Rebecca S Field
Biographic Data
| ID | 6024092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca S Field |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca S |
| FAMILY NAME | Field |
| SIGNATURE | FIELD R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0223-3361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Emptiness, resistance, and repair
In line with government priorities, universities increasingly promise to provide ‘workplace ready’ graduates, yet for many migrant women this readiness is produced through shadow work, understood as unpaid, invisible labour. Drawing on participatory action research with self-identified Culturally and Linguistically Marginalised Migrant and/or Refugee (CALMMR) communities in Australia, we analyse two contrasting lived experiences, Leni, a white Ge…
Everyday acts of resistance
In social work practice with forced migrants, such as with other people experiencing extreme marginalization, practitioners are constantly confronted with the question of how to act in light of restrictive and unethical policies. While professional resistance can offer an avenue for practice, it has not been sufficiently integrated and explored within the field of social work and forced migration. Moreover, the existing literature tends to favour…
Arts-Based Approaches to Languages Education with Refugee-Background Learners in the Early Years
Young learners with refugee experiences face a constellation of challenges particular to forced migration and resettlement. Experiences of trauma, violence, poverty, and disrupted or limited access to formal education and healthcare can have complex and long-term impacts on learning. Further, the sociocultural and linguistic challenges of undertaking education in unfamiliar schooling systems in transit and resettlement countries can also impede l…
Messiness in international qualitative interviewing
This is a reflexive account of the messiness experienced by a Persian-Australian doctoral researcher interviewing social work and human service practitioners and people seeking asylum in Germany. This data collection was part of a cross-national comparative study of the impacts of policy on the experiences and perceptions of people seeking asylum and social work and human service practitioners in Bavaria and Western Australia. Through interview s…
What do we know about how women with forced migration experiences access tertiary education in resettlement contexts? A scoping study
There has been a growth of scholarly interest in the experiences of people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds as they seek to access tertiary education in resettlement. While gender is frequently identified as a key factor that impacts equitable participation in tertiary studies, the educational challenges for women with forced migration experiences (WFME) are often incidentally identified, rather than a targeted focus of inquiry. Here, w…
Working with Restrictions
With a record number of people reported to be forcibly displaced worldwide and an increasingly anti-asylum policy environment in Global North host nations, it is critical to examine social work and human services with people seeking asylum and people with refugee status. This scoping review sought to identify and review the existing qualitative research on such practice from the perspectives of social work and human service practitioners, people …
The Influence of Policy, Cultural and Historical Contexts on Social Work and Human Service Practice Responses with People Seeking Asylum in Germany and Australia
This article explores the findings of a qualitative study comparing social work and human service practice with people who have sought asylum in Germany and Australia. Globally social workers are concerned with the record high of people forcibly displaced worldwide and the Global North host-nations’ increasingly hostile, discriminatory and restrictive policies towards people seeking asylum. This policy context is antithetical to the professional …
Discursive constructions of equity in Australian higher education
There is a strong rationale for people seeking asylum and refugees given temporary protection to be key beneficiaries of Australian higher education equity practices. However, despite the extreme precarity they face, this group remains among the most educationally disadvantaged populations in Australia. Here, we use critical discourse analysis to examine the publicly available statements of 38 Australian universities to identify discursive repres…
Facilitating Access to Higher Education for People Seeking Asylum in Australia
Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many universities have responded by offering scholarships and other essential supports; however, our research indicates the challenges associated with studying while living on a temporary visa can affect the success of ed…
What do we know about how women with forced migration experiences access tertiary education in resettlement contexts? A scoping study
There has been a growth of scholarly interest in the experiences of people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds as they seek to access tertiary education in resettlement. While gender is frequently identified as a key factor that impacts equitable participation in tertiary studies, the educational challenges for women with forced migration experiences (WFME) are often incidentally identified, rather than a targeted focus of inquiry. Here, w…
