By Dr Megan Blaxland

Book Chapters

Blaxland M; Cortis N, 2025, 'Reworking the Wagga Rug: how Australian retail workers make patchworks of care', in Gender, Family and Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 132 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802205558.00017

Skattebol J; Blaxland M, 2024, 'CONCEPTUALIZING CHALLENGING CHILDHOODS: Contemporary Models and Frameworks for Addressing Vulnerability', in Routledge Handbook on the Influence of Built Environments on Diverse Childhoods, pp. 23 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003284406-4

Cortis N; Blaxland M; Adamson E, 2022, 'Quality and marketised care: The case of family day care', in Meagher G; Stebbing A; Perche D (ed.), Designing Social Service Markets: Risk, Regulation and Rent-Seeking, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 39 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/DSSM.2022

Blaxland M; Shang X; Fisher KR, 2018, 'Women and care in China', in Shaver S (ed.), Handbook of Gender and Social Policy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 430 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781785367168

Blaxland M; Shang X; Fisher KR, 2018, 'Women and care in China', in Handbook on Gender and Social Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781785367168.00032

Galea NR; Rogan A; Blaxland M; Powell A; Chappell L; Dainty A; Loosemore M, 2017, 'A new approach to studying gender in construction', in Emuze F; Smallwood J (ed.), Valuing People in Construction, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 113 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315459936-9

Fisher KR; Shang X; Blaxland M, 2017, 'Disability and welfare services', in Carillo B; Hood J; Kadeza P (ed.), Handbook of Welfare in China, Edward Elgar, pp. 252 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783472741

Fisher KR; Shang X; Blaxland M, 2017, 'Disability and welfare services', in Handbook of Welfare in China, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 252 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783472741.00020

Blaxland M, 2010, 'Mothers and mutual obligation: policy reforming the good mother', in Goodwin S; Huppatz K (ed.), The Good Mother: Contemporary Motherhoods in Australia, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 131 - 151, http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781920899530

Edited Books

Perche D; Meagher G; Stebbing A, (eds.), 2022, Designing social service markets: Risk, regulation and rent-seeking, ANU Press, Canberra, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/DSSM.2022

Shaver S, (ed.), 2018, Handbook of Gender and Social Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781785367168

Journal articles

Fenech M; Blaxland M; Woodrow C; Jones A, 2025, 'A funds of knowledge approach to supporting children’s academic learning: Complexities and enablers in the Australian early childhood context', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/18369391251337789

Fisher KR; Cortis N; Shang X; Blaxland M, 2025, 'Chinese and Australian Neoliberal Policy Responses to Risks in Social Service Purchasing', Social Policy and Society, 24, pp. 199 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746423000155

Skattebol J; Hind P; Blaxland M; Newton BJ, 2024, 'Smoke: Enablers and barriers for sustainable engagement with local Aboriginal communities', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 49, pp. 125 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/18369391241236499

Fisher K; Purcal C; Blaxland M; Robinson S; Quan Farrant F; Kayess R; Edwards Y, 2023, 'Factors that help people with disability to self-manage their support', Disability and Society, 39, pp. 1821 - 1839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2164707

CORTIS N; BLAXLAND M; CHARLESWORTH S, 2023, 'Care theft: Family impacts of employer control in Australia's retail industry', Critical Social Policy, 44, pp. 106 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02610183231185766

Storer D; Lafferty L; Graham S; Murphy D; Rance J; Brener L; Seale H; Hammoud MA; Prestage G; Beadman M; Gardner K; Blaxland M; Bolt R; Caruana T; Philpot S; Rule J; Bryant J, 2023, 'Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines: Lessons from Selected Populations Who Experience Discrimination in the Australian Healthcare System', Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5901128

Skattebol J; Adamson E; Blaxland M, 2023, 'Serving families who face economic and related adversities: the ‘5 As’ of effective ECEC service delivery', Frontiers in Education, 8, pp. 1182615, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1182615

Blaxland M; Skattebol J; Hamilton M; Van Toorn G; Thomson C; Valentine K, 2022, 'From being at risk to being a risk : Journeys into parenthood among young women experiencing adversity', Families Relationships and Societies, 11, pp. 321 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16297270094275

Graham S; Blaxland M; Bolt R; Beadman M; Gardner K; Martin K; Doyle M; Beetson K; Murphy D; Bell S; Newman CE; Bryant J, 2022, 'Aboriginal peoples' perspectives about COVID-19 vaccines and motivations to seek vaccination: a qualitative study', BMJ Global Health, 7, pp. e008815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008815

Robinson S; Blaxland M; Fisher K; Johnson K; Kuang C; Graham A; Neale K, 2020, 'Recognition in relationships between young people with cognitive disabilities and support workers', Children and Youth Services Review, 116, pp. 105177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105177

Pan R; Mao L; He N; Zhang J; Chen K; Liao C; Tang X; Gong X; Blaxland M; De Wit J, 2015, 'Factors associated with establishment-based female sex workers accessing health care services in Shanghai', AIDS Care Psychological and Socio Medical Aspects of AIDS HIV, 27, pp. 688 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2015.1005004

Blaxland M; Fisher KR; Shang X, 2015, 'Transitional and Developmental Challenges for Chinese Social Policy', Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 9, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12047

Zhong L; Blaxland M; Zuo T, 2015, 'Without Rice, Even the Cleverest Housewife Cannot Cook: Sustainable Livelihoods Research in a Poor Chinese Village', Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 9, pp. 3 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12046

Blaxland M; Shang X; Fisher KR, 2014, 'People Oriented: a New Stage of Social Welfare Development in China', Journal of Social Service Research, 40, pp. 508 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2014.923801

Blaxland M, 2013, 'Street-level Interpellation: How Government Addresses Mothers Claiming Income Support', Journal of Social Policy, 42, pp. 783 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279413000305

Smyth C; Blaxland M; Cass B, 2011, ''So that's how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life'. Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', Journal of Youth Studies, 14, pp. 145 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2010.506524

Fisher KR; Shang X; Blaxland M, 2011, 'Introduction: moving towards human rights based social policies in China', Social Policy and Society, 10, pp. 67 - 70

Fisher KR; Shang X; Blaxland M, 2011, 'Review Article: human rights based social policies challenges for China', Social Policy and Society, 10, pp. 71 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746410000400

Craig L; Mullan K; Blaxland M, 2010, 'Parenthood, policy and work-family time in Australia 1992--2006', Work Employment and Society, 24, pp. 27 - 45, http://wes.sagepub.com/content/24/1/27

Cass B; Blaxland M; Smyth C, 2008, '‘So that’s how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life.’ Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', Family Tax Benefit Part B: Where to from here?

Cass B; Smith C; Hill T; Blaxland M; Hamilton M, 'Young Carers in Australia:Understanding the Advantages and Disadvantages of Their Care Giving', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1703262

Conference Papers

Loosemore M; Powell A; Blaxland M; Galea N; Dainty A; Chappell L, 2015, 'Rapid Ethnography in Construction Gender Research', in Raiden AB; Aboagye-Nimo E (ed.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual ARCOM Conference, Association of Researchers in Construction, Lincoln, UK, pp. 1271 - 1280, presented at 31st Annual ARCOM Conference, Lincoln, UK, 07 September 2015 - 09 September 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25731

Blaxland M, 2009, 'Welfare to work activity agreements, or how to reduce mothers’ autonomy by requiring they do what they are already doing', in Proceedings from the ASPC, SPRC, UNSW, presented at Australian Social Policy Conference: An Inclusive Society? Practicalities and Possibilities, Sydney, 08 July 2009 - 10 July 2009, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/Paper300.pdf

Smyth C; Cass B; Blaxland M, 2008, 'So that’s how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life.’ Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', Melbourne, Australia, presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, -

Conference Presentations

Skattebol J; Blaxland M; Purcal C; Brennan D, 2009, 'Integrated services: voices and silences from Australian history', presented at NIFeTY, Melbourne

Smyth C; Cass B; Blaxland M, 2008, 'So that’s how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life.’ Identifying and supporting hidden young carers', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 July 2008 - 11 July 2008

Reports

Cortis N; Blaxland M, 2025, Australia’s Flight Attendant Workforce in 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31583

Watson A; Blaxland M; Burton J; Drysdale K, 2025, Social Leadership and Peer Support for LGBTIQA+ People with Disability. Rapid Desktop Evidence Review, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney

Blaxland M; Naidoo Y; Hicking V; Xie Y; McClean T; Katz I, 2025, Uniting Families Report: “It takes a village to raise a child”, Uniting NSW.ACT, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31268, https://www.uniting.org/families-report

Blaxland M; Thomson C; Broady T; Katz I, 2025, Neglect among Adults with Disability and Older People in New South Wales, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31553

Skattebol J; Jones A; Blaxland M; Fenech M; Press F; Newton BJ; Woodrow C, 2025, Engaging Families in Early Education | Using Digital Stories for Professional Learning, University of New South Wales, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31116

Gendera S; Blaxland M; O'Shea P; Fisher KR, 2025, Bondi Prevention and Recovery Centre (PARC) Final Evaluation Report, UNSW, Sydney Social Policy Research Centre, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30933

Harrison M; Blaxland M, 2025, Disadvantage in Australia: A Primer

Cortis N; Blaxland M, 2025, Legal Aid Private Practitioners: 2024 Census, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30715

Naidoo Y; Blaxland M; Wong M; Katz I, 2024, Uniting Families Report 2024, Uniting NSW.ACT, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30520, https://www.uniting.org/families-report

Cortis N; Blaxland M, 2024, Australia’s Social and Community Services Workforce: Characterisation, Classification and Value, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30162, https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/sprc/our-projects/australias-social-and-community-services-workforce

Gendera S; Fisher KR; Blaxland M; Bellon M; Robinson S, 2023, NACBO Evaluation Final Report, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28632, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/unsworks_84334

Cortis N; Blaxland M, 2023, At the precipice: Australia’s community sector through the cost-of-living crisis, findings from the Australian Community Sector Survey., ACOSS, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28583, https://www.acoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/At-the-Precipice_ACSS-2023.pdf

Blaxland M; Giuntoli G; Katz I, 2023, Evaluation of SDN Family Preservation Program. Final report, Social Policy Research Centre

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