Biography
Tori's doctoral research examined the stories of unaccompanied children who sought asylum in Australia before and during the government's No Advantage policy. Tori's research identified themes of resilience and agency amid severe immigration regimes, examining the settlement experience as a site of both agency and oppression. Tori considers herself a researcher and youth work practitioner, working at the Centre for Multicultural Youth for many years in various roles spanning program development and policy advocacy.
Read more on Tori's profileKnowledge areas
Refugee settlement and asylum seeker policy in Australia
Participatory research methodologies and co-design with young people
Narrative sociology, including for data collection and analysis
Sociology of youth
Professional activities
Policy Advisor, Centre for Multicultural Youth, Melbourne
Published co-authored policy papers:
Invisible leaders: Multicultural young people as bridges and brokers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. CMY, 2023.
"Better the devil you know than the system you don't understand": Creating better outcomes for newly arrived young people experiencing family violence. CMY, 2022.
Ages and stages: Differentiation in out-of-school hours learning support. CMY, 2022.
Settlement interrupted: The lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on newly arrived young people in Victoria. CMY, 2021.
Research groups
Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University