Catherine Anne Laws

Catherine Anne Laws is a Researcher at the Australian Catholic University (ACU), affiliated with the School of Education within the Faculty of Education and Arts. Her work focuses on inclusive education, special education, and bullying dynamics in educational settings. She has collaborated extensively on projects bridging research and practice in teacher education, particularly in supporting students with disabilities. Her research employs poststructuralist frameworks to analyze marginalized groups and power structures within schools and universities.

Key research outputs include studies on collaborative partnerships for inclusive teaching, reducing the research-to-practice gap in special education, and analyzing bullying as an intra-active process in neoliberal institutions. Her book *Poststructuralism at work with marginalised children* explores discursive constructions affecting vulnerable youth. Laws has also contributed to understanding bullying dynamics and power in educational contexts through multiple journal articles.