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Dr Lisa Ewenson is a Research Fellow within the HowWeSurvive initiative and has a professional background in both law and social work. Prior to academia, her work centred on the protection and promotion of human rights, including within youth justice and immigration detention settings. Lisa's doctoral research involved narrative inquiry with children and young people recently released from youth justice detention in NSW. Lisa's current research is concerned with disaster recovery for marginalised groups across Australia, including a focus on the right to adequate housing for older women impacted by disasters, as well as care ethics and the role of social work in disaster recovery processes.

Lisa is Chief Investigator of theÌýSocial Workers and Disaster Management across Australia ProjectÌý(91É«ÇéƬ HREC#7331). In collaboration with the Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership (91É«ÇéƬ), and as led by the Dharriwaa Elders Group and the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service, LisaÌýis Chief Investigator (with 10 other Investigators) of theÌýWalgett Disasters Response and Recovery ProjectÌý(NSW AHMRC HREC#2311/24).