Dr Lisa Ewenson is a researcher within the HowWeSurvive initiative and has a professional background in both law and social work. Prior to academia her work centred upon the protection and promotion of human rights, including within youth justice and immigration detention settings. Lisa's doctoral research involved narrative inquiry with children and young people recently released from youth justice detention in NSW. Lisa's current research is concerned with disaster recovery for marginalised groups across Australia, including a focus on the right to adequate housing for older women impacted by disasters, as well as the role of social work in disaster recovery processes.

Lisa is Chief Investigator of the Social Workers and Disaster Management across Australia project (UNSW HREC#7331). In collaboration with the Yuwaya Ngarra-li team (UNSW), and as led by the Dharriwaa Elders Group and the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service, Lisa is Chief Investigator (with 10 other Investigators) of the Walgett Disasters Response and Recovery Project (NSW AHMRC HREC#2311/24).