Associate ProfessorLata Satyen
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
- +61 3 522 78452 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Associate Professor Lata Satyen's research program focuses on prevention, intervention and recovery programs that address family, domestic and sexual violence. She also specialises in developing culturally appropriate frameworks to address violence in culturally diverse communities. She is focused on improving outcomes for victim-survivors of family violence through the translation of research findings, changes to policy and practice, and advocacy at the state and national levels. She collaborates with a broad cross-section of victim-survivor groups and organisations in the family violence sector to conduct research and training to support a safer community and reduce violence against women and children.
Current funded projects
1. Women's Trauma Recovery Centre: An evaluation.
2. Evaluation of the GenWest framework of service to victim-survivors of family violence.
3. Supporting Recovery: An evaluation of the Gippsland PHN Supporting Recovery Program.
4. ACON: An evaluation of sexual, domestic and family violence services for the LGBTQ+ community.
5. Evaluation of the Beyond DV Recovery Framework.
6. SAFER: Successful and Family-Oriented, Enculturated Responses to address family violence in multicultural, regional communities in Victoria.
7. Mapping the victim-survivor client journey in Gippsland, Victoria.
8. The Pathways to Empowerment Program: Improving the economic empowerment of women impacted by domestic and family violence.
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHImproving police and community responses to domestic violence in Bengaluru, India23 Feb 2026 - 22 Feb 2027People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- GRANTASPIRE A new scalable and sustainable platform to improve survivorship care for assault victims living with severe physical and psychological deficits1 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2028People funded by this grant:
- Caeyenberghs K,
- Duque JD,
- Berk M,
- Satyen L,
- Chen Z
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAn evaluation of the effectiveness of the holistic approach on the recovery and healing of women victim-survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence30 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluating the impact of the GenWest framework of service delivery on the safety, recovery and wellbeing of victim-survivors of family violence4 Apr 2025 - 4 Apr 2026People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- GRANTThe Gippsland Supporting Recovery Program for Victim-Survivors of Family Violence: An Evaluation15 Mar 2025 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Satyen L,
- Caeyenberghs K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSpecialist Homelessness Information Platform (SHIP): An evaluation of its effectiveness for domestic, family, and sexual violence service providers.3 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- GRANTEvaluation of sexual, domestic and family violence programs for LGBTQ+ communities.1 Dec 2024 - 30 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHThe Beyond DV Recovery Framework: An Evaluation10 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCo-design, development and evaluation of state-wide model for victim advocacy service and model of an integrated response to sexual assault20 Mar 2024 - 31 Jan 2027People funded by this grant:
- Iliadis M,
- Satyen L,
- Toumbourou J,
- Farmer C,
- Sharman S
- CONTRACT RESEARCHHolistic Trauma and Violence - Informed Recovery after Domestic Violence: A mini-review3 Nov 2023 - 30 Apr 2024People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- GRANTSAFER: Successful and Family-oriented, Enculturated Responses30 Jun 2023 - 28 Feb 2025People funded by this grant:
- Satyen L,
- Ghayour-Minaie M,
- Toumbourou J
- GRANTThe Pathways to Empowerment Program: Improving the Economic Empowerment of Women Impacted by Domestic and Family Violence1 Nov 2022 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Tansley K-A,
- Sarah C,
- Satyen L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHPrevention of family violence in rural Victoria: Mapping the victim-survivor client journey.21 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Satyen L,
- Toumbourou J,
- Doery E,
- Klettke B
- GRANTCreating employment pathways for victim-survivors of family violence4 Apr 2022 - 26 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHReflective practice for family violence practitioners1 Mar 2021 - 31 May 2022People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of a family violence training system.31 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2022People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- GRANTIncreasing family violence information to the communities of Wyndham2 Dec 2019 - 30 Jun 2020People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- GRANTReady Steady Together Partnership23 Oct 2017 - 30 Sep 2018People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- CONTRACT RESEARCHPrevention of family violence in culturally and linguistically diverse communities through effective information dissemination3 Jul 2017 - 1 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTExamining gender norms and expectations in the Indian and Chinese communities for the development of gender equity strategies17 Jul 2014 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Lata Satyen