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Email

lesley.pruitt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor in Development Studies
School of Social and Political Sciences
Education
PhD
The University of Queensland
Masters (Coursework & Research)
The University of Queensland
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Arkansas State University
ORCID

0000-0003-4428-4378

A/Prof Lesley Pruitt

Associate Professor in Development Studies
School of Social and Political Sciences

45 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Singing Peace Into Existence? Music and Peacebuilding in Australia
    DOI: 10.1177/03058298251401558
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Prospects for intergenerational peace leadership: Reflections from Asia and the Pacific
    DOI: 10.1177/00108367241246535
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Youth Choreographing Peace: Dance in and Beyond the Refugee Camp
    DOI: 10.1177/15423166241293857
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Research Impetus Grant
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    11 Young women and peacebuilding in Asia and the Pacific
    DOI: 10.7765/9781526176219.00023
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Young women and peacebuilding in Asia and the Pacific
    DOI: 10.7765/9781526176219.00023
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Alone and On the Move: Unaccompanied Children in UK Parliamentary Debates 2015-16
Lesley Pruitt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2016
Politics journal 2014/2015 Teaching and Learning Prize
2005
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Rotary Foundation
2003
Truman Scholars Foundation

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Alone and on the Move: Unaccompanied Children in UK Parliamentary Debates 2015– 2016
  • 2023

    Journal article

    The making of ‘Mary Poppins’ migrants: analysing German discourse on displaced Ukrainians 2022–23 through fictional film
    DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2290452
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Children & Migration: Political Constructions and Contestations
    DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.13011
  • 2021

    Book Chapter

    Intergenerational feminist peace: Global research and a case study from Aceh, Indonesia

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2012

    Internal Research Grant

    Many Conflicts, Many Paths to Peace?: A Gender-Sensitive Approach to Investigating and Supporting Global Youth Capacity in Peacebuilding

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