Email experts directly or contact the media team for assistance.

Politics, Media and Economics

• Professor Andrea Carson, Politics and Media
  Gender equality, women’s political participation, independents (i.e. Teals), social media and digital campaigning
  Email: a.carson@latrobe.edu.au
• Dr Nasya Bahfen, Senior Lecturer in Journalism
  Cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) community participation in politics, and digital literacy, CALD response to public health measures
  Email: n.bahfen@latrobe.edu.au
• Dr Kevin Brianton, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
  Political messaging, campaign tactics and media strategy.  
  Email: k.brianton@latrobe.edu.au
• Ian Tulloch, Adjunct Research Fellow
  Australian federal and state politics; regional politics; electoral politics; environmental and water politics; industrial relations/unions and politics. 
  Email: i.tulloch@latrobe.edu.au
• Dr Buly Cardak, Associate Professor Economics
  Cost of living pressures, school/higher education policy and risk with economics background.
  Email: B.Cardak@latrobe.edu.au

Social Security, Disability, Aged Care, Rural Health and Mental Health

• Professor Jane Mills, Dean, La Trobe Rural Health SchoolNursing workforce, rural workforce, rural health issues (such as service provision to reduce inequity)
  Email: jane.mills@latrobe.edu.au
• Professor Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) Aged care, research into practice, residential aged care performance
  Email: D.Fetherstonhaugh@latrobe.edu.au
• Dr Rachel Winterton, The John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research Rural ageing, rural aged care
  Email: R.Winterton@latrobe.edu.au
• Professor Christine Bigby, Director Living with Disability Research Centre
  Disability policy, social inclusion, abuse of people with disabilities. 
  Email: c.bigby@latrobe.edu.au
• Dr Chris Maylea, Associate Professor La Trobe Law School
  Mental health reform, in particular mental health law reform
  Email: C.Maylea@latrobe.edu.au 

Education Policy

• Professor Joanna Barbousas, Dean of EducationEducation policy, teacher education, teacher progression, innovative learning options.
  Email: j.barbousas@latrobe.edu.au

Climate Change and Environmental Policy

• Dr Kathleen Birrell, Lecturer La Trobe Law School
  Climate change law, politics around climate change, environmental policy. 
  Email: k.birrell@latrobe.edu.au

LGBTIQ people and the law

• Dr Matthew Mitchell, crime, justice and legal studies, Dept of Social InquiryLGBTIQ people and the law, criminal justice, transgender and gender diverse people in law and policy.
  Email: matthew.mitchell@latrobe.edu.au

Media: Courtney Carthy – c.carthy-oneill@latrobe.edu.au, +61 433 208 187