Alankaar Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 5822722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alankaar Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alankaar |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Catholic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7783-9133 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sexual Violence and Assault in Rural Australia: A Scoping Review of Regional, Rural, and Remote Contexts
Sexual violence (SV) is an insidious social phenomenon that results in physical, emotional, and psychological trauma. The aim of this article is to review the research pertaining to SV in regional, rural, and remote Australia. A systematic scoping review was undertaken using the Arksey and O’Malley five-step framework. A total of 25 articles were included in the review and appraised using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. Thematic analysis was u…
Applying Ubuntu principles to decolonise social work research: A mixed method study on intimate partner violence among women in two refugee camps in Ghana
Global social work research has been predominantly influenced by Eurocentric paradigms, leading to the coloniality of knowledge production. This article reflects on the processes and methods used in mixed-methods research – guided by the African philosophy of Ubuntu as the theoretical framework – on intimate partner violence among women in refugee camps in Ghana. The research shows that community stakeholder consultations, use of local languages,…
Men survivors’ perspectives on impact of child sexual abuse
Purchasing Power and Self-Determination: Social Worker Perspectives
The international policy trend towards personalised budgets, which is designed to offer people with disabilities purchasing power to choose services that suit them, is exemplified in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This article examines how the ‘purchasing power’ afforded to service users through individualised budgets impacts on social work practice and the choice and self-determination of NDIS service users. Social w…
Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Experiences of Men Survivors in India
Little is known about men and boys’ experiences of child sexual abuse (CSA) in India, particularly about their experiences of disclosing abuse. Disclosure experiences are often important as they can potentially make the path to recovery and healing more tractable or challenging for survivors. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach, in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with eleven adult men survivors of CSA in India …
India: From Tensions to Transformation
This chapter attempts to identify and examines some of the important elements of this relationship, and to analyse how the state has influenced, and in turn has been influenced by, Lesbian and Gay (LG) activism in India. Lesbian and gay activism in India has become an increasingly important and visible part of the country&s;s sociopolitical fabric over the last few years. Lesbian and gay activist groups have been increasingly collaborating with i…
The Uses of Humour in Case Management with High-Risk Children and their Families
While humour is prevalent in social services, discussions of humour are rare in social work journals. The present article discusses the uses of humour among a team of service providers in a child and family service agency where the families are among the most high-risk in the county that the agency serves. We viewed humour as the amusement at incongruity, which appears to be its essential feature, and recognised that humour can foster effectivene…
Diseased Race, Racialized Disease: The Story of the Negro Project of American Social Hygiene Association Against the Backdrop of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Decriminalising Queer Sexualities in India: A Multiple Streams Analysis
Against a historical and contemporary backdrop of queer sexualities in India, this paper discusses certain approaches towards agenda setting using the Multiple Streams policy framework (Kingdon, 1984; Zahariadis, 1999) to change Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises non-normative sexual activities. The paper attempts to map the path of legal challenge to Section 377 and focus on the process of agenda setting as a crucial step in …
The Uses of Humour in Case Management with High-Risk Children and their Families
While humour is prevalent in social services, discussions of humour are rare in social work journals. The present article discusses the uses of humour among a team of service providers in a child and family service agency where the families are among the most high-risk in the county that the agency serves. We viewed humour as the amusement at incongruity, which appears to be its essential feature, and recognised that humour can foster effectivene…
Decriminalising Queer Sexualities in India: A Multiple Streams Analysis
Against a historical and contemporary backdrop of queer sexualities in India, this paper discusses certain approaches towards agenda setting using the Multiple Streams policy framework (Kingdon, 1984; Zahariadis, 1999) to change Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises non-normative sexual activities. The paper attempts to map the path of legal challenge to Section 377 and focus on the process of agenda setting as a crucial step in …
Diseased Race, Racialized Disease: The Story of the Negro Project of American Social Hygiene Association Against the Backdrop of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Decriminalising Queer Sexualities in India: A Multiple Streams Analysis
Against a historical and contemporary backdrop of queer sexualities in India, this paper discusses certain approaches towards agenda setting using the Multiple Streams policy framework (Kingdon, 1984; Zahariadis, 1999) to change Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises non-normative sexual activities. The paper attempts to map the path of legal challenge to Section 377 and focus on the process of agenda setting as a crucial step in …
Diseased Race, Racialized Disease: The Story of the Negro Project of American Social Hygiene Association Against the Backdrop of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
The Uses of Humour in Case Management with High-Risk Children and their Families
While humour is prevalent in social services, discussions of humour are rare in social work journals. The present article discusses the uses of humour among a team of service providers in a child and family service agency where the families are among the most high-risk in the county that the agency serves. We viewed humour as the amusement at incongruity, which appears to be its essential feature, and recognised that humour can foster effectivene…
India: From Tensions to Transformation
This chapter attempts to identify and examines some of the important elements of this relationship, and to analyse how the state has influenced, and in turn has been influenced by, Lesbian and Gay (LG) activism in India. Lesbian and gay activism in India has become an increasingly important and visible part of the country&s;s sociopolitical fabric over the last few years. Lesbian and gay activist groups have been increasingly collaborating with i…
Men survivors’ perspectives on impact of child sexual abuse
Purchasing Power and Self-Determination: Social Worker Perspectives
The international policy trend towards personalised budgets, which is designed to offer people with disabilities purchasing power to choose services that suit them, is exemplified in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This article examines how the ‘purchasing power’ afforded to service users through individualised budgets impacts on social work practice and the choice and self-determination of NDIS service users. Social w…
Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Experiences of Men Survivors in India
Little is known about men and boys’ experiences of child sexual abuse (CSA) in India, particularly about their experiences of disclosing abuse. Disclosure experiences are often important as they can potentially make the path to recovery and healing more tractable or challenging for survivors. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach, in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with eleven adult men survivors of CSA in India …
Applying Ubuntu principles to decolonise social work research: A mixed method study on intimate partner violence among women in two refugee camps in Ghana
Global social work research has been predominantly influenced by Eurocentric paradigms, leading to the coloniality of knowledge production. This article reflects on the processes and methods used in mixed-methods research – guided by the African philosophy of Ubuntu as the theoretical framework – on intimate partner violence among women in refugee camps in Ghana. The research shows that community stakeholder consultations, use of local languages,…
Sexual Violence and Assault in Rural Australia: A Scoping Review of Regional, Rural, and Remote Contexts
Sexual violence (SV) is an insidious social phenomenon that results in physical, emotional, and psychological trauma. The aim of this article is to review the research pertaining to SV in regional, rural, and remote Australia. A systematic scoping review was undertaken using the Arksey and O’Malley five-step framework. A total of 25 articles were included in the review and appraised using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. Thematic analysis was u…
Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Suicide prevention (3 works) · Business (2 works)