By Dr Lisa Ewenson

Book Chapters

Ewenson L, 2023, 'Contemporary Youth Detention Experiences in New South Wales', in Clancey G; Lulham R (ed.), Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children's Courts (in NSW), LexisNexis, Sydney, https://yumi-sabe.aiatsis.gov.au/project/3408

Journal articles

Ewenson L; Sanderson D, 2025, 'The Right to Adequate Housing in Australia: Community-Based 
Disaster Management and Social Work Advocacy', The International Journal of Community and Social Development, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25166026251340228

Ewenson L, 2025, 'Law & Culture, Book Review of: A Children's Rights Assessment of Juvenile Detention in Australia, by Anita Mackay', Alternative Law Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X251345571

Ewenson L; Corby C; Hickey V; Spencer W; MacGillivray P; McCausland R, 2025, 'Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations and disaster response.', Alternative Law Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X251323942

Ewenson L, 2025, 'Why is social work under-recognised by the disaster management sector within Australia and what can be done about this?', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 40, pp. 7 - 11, https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-january-2025-why-is-social-work-under-recognised-by-the-disaster-management-sector-within-australia-and-what-can-be-done-about-this/

Ewenson L, 2025, 'Women and Housing After the Lismore Floods (Australia) – A Relational Rights-Based Approach', Affilia, 40, pp. 341 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08861099251315714

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Human rights tools are a key lever to address climate change-accelerated disasters', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, pp. 138 - 139, https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-october-2024-human-rights-tools-are-a-key-lever-to-address-climate-change-accelerated-disasters/

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Learning from disaster inquiries and other reporting: How top-down responses erode community recovery', Alternative Law Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969x241291638

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Lived experiences of youth justice detention in Australia: reframing the institution in a decarcerated state.', Australian Journal of Human Rights, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2024.2412386

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Research With Young People Released From Youth Justice Detention in Australia: Ethical Tensions and Practical Limitations During a Pandemic', Youth Justice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14732254241282500

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Teaching human rights-based social work in Australia–drawing from practice experiences in diverse environments', Social Work Education, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2024.2361732

Ewenson L; Naylor B, 2021, 'Protecting human rights in youth detention: listening to the voices of children and young people in detention', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 27, pp. 97 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2021.1961368

Conference Presentations

Ewenson L, 2025, 'Why is social work under-recognised within the disaster sector? How do we change this?', presented at Australian Disaster Resilience Conference, Perth, 27 August 2025 - 28 August 2025, https://www.aidr.org.au/resources/adrc-2025-speaker-profiles/

Ewenson L, 2025, 'Women and Housing after the Lismore Floods: A Relational Rights-Based Approach.', presented at Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, University of Sydney, 19 February 2025 - 21 February 2025, https://ahrc2025.sydney.edu.au/program/

Ewenson L, 2024, 'Enablers for Attaining the Right to Adequate Housing in an Australian Disaster Recovery Context - A Macro EcoSocial Work Approach', presented at 10th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia, 19 November 2024 - 22 November 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udfI-PIkVFA

Ewenson L, 2022, 'Narrating the youth detention experience in NSW, Australia', presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Darwin, 28 November 2022 - 30 November 2022, https://anzsocconference.com.au/8038

Ewenson L, 2021, 'An analysis of youth justice detention in contemporary Australia.', presented at 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference, Brisbane & on-line, 11 November 2021 - 13 November 2021, https://www.ifsw.org/the-26th-asia-pacific-regional-social-work-conference-important-update/

Ewenson L, 2019, 'Children must be heard when they cannot be seen. An analysis of youth justice detention.', presented at The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Sydney, 25 November 2019 - 29 November 2023, https://www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=671860&module_id=357514

Ewenson L, 2004, 'Discussion Paper on the Ethics of the Use of Motivational Interviewing with Involuntary Clients', presented at Global Social Work Congress - Reclaiming Civil Society, Adelaide,, 02 October 2004 - 04 November 2004, https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=BF2A8A074148C185DB617AE0F87A4F88?doi=10.1.1.131.8699&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Theses / Dissertations

Ewenson L, 2022, Children Must Be Heard When They Cannot Be Seen. An Analysis of Youth Justice Detention in Contemporary Australia - External Oversight Mechanisms, Children's Rights and the Capabilities Approach., Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT, https://research-repository.rmit.edu.au/articles/thesis/Children_must_be_heard_when_they_cannot_be_seen_An_analysis_of_youth_justice_detention_in_contemporary_Australia_external_oversight_mechanisms_children_s_rights_and_the_capabilities_approach/27595908?file=50762451

Other

Ewenson L, 2025, Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2025] FCA 796: Human rights, climate harms, disaster and the subsequent International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, HowWeSurvive '25 event NSW Parliament House

Ewenson L, 2024, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Inquiry into Australia's Youth Justice and Incarceration System, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Incarceration47/Submissions

Ewenson L, 2023, Children's Rights and Participation in Youth Justice Systems: An International Perspective - Webinar Panelist, https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/events/youthjusticesystems

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