Helen Forbes-Mewett
Biographic Data
| ID | 245273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Forbes-Mewett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Forbes-Mewett |
| SIGNATURE | FORBES-MEWETT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7437-0966 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Strengthening responses to sexual and/or intimate partner violence against women international students: Australian stakeholder perspectives
Women international students face a high risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV), yet their experiences have largely been overlooked in responses to violence against women in higher education. These risks are emerging within an increasingly volatile landscape of international education, where tightening migration regimes, politicised public debates and unstable policy settings across major destination countries have exace…
The experiences, coping practices, and mental health of Ukrainian young people living amid wartime Ukraine
Experiences of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women International Students in Australia
Sexual violence (SV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in tertiary institutions have received increased attention in Australia and globally, however, international students have been largely neglected in academic and policy discourse. Little is known about the nature and frequency of SV and IPV experienced by these students, nor what sociodemographic factors are associated with victimization. This article reports on a national cross-sectional s…
A Shattered Dream: Women International Students’ Experiences of Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence in Australia
This study explores experiences and impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) for women international students. IPV/SV are common experiences for women in tertiary education, including for international students. Although researchers have identified that IPV/SV has traumatic impacts for domestic students, little is known about the experiences and consequences of IPV/SV for international students. To address this gap, thi…
Social Integration in the Workplace: Barriers and Challenges of Pakistani Migrant Women in Australia
Intersectional disadvantages? Labor market integration of skilled Pakistani migrant women in Australia
This paper examines the labor market integration of skilled Pakistani migrant women in Australia by drawing on qualitative data. It explores how the intersections of human, social and cultural capital hinder their labor market participation. It further investigates the redevelopment of these capitals to secure professional employment. We argue that the job-seeking experiences of these women are complex due to their mismatched human, social and cu…
Understanding the Dynamics of Refugee Impact on Employment: Evidence from Northern Uganda
Uganda hosts the largest refugee population on the African continent and the third highest worldwide. The country also has one of the world's most progressive refugee policies. Refugees are allowed to work and operate businesses anywhere in the country, which is uncommon in other African countries and beyond. Despite the large refugee population, their impact on employment and the associated dynamics remains poorly understood. This paper explores…
Discrimination at Work? The Case of Pakistani Migrant Women in Australian Workplaces
The National Identity, Security, Future Hope and Wellbeing of Young People Living in the Unrecognised State of Transnistria
Transnistria is a de-facto state located between the Moldova and Ukraine border that has been stuck in a frozen conflict with Moldova over its sovereignty for over 30 years. We conducted interviews with young people living in the region to gain an understanding of their sense of national identity, feelings of security, hopes for the future and overall wellbeing. Participants shared their views on the difficult times experienced in the region as a…
Help-Seeking After Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence: Exploring the Experiences of International Student Women in Australia
Research suggests that many international students experience intimate partner violence (IPV) or sexual violence (SV) whilst attending tertiary institutions. Yet, little is known about how they engage in help-seeking and what types of support they need following IPV/SV. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative analysis of 30 in-depth interviews with international student women who experienced SV/IPV while studying in Australia. The f…
Identity and Belonging Among Chinese Australians: Phenotype, Ethnic Language and Cultural Values
Cohesion, corrosion and fire adaptation: The case of Boolarra in Australia
I Just want to be Happy”: An Exploration of the Aspirations, Values, and Psychological Wellbeing of Australian Young People
Western cultural environments present an increasingly challenging landscape for young people’s mental health. To better understand how this cultural environment may be influencing the lives of young people, we conducted 50 semi-structured interviews with young Australians, discussing participants’ values, life goals, social attitudes and behaviours, and life stressors. We find that while participants tended to see factors such as maintaining stro…
Regional migration and the local multicultural imaginary: The uneasy governance of cultural difference in regional Australia
