Dr Clemence Due
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Clemence Due, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology
My research areas are diverse, but linked by a focus on the health and wellbeing of individuals and families who are considered to be marginalised or vulnerable. I am particularly interested in psychological wellbeing, trauma, maternity care, and bereavement care following pregnancy or neonatal loss. My research is typically cross-cultural and applied.
Much of my work concerns people with asylum seeking, refugee or migrant backgrounds and I work closely with refugee and migrant communities to ensure that my research is relevant and will lead to positive outcomes for community groups.
In 2016 I was awarded the University of Adelaide's Vice Chancellor's Award for Women's Excellence in Research as an Early Career Researcher and in 2019 I was awarded a Barbara Kidman Fellowship on the basis of my research concerning refugee mental health.
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My research areas are diverse, but linked by research concerning the health and wellbeing of individuals and families who are considered to be marginalised or vulnerable.
My recent research in relation to pregnancy and neonatal loss has focused on under-researched groups of people including men, grandparents and people with refugee backgrounds. This research is centred around bereavement care, including working to ensure that there are evidence-based guidelines for support following pregnancy and neonatal loss for these groups of people.
I am also currently working on projects concerning best practice maternity/postnatal care for women and men with refugee backgrounds. Both women and men with refugee backgrounds face a range of risk factors and worse outcomes than the general population, and it is important that their care is culturally appropriate and targeted to their needs.
My other main research focus has been on a broad exploration of resettlement factors that have an effect on the health and wellbeing of people with asylum seeker or refugee backgrounds, including access to mental health care, housing, education, employment and social inclusion, as well as mental health care for children with refugee backgrounds who have experienced, or are experiencing, psychological trauma.
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Available research projects
Project 1
Title: Maternal health care for families with refugee or migrant backgrounds
Description: This project aims to explore the experiences and needs of people with refugee and migrant backgrounds in terms of pregnancy and childbirth. Specifically, the project aims to examine how to improve mental health outcomes for this group of people and what models of care are best suited to their needs. This project could be mixed-methods or qualitative.
Projects available for: Honours, Masters, PhD
Special requirements: DSCI clearance; full ethics review; hospital ethics review
Project 2
Title: The impact of stillbirth on families
Description: This project aims to explore the impact of stillbirth on psychological wellbeing for family members including men, grandparents and siblings who are currently under-researched. This project could be mixed-methods or qualitative, or could be a systematic review.
Projects available for: Honours, Masters, PhD
Special requirements: DSCI clearance; full ethics review; hospital ethics review
Project 3
Title: Psychological wellbeing in gender and sexuality diverse people with refugee and migrant backgrounds
Description: This project aims to explore the psychological wellbeing of migrants and refugees who are gender and sexuality diverse. This project could be mixed-methods or qualitative, or could be a systematic review.
Projects available for: Honours, Masters, PhD
Special requirements: DSCI clearance; full ethics review; hospital ethics review
Project 4
Title: Integration, resettlement experiences and social determinants of health for refugees and migrants, including children
Description: This project aims to further understand the intersecting impact of resettlement for refugees and migrants, including both adults and children. This project will take a social determinants of health approach to understanding mental health for this group of people, with consideration given to housing, employment, education, literacy, discrimination and social inclusion. This project could be mixed-methods or qualitative.
Projects available for: Honours, Masters, PhD
Special requirements: DSCI clearance; full ethics review; hospital ethics review
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide 2015 - 2016 Lecturer University of Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2007 - 2011 University of Adelaide Australia PhD -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2019 Ziersch, A., Due, C., Arthurson, K., & Loehr, N. (2019). Conducting ethical research with people from asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences (pp. 1871-1889). Singapore: Springer.
Scopus12018 Augoustinos, M., Due, C., & Callaghan, P. (2018). Unlawful, Un-cooperative and Unwanted: The Dehumanization of Asylum Seekers in the Australian Newsprint Media. In S. Gibson (Ed.), Peace Psychology Book Series (pp. 187-204). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
2017 Ziersch, A., Due, C., Arthurson, K., & Loehr, N. (2017). Conducting Ethical Research with People from Asylum Seeker and Refugee Backgrounds. In Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences (pp. 1-19). Springer Singapore.
2017 Augoustinos, M., Due, C., & Riggs, D. (2017). "Is this the highest priority for the Australian parliament?": A critical discourse analysis of main stream news media representations of the apology to Australia's stolen generations. In S. Petrilli (Ed.), Challenges to Living Together: Transculturalism, Migration Exploitation for a Semioethics of Human Relations (pp. 333-350). Italy: MIMESIS International. 2015 Augoustinos, M., Hanson-Easey, S., & Due, C. (2015). The essentialized refugee: Representations of racialized 'Others'. In G. Sammut, E. Andreouli, G. Gaskell, & J. Valsiner (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Social Representations (1 ed., pp. 323-340). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Scopus52014 Riggs, D., & Due, C. (2014). Lesbian, gay and/or transgender people and the law. In S. Rice, & A. Day (Eds.), Social Work in the Shadow of the Law (4 ed., pp. 252-269). Annandale, NSW: Federation Press. 2014 Collins, C., Riggs, D., & Due, C. (2014). Constructions of the 'best interests of the child' in New South Wales parliamentary debates on surrogacy. In M. Nash (Ed.), Reframing Reproduction: Conceiving Gendered Experiences (1 ed., pp. 39-53). Houndmills, Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave MacMillan.
