Laura Simpson Reeves
Biographic Data
| ID | 358751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Simpson Reeves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Simpson |
| FAMILY NAME | Reeves |
| SIGNATURE | REEVES L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9964-4089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understandings of Responsibility Amongst Sāmoan Diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia
This article examines how responsibility is understood and enacted among Sāmoan diaspora living in Greater Brisbane, Australia. Drawing on 46 in-depth, repeat interviews with 16 participants, the study demonstrates that responsibility is a multifaceted practice shaped by cultural values, migration histories and everyday social relations. Participants described responsibility across three interconnected domains: the household; the community; and t…
Belonging and Identity in the Samoan Diaspora
Access to Transition Planning and Support for Young People Who Self‐Place When in Out‐Of‐Home Care: The Perspectives of Young People and Practitioners
This paper explores the experiences of young people in Queensland, Australia, under child protection orders who leave approved out‐of‐home care placements (e.g., foster; residential care) to stay in unapproved locations (e.g., sleeping on the streets; staying with friends, family/kin, or strangers). This phenomenon is commonly referred to as ‘self‐placing’. Young people who self‐place are at increased risk of homelessness, exploitation, contact w…
The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: A scoping review exploring structural and social factors
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness
Homelessness is a significant social issue that continues to confront Australian society, despite burgeoning public and policy responses to the issue. Existing scholarship demonstrates the important role the media can play in shaping such responses by framing homelessness – and the people who experience it – in particular ways. However, to date there has been limited focus on how the media represents social responses to homelessness, or how such …
Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations
There are concerns that religion in state-funded social services for people experiencing poverty can lead to discrimination, proselytizing, and moralism. The welfare state ideals of universalism and comprehensiveness sought to overcome limitations of social services provided by faith-based organizations. Against the backdrop of the secular welfare state theories—albeit often unrealized—and concerns that faith in social services leads to exclusion…
The Family Lives of Australian Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People: A Review of the Literature and a Research Agenda
Towards a phenomenology of poverty: Defining poverty through the lived experiences of the 'poor
This article argues for the importance of defining poverty from the perspective of those who experience poverty. How poverty is defined and operationalised is critical to policy and academic debates, as this is intertwined with explanations, causes, and possible solutions. Yet current definitions are typically provided by the 'non-poor'. What we lack is knowledge of whether these definitions of the concept are similar to or different from those u…
What do they need to know? Core skills for postgraduate development studies students
Despite offerings at most universities, development studies in Australia does not have a professional body nor an academic association to prescribe core skills and standards, or to facilitate discussions about curriculum requirements and core competencies of graduates. This article analyses postgraduate coursework programmes focused on international and/or community development at 10 universities in Australia. It examines the faculty or school in…
Using purpose-made objects for visual research: An exploratory case study
This article responds to Pauwels’ assertion that visual research is no longer the (nearly) exclusive domain of camera-based visual materials and methods. The authors argue that, in certain contexts, objects can provide appropriate and valid visual research materials in their own right. The article begins by examining the institutionalized parameters for visual research established by this journal ( Visual Communication), Visual Studies and the In…
What do they need to know? Core skills for postgraduate development studies students
Despite offerings at most universities, development studies in Australia does not have a professional body nor an academic association to prescribe core skills and standards, or to facilitate discussions about curriculum requirements and core competencies of graduates. This article analyses postgraduate coursework programmes focused on international and/or community development at 10 universities in Australia. It examines the faculty or school in…
Using purpose-made objects for visual research: An exploratory case study
This article responds to Pauwels’ assertion that visual research is no longer the (nearly) exclusive domain of camera-based visual materials and methods. The authors argue that, in certain contexts, objects can provide appropriate and valid visual research materials in their own right. The article begins by examining the institutionalized parameters for visual research established by this journal ( Visual Communication), Visual Studies and the In…
Access to Transition Planning and Support for Young People Who Self‐Place When in Out‐Of‐Home Care: The Perspectives of Young People and Practitioners
This paper explores the experiences of young people in Queensland, Australia, under child protection orders who leave approved out‐of‐home care placements (e.g., foster; residential care) to stay in unapproved locations (e.g., sleeping on the streets; staying with friends, family/kin, or strangers). This phenomenon is commonly referred to as ‘self‐placing’. Young people who self‐place are at increased risk of homelessness, exploitation, contact w…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Towards a phenomenology of poverty: Defining poverty through the lived experiences of the 'poor