This article examines the role of a politics of diversity in local strategies to respond to economic and demographic stagnation in regional Australia. In a context of a market-driven migration agenda, local councils increasingly ‘compete’ as desirable places for mobile populations to settle by evoking a local multicultural imaginary. Internationally, there has been some suggestion that devolving power to the local level can help resolve economic …
Global Markets, Risk, and Organized Irresponsibility in Regional Australia: Emergent Cosmopolitan Identities Among Local Food Producers in the Liverpool Plains☆
This paper reflects on the conditions that emerge as regional Australia becomes increasingly immersed in international markets, global and local political shifts, and changing environmental conditions. In the Liverpool Plains region, farmers are deeply reliant on global export markets. Meanwhile, global demand for Australian minerals continues to produce both economic development and environmental degradation. In this context, farmers are drawing…
Social support from bonding and bridging relationships in disaster recovery: Findings from a slow-onset disaster
Community stakeholder and opinion formation toward end-of-life planning in Chinese community in Australia
We examine the role of stakeholders in constructing new socio-cultural narratives of advance care planning in the Chinese community in Australia. Applying the communication theory of opinion leader(ship) and drawing on data from 41 interviews and field observation notes, we explore how stakeholders establish their authority and perform their expertise. Data analysis shows stakeholders have gained their opinion leadership status through demonstrat…
Together Here, Now and Forever: Chinese Immigrants' Belonging in Australia, Family, Ethnicity and Memorialisation
This paper investigates end-of-life decisions, ethnic influences and memorialisaton of Chinese immigrants in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on interviews with 41 participants including 25 individuals and 16 community or industry stake holders, we present insights into what this group experiences and how they negotiate end-of-life choices to accommodate their hybrid circumstances as immigrants. We find evidence of merging cultures that suggests a n…
Aspirational Individuals, Hopeful Communities: Histories and Subjectivities of Precarity in Regional Australia
In this paper, we utilise Jørgensen's concept of what precarity does to make sense of stalled industrial development in a regional Australian community. In 2008-2009, a Chinese-owned multinational company proposed the development of an alumina refinery near Bowen, Queensland, offering residents the prospect of economic and local job growth, before the proposal was shelved in 2010. In direct contrast to the imagined 'secure employment' residents h…
Vulnerability in a Mobile World
Populations across the world are becoming increasingly mobile for many different reasons. Some are searching for a better and safer life, others migrate for economic or environmental purposes, education, or identity formation. While mobility may bring better life-chances, this book shows that for some it means experiencing vulnerability.
The New Security: Individual, Community and Cultural Experiences
The New Security places the concept of 'security' under the spotlight to analyse its meaning in an original and contemporary context. In so doing, Forbes-Mewett revisits the notion from the perspectiv
Whose ‘fault’ is it? Becoming homeless in Singapore
Singapore is a country that prides itself on providing cheap affordable public housing for its citizens. Nonetheless, the increased visibility of older people sleeping rough in public spaces has led to a contentious debate in recent years about why they are becoming homeless. The article first examines this debate from the different interpretations offered by the government, the national print media and local internet blogs and forums. Homelessne…
My own business, not my children's: Negotiating funeral rites and the mobility and communication juncture among Chinese migrants in Melbourne
The article analyses cross-generational negotiations of funeral rites of Chinese migrants in Melbourne, Australia. It discusses the intersections between migration and death, with reference to the meaning of death and funeral rites linking multiple generations in migrant life. These intersections create a ‘mobility juncture’ to engrain their legacy and communicate across generations. We interviewed 36 Chinese migrants and 5 funeral professionals.…
The neighbourhood context of crime against international students
Stark differences exist between the support and accommodation provision for tertiary students across the UK, the US and Australia. Within this framework, this study provides insights into the neighbourhood contexts where offences against Indian international students took place in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Shaped by ideas associated with social disorganisation and resource threat theories, we suggest that the concentration of large number…
Migration Review Tribunal Decisions in Student Visa Cancellation Appeals: Sympathy, Hardship and Exceptional Circumstances
This article examines the decisions of the Migration Review Tribunal (now the Administrative Appeals Tribunal) in relation to appeals of student visa cancellations. It draws on a 2010–11 study of appealed cases, and discusses both quantitatively and qualitatively the appeals and the decisions. The study builds on literature surrounding the regulation of migration and non-citizens within national borders by analysing the regulation of internationa…
Regional migration and the local multicultural imaginary: The uneasy governance of cultural difference in regional Australia
