Prof Nicole Moulding

Professor of Social Work

School of Social Work and Social Care

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Nicole Moulding is a researcher and educator with special interests in gendered violence, mental health and social work. Nicole has published three books, Gendered Violence, Mental Health and Recovery in Everyday Lives: Beyond Trauma (2016, sole-authored),The Sexual Politics of Gendered Violence and Women’s Citizenship (2019, co-authored) and Contemporary Feminisms in Social Work Practice (2016, co-edited), as well as over 40 journal articles in research into gendered violence, mental health and social work. Nicole is Director of the Safe Relationships and Communities Research Group (SRC), an interdisciplinary research group with 35 members from diverse disciplines across UniSA and industry partners. Nicole is involved in a number of ongoing research projects in addition to leadership and management roles. Recent research projects include an ARC-funded nation-wide study into the long-term impact of domestic violence on women's citizenship with a focus on mental health, housing, employment and social participation; a national study on reunifying children with their families after domestic violence; and a study into the impact of domestic violence on women's housing.

I am currently involved in a national ARC Discovery study exploring the impact of domestic violence on women's citizenship with a particular focus on mental health, housing and employment. I am also publishing new work that reports on findings from my research into the gendered dimensions of childhood emotional abuse and the implications for mental health and wellbeing.

Year	Citation
2025	Sorby, J., McKenzie, C., Regan Coe, R., Zufferey, C., & Moulding, N. (2025). Supervision on country: enhancing culturally safe social work supervision through First Nations knowledges. Australian Social Work, online, 1-16. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024	Cordier, R., Chen, Y. W., Chung, D., Mahoney, N., Martin, R., Dorozenko, K., . . . Zufferey, C. (2024). The long shadow of intimate partner violence: associations of mental and physical health with employment, housing, and demographic factors. Violence Against Women, 30(5), 1300-1329. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2024	Crisp, B. R., Norris, G., Bowles, W., Moulding, N., & Stanford, S. (2024). Saving Australian social work: The Save Social Work Australia Campaign and the effective use of social media. Australian Social Work, 77(1), 126-138. DOI
2024	Moulding, N., Jarldorn, M., & Deuter, K. (2024). What do young women want? Using a qualitative survey to explore the potential for feminist-informed mental health peer support. Qualitative Social Work, 23(2), 224-241. DOI
2023	Moulding, N., Chung, D., Zufferey, C., Franzway, S., & Wendt, S. (2023). Social participation after intimate partner violence: investigating the impact on women's citizenship. Violence Against Women, 29(14), 2754-2774. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2023	Buchanan, F., Borgkvist, A., & Moulding, N. (2023). What Helps Young People in Australia Create Healthy Relationships After Growing up in Domestic Violence?. Journal of Family Violence, 40(5), 15 pages. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2022	Caruso, M., & Moulding, N. (2022). 'Devi mangiare!' [you have to eat!]: experiences of disordered eating among Italian-Australian women. Health Care for Women International, 43(1-3), 239-262. DOI
2021	Moulding, N., Franzway, S., Wendt, S., Zufferey, C., & Chung, D. (2021). Rethinking women's mental health after intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 27(8), 1064-1090. DOI Scopus46 WoS36 Europe PMC12
2021	Crisp, B. R., Stanford, S., & Moulding, N. (2021). Educating social workers in the midst of COVID-19: the value of a principles-led approach to designing educational experiences during the pandemic. British Journal of Social Work, 51(5), 1839-1857. DOI
2021	Goodkind, S., Kim, M. E., Zelnick, J. R., Bay Cheng, L. Y., Beltrán, R., Diaz, M., . . . Walton, Q. L. (2021). Critical feminisms: principles and practices for feminist inquiry in social work. Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work, 36(4), 481-487. DOI
2021	Buchanan, F., & Moulding, N. T. (2021). Mothering during domestic abuse: protective agency as a force for change. Qualitative Social Work, 20(3), 665-680. DOI
2018	Moulding, N. (2018). 'Becoming a Better Man': narrating masculinities after childhood emotional abuse. Affilia - journal of women and social work, 33(1), 39-55. DOI
2017	Moulding, N. (2017). Damned if you do, damned if you don't: conflicted femininities in women's narratives of childhood emotional abuse. Affilia - Journal of women and social work, 32(3), 308-326. DOI
2016	Zufferey, C., Chung, D., Franzway, S., Wendt, S., & Moulding, N. (2016). Intimate partner violence and housing: eroding women's citizenship. Affilia: journal of women and social work, 31(4), 463-478. DOI Scopus33 WoS22
2016	Moulding, N. T. (2016). Gendered intersubjectivities in narratives of recovery from an eating disorder. Affilia : journal of women and social work, 31(1), 70-83. DOI
2016	Yu, N., Moulding, N., Buchanan, F., & Hand, T. (2016). How good is good enough? Exploring social workers' conceptions of preparedness for practice. Social work education, 35(4), 414-429. DOI
2015	Moulding, N. T., Buchanan, F., & Wendt, S. (2015). Untangling self-blame and mother-blame in women's and children's perspectives on maternal protectiveness in domestic violence: implications for practice. Child abuse review, 24(4), 249-260. DOI
2015	Moulding, N. (2015). "It wasn't about being slim": understanding eating disorders in the context of abuse. Violence Against Women, 21(12), 1456-1480. DOI
2015	Wendt, S., Buchanan, F., & Moulding, N. (2015). Mothering and domestic violence: situating maternal protectiveness in gender. Affilia, 30(4), 533-545. DOI
2014	Buchanan, F., Wendt, S., & Moulding, N. (2014). Growing up in domestic violence: What does maternal protectiveness mean?. Qualitative Social Work, 14(3), 399-415. DOI
2013	Courtney, M., & Moulding, N. T. (2013). Beyond balancing competing needs: embedding involuntary treatment within a recovery approach to mental health social work. Australian social work, 67(2), 214-226. DOI
