DrVanessa Barolsky
Honorary Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Education/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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- Honorary FellowFaculty of Arts and Education/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
- +61 3 924 68140 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
truth commissions
decoloniality
reconciliation
transitional justice
social conflict
social cohesion
Projects
The Role of Truth-Telling in Australian Reconciliation: Addressing a Colonial
Legacy?
Professor Yin Paradies, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Andrew Meehan (2021-2023: $25 000
Reconciliation Australia; $53,000, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive
Societies (CRIS), Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria)
Seminar Series: Decolonising Truth-telling in Australia (2020 $5000, ADI
research stream People, Place and Heritage).
https://ipcs.org.au/recording/decolonising-truth/
Seminar Series: Decolonising Truth-Telling Globally (2021: $5000, ADI research
stream People, Place and Heritage) https://ipcs.org.au/event/decolonising-
truth-globally/
National Mapping of Support Services for the Directory of Intervention Support
Services
Prof Michele Grossman, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Hass Dellal (2018: $16,850;
2017: $275,191)
Role of Communities in Reintegrating Children, Women and Family Returnees From
Conflict Zones
Prof Michele Grossman and Dr Vanessa Barolsky (2018: $47,272; 2017: $96,363)
Preventing violent extremism and building youth cohesion through creative
production of grassroots online counter-narratives: apilot intervention and
impact evaluation
Dr Matteo Vergani, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Muhammad Iqbal (2018-19: $73 000)
decoloniality
reconciliation
transitional justice
social conflict
social cohesion
Projects
The Role of Truth-Telling in Australian Reconciliation: Addressing a Colonial
Legacy?
Professor Yin Paradies, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Andrew Meehan (2021-2023: $25 000
Reconciliation Australia; $53,000, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive
Societies (CRIS), Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria)
Seminar Series: Decolonising Truth-telling in Australia (2020 $5000, ADI
research stream People, Place and Heritage).
https://ipcs.org.au/recording/decolonising-truth/
Seminar Series: Decolonising Truth-Telling Globally (2021: $5000, ADI research
stream People, Place and Heritage) https://ipcs.org.au/event/decolonising-
truth-globally/
National Mapping of Support Services for the Directory of Intervention Support
Services
Prof Michele Grossman, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Hass Dellal (2018: $16,850;
2017: $275,191)
Role of Communities in Reintegrating Children, Women and Family Returnees From
Conflict Zones
Prof Michele Grossman and Dr Vanessa Barolsky (2018: $47,272; 2017: $96,363)
Preventing violent extremism and building youth cohesion through creative
production of grassroots online counter-narratives: apilot intervention and
impact evaluation
Dr Matteo Vergani, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Muhammad Iqbal (2018-19: $73 000)
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHThe role of truth-telling in Australian reconciliation: Addressing a colonial legacy ?15 Feb 2023 - 15 Apr 2023People funded by this grant:
- Vanessa Barolsky
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTTruth-telling in Australia: addressing a colonial legacy28 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Barolsky V,
- Paradies Y
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTEvaluation of the New South Wales (NSW) Community Advice and Support Service (CASS)22 Jul 2019 - 22 Aug 2019People funded by this grant:
- Vanessa Barolsky
- GRANTCentre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)29 Oct 2018 - 30 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- AM MG,
- Mansouri F,
- Akbarzadeh S,
- Harris A,
- Barolsky V
- GRANTPreventing violent extremism and building youth cohesion through creative production of grassroots online counter-narratives: a pilot intervention and impact evaluation20 Apr 2018 - 19 Apr 2019People funded by this grant:
- Vergani M,
- Barolsky V
- GRANTNational Mapping of Support Services for the Directory of Intervention Support Services22 Jun 2017 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- AM MG,
- Barolsky V,
- Dellal H