By Dr Kate Brady

Journal articles

Leppold C; Morrice H; Brady K; Reifels L; Abeysinghe S; Quinn P; Gibbs L, 2025, 'Recovery work in cascading and compounding disasters: A qualitative study of community recovery workers in Australia', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 116, pp. 105152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105152

Brady K; Gallagher C; Molyneaux R; Sanderson D; Heffernan T; Gibbs L, 2024, 'Improving long-term disaster recovery research in Australia through boosting dataset comparability', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 39, pp. 79 - 80, https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-april-2024-improving-long-term-disaster-recovery-research-in-australia-through-boosting-dataset-comparability/

Pacella BJ; Cowlishaw S; Gibbs L; Bryant RA; Brady K; Gallagher C; Molyneaux R; Gibson K; Block K; Harms L; Forbes D; O'Donnell ML, 2024, 'Trajectory of adjustment difficulties following disaster: 10-year longitudinal cohort study', Bjpsych Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.3

Brady K; Gibbs L; Harms L, 2023, 'Recovery workers who have also been personally affected by disasters: Exploring the perspective of people who have dual experiences of disaster recovery', Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 27, https://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2023-1/AJDTS_27_1_Brady.pdf

Brady K; Gibbs L; Harms L, 2023, 'Who is worst off after a disaster?.', The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 38, pp. 21 - 23, https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-january-2023-who-is-worst-off-after-a-disaster/

Harms L; Gibbs L; Ireton G; MacDougall C; Brady K; Kosta L; Block K; Baker E; Colin Gallagher H; Kellett C; Forbes D; Bryant R, 2021, 'Stressors and Supports in Postdisaster Recovery: Experiences After the Black Saturday Bushfires', Australian Social Work, 74, pp. 332 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.1874029

Brady K; Gibbs L; Harms L, 2021, 'Hierarchies of affectedness after disasters', HEALTH & PLACE, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102687

Eriksen C; Simon GL; Roth F; Lakhina SJ; Wisner B; Adler C; Thomalla F; Scolobig A; Brady K; Bründl M; Neisser F; Grenfell M; Maduz L; Prior T, 2020, 'Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity', Climatic Change, 162, pp. 25 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02819-x

Eyre A; Brady K, 2013, 'Addressing psychosocial and community recovery in emergency management', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, 2, pp. 60 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJES-09-2012-0037

Conference Presentations

Brady K, 2025, 'We are not preparing for disasters', presented at NSCA Foundation 2025 Conference, Melbourne, 13 August 2025

Brady K, 2025, 'Applying research in disaster recovery policy and practice', presented at Leading in Disaster Recovery, Wellington, New Zealand, 16 July 2025

Brady K, 2025, 'Bringing disaster recovery research, policy and practice together: Experiences from Australia', presented at Disaster Risk Management and Public Policies: A Global and Local Perspective., Mexico City, 24 April 2025 - 25 April 2025

Brady K, 2025, 'We prepare to survive disasters but not to cope with what comes after', presented at TEDx, Sydney, 03 April 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddogc3GvBN4

Brady K, 2025, 'Prepared for the Hazard. What about the disaster?', presented at Collaborating for Inclusive Disaster Resilience symposium. Carers NSW, Sydney, Australia, 18 March 2025, https://www.katebrady.com.au/presentations

Brady K; Coghlan A; Richardson J; Tehan B; Mackay A, 2024, '110 years of community resilience in Australia: Lessons from Australian Red Cross', presented at Australian Disaster Resilience Conference, Sydney, 03 September 2024 - 05 September 2024

Brady K; Gallagher C; Morrice H; Gibbs L, 2024, 'Community-Led Recovery: What do we agree on, disagree on and how can we make it easier?', presented at Australian Disaster Resilience Conference, Sydney, 03 September 2024 - 05 September 2024, https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/media/11067/adrc24_brady_gallagher-community-led-recovery-what-do-we-agree-on-disagree-on-and-how-can-we-make-it-easier.pdf

Brady K, 2024, ''They don't get it': Identifying enablers and barriers to stronger collaborations between disaster practitioners and researchers', presented at AFAC Conference, Sydney, 02 September 2024 - 05 September 2024

Brady K; Leppold C; Clive M-A; Wills J, 2024, 'Communicating Disasters Down Under: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand', presented at 49th Natural Hazards and Application Workshop, Boulder, USA, 14 July 2024 - 19 July 2024, https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2024/session/communicating-disaster-down-under-lessons-from-australia-and-new-zealand

Brady K; Tilt J; Greer A; Edgeley C, 2024, 'Community Recovery: Experiences and Lessons Learned', presented at International Association for Social and Natural Resources conference, Cairns, QLD, 23 June 2024 - 27 June 2024

Brady K, 2024, 'Where are we and where are we going?', presented at Disaster Ready Together Lismore, Lismore, 07 March 2024 - 08 March 2024, https://www.katebrady.com.au/presentations

Reports

Atherstone T; Bloor M; Cheeseman E; Danks N; Fuery E; Gray Z; Hopkins C; Kishore K; Lai B; Leppold C; McKewn G; McNaught R; Mack K; May L; Richardson J; Smith R; Stephens J; Stewart K; Williams F, 2025, Disaster Recovery Almanac vol 2, HowWeSurvive UNSW, Sydney, Vol 2, https://howwesurvive.com/what-can-help

Bird E; D'Antoine D; Davis S; Leadbeater A; Harkin J; Keddle L; Moreton M; Pelly E; Aldrich D; O'Hara D; Sanderson D; Williamson B, 2024, Disaster Recovery Almanac, HowWeSurvive UNSW, Sydney, Volume 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30985, https://howwesurvive.com/#almanac

Brady K; Gallagher HC; Morrice H; Gibbs L, 2023, Community-led Recovery: Evidence, dimensions and supports Phase 2 ReGroup Final Report, https://www.naturalhazards.com.au/resources/publications/report/community-led-recovery-evidence-dimensions-and-supports-regroup-phase

Gallagher HC; Brady K; Molyneaux R; O'Donnell M; Glenister K; Harms L; Leppold C; Gibbs L, 2023, Community Recovery study: Recovery from the 2019-2020 bushfires, 1, https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/4710448/CORE_spread-1.pdf

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