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Overview

Margaret Alston is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia and conducts research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences, Health Professions, and Environmental Science. Their work spans subfields such as Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics covered by Alston focus substantially on social work education and practice, disaster management and resilience, and issues related to climate change, adaptation, and migration. Other topics include sustainability and climate change governance, homelessness and social issues, disaster response and management, as well as the use of smart cities and technologies in these contexts.

Alston's recent publications include:

  • "Australian and New Zealand social workers adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, The British Journal of Social Work
  • "Introduction-When Social Work Meets Disaster: Challenges and Opportunities," 2021, The British Journal of Social Work
  • "Women and climate change in Vanuatu, Pacific Islands Region," 2023, Gender Place & Culture

Other notable research works with different lead authors but relevant to related fields include:

  • "Post-disaster social work research: A scoping review of the evidence for practice," 2020, International Social Work
  • "Localizing Sustainable Development Goal 13 on Climate Action to Build Local Resilience to Floods in the Hunter Valley: A Literature Review," 2023, Sustainability

The primary publication venues frequently featuring Alston's work are:

  • The British Journal of Social Work
  • International Social Work
  • Sustainability
  • Gender Place & Culture
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science

Margaret Alston collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Jennifer Boddy, Kathryn Hay, Lynne Briggs, Patricia Fronek, and Amanda Howard. Each has co-authored multiple publications with Alston, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods

    Margaret Alston;Margaret Alston;Wendy Bowles

  • Women on the Land: The hidden heart of Australia

    Margaret Alston

  • Gender mainstreaming and climate change

    Margaret Alston

  • Rural male suicide in Australia.

    Margaret Alston

  • The Big Dry The link between rural masculinities and poor health outcomes for farming men

    Margaret Alston;Jennifer Kent

  • Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development

    Julie Drolet;Lena Dominelli;Margaret Alston;Robin Ersing

  • Women on the land : the hidden heart of rural Australia

    Margaret Alston

  • 'Mind you, there's no anaesthetist on the road': women's experiences of labouring en route.

    Elaine Dietsch;Pamela Shackleton;Carmel Davies;Margaret Alston

  • A narrative synthesis of the impact of primary health care delivery models for refugees in resettlement countries on access, quality and coordination

    Chandni Joshi;Grant Russell;I-Hao Cheng;Margaret Kay

  • ‘You don't want to be a check‐out chick all your life’: The out‐migration of young people from Australia's small rural towns

    Margaret Alston

  • Gender and climate change in Australia

    Margaret Alston

  • Social Capital in Rural Australia

    Margaret Alston

  • Who is down on the farm? Social aspects of Australian agriculture in the 21st century

    Margaret Alston

  • Women and Climate Change in Bangladesh

    Margaret Alston

  • Research, action and policy : addressing the gendered impacts of climate change

    Margaret Alston;Kerri Lynn Whittenbury

  • Breaking through the grass ceiling : women, power and leadership in agricultural organisations

    Margaret Alston

  • ‘I'd Like to Just Walk Out of Here’: Australian Women's Experience of Drought

    Margaret Alston

  • Globalisation, rural restructuring and health service delivery in Australia: policy failure and the role of social work?

    Margaret Alston

  • Educational Access for Australia's Rural Young People: A Case of Social Exclusion

    Margaret Alston;Jennifer Kent

  • Global Shifts, Sedimentations, and Imaginaries: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Women and Agriculture

    Caroline Sachs;Margaret Alston

Frequent Co-Authors

Lena Dominelli
Lena Dominelli University of Stirling
Kevin Pottie
Kevin Pottie University of Ottawa
Stephen J. G. Hall
Stephen J. G. Hall University of Lincoln
Chris Cocklin
Chris Cocklin James Cook University

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