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Email

sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
ARC DECRA Senior Fellow
Victorian College of the Arts
Education
Certificate
University of Melbourne
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters Degree
Victorian College Of The Arts
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Victorian College Of The Arts
ORCID

0000-0002-3887-9757

Dr Sarah Austin

ARC DECRA Senior Fellow
Victorian College of the Arts

50 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Live Performance of Creative Work

    An Uncertain Time
    DOI: 10.26188/33284127
  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Children as Cultural Agents: New Frameworks for Creative Arts Practice
  • 2026

    Live Performance of Creative Work

    MAKE SOME SPACE
    DOI: 10.26188/31302748
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Archipelagic Flows: Collaborative Performance Practice with Young People
  • 2026

    Presentation

    Archipelagic Flows: Collaborative Performance Practice with Young People
    DOI: 10.26188/33284220
  • 2025

    Live Performance of Creative Work

    Queer Imaginings: An Uncertain Time
  • 2021

    Internal Research Grant

    'Holding the Space' in Artistic Collaborations With Young People
Sarah Austin

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2023
Excellence in Teaching at the VCA Awarded
2023
Winner, Outstanding Work for Children and Families, Contemporary and Experimental Performance, Green Room Awards
2022
Winner, Curatorial and Artistic Direction, Green Room Award
2021
Finalist, Outstanding Contemporary and Experimental Performance, Green Room Award,

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Reframing 'Theatrical Hazards' : Risk and Ambition in Theatre for Early Years
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Backpages 34.4
    DOI: 10.1080/10486801.2024.2444120
  • 2024

    Book

    Working with Children in Contemporary Performance Ethics, Agency and Affect
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Introduction
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003379430-2
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Case Study: Fraught Outfit's Book of Exodus Part I
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003379430-9

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