Higher Degree Research

Current

Sultan Abu Alghanam (PhD Candidate)
Title: Development implications of refugee influxes in Jordan and Egypt: the effects of humanitarian crises on low and middle-income countries in the Middle East and North Africa
Supervisors: Professor Nichole Georgeou & Dr Melissa Phillips

Asra Akhgar (Honours)
Title: Help-seeking attitudes and behaviours among Humanitarian Aid Workers
Supervisors: Dr Garry Stevens

Hansa Andradige (PhD candidate)
Title: Exploring the Factors affecting Non-communicable Diseases for Optimal Health Management
Supervisors: Dr Liwan Lianage & Professor Nichole Georgeou

Edwin Anisha (PhD candidate)
Title: The State of Workers’ Rights in the Context of Nigeria’s Liberal Economic and Political Frameworks
Supervisors: Associate Professor Zulfan Tadjoeddin and Dr Nidhi Wali

Sushmita Dawadi (PhD candidate)
Title: Recording Tales of Nepalese War Veterans: A Social Justice Analysis of the Experiences of Living with Disability in Nepal
Supervisors: Dr Ryan Thorneycroft, Professor Nichole Georgeou and Professor Karen Soldatic

Tara Gorrie (PhD candidate)
Title: Community-Based Psychological Preparedness and Resilience Building for Adolescents in Bushfire-Prone Rural Areas
Supervisors: Associate Professor Garry Stevens & Professor Nichole Georgeou

Elena Cuesta Merayo (PhD candidate)
Title: Distanced Intimacies: Migration, Matrescence and Transnational Care between Australia and Nepal.
Supervisors: Professor Cristina Rocha, Associate Professor Malini Sur and Dr Nidhi Wali

Nicola Rumbidzai Munjoma (M.Res. Candidate)
Title: The impact of COVID-19 on asylum seekers from Asian backgrounds
Supervisors: Professor Nichole Georgeou & Dr Melissa Phillips

Irangi Samarakoon (PhD candidate)
Title: International Migration and Labour Force Dynamics: Contribution of the Migration Flows from Sri Lanka to Australia
Supervisors: Dr Liwan Lianage & Professor Nichole Georgeou

Anyier Yuol (PhD candidate)
Title: Examining intergenerational conflict among African Australians: The shifting nature of dowry practices from tradition to modernity.
Supervisors: Professor Nichole Georgeou & Professor Kate Huppatz

Completed

Elisha Barratt (PhD)
Title: An Ethnography of the circumstances of Aboriginal children who attend one remote Australian 'separatist' school
Supervisors: Dr Nichole Georgeou & Professor Andre Renzaho

Adaku (Jane) Echendu (M. Research)
Title: Eneka Community, Port Harcourt, Nigeria: A case study of the impact of annual flooding disaster on residents and the environment
Supervisors: Dr Nichole Georgeou

Khandakar Al Farid Uddin (PhD)
Title: Significance of Community Opposition and Resistance: A study on Local Government Planning and Reform
Supervisors: Associate Professor Awais Piracha & Professor Peter Phibbs

George Greiss (PhD)
Title: Develop a rational choice model to identify and equitably distribute the spatial costs and benefits associated with development densification
Supervisors: Associate Professor Awais Piracha, Dr Laura Schatz & Dr Tim Williams

Supriya Gurung (PhD)
Title: Volunteerism and Development in Nepal: A local perspective
Supervisors: Dr Nichole Georgeou & Professor Rosemary Leonard with co-supervision from Kathmandu University

Anita Jahid (PhD)
Title: Climate Migrants in Bangladesh: Insights into Women's Vulnerabilities and Survival Strategies
Supervisors: Dr Debra Keenahan & Professor Rosemary Leonard

Wisidagamage Jayawardana (PhD 2023)
Title: From Fear To Collaboration; Community Based Peacebuilding To Conflict Context In South Asia. (A Case Study On Sri Lanka And Nepal)
Supervisors: Professor Nichole Georgeou

Ahmed Khan (PhD)
Title: An examination of the psycho-social impacts of labour trafficking in Bangladesh
Supervisors: Dr Garry Stevens & Dr Nichole Georgeou

Isaac Mukoko (M. Research)
Title: Challenges of effective economic participation of Southern African skilled migrants: a case study of Greater Western Sydney
Supervisors: Dr Nichole Georgeou

Md Salauddin (PhD Candidate)
Title: Urban Metabolism and geographical politics of water consumption: Access, Control and Inequality in Bangladesh
Supervisors: Associate Professor Awais Piracha & Professor Rosemary Leonard

Spyros Schismenos (PhD)
Title: Hydropower for Disaster Resilience Applications (HYDRA)
Supervisors: Dr Garry Stevens & Dr Nichole Georgeou

Elizabeth Schmidt (M. Research 2023)
Title: Policy To Practice: What Australian Migration Policy Means For LGBTQ Refugees
Supervisors: Professor Kerry Robinson & Professor Nichole Georgeou

Kelsey Skeoch (Honours)
Title: Coping support processes among humanitarian relief trainees
Supervisors: Dr Garry Stevens

Olivia Szlachta (External- PhD Candidate)
Title: Mental Health Literacy and help seeking behaviors in the Assyrian American Community in United States
Supervisors: Professor Leah Horvath (Olivet Nazarene University, Chicago USA) & Associate Professor Shameran Slewa-Younan

Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo (PhD Candidate)
Title: Providing culturally appropriate Mental Health First Aid for non-health trained community-based workers assisting Iraqi refugees: development of expert consensus guidelines and initial training evaluation
Supervisors: Associate Professor Shameran Slewa-Younan & Professor Anthony Francis Jorm (University of Melbourne)

Huynh Van Da (PhD Candidate): 
Title: An Evaluation of the Effects and Challenges of Climate Change to Sustainable Tourism Development Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam
Supervisors: Associate Professor Awais Piracha & Dr Hayley Saul