Professor Christine Morley

Christine Morley is Professor and Head of the Social Work and Human Services Disciplines within the School of Public Health and Social Work at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is also co-leader of the ‘Access to Justice’ program of research within the Centre for Justice, and Chair of the Faculty of Health Equity Committee at QUT, Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Professor Morley is a passionate advocate of critical social work and has published extensively on the application of critical theories to social work education and practice including more than 80 papers in national and international refereed journals, conference proceedings and in edited books as invited chapters.

Professor Morley has extensive experience as a social work researcher, practitioner, supervisor and educator across a range of fields (including domestic and family violence, children and families, disability, sexual assault, grief and loss, poverty, homelessness and wealth inequality, and mental health). She is recognised as an international expert on critical reflection involving transformative approaches to research and evaluation that focus on the development and improvement of service delivery.

More recently, Professor Morley’s work has focused the on impact of neoliberalism on social work education and practice with a particular interest in how critical pedagogy might equip practitioners to work critically in contemporary professional contexts to further a social justice agenda.

‘Critically-focused research has long been a personal and intellectual passion of mine. It is an essential vehicle to catalyse change and contribute to building a more sustainable, socially just and democratic world.’

Books and Edited Collections by Christine Morley

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Pedagogies for Social Work

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Pedagogies for Social Work

Morley, Christine, Ablett, Phillip, Noble, Carolyn, Cowden, Stephen (Eds.) (2020) The Routledge Handbook of Critical Pedagogies for Social Work. In Morley, Christine, Ablett, Phillip, Noble, Carolyn, Cowden, Stephen (Eds.).

• 10 citations on Scopus

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Access to Justice in an Age of Uncertainty

(2021) Social Alternatives: Access to Justice in an Age of Uncertainty. .

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Practising critical reflection to develop emancipatory change

Practising critical reflection to develop emancipatory change

Morley, Christine (2014) Practising critical reflection to develop emancipatory change: challenging the legal response to sexual assault

• 11 citations on Scopus

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Engaging with social work: A critical introduction.[ 2 ed.]

Engaging with social work: A critical introduction.[ 2 ed.]

Morley, Christine, Ablett, Phillip, Macfarlane, Selma (2019) Engaging with social work: A critical introduction.[ 2 ed.]. (2).

• 31 citations on Scopus

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  Christine Morley is Professor and Head of the Social Work and Human Services Disciplines within the School of Public Health and Social Work at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).  She is also co-leader of the 'Access to Justice' program of research within the Centre for Justice, and Chair of the Faculty...