Christine Grove

I am a lecturer, researcher and Educational & Developmental Psychologist. I work collaboratively with health care professionals, teachers, parents and young people to support the individual and unique needs of youth. My research interests lie in engaging with the young person's perspective and experience across psychology and education. As a psychologist I have worked in schools, hospitals and in private practice in various supporting roles with young people and their families. Alongside clinical practice I lecture in inclusive education and psychology and supervise research students within this area. Underlying my research interest is my passion for supporting the needs of all students in the best ways possible through their active participant, engagement and agency. My doctoral research examined children of parents with a mental illness experiences and perspectives of interventions which received the Lewis & Lewis Educational & Developmental Psychology Postgraduate Research Award.

My research interests have lead me to find ways to bridge education, psychology and technology to support the needs of all youth in schools and the community; including those with diverse and high needs. I was awarded the Deans Early Career Researcher Award to develop and pilot an artificial intelligence technology application, known as a Chatbot, to support the wellbeing of high school students using participatory methods. I was also selected to participate in The Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft 5 day Ideas Lab on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Vienna, Austria. Thirty six researchers were selected from around the world and across disciplines to work together to create next generation approaches to youth mental health. I am also an international collaborator on a project funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Council of Canada with Professors Aude Villatte and Geneviève Piché, University of Québec, using photovoice and participatory research methods to (co)develop services with youth who have a parent with a mental illness. 

I am collaborating in two international research groups. One group aims to develop an international scale of recovery and mental health knowledge of youth with colleagues based in the USA, Netherlands and in Australia. The second I am the group co-leader of the Parental and Family Mental Health Worldwide Network Communications Group focused on translating and disseminating research knowledge specific to families living with parental mental illness. 

University and Faculty engagement activities currently include Offshore Education Coordinator for the Faculty's programs offered in Singapore and Hong Kong and an active member of the Education Faculty Committee and Student Engagement Committee. Previous activities include Student Adviser for Master of Teaching (Primary and Secondary), Master of Teaching (Secondary), Graduate Diploma in Education (2015- 2016) and International Placement Coordinator for the Cook Islands (2017-2018).

I am a member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) and Deputy Chair of their Victorian branch Educational and Developmental College Committee, an International Affiliate Member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a previous member of the Golden Key International Honor Society. 

• Student voice and engagement
• Child and adolescent focused research
• Inclusion and special education
• Primary and secondary school: social and emotional learning
• Prevention and early intervention
• Children and families where a parent has a mental illness
• Individuals with a disability
• Digital Technology interventions including AI and ML
• Mental health in children and adolescents
• Therapy dogs 

Research Methods

• Mixed-methods research design
• Participatory research methods
• Qualitative methodologies

Current Research Projects

• Developing a scale to understand youth knowledge of mental health and recovery
• Inclusive Pedagogy in Teacher Preparation
• Investigating an artificial intelligence application to support vulnerable students in secondary schools
• Young people’s perspectives on inclusive schooling