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Biography
Gerald Wurf joined Monash University in 2017 as a Senior Lecturer (Practice) in Counselling & Educational Psychology. Prior to this he worked at Charles Sturt University and for the NSW Government as an educational/developmental psychologist. He has provided consultant services to NGOs, Catholic and independent schools in NSW, and international schools in Hong Kong. He is a registered psychologist and holds endorsement with AHPRA in Educational and Developmental Psychology. Gerald is a Fellow of the APS and is a national committee member of the College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists.
For eight years Gerald worked in Hong Kong including teaching at The University of Hong Kong and The Open University of Hong Kong. He also worked at the Hong Kong International School as a high school counsellor/senior social sciences teacher. He has had over twenty years professional experience working with children, young people, and adults with complex learning, behavioural and emotional challenges.
Gerald sits on the Editorial Board of the Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Student solutions to rebuilding belonging in schools post COVID-19: An Appreciative Inquiry
Allen, K.-A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berger, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Grove, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Patlamazoglou, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Reupert, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Gamble, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wurf, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & May, F. (Associate Investigator (AI))
26/07/20 → 5/06/23
Project: Research
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School belonging and mental health outcomes in adulthood
Allen, K.-A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berger, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Patlamazoglou, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Reupert, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wurf, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & May, F. (Chief Investigator (CI))
12/05/20 → 5/07/23
Project: Research
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Effective school-based interventions for building school belonging in adolescence: A Systematic Review
Allen, K.-A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jamshidi, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Berger, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Reupert, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Wurf, G. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/07/19 → 5/09/23
Project: Research
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Adolescent school belonging and substance use in young adulthood: findings from a multi-wave prospective cohort study
Allen, K.-A., Greenwood, C. J., Berger, E., Reupert, A., Wurf, G., Rajendran, N., Warton, W., O’Connor, M., Sanson, A., Olsson, C. A. & Letcher, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Improving sense of school belonging in Indian schools: student perspectives
Gunathilake, T. J., Allen, K.-A., Berger, E., May, F., Grove, C., Patlamazoglou, L., Wurf, G. C., Gamble, N., Warton, W. & Reupert, A., Feb 2025, In: Psychology in the Schools. 62, 2, p. 564-583 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Lessons from research to normalize perinatal bereavement photography
Vivekananda, K., Knipe, K. & Wurf, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Loss and Trauma. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Substance use prevalence and the convergent validity of rating scales in a child and youth mental health service
Wurf, G., Pan, W., Foster, G. & Brann, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Clinical Psychologist. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Towards a more universal understanding of school belonging experiences and strategies: a cross-country synthesis of students’ perspectives from Australia, Greece, Iran, and Qatar
Allen, K.-A., Osborne, E., D’Argenio, E., Berger, E., Warton, W., Pitehnoee, M. R., Wurf, G., Pahlevansharif, S. & Reupert, A., 2025, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 40, 1, 26 p., 34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists Annual Conference 2023
Allen, K.-A. (Session chair), Berger, E. (Speaker), Coyne, J. (Speaker), Gindidis, S. (Speaker), Hyde, C. (Speaker), Kallady, K. (Speaker), Morris, Z. (Speaker), Wilkinson, C. (Speaker) & Wurf, G. (Speaker)
17 Feb 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Rising from rejection: How educators can build school belonging in students - World Mental Health Presentation
Allen, K.-A. (Organiser), Williams, K. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Riley, K. (Invited speaker), Thomas-Suh, R. (Invited speaker), Elmeski, M. (Organiser), Sharma, U. (Speaker), Berger, E. (Member of programme committee), Grove, C. (Member of programme committee), Patlamazoglou, L. (Member of programme committee), Reupert, A. (Member of programme committee), Morris, Z. (Member of programme committee) & Wurf, G. (Organiser)
6 Oct 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Counselling conundrum: How school psychology services have coped with COVID
Reupert, A., Allen, K.-A., Berger, E., Morris, Z., Summers, D., Wurf, G. & May, F.
1/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature