Lynne Keevers

Practice-based approaches to the study of social justice and injustice are the connecting threads of her research. Lynne develops this interest in social justice and injustice through working with people and communities that have experienced violence, trauma and structural inequalities. Her current research conducted in partnership with community oganisations, uses practice theory and collaborative research methodologies to investigate:

-Youth Homelessness: This work explores the question: What are the practices and structural arrangements effective in assisting young people avoid or exit homelessness? Rather than positioning disadvantaged young people as the problem, this research assumes that to improve youth homelessness policy and practice, it is critical that the perspectives and knowledge of young people with lived experience inform policy settings.
-Energy poverty: This work investigates the social development practices of an international village-to-village collaboration working to reduce energy poverty through the provision of household solar lighting for Indigenous people living in remote communities in Timor Leste.
- Supporting community recovery and wellbeing post disasters and cumulative traumas. This work explores the question What do the collective narratives of people affected by cumulative disasters tell us about the practices that support well-being, healing and recovery? We aim to articulate practices that assist communities regain their sense of belonging, hope for the future, control over their lives and their capacities to care for and be cared for by Country.
- Social impacts of community-based organisations working on the health and well-being of local people, their communities and the environments in which they live: This research asks the questions- what are the social impacts of community-based organisations on their local communities, their environments and on the broader society? What role might they play in strengthening communities and civil societies?