Publications by year
Deanna Grant-Smith brings to her research an innovative interdisciplinary approach that is underpinned by a commitment to sustainability and social inclusion. Prior to an academic career, she worked in the government sector, where she had roles in policy development and implementation, public sector reform, integrated regional planning, inter-governmental program management, organisational evaluation, and community consultation and stakeholder engagement.
Projects
- Au Pairs in Australia
- Employability support for at-risk young job seekers
- Exploring the impact of financial literacy on stress and student performance in unpaid practicum
- Widening participation or widening the gap? Equity in postgraduate education
Publications
- McDonald, Paula, Cathcart, Abby, Grant-Smith, Deanna, Laundon, Melinda, Mayes, Robyn, Moore, Katherine, Williams, Penelope (2018) Submission to the Select Committee on the Future of Work and Workers. Select Committee on the Future of Work and.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, de Zwaan, Laura, Chapman, Renee, Gillett-Swan, Jenna (2018) 'It's the worst, but real experience is invaluable': Pre-service teacher perspectives of the costs and benefits of professional experience. In Heck, D, Ambrosetti, A (Eds.), Teacher education in and for uncertain times, pp.15-33.
- Cathcart, Abby, McDonald, Paula, Grant-Smith, Deanna (2014) Challenging the myths about flexible work in the ADF. Australian Defence Force Journal: journal of the Australian profession of arms, 2014 (195), pp.55-68.
- McDonald, Paula, Grant-Smith, Deanna, Moore, Kathy, Marston, Greg (2020) Navigating employability from the bottom up. Journal of Youth Studies, 23 (4), pp.447-464.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, de Zwaan, Laura (2019) Don't spend, eat less, save more: Responses to the financial stress experienced by nursing students during unpaid clinical placements. Nurse Education in Practice, 35, pp.1-6.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, McDonald, Paula (2018) Ubiquitous yet ambiguous: An integrative review of unpaid work. International Journal of Management Reviews, 20 (2), pp.559-578.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, McDonald, Paula (2018) Planning to work for free: Building the graduate employability of planners through unpaid work. Journal of Youth Studies, 21 (2), pp.161-177.
- Price, Robin, Grant-Smith, Deanna (2018) Recognising young people as ‘real’ workers and the employment implications of framing young workers as deficient. In Werth, S, Brownlow, C (Eds.), Work and identity: Contemporary perspectives on workplace diversity (Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma), pp.55-68.
- Osborne, Natalie, Howlett, Catherine, Grant-Smith, Deanna (2019) Intersectionality and Indigenous peoples in Australia: Experiences with engagement in native title and mining. In Hankivsky, O, Jordan-Zachery, J S (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of intersectionality in public policy (The Politics of Intersectionality), pp.389-411.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, Colley, Linda (2018) Of ‘strong’ leadership, crisis communication and pooper scoopers: Change in the Queensland public service under Newman. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 77 (2), pp.236-252.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, Osborne, Natalie, Johnson, Laurel (2017) Managing the challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: An Australian perspective. Community, Work and Family, 20 (2), pp.201-210.
- Grant-Smith, Deanna, Mayes, Robyn (2017) Freedom, part-time pirates, and poo police: Regulating the heterotopic space of the recreational boat. Environment and Planning A, 49 (6), pp.1379-1395.