2013	Buchanan, F., Wendt, S., & Moulding, N. (2013). Maternal protectiveness amid domestic violence. DVRCV advocate, (2), 24-27.
2012	Rowntree, M., Moulding, N., & Bryant, L. (2012). Feminine sexualities in chick-lit. Australian feminist studies, 27(72), 121-137. DOI
2011	Rowntree, M. R., Bryant, L., & Moulding, N. (2011). Women's emotional experiences of chick lit and chick flicks: an ambivalent audience. Outskirts : feminisms along the edge, 24.
2011	Hanisch, D., & Moulding, N. (2011). Power, gender, and social work responses to child sexual abuse. Affilia : journal of women and social work, 26(3), 278-290. DOI
2011	Selby, S., Braunack-Mayer, A., Jones, A., Clark, S., Moulding, N., & Beilby, J. (2011). Special people? An exploratory study into re-entering missionaries' identity and resilience. Journal of Religion & Health, 50(4), 1007-1023. DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC1
2010	Selby, S., Clark, S., Braunack-Mayer, A., Jones, A., Moulding, N., & Beilby, J. (2010). Cross-cultural re-entry for missionaries: A new application for the dual process model. Omega-Journal of Death and Dying, 62(4), 329-351. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2010	Moulding, N. T. (2010). Intelligent design : student perceptions of teaching and learning in large social work classes. Higher education research and development, 29(2), 151-165. DOI
2009	Selby, S., Braunack-Mayer, A., Moulding, N., Jones, A., Clark, S., & Beilby, J. (2009). Resilience in re-entering missionaries: why do some do well?. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 12(7), 701-720. DOI Scopus12 WoS12
2009	Selby, S., Moulding, N., Clark, S., Jones, A., Braunack-Mayer, A., & Beilby, J. (2009). Back home: A qualitative study exploring re-entering cross-cultural missionary aid workers' loss and grief. Omega-Journal of Death and Dying, 59(1), 19-38. DOI Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC3
2009	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Andrews, J., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., & Holtmann, G. (2009). Does doctors' knowledge of inflammatory bowel disease patients' psychological status affect patients' clinical outcomes: a pilot randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 21(4), 394-395. DOI Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC5
2009	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Andrews, J., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., & Holtmann, G. (2009). Psychogastroenterology: a call for psychological input in Australian gastroenterology clinics. Internal Medicine Journal, 39(2), 127-130. DOI Scopus16 WoS15 Europe PMC12
2008	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Holtmann, G., & Andrews, J. (2008). Does psychological status influence clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other chronic gastroenterological diseases: An observational cohort prospective study. BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2(11), 1-9. DOI Scopus52 WoS46 Europe PMC40
2008	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Andrews, J., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Harley, H., . . . Holtmann, G. (2008). Psychological problems in gastroenterology outpatients: A South Australian experience. Psychological co-morbidity in IBD, IBS and hepatitis C. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 4(article no. 15), 1-8. DOI Scopus60 Europe PMC40
2008	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Andrews, J., Moulding, N., & Holtmann, G. (2008). The effect of functional gastrointestinal disorders on psychological comorbidity and quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 28(4), 475-483. DOI Scopus56 WoS56 Europe PMC44
2008	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Andrews, J., & Holtmann, G. (2008). Psychological comorbidity and complexity of gastrointestinal symptoms in clinically diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome patients. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 23(7 Part 1), 1137-1143. DOI Scopus40 WoS39 Europe PMC34
2007	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Andrews, J., & Holtmann, G. (2007). "It doesn't do any harm, but patients feel better": a qualitative exploratory study on gastroenterologists' perspectives on the role of antidepressants in inflammatory bowel disease. BMC Gastroenterology, 7(1), 38-43. DOI Scopus41 WoS36 Europe PMC33
2007	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Andrews, J., & Holtmann, G. (2007). Controversies surrounding the comorbidity of depression and anxiety in inflammatory bowel disease patients: A literature review. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 13(2), 225-234. DOI Scopus155 WoS137 Europe PMC119
2007	Selby, S., Jones, A., Burgess, T., Clark, S., Moulding, N., & Beilby, J. (2007). Disenfranchised grievers - The GP's role in management. Australian Family Physician, 36(9), 768-770. Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2007	Moulding, N. T. (2007). Love your body, move your body, feed your body: Discourses of self-care and social marketing in a body image health promotion program. Critical public health, 17(1), 57-69. DOI
2006	Moulding, N. T. (2006). Disciplining the feminine : the reproduction of gender contradictions in the mental health care of women with eating disorders. Social science and medicine, 62(4), 793-804. DOI
2006	Mikocka-Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Moulding, N., Wilson, I., Andrews, J., & Holtmann, G. (2006). Antidepressants and inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 2(24), 1-9. DOI Scopus113 Europe PMC90
2006	Benson, J., Wilson, A., Stocks, N., & Moulding, N. (2006). Muscle pain as an indicator of vitamin D deficiency in an urban Australian Aboriginal population. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(2), 76-77. DOI Scopus35 WoS35 Europe PMC25
2003	Moulding, N. T. (2003). Constructing the self in mental health practice: identity, individualism and the feminisation of deficiency. Feminist review, 75(1), 57-74. DOI
2001	Moulding, N. T., & Hepworth, J. (2001). Understanding body image disturbance in the promotion of mental health: a discourse analytic study. Journal of community and applied social psychology, 11(4), 305-317. DOI

