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keblock@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professorial Fellow, Comm Engag & Soci Health Res
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
Graduate Certificate
University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-0560-4148

Prof Karen Block

Professorial Fellow, Comm Engag & Soci Health Res
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

143 Scholarly works
44 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    The sexual abuse of adolescent boys in humanitarian emergencies: A qualitative study of how international humanitarian organisations are responding
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107327
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Domestic and Family Violence Affecting Children and Young People from Culturally and Racially Marginalized Migrant Backgrounds in Australia: A Scoping Review of Child Experiences and Service Responses
    DOI: 10.1177/15248380241265386
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Working with interpreters in the family violence sector in Australia: “It's very hard to be in between”
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101871
  • 2023

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Strengthening Service System Responses to Family Violence Affecting Children From Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Count Me In: a sports participation intervention promoting inclusion for young people from migrant backgrounds in Australia
    DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2022.2119846
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Co-Designing, Implementing and Evaluating an Intervention to Tackle Racism and Islamophobia in Junior Sport.
  • 2018

    Research Contracts

    ReCap - Recovery Capital Project
Karen Block

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
Victorian Multicultural Award for Excellence: Sport Victorian Multicultural Commission
2019
Institute of Advanced Studies Vanguard Visiting Fellowship - University of Birmingham
2017
VicHealth, Building Health Through Sports Award VicHealth
2017
Universitas 21 Travel Fellowship: Interculturality and Multiculturalism

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Reproductive Coercion and Abuse Among Forcibly Displaced Populations Worldwide: Evidence from a Systematic Review
    DOI: 10.1177/15248380251325187
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Impacts of coercive control on children: Perceptions of mothers from culturally and/or racially minoritized migrant background in Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109022
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Smoking inequalities among culturally diverse populations in Australia: A secondary dataset analysis of the HILDA survey 2002–2019
    DOI: 10.18332/tid/217085
  • 2026

    Journal article

    “I Will Experience This Trauma Over and Over Again”: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Forced Migration and Structural Violence
    DOI: 10.1177/08862605251338785
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Have We Been Measuring Migrant Wellbeing all Wrong? Conceptualizing Migrant Wellbeing: A Systematic Review
    DOI: 10.1007/s10903-025-01773-z
  • 2026

    Journal article

    (Re)construction of Identity and resilience among Afghan and Hazara adolescents following forced migration
    DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2025.2526665
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Hospital-based services for survivors of sexual violence in Ethiopia: who is missing out? A mixed-methods study.
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022245
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The Need for an Interpersonal and Institutional Ethic of Care when Working Alongside Lived Experience Researchers: “For me there’s no lived, it’s always living”
    DOI: 10.1177/16094069261417902

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