This article argues for the importance of defining poverty from the perspective of those who experience poverty. How poverty is defined and operationalised is critical to policy and academic debates, as this is intertwined with explanations, causes, and possible solutions. Yet current definitions are typically provided by the 'non-poor'. What we lack is knowledge of whether these definitions of the concept are similar to or different from those u…
Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness
Homelessness is a significant social issue that continues to confront Australian society, despite burgeoning public and policy responses to the issue. Existing scholarship demonstrates the important role the media can play in shaping such responses by framing homelessness – and the people who experience it – in particular ways. However, to date there has been limited focus on how the media represents social responses to homelessness, or how such …
Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations
There are concerns that religion in state-funded social services for people experiencing poverty can lead to discrimination, proselytizing, and moralism. The welfare state ideals of universalism and comprehensiveness sought to overcome limitations of social services provided by faith-based organizations. Against the backdrop of the secular welfare state theories—albeit often unrealized—and concerns that faith in social services leads to exclusion…
Using purpose-made objects for visual research: An exploratory case study
This article responds to Pauwels’ assertion that visual research is no longer the (nearly) exclusive domain of camera-based visual materials and methods. The authors argue that, in certain contexts, objects can provide appropriate and valid visual research materials in their own right. The article begins by examining the institutionalized parameters for visual research established by this journal ( Visual Communication), Visual Studies and the In…
What do they need to know? Core skills for postgraduate development studies students
Despite offerings at most universities, development studies in Australia does not have a professional body nor an academic association to prescribe core skills and standards, or to facilitate discussions about curriculum requirements and core competencies of graduates. This article analyses postgraduate coursework programmes focused on international and/or community development at 10 universities in Australia. It examines the faculty or school in…
The Family Lives of Australian Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People: A Review of the Literature and a Research Agenda
Towards a phenomenology of poverty: Defining poverty through the lived experiences of the 'poor
This article argues for the importance of defining poverty from the perspective of those who experience poverty. How poverty is defined and operationalised is critical to policy and academic debates, as this is intertwined with explanations, causes, and possible solutions. Yet current definitions are typically provided by the 'non-poor'. What we lack is knowledge of whether these definitions of the concept are similar to or different from those u…
Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations
There are concerns that religion in state-funded social services for people experiencing poverty can lead to discrimination, proselytizing, and moralism. The welfare state ideals of universalism and comprehensiveness sought to overcome limitations of social services provided by faith-based organizations. Against the backdrop of the secular welfare state theories—albeit often unrealized—and concerns that faith in social services leads to exclusion…
Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness
Homelessness is a significant social issue that continues to confront Australian society, despite burgeoning public and policy responses to the issue. Existing scholarship demonstrates the important role the media can play in shaping such responses by framing homelessness – and the people who experience it – in particular ways. However, to date there has been limited focus on how the media represents social responses to homelessness, or how such …
The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: A scoping review exploring structural and social factors
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Belonging and Identity in the Samoan Diaspora
Access to Transition Planning and Support for Young People Who Self‐Place When in Out‐Of‐Home Care: The Perspectives of Young People and Practitioners
This paper explores the experiences of young people in Queensland, Australia, under child protection orders who leave approved out‐of‐home care placements (e.g., foster; residential care) to stay in unapproved locations (e.g., sleeping on the streets; staying with friends, family/kin, or strangers). This phenomenon is commonly referred to as ‘self‐placing’. Young people who self‐place are at increased risk of homelessness, exploitation, contact w…
Understandings of Responsibility Amongst Sāmoan Diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia
This article examines how responsibility is understood and enacted among Sāmoan diaspora living in Greater Brisbane, Australia. Drawing on 46 in-depth, repeat interviews with 16 participants, the study demonstrates that responsibility is a multifaceted practice shaped by cultural values, migration histories and everyday social relations. Participants described responsibility across three interconnected domains: the household; the community; and t…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Project commissioning (3 works) · Publishing (3 works) · Social science (3 works)