Year	Citation
2025	Jarldorn, M., Moulding, N., & Deuter, K. (Eds.) (2025). Feminist action research in mental health: a practical guide. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. DOI
2019	Franzway, S., Moulding, N., Wendt, S., Zufferey, C., & Chung, D. (2019). The sexual politics of gendered violence and women's citizenship. UK: Policy Press. Scopus12
2016	Moulding, N. (2016). Gendered violence, mental health and recovery in everyday lives: beyond trauma. US: Routledge.

Year	Citation
2024	Moulding, N. (2024). Understanding the politics of emotion in gendered violence: a feminist critique of trauma and cognitivist discourses in research and practice. In C. Brown (Ed.), Source details - Title: Reframing Trauma Through Social Justice: Resisting the Politics of Mainstream Trauma Discourse (pp. 249-267). UK: Routledge. DOI
2023	Ellison, C., Chapman Van Duivenbode, C., Buchanan, F., & Moulding, N. (2023). An open exploration around end-of-life journeys for children facing terminal illness/severe disability. In A. Beckett, & A. -M. Calllus (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Routledge International Handbook of Children's Rights and Disability (pp. 465-480). US: Routledge. DOI
2020	Moulding, N. (2020). 'We never quite measure up, do we?' An intersectional approach to mothering, mental health and social inequality. In C. Buchanan (Ed.), Source details - Title: Intersections of mothering: feminist accounts (pp. 168-179). UK: Routledge. DOI
2016	Moulding, N. (2016). Putting gender in the frame: feminist social work and mental health. In S. Wendt, & N. Moulding (Eds.), Source details - Title: Contemporary feminisms in social work practice (pp. 181-195). UK: Routledge.
2009	Moulding, N. T. (2009). The anorexic as femme fatale: Reproducing gender through the father/psychiatrist-daughter/patient relationship. In H. Malson (Ed.), Source details - Title: Critical Feminist Approaches to Eating Dis/Orders (pp. 173-184). UK: Routledge.

Year	Citation
2014	Moulding, N., Franzway, S., Wendt, S., Zufferey, C., & Chung, D. (2014). Domestic violence as an assault on selfhood: implications for women's citizenship. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS Vol. 13 (pp. 536). UNIV ALBERTA, INT INST QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY.
2010	Zufferey, C., Franzway, S., Chung, D., & Moulding, N. (2010). Domestic Violence and multidimensional factors : investigating the impact of domestic violence on women's health and housing. In Proceedings 3rd National Conference 2010 : Our Work Our Lives : Women and Industrial Relations (pp. 1-9). Northern Territory, Australia: NationalNorthern Territory Working Women's Centre and the Working Womens' Centres.
2006	Mikocka Walus, A., Turnbull, D., Moulding, N. T., Andrews, J., & Holtmann, G. (2006). Do antidepressants have an impact on the course of inflammatory bowel disease?. In Psychology Bridging the Tasman: Science, Culture and Practice, Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the NZ Psychological Society and the Australian Psychological Society Vol. 58 (pp. 167). New Zealand: Australian Psychological Society.

