About
Robyn Martin is a Professor and Associate Dean (Social Work & Human Services) at RMIT University's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS). Her work focuses on trauma, violence, abuse, homelessness, and critical mental health, emphasizing service user involvement in research, policy, and education. She co-leads projects integrating lived experience educators into academia to influence future health and human service graduates.
- Roles: Professor, Associate Dean, Researcher
- Key Affiliations: RMIT University, School of GUSS
- Research Interests: Mental health systems, gender equality, service user participation, post-structuralist and feminist theories
Her research explores conditions for meaningful service user involvement and challenges systemic inequalities through intersectional and critical approaches. Projects include gender-separated mental health units, domestic violence screening in hospitals, and leadership frameworks in human services.
Notable Projects:
- "Practising leadership – identifying an integrated conceptual framework for leaders of teams delivering not-for-profit human services" (2025)
- "Ecologies of Care: Connection, Belonging and Community in Trauma Contexts" (2025)
- "Gender separated Victorian inpatients mental health units as a response to sexual violence" (2021)
Robyn advocates for transformative educational practices that value lived experience, fostering equitable health and social systems. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 (Health), 5 (Gender Equality), and 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
