Karen Farquharson

Racism and White privilege: highly skilled immigrant women workers in Australia

V Carangio, K Farquharson, S Bertone, D Rajendran

Journal article  |  2021  |  Ethnic and Racial Studies

Skilled immigrant women represent a source of skills for the Australian economy. However, political and historical choices have fo..

Reintegration and resettlement of African Australians released from prison: Towards an Ubuntu framework of support

Gerald Onsando, Diana Johns, Karen Farquharson, Greg Armstrong

Report  |  2020

Gender Relations, Gender Equity, and Community Sports Spaces

R Jeanes, R Spaaij, K Farquharson, G McGrath, J Magee, D Lusher, S Gorman

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Sport and Social Issues

This study employs a spatial analysis to critically examine gender relations within an Australian football and netball community s..

“That’s where the dollars are”: understanding why community sports volunteers engage with intellectual disability as a form of diversity

R Storr, R Jeanes, R Spaaij, K Farquharson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Managing Sport and Leisure

This paper aims to provide new insights into why community sports volunteers engage with intellectual disability as a form of dive..

Developing participation opportunities for young people with disabilities? Policy enactment and social inclusion in Australian junior sport

Ruth Jeanes, Ramon Spaaij, Jonathan Magee, Karen Farquharson, Sean Gorman, Dean Lusher

Journal article  |  2019  |  SPORT IN SOCIETY

Interventions aimed at increasing the participation of young people with disabilities in recreational sport have had mixed success..

Exploring the Effectiveness of an Energy Efficiency Behaviour Change Project on Well-Being Outcomes for Indigenous Households in Australia

Aron Perenyi, Rowan E Bedggood, Denny Meyer, Phillip Bedggood, Karen Farquharson, Clare Johansson, Gina Milgate

Journal article  |  2019  |  SUSTAINABILITY

The Koorie Energy Efficiency Project (KEEP) was a Victoria-based, Australian social marketing initiative designed to provide suppo..

Participation-performance tension and gender affect recreational sports clubs’ engagement with children and young people with diverse backgrounds and abilities

Ramón Spaaij, Dean Lusher, Ruth Jeanes, Karen Farquharson, Sean Gorman, Jonathan Magee

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS One

Sport participation has been shown to be associated with health and social benefits. However, there are persisting inequities and ..

Relating Worlds of Racism: Dehumanisation, Belonging, and the Normativity of European Whiteness

Kathryn Pillay, Karen Farquharson, Philomena Essed, Elisa Joy White

Book  |  2019

This international edited collection examines how racism trajectories and manifestations in different locations relate and influen..

Managing Racism on the Field in Australian Junior Sport

K Farquharson, R Spaaij, S Gorman, R Jeanes, D Lusher, J Magee

Book Chapter  |  2019

Junior sport is a popular activity for children under the age of 18. However there have been few analyses of the extent that racis..

Pathways to offending for young Sudanese Australians

Stephane M Shepherd, Danielle Newton, Karen Farquharson

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

Many Sudanese Australians have faced re-settlement challenges since migrating to Australia from the late 1990s onwards. Challenges..