Year	Citation
2019	Tseris, E., & Moulding, N. (2019). Where are we now? Presences and absences in mental health social work. Poster session presented at the meeting of 9th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health. UK: University of York.
2015	Hanisch, D., Moulding, N., & Wendt, S. (2015). 'I blame myself': re-victimization in women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Poster session presented at the meeting of Presentations for Trauma, Theory and Practice 5th Global Conference. Portugal.
2014	Wendt, S., Chung, D., Franzway, S., Moulding, N., & Zufferey, C. (2014). Domestic violence & citizenship: impacts on mental health, housing & employment. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Social Work Conference. Australia: International Federation of Social Workers.
2011	Hanisch, D., Moulding, N., & Wendt, S. (2011). My body isn't my own: child sexual abuse, borderline personality disorder and women's ongoing victimization. Poster session presented at the meeting of Understanding & Working with the Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse. UK: Hearing Voices Network.
2010	Moulding, N. (2010). Flight of the phoenix: women's narratives of developing and recovering from an eating disorder. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Women's Gender Studies Conference. Australia.

Year	Citation
2021	Moulding, N., Jarldorn, M., Andrew, J., Deuter, K., & Kagrana, P. (2021). Exploring mental health peer support for young women: Corporate body:Breakthrough Mental Health Foundation commissioning body. Australia: University of South Australia. DOI
2021	Webb, E., Thredgold, C., Zufferey, C., Beer, A., & Moulding, N. (2021). Impact of tenancy laws on women and children escaping violence. Australia: UniSA.
2019	Moore, T., Buchanan, F., Chong, A., Chung, D., Fernandes, C., Hawkes, M., . . . Schulze, D. (2019). Fostering safety in families reunifying after statutory separation: findings from a participatory study with young people and families. Australia: University of South Australia.
2015	Franzway, S., Wendt, S., Moulding, N., Zufferey, C., Chung, D., & Elder, A. (2015). Gendered violence and citizenship: the long term effects of domestic violence on mental health, housing, work and social activity. Australia: University of South Australia.
2014	Moulding, N., Rowntree, M., Yu, N., & Buchanan, F. (2014). Transitions to Professional Work for Social Work Graduates: Final Report of a Learning and Teaching Project. Australia: University of South Australia.

Year	Citation
2021	Tseris, E., & Moulding, N. (2021). Evidence shows mental illness isn't a reason to doubt women survivors. The Conversation.

Exploration of barriers to reporting and help seeking following adult rape and sexual assault in South Australia, SA Dept of Health, 01/07/2024 - 30/06/2026
The State of Sexual Violence: Prevalence and Barriers to Reporting and Help Seeking within South Australia, Women's and Children's Health Network Incorporated, 16/09/2025 - 31/03/2026
Empowering young women through mental health peer support, Breakthrough Mental Health Foundation/UniSA ¿ Seed Funding, 28/02/2022 - 30/11/2023
National Survey on the Impact of Tenancy Laws on Women and Children Escaping Violence, Cwth Dept of Social Services, 26/03/2018 - 01/06/2019
Gendered violence and citizenship: the complex effects of intimate partner violence on mental health, housing and employment, ARC - Discovery Projects, 14/04/2013 - 31/12/2017

Programs I'm associated with

MHSW - Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
MBSW - Bachelor of Social Work
MBSS - Bachelor of Social Science
MMSK - Master of Social Work

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	Principal Supervisor	-	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Rebecca Jane Regan-Coe
2021	Principal Supervisor	-	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Paloma Cesare
2021	Principal Supervisor	-	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Amrit Ingeborg Kumar
2020	Principal Supervisor	-	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Michelle Caruso
2016	Co-Supervisor	-	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Gipsy Hosking

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2006 - 2013	External Supervisor	Exploring the experiences of first time fatherhood and paternal postnatal depression: A grounded theory analysis revealing the importance of the concept of coping	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Karina Bria
2005 - 2011	External Supervisor	Back Home: Distress in Re-entering Cross-cultural Missionary Workers and the Development of a Theoretical Framework for Clinical Management	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Susan Selby
2005 - 2008	External Supervisor	Six Studies Pointing to the Need for a Biopsychosocial Approach to Treating Common Gastrointestinal and Hepatologic Disorders	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus

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