This article examines the role of a politics of diversity in local strategies to respond to economic and demographic stagnation in regional Australia. In a context of a market-driven migration agenda, local councils increasingly ‘compete’ as desirable places for mobile populations to settle by evoking a local multicultural imaginary. Internationally, there has been some suggestion that devolving power to the local level can help resolve economic …
Sinophobia as Corporate Tactic and the Response of Host Communities
China's State Council has charged that in 2009 BHP Billiton inflamed Australians' fear of "Chinese colour" in order to undermine Chinalco's (Aluminium Corporation of China) effort to increase its share of the Rio Tinto company. Though unproven, this is a serious charge and the more so because it suggests there is a risk that in the future firms challenged by Chinese competitors may emulate the alleged practice. Given this possibility, anti-racist…
Australian University International Student Finances
Help-Seeking After Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence: Exploring the Experiences of International Student Women in Australia
Research suggests that many international students experience intimate partner violence (IPV) or sexual violence (SV) whilst attending tertiary institutions. Yet, little is known about how they engage in help-seeking and what types of support they need following IPV/SV. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative analysis of 30 in-depth interviews with international student women who experienced SV/IPV while studying in Australia. The f…
International Students and Gender-Based Violence
Headlines such as "Man Jailed for Train Station Attack on Indian Student," "Fatal Stabbing Hits Indian Student Hopes," and "Indian Student Bashings on the Rise in Sydney" highlight violent crimes against male international students by strangers in public spaces. The media reports run contrary to the perceptions of our interviewees who suggest that violence against female international students by known perpetrators in private spaces is common. We…
Together Here, Now and Forever: Chinese Immigrants' Belonging in Australia, Family, Ethnicity and Memorialisation
This paper investigates end-of-life decisions, ethnic influences and memorialisaton of Chinese immigrants in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on interviews with 41 participants including 25 individuals and 16 community or industry stake holders, we present insights into what this group experiences and how they negotiate end-of-life choices to accommodate their hybrid circumstances as immigrants. We find evidence of merging cultures that suggests a n…
Aspirational Individuals, Hopeful Communities: Histories and Subjectivities of Precarity in Regional Australia
In this paper, we utilise Jørgensen's concept of what precarity does to make sense of stalled industrial development in a regional Australian community. In 2008-2009, a Chinese-owned multinational company proposed the development of an alumina refinery near Bowen, Queensland, offering residents the prospect of economic and local job growth, before the proposal was shelved in 2010. In direct contrast to the imagined 'secure employment' residents h…
Whose ‘fault’ is it? Becoming homeless in Singapore
Singapore is a country that prides itself on providing cheap affordable public housing for its citizens. Nonetheless, the increased visibility of older people sleeping rough in public spaces has led to a contentious debate in recent years about why they are becoming homeless. The article first examines this debate from the different interpretations offered by the government, the national print media and local internet blogs and forums. Homelessne…
Discrimination at Work? The Case of Pakistani Migrant Women in Australian Workplaces
Global Markets, Risk, and Organized Irresponsibility in Regional Australia: Emergent Cosmopolitan Identities Among Local Food Producers in the Liverpool Plains☆
This paper reflects on the conditions that emerge as regional Australia becomes increasingly immersed in international markets, global and local political shifts, and changing environmental conditions. In the Liverpool Plains region, farmers are deeply reliant on global export markets. Meanwhile, global demand for Australian minerals continues to produce both economic development and environmental degradation. In this context, farmers are drawing…
Community stakeholder and opinion formation toward end-of-life planning in Chinese community in Australia
We examine the role of stakeholders in constructing new socio-cultural narratives of advance care planning in the Chinese community in Australia. Applying the communication theory of opinion leader(ship) and drawing on data from 41 interviews and field observation notes, we explore how stakeholders establish their authority and perform their expertise. Data analysis shows stakeholders have gained their opinion leadership status through demonstrat…
The neighbourhood context of crime against international students
Stark differences exist between the support and accommodation provision for tertiary students across the UK, the US and Australia. Within this framework, this study provides insights into the neighbourhood contexts where offences against Indian international students took place in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Shaped by ideas associated with social disorganisation and resource threat theories, we suggest that the concentration of large number…
Chinese Transnational Investment in Australia: A Case Study of Insider/Outsider Relations
