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Dr Michelle Peterie is an Australian Research Council Senior DECRA Fellow and University of Sydney Robinson Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences. She co-leads the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies' research themes on 'Work, Education and Welfare' and 'Migration, Im/mobility and Belonging'. Her roles include Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Social Issues and past co-convener of The Australian Sociological Association's Sociology of Emotions and Affect thematic group. She holds a PhD from the University of Sydney (2018) and has held fellowships at the University of Queensland and University of Wollongong.
Her research focuses on the impacts of social policies on wellbeing, with emphasis on immigration detention, child welfare, unemployment, and emotion studies. Key projects include studies on parental detention effects on children, long-term impacts of immigration detention, and antimicrobial resistance. Her work has been published in journals like the Journal of Sociology and Australian Journal of Political Science, and she has authored/edited books including *Visiting Immigration Detention* (2022) and *Immigration Detention and Social Harm* (2024).
Mitchelle has received awards for best articles in the Journal of Sociology (2017-2018) and Mayer Journal Prize (2022). She supervises PhD candidates researching topics like informal care in intellectual disability and food poverty relief services. Her grants include ARC funding for projects on immigration detention and child wellbeing. Media engagements include contributions to The Conversation and ABC News, addressing issues like cashless welfare cards and immigration policies.
Mitchelle collaborates with third-sector stakeholders and policymakers, providing expert testimony to parliamentary committees and tribunals. Her research emphasizes person-centered approaches to improve outcomes for disadvantaged groups, integrating qualitative methods and interdisciplinary perspectives.
