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Sarah Wise

University of Melbourne and Berry Street Childhood Institute

Dr Sarah Wise is a developmental researcher with many years of research, policy and service innovation experience covering a wide range of issues relating to children, parents and families. Her special interest areas are early childhood development, out-of-home care, local area responses and the development of social policy and practice with evidence.

Sarah holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology and Paediatrics), Master of Arts (Research) (Criminology) and Bachelor of Arts (Honours). She completed her PhD through the Departments of Psychology and Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne on the topic of attachment and wellbeing among foster care children. 

Sarah has held senior research positions within a Commonwealth Statutory Authority and in the not-for-profit sector. Sarah?s first ongoing research position was at the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), where she remained for 12 years, including eight years as a Principal Research Fellow leading the child development and parenting program area. In 2008 Sarah accepted a senior leadership role at Anglicare Victoria to establish their Policy, Research and Innovation unit and lead the agency?s communications and engagement team. 

Sarah has considerable media experience and is an outspoken childhood advocate.  She currently holds a joint appointment within the University of Melbourne?s Department of Social Work and the Berry Street Childhood Institute as the inaugural Good Childhood Fellow, where she works to integrate academic research into social systems and programs designed to support vulnerable children.


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Internet connectivity among people experiencing poverty and deprivation

AJTDE - Vol 2, No 3 - September 2014

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