What has been the focus of your previous research projects?
A group of people walk past RMIT, through the streets of Melbourne. Image: RMIT University
Robyn: Broadly speaking, trauma and how it manifests through experiences of homelessness, mental distress, violence and abuse. Lived experience is centred in all my work, including ensuring there are lived experience researchers as equal members of the team.
Sonia: My research is broadly concerned with social inequalities and the ways in which government policy impacts the wellbeing of people in receipt of income support payments. Previous research has also focused on place and the ways in which geographic location shapes social divisions.