Year | Citation |
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2021 | MacDonald, F., & Smith, D. (210101). Educating the children of returning foreign fighters: fear as the antithesis of inclusive education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 25(2), (224-238). |
2019 | MacDonald, F. J., Bottrell, D., & Johnson, B. (190601). Socially transformative wellbeing practices in flexible learning environments: Invoking an education of hope. Health Education Journal, 78(4), (377-387). |
2019 | Macdonald, F. J. (190204). The affective quality of sound: repositioning the listener. Qualitative Research Journal, 19(1), (41-48). |
2017 | MacDonald, F. (170101). Positioning young refugees in Australia: media discourse and social exclusion. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, 21(11), (1182-1195). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Sociology of childhood and youth studies
- Identity and connectedness
- Social inclusion
- Community engagement and empowerment
- Sociology of education
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Fiona MacDonald
Dr Fiona MacDonald is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University. Fiona's research sits within the sociology discipline, focused on the sociology of education, childhood and youth studies. Her research interests include connectedness and belonging, identity, social justice, social inclusion, inequality and disadvantage, social geography, inclusive education, and gender.
Her research focuses on social and cultural structures of influence and investigating their impact on children and young people’s everyday negotiations of identity, connectedness and belonging. Fiona has a particular interest in understanding how children and young people make sense of our global world within local spaces and places—place-based in face-to-face environments and online.
Fiona works across disciplines, with colleagues and stakeholders who are collectively committed to research that has both a practical impact and makes a valuable contribution to knowledge. She has undertaken research investigating a range of contemporary issues for children and young people including; bushfire relief and recovery (with the Youth Affairs Council Victoria), building resilience and inclusive partnerships with emergency services, community engagement, education following custody in youth justice, disadvantage and hunger through school breakfast clubs, student wellbeing, safety and the effective communication, and uptake, of public health messaging.
Qualifications
- PhD, Monash University, Australia, 2014
- BA (Hons), Monash University, Australia, 2007
Key publications
Book (showing 1 of 1)
Year | Citation |
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2016 | MacDonald, F. (160101). Childhood and Tween Girl Culture. Palgrave Macmillan UK. |
Book chapter (showing 1)
Year | Citation |
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2020 | Shelley, B., te, Riele., Brown, N., & Crellin, T. (200101). Harnessing the Transformative Power of Education Brill | Sense. |
Commissioned research report (showing 1)
Year | Citation |
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2019 | Macdonald, F. (190228). Evaluation of the School Breakfast Clubs Program, Final Report. Melbourne: Victoria University. |
Journal article (showing 4 of 8)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2019
Educational Transition from Custody
From: Department of Education and Training, Victoria
Other investigators: Aspr Julie White, Dr Alison Baker
For period: 2019-2020
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Not disclosed |
2016
EREA Youth + Model of Wellbeing
From: Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia
For period: 2016-2017
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Not disclosed |
Evaluation of School Breakfast Club Program
From: Foodbank Victoria Grant
Other investigators: Ms Claire Brown
For period: 2016-2018
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Not disclosed |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
Currently supervised research students at VU
No. of students | Study level | Role |
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1 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
Currently supervised research students at VU
Students & level | Role |
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PhD (1) | Associate supervisor |
Completed supervision of research students at VU
No. of students | Study level | Role |
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3 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
2 | PhD | Withdrawn - Associate supervisor |
1 | PhD | Principal Supervisor supervisor |
1 | PhD | Withdrawn supervisor |
2 | PhD Integrated | Withdrawn - Associate supervisor |
4 | PhD Integrated | Principal Supervisor supervisor |
1 | PhD Integrated | Withdrawn - Principal supervisor |
1 | PhD Integrated | Associate supervisor |
Completed supervision of research students at VU
Students & level | Role |
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PhD (3) | Associate supervisor |
PhD (2) | Withdrawn - Associate supervisor |
PhD (1) | Principal Supervisor supervisor |
PhD (1) | Withdrawn supervisor |
PhD Integrated (2) | Withdrawn - Associate supervisor |
PhD Integrated (4) | Principal Supervisor supervisor |
PhD Integrated (1) | Withdrawn - Principal supervisor |
PhD Integrated (1) | Associate supervisor |