Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Susan Baidawi is an Associate Professor, Director of the Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Program, and Co-Director of the Monash Criminal Justice Research Consortium (CJRC) in the Department of Social Work. Her research expertise lies at the nexus of the child welfare and criminal justice fields. Dr Baidawi has conducted and authored outputs for numerous studies, reviews and evaluations in the fields of youth and adult criminal justice and child protection, including research that focuses on children at the intersection of child protection and youth justice systems, responses to younger children charged with offending from 10-13 years, and place-based approaches for addressing youth violence.
Dr Baidawi’s research is characterised by its high level academic, policy and practice impact, which is acknowledged by several awards including a 2024 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Award (AIPS), the 2022 Monash University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence by an Early Career Researcher. She has also been awarded a prestigious Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, and currently sits on the ACT Government Strengthening Child Protection Practice Committee, and the Editorial Board of Children and Youth Services Review.
Dr Baidawi has been awarded the following research grants as Chief Investigator:
- 2024: Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Understand Pathways into Adolescent Family Violence Use: Expanding the Evidence Base to Inform Prevention and Effective Intervention. Funded by the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS).
- 2023: The Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study (A-PLUS): health and frailty trajectories of older people in prison. Funded by the NHMRC (Cohort Grant Study).
- 2023: Building a best practice model to advance healthy ageing for care leavers (ex-residents of institutional out-of-home care) entering the aged care system. Funded by the National Centre for Healthy Ageing.
- 2021: Reviews of how to best deliver and evaluate place-based approaches for tackling local youth violence. Funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (UK).
- 2021: Care criminalisation of young people with disability in child protection systems. Funded by the Commonwealth Government Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. ***
- 2020: Children’s Court responses to early offending children: provisions and outcomes for 10- to 13-year-olds charged with offending. Funded by the Australian Institute of Criminology (Criminology Research Grant). ***
- 2019: Dual child protection and youth justice clients: expanding the evidence base. Funded by an Australian Research Council (Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellowship). ***
*** Primary Chief Investigator
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):
Research area keywords
- child protection
- youth justice
- older prisoners
- out-of-home care
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Understand Pathways into Adolescent Family Violence Use: Expanding the Evidence Base to Inform Prevention and Effective Intervention.
Papalia, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Baidawi, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dimopoulos, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Spivak, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Peters, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McEwan, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lonsdale, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Charman, M. (Partner Investigator (PI))
21/10/24 → 15/04/27
Project: Research
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The Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study (A-PLUS): health and frailty trajectories of older people in prison
Butler, T. G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Withall, A. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Schofield, P. W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Radford, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hubbard, R. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Trollor, J. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Srasuebkul, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Baidawi, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Barr, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/23 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Evaluation of the MCM Youth Housing Initiative: A User-Centred, Hybrid Design
Shlonsky, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mendes, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Petrakis, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Baidawi, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/22 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Special Provisions for Care Leavers: Measures to protect and to promote positive discrimination
Baidawi, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
5/05/24 → 30/05/24
Project: Research
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Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities
Baidawi, S., Avery, S., Ball, R. & Newitt, R., 2025, In: Australian Social Work. 78, 2, p. 226-235 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Measuring Experiences: Questionnaires, Scales and Secondary Analyses
Baidawi, S., Flynn, C. & McDermott, F., 2025, Doing Research in Social Work and Social Care : The Journey from Student to Practitioner Researcher. Flynn, C. & McDermott, F. (eds.). 2nd ed. London United Kingdom: SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 153-172 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Approaches for supporting youth dually involved in child protection and youth justice systems: An international policy analysis
Ball, R., Baidawi, S. & FitzGerald, A., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Criminology. 57, 4, p. 445-468 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Educational experiences and needs of students in out-of-home care: a Delphi study
Berger, E., Baidawi, S., D'Souza, L., Mendes, P., Morris, S., Bollinger, J. & Purtell, J., 2024, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39, p. 689-710 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
How does the media represent institutional child sexual abuse within Jewish communities? A case study of the Malka Leifer court case
Mendes, P., Pinskier, M. & Baidawi, S., Sept 2024, In: Australian Journal of Social Issues. 59, 3, p. 783–803 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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2020 Norm Smith Award in Social Work Research (Australian Social Work)
Baidawi, S. (Recipient), Mar 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2024 SPAHC Research Festival Best research theme poster
Baidawi, Susan (Recipient), Morris, Sarah (Recipient), Turnbull, Lena (Recipient) & Mendes, Philip (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2024 Victorian Young Tall Poppy
Baidawi, Susan (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award
Baidawi, Susan (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Exceptional Achievement Payment
Baidawi, S. (Recipient), 18 Mar 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Journal)
Susan Baidawi (Peer reviewer)
Jan 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Academic expert advisor - Sentencing Younger Children's Offending Roundtable
Susan Baidawi (Advisor)
11 Mar 2025Activity: External Academic Engagement › Expert/ advisor
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Australian Journal of Social Issues (Journal)
Baidawi, S. (Peer reviewer)
Mar 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council Roundtable - Sentencing Younger Children who Offend
Susan Baidawi (Invited speaker)
11 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Journal)
Susan Baidawi (Peer reviewer)
Jan 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press/Media
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CCYP Inquiry into 10-13 year old children with justice system involvement
2/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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What does it mean to be an adult in Australia? There's an 'alarming contradiction'
31/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Channel 10 Lunchtime News - Youth Justice
19/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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12-year-old girl among Victoria Police’s worst youth offenders list
19/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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ABC Radio News (7am) 10-13 year old children in the justice system
13/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment