Nicole Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3600201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON N |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4046-1461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Critical Judgments in Hostile Times: A Roundtable on Indigenous, Feminist, Queer Perspectives
Nicole I’m a Munanjali and Birri Gubba woman, from Queensland, but I’ve been in Sydney for a long time. I had the great privilege of editing the Indigenous Legal Judgments book (Watson and Douglas 2021 ), a collection of sixteen judgments that have been reimagined from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. One of the goals of the project was to bring together a community of scholars who are interested in Indigenous legal issues. We’…
Vale the Honourable Sally Brown AM
Longitudinal gambling risk transitions: Evidence from a nationally representative Australian sample
Aims: Problem gambling has downstream consequences on individuals, families and the community. While a strong research base now exists on predictors and outcomes of problem gambling risk and severity, few studies have examined the transitions in gambling risk status over time, and factors associated with these transitions. Methods: The current study addresses this knowledge gap by examining gambling transitions using two waves of longitudinal, po…
A Controlled Evaluation of a Psychosocial Outreach Support Program for Adults with Severe Mental Illness
Objective: Serious mental illness (SMI) remains a leading cause of disability worldwide. However, there is limited Australian evidence of community-based programs to enhance the psychosocial wellbeing of adults experiencing SMI. Foundations is a long-term community-based psychosocial outreach support program delivered in Tasmania, Australia. A longitudinal non-randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine the effectiveness of the Foundatio…
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) Survey
This paper provides a brief summary of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally representative household panel survey. It describes the survey’s key design features, provides an overview of its content, and reports on response rates and sample sizes. It also highlights a few examples of research utilising the data, discusses two challenges currently facing the study, and provides details on how to access…
Indigenous Legal Judgments: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making
This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people’s stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews. \n \n In this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous people’s engagements with Austral…
Trends in the Prevalence of Psychological Distress Over Time: Comparing Results From Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys
Background: While there is discussion of increasing rates of mental disorders, epidemiological research finds little evidence of change over time. This research generally compares cross-sectional surveys conducted at different times. Declining response rates to representative surveys may mask increases in mental disorders and psychological distress. Methods: Analysis of data from two large nationally representative surveys: repeated cross-section…
The Impact of Measurement Error on Wage Decompositions: Evidence From the British Household Panel Survey and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
Test-retest reliability assessments rarely investigate whether reliability itself is stable or change in reliability affects findings from substantive models. Research across the social sciences often recognizes that measurement error could influence results, yet it rarely applies established error correction methods. Focusing on gender wage inequality, we address two questions. First, to what extent does reliability vary over time, across gender…
Deadly detectives: How Aboriginal Australian writers are re-creating crime fiction
The depiction of Aboriginal people in Australian detective novels has always been problematic. In colonial crime stories, Aboriginal people were typically represented as dangerous brutes and noble savages. Today, overtly demeaning stereotypes are less common, but Aboriginal characters still tend to lack complexity and perform subservient roles. In recent decades, Aboriginal writers have chosen to reclaim the genre and transform it into a space of…
The Land is Our History: Indigineity, Law, and the Settler State, by Miranda Johnson
Miranda Johnson’s book was published just as Indigenous people throughout Australia were participating in a series of dialogues that would culminate in the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’. This eloquent and moving document makes the demand for Indigenous Australians to have their own voice in the national parliament. Their modest plea was rejected by the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, out of hand, prompting some Indigenous leaders to argue th…
The Role of Place in Indigenous Australian Crime Fiction
Indigenous characters have long featured in Australian detective novels. The most renowned was Arthur Upfield’s creation, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte or ‘Bony’. To the delight of audienc
First Nations Women: Law, Power, Story
For the greater part of our shared history, the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were absent from scholarship as understood by the Australian colony. Those who wrote about our
Australia Farewell: Predictors of Emigration in the 2000s
Design Matters: The Impact of Capi on Interview Length
Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) offers many attractive benefits over paper-and-pencil interviewing. There is, however, mixed evidence on the impact of CAPI on interview length, an important survey outcome in the context of length limits imposed by survey budgets and concerns over respondent burden. In this article, recent experimental and quasi-experimental evidence derived from a large, nationally representative household panel st…
