Contact

Email

wendy.hermeston@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander SNR Research F
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
Doctorate
University of Technology Sydney
Masters
Australian National University
Bachelors Degree
Macquarie University
ORCID

0000-0002-3155-2559

Dr Wendy Hermeston

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander SNR Research F
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
8 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    “That Sense of Belonging … That Comes from Within”: Beyond Legal Permanence: Aboriginal Understandings of Cultural Connection, Belonging and Child Wellbeing, and Cultural Adaptation in Child Welfare Reform
    DOI: 10.3390/genealogy10020048
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Indigenous Self-Determination in Child and Family Systems: Reclaiming Law, Restoring Relationships, Reimagining Futures
    DOI: 10.3390/genealogy10020038
  • 2025

    Journal article

    An architecture of feeling: a participatory design blueprint for a co-designed roadmap for the regeneration of mental health care ecosystems using emotion mapping
    DOI: 10.1080/24735132.2025.2597687
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Casting the Net for What Matters: The ALIVE National Consortium for Equitable WellBeing and Mental Health Systems Transformation
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Self-Determination Within a Reconceptualised Relational Human Rights Framework to Attain Equality for Indigenous Peoples in Child Protection
    DOI: 10.3390/genealogy9030086
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Whose Care Is Left Behind? A Multi-Level Collective Strategy to Address Structural Inequalities in New Models of Care With Priority Populations
  • 2023

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Cultural Continuity and Stability for Aboriginal Children and Young People
Wendy Hermeston

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS