Nilan Yu

Dr Nilan Yu

Senior Lecturer, Social Work

School of Social Work and Social Care

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

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

My teaching philosophy is grounded in the view that learning is a lifelong and personal quest. It is the learner that is at the centre of the learning process and everything else - books, schools and teachers - merely serve to facilitate that process. Recognising that there are many ways of knowing and learning and the limitations of structured learning environments and processes, my view of my role as a teacher is not to fill the heads of students with all that they need to know about the subject but to point out signposts, stopovers and landmarks that have been helpful and important in my own journey, keeping in mind that their journey may lead them to a different direction and perhaps further than where my own has taken me.

Social Work’s Record with Indigenous Children and Communities in Australia and Canada

The experience of choice and control of people with intellectual disability under the NDIS

Year Citation
2025 Yu, N., Zufferey, C., Horsell, C., Cowie, J., & Le, T. M. (2025). Use of Actors in Simulations for Social Work Eduaction: A Scoping Review. Research On Social Work Practice, online, 1-14.
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2025 Zagler, J., Yu, N., & Cleland, A. (2025). "The system allows for it to happen": the experiences of human service workers in engaging with Aboriginal participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Disability And Rehabilitation, 47(8), 2017-2025.
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2024 Yu, N., Morgenshtern, M., & Schmid, J. (2024). Social work's colonial past with Indigenous children and communities in Australia and Canada: a cross-national comparison. Child and Family Social Work, 29(1), 229-238.
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2023 Le, T. M., Yu, N., & Webb, S. (2023). Correlates of attitudes toward sexual minorities among Vietnamese social work practitioners. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(no. 5, article no. 4241), 1-15.
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2023 Le, T. M., Yu, N., & Buchanan, F. (2023). Vietnamese social work practitioners' preparedness to practise with sexual minorities: training and self-reported confidence. International Social Work, 66(4), 1208-1221.
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2022 Morgenshtern, M., Schmid, J., & Yu, N. (2022). Interrogating settler social work with Indigenous persons in Canada. Journal of Social Work, 22(5), 1170-1188.
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2022 Le, T. M., & Yu, N. (2022). The attitudes of Vietnamese social work practitioners toward sexual minorities. Journal of Social Work, 22(5), 1255-1275.
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2022 Le, T. M., & Yu, N. (2022). Vietnamese social work practitioners' conceptions of practice with sexual minorities. Qualitative Social Work, 21(2), 314-331.
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2021 Le, T. M., & Yu, N. (2021). Sexual and reproductive health challenges facing minority ethnic girls in Vietnam: a photovoice study. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 23(8), 1015-1033.
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2020 Zufferey, C., Yu, N., & Hand, T. (2020). Researching home in social work. Qualitative social work, 19(5-6), 1095-1110.
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2020 Morgenshtern, M., & Yu, N. (2020). Who owns the case record? Client access to case records in Canadian social work practice. International social work, 63(3), 1-14.
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2020 Ma, S., & Yu, N. (2020). Freshwater ostracods (Crustacea) from Hainan Island, southern China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4767(2), 201-243.
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2019 Zhou, Y., Wan, Z., Yang, S., Li, Y., Li, M., Wang, B., . . . Zhang, C. (2019). A mismatch-tolerant reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification method and its application on simultaneous detection of all four serotype of dengue viruses. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10(MAY).
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2019 Yu, N. (2019). Interrogating social work: Australian Social Work and the Stolen Generations. Journal of social work, 19(6), 736-750.
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2019 Yu, N. (2019). Client access to case records in Australian social work. International social work, 62(1), 8-21.
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2019 Garnham, B., Bryant, L., Ramcharan, P., Yu, N., & Adams, V. (2019). Policy, plans and pathways: the 'crisis' transition to post-parental care for people ageing with intellectual disabilities in rural Australian carescapes. Ageing and society, 39(4), 836-850.
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2019 Le, T. M., & Yu, N. (2019). Ideological and philosophical underpinnings of attitudes toward sexual minorities in Vietnamese society. Sexuality and culture, 23(2), 444-457.
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2018 Smith, R. J., Zhai, D., Savatenalinton, S., Kamiya, T., & Yu, N. (2018). A review of rice field ostracods (Crustacea) with a checklist of species. Journal of Limnology, 77(1), 1-16.
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2018 Ma, S., & Yu, N. (2018). Freshwater ostracods (Crustacea) from tiantong national forest park and dongqian lake, eastern China, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 52(27-28), 1825-1868.