2010 Due, C. (2010). The media proudly present : "lessons" from celebrity moms. In Sheila Lintott (Ed.), Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone: The Birth of Wisdom (pp. 191-201). United States of America: Blackwell Publishers.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Winter, A. K., Due, C., & Ziersch, A. (2021). Wellbeing Outcomes And Risk And Protective Factors For Parents With Migrant And Refugee Backgrounds From The Middle East In The First 1000 Days: A Systematic Review. In PSANZ 2021: DIGITAL Congress. virtual online: PSANZ. 2016 Due, C., Riggs, D. W., & Augoustinos, M. (2016). Transitioning to Mainstream Education for Refugee and Migrant Children: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of School Engagement. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 51 (pp. 466). ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2020 Obst, K. L., Due, C., Oxlad, M., & Middleton, P. (2020). Factors contributing to men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal death: further development of an emerging model in an Australian sample. Poster session presented at the meeting of 14th Annual Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. 2019 MEN'S GRIEF FOLLOWING PREGNANCY LOSS AND NEONATAL LOSS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (2019). Poster session presented at the meeting of Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Wiley.
2018 Due, C., & Currie, E. (2018). Practitioner competencies for working with refugee and asylum seeker children and young people: a systematic review. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. 2018 Due, C., Burford-Rice, R., Augoustinos, M., & Denson, L. (2018). Help-seeking for mental health services in Australia among Afghan women with refugee backgrounds. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. 2018 Ziersch, A., Due, C., Vivienne, S., Walsh, M., & Wotherspoon, A. (2018). Using digital storytelling to examine the links between housing and health for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds in Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. 2018 Ziersch, A., Due, C., & Walsh, M. (2018). Discrimination experienced by people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds resettled in South Australia: the implications for health and wellbeing. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. 2018 Obst, K., & Due, C. (2018). Australian men's experiences of support following pregnancy loss. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstract E-Book. Glasgow, UK: ISPID-ISA. 2018 Kiling, I. Y., Due, C., Gyss, C., Li, D. E., & Turnbull, D. (2018). Review of intervention research on young children with disabilities in developing countries. Poster session presented at the meeting of the 6th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies Congress. Bali, Indonesia. 2018 Kiling, I. Y., Due, C., Li, D. E., & Turnbull, D. (2018). Conceptions of disability among parents of children with disabilities in West Timor. Poster session presented at the meeting of the 6th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies Congress. Bali, Indonesia. 2017 Kiling, I. Y., Due, C., Turnbull, D., & Li, D. E. (2017). Interventions supporting development of young children with disabilities at environmental risk in Indonesia: a scoping review. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 6th Asian Psychological Association Convention. Malang, Indonesia. 2017 Kiling, I. Y., Turnbull, D., Due, C., & Li, D. E. (2017). Perceptions of Disability Among Parents of Young Children with Disabilities in Indonesia. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Social Sciences and Humanities Berlin Conference. The Humboldt University of Berlin. 2017 Kiling, I. Y., turnbull, D., Due, C., & Li, D. E. (2017). Community-defined evidence for young children with disabilities in rural Indonesia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Student-led Conference in Education 2017. The University of Adelaide. 2017 Kiling, I. Y., Turnbull, D., Due, C., & Li, D. E. (2017). How parents of young children with disabilities and community leaders in West Timor perceive disability? A qualitative-photovoice study. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 6th Asian Psychological Association Convention. Malang. 2017 Kiling, I. Y., Due, C., Gyss, C., LI, D. E., & Turnbull, D. (2017). A systematic review of intervention research addressing environmental risk threatening young children with disabilities in developing countries. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 6th Asian Psychological Association Convention. Malang. 2016 Ziersch, A., Arthurson, K., Due, C., & Harb, N. (2016). Working With Asylum Seekers and People With Refugee Backgrounds: The Use of Innovative Qualitative Methods in Research. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS. SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. 2015 Kiling, I. Y., Turnbull, D., Due, C., & Li, D. E. (2015). The Development of a Best Practice Model to Support Young Children with Disabilities in West Timor, Indonesia. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2nd Indonesia Research Day. Adelaide. — Obst, K., Due, C., Oxlad, M., & Middleton, P. (n.d.). Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: A systematic review and emerging theoretical model. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference. Research Square.
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Report for External Bodies
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Working Paper
Year Citation 2019 Lockton, J. B., Due, C., & Oxlad, M. (2019). When a baby is stillborn, grandparents are hit with ‘two lots of grief’. Here’s how we can help". The Conversation.
