Professional Staff
Lilly Moody
Centre Manager
- Centre operations management
- Strategic management and planning
- Research and partnership development
- Financial and HR management
- Policy advice
- Research support
- Human ethics application support and advice
- Strategic Research Development funding coordination
- Post-award assistance for research projects
- Project budget management and financial advice
Awards and Recognition
- 2024 Winner, Excellence in Research Management, Western Sydney University
- 2024 Winner, Research Excellence in Sustainability Impact, Western Sydney University
- 2023 Emerald Publishing Real Impact Award for Mobilising Research into Action
Email: L.Moody@westernsydney.edu.au.
Phone: (02) 9685 9553
Claire Absolum
Communications Lead
- Communications strategy & planning
- Research communication & knowledge translation
- Content creation across audio, visual and written platforms
- Event co-ordination and public engagement
- Media relations and reporting
- Mentoring and support of WSU communications & journalism student interns.
Amy Thayre
Senior Administration Officer - Research
- Support pre-award administration, including budget development
- Coordinate post-award research administration
- Provide administrative support to the Y&R Directors and Centre Manager
- Manage and maintain Y&R records and assets
- Support finance and travel arrangements
Research Officers
Dr Nukte Ogun
Research Officer
Nükte is a researcher and project manager at Young and Resilient. Her work explores young people’s experiences of digital technologies, wellbeing, resilience and participation, with a particular interest in creative and youth-centred research methods. Drawing on her background in journalism and media, Nükte is interested in how research can be translated into stories, resources and strategies that are accessible, engaging and useful for policy, practice and the wider public.
Email: N.Ogun@westernsydney.edu.au.
Linda Marsden
Senior Research Officer
Linda is a PhD candidate at Young and Resilient. Linda employs participatory, creative and visual methods, along with socio material theory to understand young people’s experiences of wellbeing, health and the digital world. She has a particular interest in research and knowledge translation to influence policy and practice, and is curious about the potential for technology to positively influence resilience and wellbeing.
Louisa Welland
Senior Research Officer
Louisa is a qualitative researcher with a keen interest in designing creative, participatory methods to explore how young people really think and feel about things. Her interests include youth mental health and wellbeing, digital technology, and activating youth-led and youth co-research.
Lilly Tatam
Research Officer
Ms Lilly Tatam is a law and communications graduate whose research interests include child rights and mental health advocacy. Lilly aspires to advance the rights of young people in policy and legislation development in the future.
Email: l.tatam@westernsydney.edu.au