Katie Scott

Katie is undertaking a PhD on the oppression of women in disaster-affected environments. Her research interests are multidisciplinary and include prevention science and systems theory, the social determinants of health and illness, forensic sexology, traumatic stress, gender and disasters. Following graduation she worked on a number of projects at the National Drug Research Institute relating to the prevention of drug related harm, then took up the position of Research Director of Miles Morgan Australia, a private consulting firm specialising in career and workforce development. In recent years her work in public and private sector organisations has involved employee assistance; critical incident management and emergency response; and occupational health and safety.

As a professional researcher, project manager and consultant, organisations she has undertaken work for over the past decade include: the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs; the Department of Education, Science and Training (Canberra); the Department of Health and Ageing (Canberra); the Department of Treasury and Finance (WA); the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority; the Department of Education and Training WA; the Career Industry Council of Australia; Converge Australia; and the World Health Organization (Geneva).

Katie is a member of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development and the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association).

Publications, conference papers presented and media contributions:

• Hawks, D., Scott, K., & McBride, N. (2002). Prevention of psychoactive substance use. A selected review of what works in the area of prevention. Geneva: World Health Organization.
• McBride, N., & Scott, K. (2002). Australian education system: Procedures and process for the adoption of new programs. Preliminary SHAHRP dissemination study. Perth: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology.
• Loxley, W., Toumbourou, J. W., Stockwell, T., Haines, B., Scott, K., Godfrey, C., Waters, E., Patton, G., Fordham, R., Gray, D., Marshall, J., Ryder, D., Saggers, S., Sanci, L., & Williams, J. (2004). The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia. A review of the evidence. Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing.
• ‘The Australian Blueprint for Career Development’, Keynote address at the Career Education Association of WA Biennial Conference, 1-3 December 2004, Perth, Western Australia.
• Miles Morgan Australia. (2004). The Evaluation of the career and transition (CAT) pilot. Supporting young people through their life, learning and work transitions. Volumes I and II. Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training.
• Miles Morgan Australia. (2004). The evaluation of the partnership outreach education model (POEM) pilot. Supporting young people through their life, learning and work transitions. Volumes I and II. Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training.
• Miles Morgan Australia. (2004). A community partnerships resource: Supporting young people through their life, learning and work transitions. Learnings from the CAT and POEM pilots. Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training.
• MCEETYA (2009). The Australian blueprint for career development. Prepared by Miles Morgan Australia. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.

Postgraduate Researcher, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150. Fax: 9360 6381, Email: k.scott@murdoch.edu.au