The Influence of Policy, Cultural and Historical Contexts on Social Work and Human Service Practice Responses with People Seeking Asylum in Germany and Australia
This article explores the findings of a qualitative study comparing social work and human service practice with people who have sought asylum in Germany and Australia. Globally social workers are concerned with the record high of people forcibly displaced worldwide and the Global North host-nations’ increasingly hostile, discriminatory and restrictive policies towards people seeking asylum. This policy context is antithetical to the professional …
Facilitating Access to Higher Education for People Seeking Asylum in Australia
Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many universities have responded by offering scholarships and other essential supports; however, our research indicates the challenges associated with studying while living on a temporary visa can affect the success of ed…
Facilitating Access to Higher Education for People Seeking Asylum in Australia
Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many universities have responded by offering scholarships and other essential supports; however, our research indicates the challenges associated with studying while living on a temporary visa can affect the success of ed…
Working with Restrictions
With a record number of people reported to be forcibly displaced worldwide and an increasingly anti-asylum policy environment in Global North host nations, it is critical to examine social work and human services with people seeking asylum and people with refugee status. This scoping review sought to identify and review the existing qualitative research on such practice from the perspectives of social work and human service practitioners, people …
The Influence of Policy, Cultural and Historical Contexts on Social Work and Human Service Practice Responses with People Seeking Asylum in Germany and Australia
This article explores the findings of a qualitative study comparing social work and human service practice with people who have sought asylum in Germany and Australia. Globally social workers are concerned with the record high of people forcibly displaced worldwide and the Global North host-nations’ increasingly hostile, discriminatory and restrictive policies towards people seeking asylum. This policy context is antithetical to the professional …
Discursive constructions of equity in Australian higher education
There is a strong rationale for people seeking asylum and refugees given temporary protection to be key beneficiaries of Australian higher education equity practices. However, despite the extreme precarity they face, this group remains among the most educationally disadvantaged populations in Australia. Here, we use critical discourse analysis to examine the publicly available statements of 38 Australian universities to identify discursive repres…
Messiness in international qualitative interviewing
This is a reflexive account of the messiness experienced by a Persian-Australian doctoral researcher interviewing social work and human service practitioners and people seeking asylum in Germany. This data collection was part of a cross-national comparative study of the impacts of policy on the experiences and perceptions of people seeking asylum and social work and human service practitioners in Bavaria and Western Australia. Through interview s…
What do we know about how women with forced migration experiences access tertiary education in resettlement contexts? A scoping study
There has been a growth of scholarly interest in the experiences of people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds as they seek to access tertiary education in resettlement. While gender is frequently identified as a key factor that impacts equitable participation in tertiary studies, the educational challenges for women with forced migration experiences (WFME) are often incidentally identified, rather than a targeted focus of inquiry. Here, w…
Arts-Based Approaches to Languages Education with Refugee-Background Learners in the Early Years
Young learners with refugee experiences face a constellation of challenges particular to forced migration and resettlement. Experiences of trauma, violence, poverty, and disrupted or limited access to formal education and healthcare can have complex and long-term impacts on learning. Further, the sociocultural and linguistic challenges of undertaking education in unfamiliar schooling systems in transit and resettlement countries can also impede l…
Emptiness, resistance, and repair
In line with government priorities, universities increasingly promise to provide ‘workplace ready’ graduates, yet for many migrant women this readiness is produced through shadow work, understood as unpaid, invisible labour. Drawing on participatory action research with self-identified Culturally and Linguistically Marginalised Migrant and/or Refugee (CALMMR) communities in Australia, we analyse two contrasting lived experiences, Leni, a white Ge…
Everyday acts of resistance
In social work practice with forced migrants, such as with other people experiencing extreme marginalization, practitioners are constantly confronted with the question of how to act in light of restrictive and unethical policies. While professional resistance can offer an avenue for practice, it has not been sufficiently integrated and explored within the field of social work and forced migration. Moreover, the existing literature tends to favour…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Higher education (3 works)