Doctor Irena Veljanova
Academic Program Advisor, Master of Research,
Anthropology & Sociology
Senior Lecturer in Sociology,
Anthropology & Sociology
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
- BSocSci University of Western Sydney
- BSocSci University of Western Sydney
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Anthropology & Sociology
- Anthropology & Sociology
Contact
Email: | I.Veljanova@westernsydney.edu.au |
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Phone: | (02) 9772 6740 |
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Location: | 3.8.11 |
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Publications
Books
- Veljanova, I., Mills, C. and Emmanuel, G. (2014), 'Health, Agency and Wellbeing', : Inter-Disciplinary Press 9781848883130.
- Veljanova, I. (2010), 'Perception, Meaning and Identity', : Inter-Disciplinary Press 9781848880429.
Chapters in Books
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I. and Chipchase, L. (2022), 'Addressing health inequities via community engagement : optimizing pain rehabilitation for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities', Handbook of Social Inclusion: Research and Practices in Health and Social Sciences, Springer 9783030895938.
- Moylan, K., Veljanova, I., Kennedy, M. and Birch, P. (2021), 'Australian police officers and international policing practice', Australian Policing: Critical Issues in 21st Century Police Practice, Routledge 9780367464660.
- Birch, P. and Veljanova, I. (2018), 'Raising awareness, improving victim safety : exploring the efficacy of proactive domestic and family violence prevention measures', Routledge International Handbook of Human Aggression: Current Issues and Perspectives, Routledge 9781138668188.
- Veljanova, I., Mills, C. and Emmanuel, G. (2014), 'Introduction', Health, Agency and Wellbeing, Inter-Disciplinary Press 9781848883130.
- Veljanova, I. (2010), 'In-Effect Dissociative Policies in Australia: Macedonian Ethnicity and Empty Shelled Slav-Macedonian Ethnicity', Perception, Meaning and Identity, Inter-Disciplinary Press 9781848880429.
Journal Articles
- Kantek, J., Onnudottir, H. and Veljanova, I. (2023), ''I partied my way to [my] Hungary' : the agency-driven engagements of Hungarian-Australians to shape feelings of place and belonging outside their diaspora tourism programme', European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, vol 10, no 3 , pp 457 - 479.
- Kantek, J., Kantek, J., Veljanova, I. and Onnudottir, H. (2021), 'Constructing Hungarian 'good-will ambassadors' : the collaborative soft power efforts of Hungary's Balassi Institute and the Hungarian community in Australia', International Journal of Cultural Policy, vol 27, no 7 , pp 920 - 935.
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I. and Chipchase, L. (2019), 'The intersections of chronic noncancer pain : culturally diverse perspectives on disease burden', Pain Medicine, vol 20, no 3 , pp 434 - 445.
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I., Andary, T., Southwell, T. and Chipchase, L. (2019), 'Recognising ethnocultural diversity in chronic pain assessment : validation of the Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) for use with culturally diverse communities', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol 17 .
- Kantek, J., Kantek, J., Veljanova, I. and Onnudottir, H. (2019), 'Local engagements, transcultural belonging : the lived experiences of second-generation Hungarian Australian adults through the formation of a simultaneous self', Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol 13, no 2 , pp 79 - 96.
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I., Schabrun, S. and Chipchase, L. (2018), 'Integrating culturally informed approaches into physiotherapy assessment and treatment of chronic pain : a pilot randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, vol 8, no 7 .
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I., Schabrun, S. and Chipchase, L. (2017), 'Integrating culturally informed approaches into the physiotherapy assessment and treatment of chronic pain : protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, vol 7, no 5 .
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I. and Chipchase, L. (2017), 'An exploration of the experience of pain among culturally diverse migrant communities', Rheumatology Advances in Practice, vol 1, no 1 .
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I. and Chipchase, L. (2016), 'Are multidisciplinary interventions multicultural? : a topical review of the pain literature as it relates to culturally diverse patient groups', Pain, vol 157, no 2 , pp 321 - 328.
- Brady, B., Veljanova, I. and Chipchase, L. (2016), 'Culturally informed practice and physiotherapy', Journal of Physiotherapy, vol 62, no 3 , pp 121 - 123.
- Iedema, R. and Veljanova, I. (2013), 'Lifestyle science : self-healing, co-production and DIY', Health Sociology Review, vol 22, no 1 , pp 2 - 7.
- Veljanova, I. (2011), 'From Ethno-cultural Capital to Health Capital: Ethno-specific Health Capital Accumulation Practices amongst Macedonians in Australia', The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, vol 10, no 5 , pp 117 - 131.
- Veljanova, I. (2010), 'Conceptualize and Construction of a People: Enacted Macedoniansness in Australia', Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol 4, no 2 , pp 61 - 81.
Conference Papers
- Veljanova, I. (2012), 'Embodied 'ethnicity' and informal sanctioning mechanisms : sanctioning of embodied Macedonianness in Australia', Identity in the Era of Globalization and Europeanization, Skopje, Macedonia.
Previous Projects
Title: | The inequities of chronic pain - responding with culturally responsive physiotherapy |
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Western Researchers: | Lucy Chipchase and Irena Veljanova |
Years: | 2017-01-01 - 2018-12-31 |
ID: | P00023626 |
Title: | The inequities of chronic pain - responding with culturally responsive physiotherapy |
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Western Researchers: | Lucy Chipchase and Irena Veljanova |
Years: | 2016-06-01 - 2017-06-01 |
ID: | P00023711 |
Supervision
Current Supervision
Thesis Title: | Indigenous Cultural and Language Mechanisms Assisting Health Workers in Remote Communities in Reducing the Level of Indigenous Persons within the Criminal Justice System through the Promotion of Good Health Practices |
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Thesis Title: | 'Music as Therapy' for Addressing Complex Needs and Offending Behaviour |
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Thesis Title: | When the 'Other' others another 'Other'. Racism Between Immigrant Minority Groups Residing in Greater Western Sydney: an Intergenerational Comparison |
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Previous Supervision
Thesis Title: | The Experience of Pain and Pain Management Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Living in Australia |
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Field of Research: | Other Natural And Physical Sciences; Physiotherapy |
Thesis Title: | Identity under Construction: The Construction and Reconstruction of the Assyrian Identity in the Age of Social Media |
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