Luke Gahan
Research Fellow
Defence and Veteran Family Research
Dr Luke Gahan is a member of the Defence and Veteran Family Research team and is currently working on studies exploring Australian military and veteran families. Luke is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University and has previously been an Associate Editor of the Health Sociology Review Journal and a secretary of the Australian Sociological Association. His previous work has explored separation and divorce, elder abuse, same-sex parent families, LGBTIQ health and wellbeing, religion/faith, and ethnic minority communities, and Intimate Partner Violence.
Luke has extensive experience in qualitative research including the use of co-design participatory methods. He has lectured and tutored in Sociology at Federation, La Trobe, Swinburne, and Melbourne Universities.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology), La Trobe University
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Sociology), Swinburne University of Technology
- Bachelor of Social Science, Swinburne University of Technology
Research by Luke Gahan
Improving the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children
This snapshot provides an overview of the study that examines a national perspective on reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems in Australia.
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Improving the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children
This study aims to provide a national focus for reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems by examining the nature of recommendations from 61 reports…
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What is family?
The findings of the Families in Australia Survey conducted in late 2021 provide useful insights on aspects of Australian families.
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