Yelland, J., Due, C., Riggs, E., Ziersch, A... et al. (2019). Pathways to prevention of stillbirth and bereavement support with migrant and refugee families and stakeholders. Stillbirth Foundation. $120,000
Due, C., Ziersch, A., Walsh, M. (2018). Maternal health for pregnant and post-natal women from refugee backgrounds: What are their needs and what models of care will improve outcomes? Flinders Foundation. $25,000
Reilly, A., Howe, J., Ziersch, A. and Due, C. (2018). Refugee women and work. Pathways to employment for social inclusion and health and well-being, Federal Department for Communities and Social Inclusion Building Resilient Communities Grant $282,808
Due, C. (2016). The University of Adelaide Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research
Due, C. (2016). Australian Federation for University Women Postdoctoral Researcher Award, $5,000
Dry M, Due C, Strelan P, Turnbull D, Clark Y (2016). Office of the DVC(A) for the Indigenous Course Enrichment Project, $2,000.
Reilly, A., Tan, G., Howe, J., Turnbull, D., Due, C., & Ziersch, A. (2016). Assessing the economic, social and health outcomes for migrant workers in the state sponsored employment schemes. The University of Adelaide, Interdisciplinary Research Fund. $25,000
Dry, M.J., Due, C., Chur-Hansen, A., & Burns, N.R. (2015-2016). Office of Learning and Teaching - Seed Grant: Assessing the utility of an online adaptive learning tool in a large undergraduate program. (SD14-4348), $22,000.
Due, C., Dorstyn, D., & Ward, L. (2015). Supporting Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Rural Australia. School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide RIBG. $9,781
Baak, M., Ziaian, T., Ziersch, A., Due, C., Masocha. S., Elsley, T., McEvoy, M. (2016). Service provider experiences of mid to long term settlement challenges and mental health consequences for youth from refugee backgrounds. UniSA Seed Funding, $39,000
Due, C. & Ziersch, A. (2016). The impact of temporary visas on the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers. . Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Small Grant. Flinders University. $19,000
Due, C., & Ziersch, A. (2015). Access to primary health care services for asylum seekers and refugees experiencing psychological trauma. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Small Grant. Flinders University. $13,000
Ziersch, A., Arthurson, K., Due, C. & Wotherspoon, A. (2015). Using digital storytelling as an innovative research method with asylum seekers and refugees. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Small Grant. Flinders University. $17,000.
Barclay, K., Dee, M., & Due, C. (2015). Dis/Located Children: Children in/and Care. The University of Adelaide, Interdisciplinary Research Fund. $26,000
Due, C., Hanson-Easey, S., and Baak, M. (2014). Understanding trauma among young children: A pilot project for the development of a screening tool for children aged 4 to 8 years old. School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide RIBG, $6,828
Due, C., Riggs, D.W., Augoustinos, M. (2011-2014). Australian Research Council Discovery Grant: The provision of education to students with migrant or refugee backgrounds, $132,000
Riggs, D. and Due, C. (2009-2010) The University of Adelaide: Gender and Equity Grant ‘Exploring the experiences of overseas students’ $3,000
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Co-Supervisor Mental Health Communication in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Grace Rebecca Horwood 2021 Principal Supervisor Exploring postnatal experiences, wellbeing and support needs of South Asian refugee and migrant families in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ria Aiyar 2020 Principal Supervisor Towards best practice: Perinatal mental health care for refugee women and their families Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Health) Doctorate Full Time Mrs Amelia Kate Winter 2019 Co-Supervisor Grand Parents Experiences of Grief and Support Following their Child's Pregnancy Loss Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Health) Doctorate Full Time Ms Jane Belinda Lockton 2018 Co-Supervisor Assessing the Benefit of Co-joint App Based Mindfulness Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Caregivers Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Ronald Hartley 2018 Principal Supervisor Men's experiences of grief and support following pregnancy loss and neonatal death Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Health) Doctorate Full Time Miss Kate Louise Obst 2018 Principal Supervisor The Diversity Advantage: Gender, Culture and Leadership Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ember Catherine Corpuz 2017 Principal Supervisor Perceptions of Justice and Forgiveness Among Refugees Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctorate Full Time Mrs Mastura Alim -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Exploring resettlement Stressors and Help-Seeking for Mental Health Support with Women from Refugee Backgrounds Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctorate Full Time Miss Rose May Burford-Rice 2015 - 2018 Co-Supervisor The Development of a Best Practice Model to Support Young Children with Disabilities Affected by Environmental Risk Factors in West Timor, Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Indra Yohanes Kiling 2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Exploring Psychological Wellbeing in Actors: A Qualitative Study of Professionals and Students Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctorate Part Time Ms Alison Elizabeth Robb
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2015 - ongoing Member Kaldor Centre Emerging Scholars Network — — -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2016 - ongoing — Editorial team, Refugee Review — -
Consulting/Advisories
Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country 2018 - ongoing Together SA Together SA Inner city or community Australia 2018 - ongoing Welcome to Australia Welcome to Australia Civil rights activities Australia 2015 - ongoing Refugee Council of Australia — — Australia
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