Dr Lisa Ewenson

Lisa Ewenson has worked in legal and social work roles for over twenty years. Her professional work has centred upon the protection and promotion of human rights in both youth justice detention and immigration detention settings, with a particular focus on the rights of children and young people. Lisa's doctoral research involved narrative inquiry with young people recently released from youth justice detention in NSW. Lisa's current research is on processes of disaster recovery for marginalised groups across Australia, with a current focus on the right to adequate housing.