Dr. Natasha Ginnivan is a research fellow with the UNSW School of Psychology and an Associate Investigator with the Ageing Futures Institute whose focus is on investigating implicit and cultural attitudes to ageing, age stereotypes and self-perceptions of ageing. Her research includes the lived experience of ageing and dementia and ageing in marginalised populations, including ageing prisoners. Her current research is focusing on how age-stereotypes can create barriers to the enhanced well being of older adults, as well as how social media and ageist discourse impacts on self-perceptions of ageing.
Publications:
Karystianis G, Lukmanjaya W, Simpson P, Schofield P, Ginnivan N, Nenadic G, van Leeuwen M, Buchan I, Butler T, (2022) An Analysis of PubMed Abstracts From 1946 to 2021 to Identify Organizational Affiliations in Epidemiological Criminology: Descriptive Study, Interactive Journal of Medical Research;11(2):e42891 URL: https://www.i-jmr.org/2022/2/e42891/ doi: 10.2196/42891
Gitau, L, Kenning, G, Burgess, S, Bennett, J, Kuchelmeister, V, Neidorf, M & Ginnivan, N, (2022), Pre-engagement as Method: An EmbodiMap VR experience to explore lived experience of People from South Sudanese Refugee Background, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1-12
Ginnivan, N.A., Chomik, R., Hwang, Y.I.(J)., Piggott, J., Butler, T. and Withall, A. (2021), "The ageing prisoner population: demographic shifts in Australia and implications for the economic and social costs of health care", International Journal of Prisoner Health, . https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-09-2020-0062
Hagos, A. K., Withall, A., Ginnivan, N. A., Snoyman, P., & Butler, T. (2021). Barriers and enablers to health and social services for older prisoners transitioning to community. International Journal of Prisoner Health, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi:10.1108/IJPH-08-2021-0088
Hwang Y.I., Ginnivan N.A., Simpson P.L., Baidawi S, Withall A, Williams B, et al. (2021) COVID-19 and incarcerated older adults: a commentary on risk, care and early release in Australia. International Journal of Prisoner Health.
Kuchelmeister, V; Bennett, J; Kenning, G; Ginnivan, N; Papadopoulos, C; Neidorf, M (2021) 'The Visit', Sightlines:FilmmakingintheAcademy, http://www.aspera.org.au/research/sightlines/sightlines-journal-2021/
Kenning G; Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Ginnivan N; Neidorf M (2021). 'An immersive art-based approach to engaging with the embodied, sensory and affective experience of living with dementia', in Dementia Lab 2021: Supporting ability through design, Springer, Switzerland
Kenning G; Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Ginnivan N; Neidorf M, (2021), 'An immersive art-based approach to engaging with the embodied, sensory and affective experience of living with dementia', Design for Inclusion
Ginnivan, N., Butler, T., Withall, A.(2018). The rising health, social and economic costs of Australia’s ageing prison population, Medical Journal of Australia, 209, (10), 422 - 424
Ginnivan, N., (2015). Media portrayal of older people: the good, the bad and the absent. British Society of Gerontology, Generations Review,25, (2), 4-8
Ginnivan, N.A. Sargent-Cox, K, Levy, B.R & Anstey, K. (2011). Self-perceptions of Ageing from a Cross-cultural Perspective. Paper presented at the Emerging Researchers in Ageing conference, Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, UNSW, Sydney (pp156-160)
Book Chapters
Kenning G; Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Ginnivan N; Neidorf M, 2021, 'An immersive art-based approach to engaging with the embodied, sensory and affective experience of living with dementia', in Dementia Lab 2021: Supporting ability through design, Springer, Switzerland
Non-Traditional Publications
Ginnivan, N & Anstey, K.J, Giving out flowers on TikTok: is this a 'random act of kindness' or just benevolent ageism? The Conversation, 19 July, 2022
Ginnivan, N. (2021) Ageing prisoners - why we need alternative systems and pathways, World Prison Brief,
Ginnivan, N. (2021) Appreciating the science but understanding the reality of dementia: the lived experience, UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
Bennett, J & Ginnivan, N, Script for Creative Work – The Visit (photo-realistic avatar character embodying dementia)
Bennett J, Kuchelmeister V, Dean R, Ginnivan N, Neidorf M, Kenning G, Papadopoulos C, Pledger D, Mitchell H, Kew E VR. AGNSW, UNSW Galleries, DAX centre, Melbourne, Western Sydney University, IEEE VR conference Atlanta.. 27 Sep 2019 - 09 Nov 2019
https://www.thebiganxiety.org/events/feel/
Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Ginnivan N; Kenning G; Neidorf M; Dean R; Papadopoulos C, 2019, The Visit, The Big Anxiety - festival of people + arts + science, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, NSW, 27 September 2019 - 09 November 2019, medium: Immersive Visualisation, Virtual Reality, at: https://www.thebiganxiety.org/events/feel/
Bennett J, Ginnivan N, Kuchelmeister V, McKinnon A, Neidorf M, Kenning G, Papadopoulos C, Dean R A Course of Empathy, Website. Online and UNSW Galleries. 27 Sep 2019 - 2020
Conference Abstracts, Papers & Presentations
Kenning G; Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Ginnivan N; Neidorf M (2021), 'An immersive art-based approach to engaging with the embodied, sensory and affective experience of living with dementia', in Dementia Lab 2021, Vancouver/online, presented at Dementia Lab 2021: Supporting ability, Vancouver/online, 18 January 2021 - 28 January 2021
Kenning G; Ginnivan N, (2021) 'A virtual visual matrix focussing on the visit', in Dementia Lab, Vancouver online, presented at Dementia Lab 2021, Vancouver online, 18 January 2021 - 28 January 2021
Kuchelmeister V; Bennett J; Kenning G; Ginnivan N; Neidorf M (2020), 'EmbodiMap VR. Extending body-mapping into the third dimension.', in IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Virtual, presented at IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Virtual, 09 November 2020 - 13 November 2020, http://ismar20.org/demonstrations/
Kuchelmeister V; Bennett J; Kenning G; Ginnivan N; Neidorf M; Papadopouos C (2020), 'The Visit VR. Understanding the experience of living with dementia', in IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Virtual;, presented at IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Virtual;, 09 November 2020 - 13 November 2020
Ginnivan, N. A; Hagos, A.K; Butler, T.G; Du Toit, S.H.J, and Withall, A. L (2020), ACCJH – The 13th Academic & Health Policy Conference on Criminal Justice Health, BRIDgES: A Qualitative Study of The Facilitators & Barriers to Dementia Screening and Care of Older Incarcerated Persons, April 2020
Kuchelmeister V; Bennett J; Ginnivan N; Kenning G; Papadopoulos C; Dean R; Neidorf M (2020), 'The Visit (Abstract IEEE VR 2020)', in IEEE VR 2020, Atlanta, presented at 27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Atlanta, 22 March 2020 - 26 March 2020, http://ieeevr.org/2020/
Ginnivan N; Hagos A; Butler T; Du Toit SSJ; Withall A, (ed.), (2019), 'BRIDgES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE FACILITATORS & BARRIERS TO DEMENTIA SCREENING AND CARE OF OLDER PRISONERS', Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, University of New South Wales, pp. 1 - 14, presented at Emerging Researchers in Ageing, University of New South Wales, 04 November 2019 - 05 November 2019, http://www.era.edu.au/ERA+2019
Ginnivan, N (2018) Australia’s Ageing Prisoner Population, Institute of Criminal Policy Research & Wellcome Trust Conference (ICPR, Birkbeck, University of London) by invitation, November 2018
Ginnivan, N (2018) The rising health, social and economic costs of Australia’s ageing prison population, World Psychiatric Association Congress (WPA), Melbourne, Australia, February 2018
Ginnivan, N. (2017) Australia’s Ageing Prisoner Population, Demography, Health and Ageing , Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Conference, Oxford University, UK, September, 2017
Ginnivan, N. (2017) Intergenerational cohesion and elder inclusion: a cross-cultural perspective on attitudes to ageing, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Conference, San Francisco, July, 2017
Ginnivan, N. (2015) Self-perceptions of Ageing: Do collectivist cultures provide a buffering effect for the impact of negative attitudes about age? Emerging Researchers in Ageing Conference,
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Melbourne, December 2015
Ginnivan, N (2015) Media Portrayal of Older People, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Morning Seminars, September 2015
Ginnivan, N (2015) Transitioning through Life Stages: Similarities and Differences between Young and Old in two differing cultures, presented at IAGG Conference, Dublin, April 22-26, 2015
Ginnivan, N. (2013) Transitioning through Life Stages: Similarities and Differences between Young and Old in two differing cultures, presented at IAGG Conference, Seoul Korea, June 2013
Ginnivan N., Sargent-Cox, K., Hashim, S., Zeng, W, Lim, L. (2012) Cultural Considerations for Informal Carers of those with Dementia: A Systematic Review, Dementia Collaborative Research Centres (DCRC Forum), Canberra, September 2012
Ginnivan N; Self-perceptions of Ageing from a Cross-cultural Perspective (2011), Presented at Emerging Researchers in Ageing Conference (CEPAR, UNSW, Sydney), November 2011