Justice in whose eyes? Why lawyers should read black Australian literature
This article presents a challenge to legal scholars to engage with Indigenous literature. Because such literature is closely aligned to Indigenous movements, it is a rich source of information in relation to what Indigenous people believe is necessary for them to receive redress for the injuries of colonisation. Such engagement grounds the conclusion that litigation is rarely an end in itself, but rather one part of an enduring struggle for the t…
The Northern Territory Emergency Response — Has It Really Improved the Lives of Aboriginal Women and Children
In 2007 the Commonwealth imposed a series of measures under the umbrella of the Northern Territory Intervention, in response to allegations of the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children and violence inflicted against Aboriginal women. Some of the measures were controversial, not only because of the absence of prior consultation, but also because of their blanket operation. In particular, the income management regime was imposed on entire …
A Response to Louis Nowra
Books
This book makes me wonder why Australian \nhistorians have so readily agreed to \na history that starts at 1788. Perhaps the \nFirst Fleet's entertaining publishing enterprises \nhave been too seductive. Whereas \nhistorians may doubt that it is possible \nto write history without archival word \nmiddens, archaeologists doubt that one \ncan write without material discoveries. \nSources and methodological expertise \nhave created a major chasm bet…
The Northern Territory Emergency Response — Has It Really Improved the Lives of Aboriginal Women and Children
In 2007 the Commonwealth imposed a series of measures under the umbrella of the Northern Territory Intervention, in response to allegations of the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children and violence inflicted against Aboriginal women. Some of the measures were controversial, not only because of the absence of prior consultation, but also because of their blanket operation. In particular, the income management regime was imposed on entire …
Indigenous Legal Judgments: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making
This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people’s stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews. \n \n In this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous people’s engagements with Austral…
Design Matters: The Impact of Capi on Interview Length
Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) offers many attractive benefits over paper-and-pencil interviewing. There is, however, mixed evidence on the impact of CAPI on interview length, an important survey outcome in the context of length limits imposed by survey budgets and concerns over respondent burden. In this article, recent experimental and quasi-experimental evidence derived from a large, nationally representative household panel st…
The Impact of Measurement Error on Wage Decompositions: Evidence From the British Household Panel Survey and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
Test-retest reliability assessments rarely investigate whether reliability itself is stable or change in reliability affects findings from substantive models. Research across the social sciences often recognizes that measurement error could influence results, yet it rarely applies established error correction methods. Focusing on gender wage inequality, we address two questions. First, to what extent does reliability vary over time, across gender…
First Nations Women: Law, Power, Story
For the greater part of our shared history, the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were absent from scholarship as understood by the Australian colony. Those who wrote about our
A Response to Louis Nowra
Books
This book makes me wonder why Australian \nhistorians have so readily agreed to \na history that starts at 1788. Perhaps the \nFirst Fleet's entertaining publishing enterprises \nhave been too seductive. Whereas \nhistorians may doubt that it is possible \nto write history without archival word \nmiddens, archaeologists doubt that one \ncan write without material discoveries. \nSources and methodological expertise \nhave created a major chasm bet…
A Response to Louis Nowra
The Northern Territory Emergency Response — Has It Really Improved the Lives of Aboriginal Women and Children
In 2007 the Commonwealth imposed a series of measures under the umbrella of the Northern Territory Intervention, in response to allegations of the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children and violence inflicted against Aboriginal women. Some of the measures were controversial, not only because of the absence of prior consultation, but also because of their blanket operation. In particular, the income management regime was imposed on entire …
Justice in whose eyes? Why lawyers should read black Australian literature
This article presents a challenge to legal scholars to engage with Indigenous literature. Because such literature is closely aligned to Indigenous movements, it is a rich source of information in relation to what Indigenous people believe is necessary for them to receive redress for the injuries of colonisation. Such engagement grounds the conclusion that litigation is rarely an end in itself, but rather one part of an enduring struggle for the t…
Design Matters: The Impact of Capi on Interview Length
Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) offers many attractive benefits over paper-and-pencil interviewing. There is, however, mixed evidence on the impact of CAPI on interview length, an important survey outcome in the context of length limits imposed by survey budgets and concerns over respondent burden. In this article, recent experimental and quasi-experimental evidence derived from a large, nationally representative household panel st…
Australia Farewell: Predictors of Emigration in the 2000s
Deadly detectives: How Aboriginal Australian writers are re-creating crime fiction
The depiction of Aboriginal people in Australian detective novels has always been problematic. In colonial crime stories, Aboriginal people were typically represented as dangerous brutes and noble savages. Today, overtly demeaning stereotypes are less common, but Aboriginal characters still tend to lack complexity and perform subservient roles. In recent decades, Aboriginal writers have chosen to reclaim the genre and transform it into a space of…
The Land is Our History: Indigineity, Law, and the Settler State, by Miranda Johnson
Miranda Johnson’s book was published just as Indigenous people throughout Australia were participating in a series of dialogues that would culminate in the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’. This eloquent and moving document makes the demand for Indigenous Australians to have their own voice in the national parliament. Their modest plea was rejected by the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, out of hand, prompting some Indigenous leaders to argue th…
The Role of Place in Indigenous Australian Crime Fiction
Indigenous characters have long featured in Australian detective novels. The most renowned was Arthur Upfield’s creation, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte or ‘Bony’. To the delight of audienc
First Nations Women: Law, Power, Story
For the greater part of our shared history, the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were absent from scholarship as understood by the Australian colony. Those who wrote about our
Trends in the Prevalence of Psychological Distress Over Time: Comparing Results From Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys
Background: While there is discussion of increasing rates of mental disorders, epidemiological research finds little evidence of change over time. This research generally compares cross-sectional surveys conducted at different times. Declining response rates to representative surveys may mask increases in mental disorders and psychological distress. Methods: Analysis of data from two large nationally representative surveys: repeated cross-section…
The Impact of Measurement Error on Wage Decompositions: Evidence From the British Household Panel Survey and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
Test-retest reliability assessments rarely investigate whether reliability itself is stable or change in reliability affects findings from substantive models. Research across the social sciences often recognizes that measurement error could influence results, yet it rarely applies established error correction methods. Focusing on gender wage inequality, we address two questions. First, to what extent does reliability vary over time, across gender…
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) Survey
This paper provides a brief summary of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally representative household panel survey. It describes the survey’s key design features, provides an overview of its content, and reports on response rates and sample sizes. It also highlights a few examples of research utilising the data, discusses two challenges currently facing the study, and provides details on how to access…
Indigenous Legal Judgments: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making
This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people’s stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews. \n \n In this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous people’s engagements with Austral…
Longitudinal gambling risk transitions: Evidence from a nationally representative Australian sample
Aims: Problem gambling has downstream consequences on individuals, families and the community. While a strong research base now exists on predictors and outcomes of problem gambling risk and severity, few studies have examined the transitions in gambling risk status over time, and factors associated with these transitions. Methods: The current study addresses this knowledge gap by examining gambling transitions using two waves of longitudinal, po…
A Controlled Evaluation of a Psychosocial Outreach Support Program for Adults with Severe Mental Illness
Objective: Serious mental illness (SMI) remains a leading cause of disability worldwide. However, there is limited Australian evidence of community-based programs to enhance the psychosocial wellbeing of adults experiencing SMI. Foundations is a long-term community-based psychosocial outreach support program delivered in Tasmania, Australia. A longitudinal non-randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine the effectiveness of the Foundatio…
Vale the Honourable Sally Brown AM
Critical Judgments in Hostile Times: A Roundtable on Indigenous, Feminist, Queer Perspectives
Nicole I’m a Munanjali and Birri Gubba woman, from Queensland, but I’ve been in Sydney for a long time. I had the great privilege of editing the Indigenous Legal Judgments book (Watson and Douglas 2021 ), a collection of sixteen judgments that have been reimagined from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. One of the goals of the project was to bring together a community of scholars who are interested in Indigenous legal issues. We’…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Economics (5 works) · History (5 works) · Indigenous (5 works) · Law in Society and Culture (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Australian History and Society (4 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works)