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Dr

Leanne Kelly

Research Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Education/Alfred Deakin Institute/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

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  • Research Fellow
    Faculty of Arts and Education/Alfred Deakin Institute/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Leanne Kelly is a pracademic in the fields of humanitarianism, development, and evaluation studies within NGOs. Her research focuses on evaluation of civil society organisations' responses to crises including disasters, conflict, and violent extremism. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on a 4-year ARC Linkage project led by A/Prof Anthony Ware and Prof Greg Barton exploring appropriate humanitarian-development NGO responses to preventing/countering violent extremism in Asia and Africa. She is also the National Evaluation Advisor at the Australian Red Cross.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Research Fellow
    Deakin University, Alfred Deakin Institute

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Master of International & Community Development
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Arts
    Deakin University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Development studies
  • Humanitarian disasters, conflict and peacebuilding
  • Poverty, inclusivity and wellbeing

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • Alfred Deakin Institute

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation