Sharlene Nippere
Biographic Data
| ID | 3064303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharlene Nippere |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Nippere |
| SIGNATURE | NIPPERE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9258-7990 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social infrastructure for loneliness prevention
An Infrastructural politics of emotion
At a time when loneliness and social isolation are increasingly being identified as a social challenge that has far reaching consequences, solutions tend to focus disproportionately on upskilling, directing or supporting individuals who experience this burden. By conceptualising the infrastructural politics of emotions that make social infrastructure accessible and inviting to some people and not others, this paper challenges these tendencies. Th…
Post-disaster social work
Across the globe social workers are increasingly working within disaster settings, responding to pandemics, environmental crises, conflict, and war. Despite being at the forefront of providing support to disaster-affected individuals and communities, research into disaster social work has not kept pace with work undertaken in the field. This case study draws on 20 semistructured interviews with Australian Government social workers to examine thei…
Participation and access for ‘equity’ students in social work and human services higher education
Massification, broadening participation, and increasing student diversity are key objectives in higher education (HE). Yet, there is limited definitional clarity with terms, such as equity, access, and participation, and limited evaluation of strategies. The aspiration to promote educational opportunity regardless of socioeconomic or cultural background, geographic location, race, age, gender, or dis/ability is established. Some discipline areas …
Geographies of Loneliness
Loneliness increasingly features in public discourse as a pressing health issue. Loneliness manifests as a feeling of being separate, distanced or isolated, and it is therefore a profoundly spatial phenomenon. Yet, engagement with experiences of loneliness has been sporadic in the discipline of geography. This paper develops the concept of loneliness geographically as a way to research the places, relationships, routines, infrastructures and mobi…
Setting priorities for mental health family carer research and advocacy in Australia
This article reports on the recent priority agenda for mental health family carer research and advocacy developed by a new Australia-based network of stakeholders and researchers with lived and living experience of supporting someone experiencing mental distress. The Family and Carer Research and Advocacy Network (FaCRAN) emerged in the context of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (RCVMHS) (State of Victoria, 2021) and sub…
Experiences of people with disability living in permanent supportive housing in the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
People with disabilities are more likely to be homeless than the general population and experience additional barriers to accessing housing. Despite this, there is limited research exploring the intersection of homelessness and disability, or the impact of responses such as permanent supportive housing (PSH) from the perspective of people with disabilities. This paper reports on research that explored the experiences of tenants with disabilities …
Problematising Artificial Intelligence in Social Work Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fourth industrial revolution, and in higher education it will fundamentally transform the work of academics and higher education administrators. AI will also have several implications for students, including a reconsideration of what sorts of skills and knowledge should be taught and developed in the academy to prepare students for digital working lives. As social work educators, we have begun to wonder what th…
Displacement
It probably did not require COVID-19 to highlight that the world is experiencing a systemic crisis of global reach and historic scale: one in which economic, social, political, cultural, and ecological crisis nodes are entangled and unfolding in complex and destructive dynamics (Fraser and Jaeggi 2018). However, for a special issue on displacement, and on the historical and contemporary responsibilities that arise from it for social work and huma…
Out of Place, in a Hostile Space
The trauma associated with resettling in a new country is considerable for young people who have experienced (forced) migration. The loss of place and loss of connection with family and friends is significant. Resettlement in unfamiliar, suburban and rural places can accentuate this sense of loss. In Australia, the difficulty of this challenge is amplified by nationalistic discourses of Australian identity and citizenship, which construct and pre…
Social Work Education and Homelessness
Homelessness is a significant issue facing many Australian people, and one that social workers are likely to encounter in their professional lives. At present, though, there are no guidelines for social work programs on how to transfer homelessness knowledge into social work education programs. Social work curricula need to be informed by homelessness research, policy, and practice to reflect the contemporary Australian terrain, and to be respons…
Social Work Doctoral Education in Australia
Social work education in Australia has been based in universities since the 1940s. There are now 32 higher education providers offering social work programs across Australia. The significant growth in master’s level qualifying programs in Australia, along with recent higher education policy changes, has increased the need for social work academic faculty members with doctoral qualifications. This paper presents the findings of a scoping review of…
E-Professionalism and the Ethical Use of Technology in Social Work
This special issue of Australian Social Work focuses on the professional and ethical use of technology in social work, drawing together two strands of content that have been the subject of many articles in the journal over past decades. Ethics is integral to social work practice, research, and education, and most articles at some point make connections with ethical thought and the values on which the profession is founded. Ethics is infused throu…
Out of Place, in a Hostile Space
The trauma associated with resettling in a new country is considerable for young people who have experienced (forced) migration. The loss of place and loss of connection with family and friends is significant. Resettlement in unfamiliar, suburban and rural places can accentuate this sense of loss. In Australia, the difficulty of this challenge is amplified by nationalistic discourses of Australian identity and citizenship, which construct and pre…
Geographies of Loneliness
Loneliness increasingly features in public discourse as a pressing health issue. Loneliness manifests as a feeling of being separate, distanced or isolated, and it is therefore a profoundly spatial phenomenon. Yet, engagement with experiences of loneliness has been sporadic in the discipline of geography. This paper develops the concept of loneliness geographically as a way to research the places, relationships, routines, infrastructures and mobi…
Problematising Artificial Intelligence in Social Work Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fourth industrial revolution, and in higher education it will fundamentally transform the work of academics and higher education administrators. AI will also have several implications for students, including a reconsideration of what sorts of skills and knowledge should be taught and developed in the academy to prepare students for digital working lives. As social work educators, we have begun to wonder what th…
Social Work Education and Homelessness
Homelessness is a significant issue facing many Australian people, and one that social workers are likely to encounter in their professional lives. At present, though, there are no guidelines for social work programs on how to transfer homelessness knowledge into social work education programs. Social work curricula need to be informed by homelessness research, policy, and practice to reflect the contemporary Australian terrain, and to be respons…
Social Work Doctoral Education in Australia
Social work education in Australia has been based in universities since the 1940s. There are now 32 higher education providers offering social work programs across Australia. The significant growth in master’s level qualifying programs in Australia, along with recent higher education policy changes, has increased the need for social work academic faculty members with doctoral qualifications. This paper presents the findings of a scoping review of…
E-Professionalism and the Ethical Use of Technology in Social Work
This special issue of Australian Social Work focuses on the professional and ethical use of technology in social work, drawing together two strands of content that have been the subject of many articles in the journal over past decades. Ethics is integral to social work practice, research, and education, and most articles at some point make connections with ethical thought and the values on which the profession is founded. Ethics is infused throu…
E-Professionalism and the Ethical Use of Technology in Social Work
This special issue of Australian Social Work focuses on the professional and ethical use of technology in social work, drawing together two strands of content that have been the subject of many articles in the journal over past decades. Ethics is integral to social work practice, research, and education, and most articles at some point make connections with ethical thought and the values on which the profession is founded. Ethics is infused throu…
Social Work Doctoral Education in Australia
Social work education in Australia has been based in universities since the 1940s. There are now 32 higher education providers offering social work programs across Australia. The significant growth in master’s level qualifying programs in Australia, along with recent higher education policy changes, has increased the need for social work academic faculty members with doctoral qualifications. This paper presents the findings of a scoping review of…
Displacement
It probably did not require COVID-19 to highlight that the world is experiencing a systemic crisis of global reach and historic scale: one in which economic, social, political, cultural, and ecological crisis nodes are entangled and unfolding in complex and destructive dynamics (Fraser and Jaeggi 2018). However, for a special issue on displacement, and on the historical and contemporary responsibilities that arise from it for social work and huma…
Out of Place, in a Hostile Space
The trauma associated with resettling in a new country is considerable for young people who have experienced (forced) migration. The loss of place and loss of connection with family and friends is significant. Resettlement in unfamiliar, suburban and rural places can accentuate this sense of loss. In Australia, the difficulty of this challenge is amplified by nationalistic discourses of Australian identity and citizenship, which construct and pre…
Social Work Education and Homelessness
Homelessness is a significant issue facing many Australian people, and one that social workers are likely to encounter in their professional lives. At present, though, there are no guidelines for social work programs on how to transfer homelessness knowledge into social work education programs. Social work curricula need to be informed by homelessness research, policy, and practice to reflect the contemporary Australian terrain, and to be respons…
Problematising Artificial Intelligence in Social Work Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fourth industrial revolution, and in higher education it will fundamentally transform the work of academics and higher education administrators. AI will also have several implications for students, including a reconsideration of what sorts of skills and knowledge should be taught and developed in the academy to prepare students for digital working lives. As social work educators, we have begun to wonder what th…
Setting priorities for mental health family carer research and advocacy in Australia
This article reports on the recent priority agenda for mental health family carer research and advocacy developed by a new Australia-based network of stakeholders and researchers with lived and living experience of supporting someone experiencing mental distress. The Family and Carer Research and Advocacy Network (FaCRAN) emerged in the context of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (RCVMHS) (State of Victoria, 2021) and sub…
Experiences of people with disability living in permanent supportive housing in the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
People with disabilities are more likely to be homeless than the general population and experience additional barriers to accessing housing. Despite this, there is limited research exploring the intersection of homelessness and disability, or the impact of responses such as permanent supportive housing (PSH) from the perspective of people with disabilities. This paper reports on research that explored the experiences of tenants with disabilities …
Participation and access for ‘equity’ students in social work and human services higher education
Massification, broadening participation, and increasing student diversity are key objectives in higher education (HE). Yet, there is limited definitional clarity with terms, such as equity, access, and participation, and limited evaluation of strategies. The aspiration to promote educational opportunity regardless of socioeconomic or cultural background, geographic location, race, age, gender, or dis/ability is established. Some discipline areas …
Geographies of Loneliness
Loneliness increasingly features in public discourse as a pressing health issue. Loneliness manifests as a feeling of being separate, distanced or isolated, and it is therefore a profoundly spatial phenomenon. Yet, engagement with experiences of loneliness has been sporadic in the discipline of geography. This paper develops the concept of loneliness geographically as a way to research the places, relationships, routines, infrastructures and mobi…
Social infrastructure for loneliness prevention
An Infrastructural politics of emotion
At a time when loneliness and social isolation are increasingly being identified as a social challenge that has far reaching consequences, solutions tend to focus disproportionately on upskilling, directing or supporting individuals who experience this burden. By conceptualising the infrastructural politics of emotions that make social infrastructure accessible and inviting to some people and not others, this paper challenges these tendencies. Th…
Post-disaster social work
Across the globe social workers are increasingly working within disaster settings, responding to pandemics, environmental crises, conflict, and war. Despite being at the forefront of providing support to disaster-affected individuals and communities, research into disaster social work has not kept pace with work undertaken in the field. This case study draws on 20 semistructured interviews with Australian Government social workers to examine thei…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (7 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)