, 2003 ‑ 2004, $41,636.
Doctor of Philosophy, Utilization of health and medical service: Factors influencing health care seeking behaviour and unmet health needs in rural areas of Kenya
Doctor of Philosophy, Medical cannabis in the united states: Policy, politics and science
Co-principal Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy, Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed retirees: Developing and testing a clinical treatment manual
Associate Supervisor
Master of Health Science, The negotiation practices and the experiences of everyday life with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Doctor of Psychology, An analysis of treatment retention and attrition in an Australian therapeutic community for substance abuse treatment
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