Miss Ashlen Francisco

Research student

Email:ashlen.francisco@uon.edu.au

Career Summary

Biography

I am currently a PhD candidate at the Wollotuka Institute at the University of Newcastle, and my project aims to comprehensively look at the transition of the NSW Aborigines Protection to Welfare Board. Through predominantly archival research this project aims to provide a “comprehensive investigation of the Board's activities and subsequent effects on the lives and families of Aboriginal people in NSW will be undertaken including both archival and oral history research”. As a Wiradjuri person, this project is important to me on both an academic and personal level.

In my past experience, I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to develop skills in research strategy and implementation across systematic literature reviews, archival research, qualitative methodologies, and my main body of work has centred on ethnography, the human experience and more recently Aboriginal history.

Through my passion for improving Aboriginal and Islander social justice outcomes, the research I have been involved with benefits from historical comprehension in order to unpack present social phenomena. I have been an intern at the Kimberley Land Council and the Australian Human Rights Commission and worked with the Koori Justice Unit in Victoria on a social and emotional well-being community research paper for Closing the Gap.

Keywords

ATSI
Aboriginal
European history
Indigenous
Native Title
Scandinavian socialist system
anthropology
behavioural change
business development strategy
colonial history
corporate development
empirical research
ethnography
focus group facilitator
history
human rights
interviewer
media & communications
promotions and communication
qualitative research
social action

Languages

English (Mother)
Swedish (Working)

Professional Experience

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
27/8/2013 - 15/6/2015	Masters of Applied Cultural Analysis MACA aims to develop and deepen knowledge and skills within the field of applied cultural analysis, which emphasises the use of cultural analysis in working life. The programme strengthens theoretical and methodological skills while developing advanced understanding of different organisational contexts and the demands these place on project management, communications and product development. As a aspect of this Master program I have undertaken two internships to solidify my organisational knowledge and experience interning as a researcher at the Kimberley Land Council (Aboriginal Land Rights Organisation), Broome and the Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney. Practically, I use the skills from this Master programme to consult on organisational research for the corporate development programs Qualia Qi oversees, developing support material to help frame the main principals of our programs with an analytical context. In June 2015 I finalised my master thesis, which is available on request.	Lund University Sweden

Professional appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
3/11/2014 - 5/12/2014	Intern at the Australian Human Rights Commission - ATSI social justice unit	Australian Human Rights Commission Australia
29/9/2014 - 31/10/2014	Intern at the Kimberley Land Council, WA	Kimberley Land Council Australia

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Journal article (2 outputs)

Year

Citation

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Link

2013

Day A, Francisco A, 'Social and emotional wellbeing in Indigenous Australians: identifying promising interventions', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37 350-355 (2013)

DOI	10.1111/1753-6405.12083

2013

Francisco A, Day A, Jones R, 'Improving community safety in Indigenous communities: Evidence and Issues.', Closing the Gap Clearing House, (2013)

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