Against the backdrop of a nation where more than a third of the population is concerned about cultural differences threatening societal harmony, we explore community responses to a proposed development by a Chinese transnational company. An alumina refinery was to be built in Utopia, a small coastal town in North Queensland, Australia. Framed within the dimensions of Elias and Scotson's notion of established and outsider relations, we reveal the …
Australian University International Student Finances
International Student Security
More than three million students globally are on the move each year, crossing borders for their tertiary education. Many travel from Asia and Africa to English speaking countries, led by the United States, including the UK, Australia and New Zealand where students pay tuition fees at commercial rates and prop up an education export sector that has become lucrative for the provider nations. But the 'no frills' commercial form of tertiary education…
International student security: A view from Beijing
Security is an integral component of the relationships that shape the lives of students hosted by foreign countries. International student security became a source of contention between nations in 2008 when China's Government charged that Australia was failing to adequately provide for the safety of Chinese students. We discuss Beck's theorisation of the ‘risk society’ and Clements' notion of balancing risk with opportunity. We draw on interviews…
Sinophobia as Corporate Tactic and the Response of Host Communities
China's State Council has charged that in 2009 BHP Billiton inflamed Australians' fear of "Chinese colour" in order to undermine Chinalco's (Aluminium Corporation of China) effort to increase its share of the Rio Tinto company. Though unproven, this is a serious charge and the more so because it suggests there is a risk that in the future firms challenged by Chinese competitors may emulate the alleged practice. Given this possibility, anti-racist…
Chinese Transnational Investment in Australia: A Case Study of Insider/Outsider Relations
Against the backdrop of a nation where more than a third of the population is concerned about cultural differences threatening societal harmony, we explore community responses to a proposed development by a Chinese transnational company. An alumina refinery was to be built in Utopia, a small coastal town in North Queensland, Australia. Framed within the dimensions of Elias and Scotson's notion of established and outsider relations, we reveal the …
International Students and Gender-Based Violence
Headlines such as "Man Jailed for Train Station Attack on Indian Student," "Fatal Stabbing Hits Indian Student Hopes," and "Indian Student Bashings on the Rise in Sydney" highlight violent crimes against male international students by strangers in public spaces. The media reports run contrary to the perceptions of our interviewees who suggest that violence against female international students by known perpetrators in private spaces is common. We…
Migration Review Tribunal Decisions in Student Visa Cancellation Appeals: Sympathy, Hardship and Exceptional Circumstances
This article examines the decisions of the Migration Review Tribunal (now the Administrative Appeals Tribunal) in relation to appeals of student visa cancellations. It draws on a 2010–11 study of appealed cases, and discusses both quantitatively and qualitatively the appeals and the decisions. The study builds on literature surrounding the regulation of migration and non-citizens within national borders by analysing the regulation of internationa…
The New Security: Individual, Community and Cultural Experiences
The New Security places the concept of 'security' under the spotlight to analyse its meaning in an original and contemporary context. In so doing, Forbes-Mewett revisits the notion from the perspectiv
Whose ‘fault’ is it? Becoming homeless in Singapore
Singapore is a country that prides itself on providing cheap affordable public housing for its citizens. Nonetheless, the increased visibility of older people sleeping rough in public spaces has led to a contentious debate in recent years about why they are becoming homeless. The article first examines this debate from the different interpretations offered by the government, the national print media and local internet blogs and forums. Homelessne…
My own business, not my children's: Negotiating funeral rites and the mobility and communication juncture among Chinese migrants in Melbourne
The article analyses cross-generational negotiations of funeral rites of Chinese migrants in Melbourne, Australia. It discusses the intersections between migration and death, with reference to the meaning of death and funeral rites linking multiple generations in migrant life. These intersections create a ‘mobility juncture’ to engrain their legacy and communicate across generations. We interviewed 36 Chinese migrants and 5 funeral professionals.…
The neighbourhood context of crime against international students
Stark differences exist between the support and accommodation provision for tertiary students across the UK, the US and Australia. Within this framework, this study provides insights into the neighbourhood contexts where offences against Indian international students took place in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Shaped by ideas associated with social disorganisation and resource threat theories, we suggest that the concentration of large number…
Vulnerability in a Mobile World
Populations across the world are becoming increasingly mobile for many different reasons. Some are searching for a better and safer life, others migrate for economic or environmental purposes, education, or identity formation. While mobility may bring better life-chances, this book shows that for some it means experiencing vulnerability.