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2017 Zhai, D., Smith, R. J., Peng, P., Yu, N., Ma, S., Li, X., . . . Zhao, W. H. (2017). Cluster analyses of Ostracoda based on dimensions of body structures: Implications for taxonomic classification. Crustaceana, 90(4), 471-502.
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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.
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2015 Jiang, R., Xiao, B., Zhang, F., Feng, D., Yu, N., Du, Z., & Chen, L. (2015). Acute toxic effects of phenanthrene on Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 21(1), 108-114.
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2014 Wang, X., Li, E., Qin, J. G., Wang, S., Chen, X., Cai, Y., . . . Chen, L. (2014). Growth, body composition, and ammonia tolerance of juvenile white shrimp litopenaeus vannamei fed diets containing different carbohydrate levels at low salinity. Journal of Shellfish Research, 33(2), 511-517.
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2014 Zhang, M., Sun, Y., Chen, K., Yu, N., Zhou, Z., Chen, L., . . . Li, E. (2014). Characterization of the intestinal microbiota in Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, fed diets with different lipid sources. Aquaculture, 434, 449-455.
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2014 Kong, Q., Karanovic, I., & Yu, N. (2014). Phylogeny of the genus Chrissia (Ostracoda: Cyprididae) with description of a new species from China. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 34(6), 782-794.
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2014 Sun, S., Ge, X., Xuan, F., Zhu, J., & Yu, N. (2014). Nitrite-induced hepatotoxicity in Bluntsnout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala): The mechanistic insight from transcriptome to physiology analysis. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 37(1), 55-65.
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2014 Yu, N., Li, E., Feng, D., Xiao, B., Wei, C., Zhang, M., & Chen, L. (2014). Correlations between zooplankton assemblages and environmental factors in the downtown rivers of Shanghai, China. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 32(6), 1352-1363.
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2014 Xiao, B. C., Li, E. C., Du, Z. Y., Jiang, R. L., Chen, L. Q., & Yu, N. (2014). Effects of temperature and salinity on metabolic rate of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774). Springerplus, 3(1).
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2014 Yu, N. G. (2014). Ableism and economic rationalism in Australian immigration. International journal of social welfare, 23(3), 254-261.
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2014 Chonody, J., & Yu, N. (2014). Educational correlates of antigay bias: a survey of Australian social work. Journal of baccalaureate social work, 19, 1-20.
2013 Yu, N. G. (2013). Social work in Philippine municipalities: a critical organizational study. Human service organization management leadership & governance, 38(1), 103-115.
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2013 Yu, N. G. (2013). The role of social work in Philippine poverty-reduction programs: ideology, policy, and the profession. Asia Pacific journal of social work and development, 23(1), 24-34.
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2013 Wang, X., Li, E., Xiong, Z., Chen, K., Yu, N., Du, Z., & Chen, L. (2013). Low salinity decreases the tolerance to two pesticides, beta-cypermethrin and acephate, of white-leg shrimp, litopenaeus vannamei. Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development, 4(5).
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2012 Wang, Y., Li, E., Yu, N., Wang, X., Cai, C., Tang, B., . . . van Wormhoudt, A. (2012). Characterization and expression of glutamate dehydrogenase in response to acute salinity stress in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Plos One, 7(5), e37316.
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2012 Zhang, M., Yu, N., Chen, L., Jiang, C., Tao, Y., Zhang, T., . . . Xue, D. (2012). Structure and seasonal dynamics of bacterial communities in three urban rivers in China. Aquatic Sciences, 74(1), 113-120.
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2011 Hong, M., Chen, L., Sun, X., Li, E., Gu, S., & Yu, N. (2011). Effects of acute nitrite exposure on immunity indicators and HSP70 expression in chinese mitten-hand crab {Eriocheir sinensis). Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology, 17(5), 688-693.
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2011 Yu, N. G. (2011). Devolution: discontinuity and dissonance. International social work, 56(2), 193-207.
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2010 Liu, Y., Yu, N., Feng, D. X., Xiong, Z. Q., Jiang, X. Q., Li, E. C., & Chen, L. Q. (2010). Annual variations of zooplankton community structure in Shanghai downtown rivers. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 29(2), 370-376.
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2010 Li, Y., Song, B., Chen, Y., Chen, L., Yu, N., & Olson, D. (2010). Changes in the trophic interactions and the community structure of Lake Taihu (China) ecosystem from the 1960s to 1990s. Aquatic Ecology, 44(2), 337-348.
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2009 Yu, N. A., Zhao, Q., Erchao, L. I., Chen, S., & Chen, L. (2009). An updated and annotated checklist of recent nonmarine ostracods from China. Zootaxa, 2067(2067), 29-50.
DOI Scopus34
2009 Li, Y., Chen, Y., Olson, D., Yu, N., & Chen, L. (2009). Evaluating ecosystem structure and functioning of the East China sea shelf ecosystem, China. Hydrobiologia, 636(1), 331-351.
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2009 YU, N., CHEN, S., LI, E., CHEN, J., & CHEN, L. (2009). Tolerance of Physocypria kraepelini (Crustacean, Ostracoda) to water-borne ammonia, phosphate and pH value. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 21(11), 1575-1580.