Social support from bonding and bridging relationships in disaster recovery: Findings from a slow-onset disaster
Community stakeholder and opinion formation toward end-of-life planning in Chinese community in Australia
We examine the role of stakeholders in constructing new socio-cultural narratives of advance care planning in the Chinese community in Australia. Applying the communication theory of opinion leader(ship) and drawing on data from 41 interviews and field observation notes, we explore how stakeholders establish their authority and perform their expertise. Data analysis shows stakeholders have gained their opinion leadership status through demonstrat…
Together Here, Now and Forever: Chinese Immigrants' Belonging in Australia, Family, Ethnicity and Memorialisation
This paper investigates end-of-life decisions, ethnic influences and memorialisaton of Chinese immigrants in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on interviews with 41 participants including 25 individuals and 16 community or industry stake holders, we present insights into what this group experiences and how they negotiate end-of-life choices to accommodate their hybrid circumstances as immigrants. We find evidence of merging cultures that suggests a n…
Aspirational Individuals, Hopeful Communities: Histories and Subjectivities of Precarity in Regional Australia
In this paper, we utilise Jørgensen's concept of what precarity does to make sense of stalled industrial development in a regional Australian community. In 2008-2009, a Chinese-owned multinational company proposed the development of an alumina refinery near Bowen, Queensland, offering residents the prospect of economic and local job growth, before the proposal was shelved in 2010. In direct contrast to the imagined 'secure employment' residents h…
I Just want to be Happy”: An Exploration of the Aspirations, Values, and Psychological Wellbeing of Australian Young People
Western cultural environments present an increasingly challenging landscape for young people’s mental health. To better understand how this cultural environment may be influencing the lives of young people, we conducted 50 semi-structured interviews with young Australians, discussing participants’ values, life goals, social attitudes and behaviours, and life stressors. We find that while participants tended to see factors such as maintaining stro…
Regional migration and the local multicultural imaginary: The uneasy governance of cultural difference in regional Australia
This article examines the role of a politics of diversity in local strategies to respond to economic and demographic stagnation in regional Australia. In a context of a market-driven migration agenda, local councils increasingly ‘compete’ as desirable places for mobile populations to settle by evoking a local multicultural imaginary. Internationally, there has been some suggestion that devolving power to the local level can help resolve economic …
Global Markets, Risk, and Organized Irresponsibility in Regional Australia: Emergent Cosmopolitan Identities Among Local Food Producers in the Liverpool Plains☆
This paper reflects on the conditions that emerge as regional Australia becomes increasingly immersed in international markets, global and local political shifts, and changing environmental conditions. In the Liverpool Plains region, farmers are deeply reliant on global export markets. Meanwhile, global demand for Australian minerals continues to produce both economic development and environmental degradation. In this context, farmers are drawing…
Identity and Belonging Among Chinese Australians: Phenotype, Ethnic Language and Cultural Values
Cohesion, corrosion and fire adaptation: The case of Boolarra in Australia
The National Identity, Security, Future Hope and Wellbeing of Young People Living in the Unrecognised State of Transnistria
Transnistria is a de-facto state located between the Moldova and Ukraine border that has been stuck in a frozen conflict with Moldova over its sovereignty for over 30 years. We conducted interviews with young people living in the region to gain an understanding of their sense of national identity, feelings of security, hopes for the future and overall wellbeing. Participants shared their views on the difficult times experienced in the region as a…
Help-Seeking After Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence: Exploring the Experiences of International Student Women in Australia
Research suggests that many international students experience intimate partner violence (IPV) or sexual violence (SV) whilst attending tertiary institutions. Yet, little is known about how they engage in help-seeking and what types of support they need following IPV/SV. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative analysis of 30 in-depth interviews with international student women who experienced SV/IPV while studying in Australia. The f…
The experiences, coping practices, and mental health of Ukrainian young people living amid wartime Ukraine
Experiences of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women International Students in Australia
Sexual violence (SV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in tertiary institutions have received increased attention in Australia and globally, however, international students have been largely neglected in academic and policy discourse. Little is known about the nature and frequency of SV and IPV experienced by these students, nor what sociodemographic factors are associated with victimization. This article reports on a national cross-sectional s…
Sociology (22 works) · Political science (19 works) · Law (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (7 works) · Public relations (7 works)