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2009 Yunkai-Li., Chen, Y., Song, B., Olson, D., Yu, N., & Liqiao-Chen. (2009). Ecosystem structure and functioning of Lake Taihu (China) and the impacts of fishing. Fisheries Research, 95(2-3), 309-324.
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2008 Yu, N. (2008). Class identity, class interests: the Philippine Professional Association of Social Workers' record under martial law. Asia Pacific journal of social work and development, 18(1), 3-13.
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2006 Yu, N. (2006). Interrogating social work: Philippine social work and human rights under martial law. International journal of social welfare, 15(3), 257-263.
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2006 Yu, N. (2006). Ideological roots of Philippine social welfare. International social work, 49(5), 559-570.
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2006 Yu, N., Zhao, M., Chen, L., & Yang, P. (2006). Phylogenetic relationship of Podocopida (Ostracoda: Podocopa) based on 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 25(2), 99-108.
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Year Citation
2020 Cowden, S., Yu, N., Robles, W., & Mazza, D. (2020). Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy for critical consciousness and practice. In C. Morley (Ed.), Source details - Title: The Routledge Handbook of Critical Pedagogies for Social Work (pp. 120-130). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Yu, N. (2018). Consciousness-raising and critical practice. In N. Yu (Ed.), Source details - Title: Consciousness-raising: Critical pedagogy and practice for social change (pp. 1-13). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Yu, N. (2018). Critical consciousness and social change. In N. Yu (Ed.), Source details - Title: Consciousness-raising: Critical Pedagogy and Practice for Social Change (pp. 152-166). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Zufferey, C., & Yu, N. (2018). A portrait of homelessness in the Asia Pacific. In C. Zufferey, & N. Yu (Eds.), Source details - Title: Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific (pp. 146-156). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Zufferey, C., & Yu, N. (2018). The many faces of homelessness: a critical introduction. In C. Zufferey, & N. Yu (Eds.), Source details - Title: Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific (pp. 1-8). UK: Routledge.
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2017 Yu, N., & Alcid, M. L. (2017). Protecting the rights of overseas Filipino workers: social work beyond national borders. In Source details - Title: Social Work in a Glocalised World (pp. 186-199). US: Routledge.
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2017 Zufferey, C., & Yu, N. (2017). The many faces of homelessness: A critical introduction. In Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacific (pp. 1-8).
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2017 Zufferey, C., & Yu, N. (2017). A portrait of homelessness in the Asia Pacific. In Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacific (pp. 146-156).
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2015 Yu, N. G. (2015). Conclusion: Rights, justice, the law, and extralegal action. In Subversive Action Extralegal Practices for Social Justice (pp. 165-176).
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2015 Yu, N. G., & Mandell, D. (2015). Introduction: Social work and salt making. In Subversive Action Extralegal Practices for Social Justice (pp. 1-8).
2015 Yu, N. (2015). Rights, justice, the law, and extralegal action. In N. Mandell (Ed.), Source details - Title: Subversive action: extralegal practices for social justice (pp. 165-176). Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
2014 Yu, N. (2014). Creating a non-disabling environment in Philippine rural areas : enacting national policy at the grassroots. In R. K. H. Chan, L. R. Wang, & J. O. Zinn (Eds.), Source details - Title: Social issues and policies in Asia : family, ageing and work (pp. 239-255). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2013 Yu, N. G. (2013). Labour migration and human rights : challenges for social work practice and education. In C. Noble, M. Henrickson, & I. Y. Han (Eds.), Source details - Title: Social work education : voices from the Asia Pacific (2nd ed. ed., pp. 389-410). Australia: Sydney University Press.
2011 Yu, N. G. (2011). International field education and international social work: experiences of Australian and Belgian students in the Philippines. In C. Noble, & M. Henrickson (Eds.), Source details - Title: Social Work Field Education and Supervision across Asia Pacific (pp. 199-219). Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press.

Courses I teach

  • HUMS 2047 Social Research Methods (2025)
  • WELF 3023 Working with Human Service Organisations (2025)
  • WELF 5100 Human Rights Based Practice and Community Development (2025)
  • HUMS 2047 Social Research Methods (2024)
  • WELF 3023 Working with Human Service Organisations (2024)
  • WELF 5100 Human Rights Based Practice and Community Development (2024)
  • WELF 5108 Mental Health and Social Work Practice (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • MMSK - Master of Social Work
  • MBSW - Bachelor of Social Work

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Co-Supervisor 110240 - Understanding and reducing mental health stigma - Doctorate Full Time Mr Bennett Reisinger
2019 Principal Supervisor Nothing about us, without us: The experience of choice and control of adults with cognitive disabilities under the National Disability Insurance Scheme - Doctorate Part Time Mr Tyson John Boyce

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