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Professor Jioji Ravulo

B. Social Work, M. Education, Doc. Cultural Research

Professor of Social Work and Policy Studies
Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies
Adjunct Professor, The University of the South Pacific

Email

jioji.ravulo@sydney.edu.au

Address

A35 - Education Building

The University of Sydney

Websites

Professor Jioji Ravulo is Professor and Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney. His research, writing and areas of interest include health and wellbeing, youth, diversity and inclusion, decoloniality and critical Whiteness. He has been involved and invited to author over 100 publications, including peer reviewed journal articles, scholarly book chapters, research reports, and opinion pieces. He is passionate about creating and implementing social work and educational research approaches that are engaging and engaged. Nuanced with a genuine commitment to the dynamic inclusion of cultural diversity and its differences, Jioji is super keen to create collaborative spaces for students, community groups and services. He is involved in various community based research and co-design initiatives, including projects that support health literacies across equity groups, enhancing service delivery models for young people and their families, promoting the involvement of diversity in educational settings and supporting the meaningful inclusion of indigenous perspectives and practices. Jioji is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law and Social Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, supporting social work education, policy development and research across the region.

Research interests

Jioji has taught, researched, published and supervised across the following topic areas:

Mental Health
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Diversity & Inclusion
Widening Participation
Media and its visual practices
Homelessness
Youth work
Educational Leadership
Decolonising social work
Youth Justice
Policy Development
Critical Whiteness
Individuals and Families
Case management
Counselling approaches
Clinical social work
Pacific communities
Pacific diaspora
Critical pedagogies
Indigenous Social Work
International Social Work
Field Education

Current projects

Jioji is currently involved in the following projects:

Kava Research Project with the Australian Department of Health in partnership with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (UNSW)
Pasifika Program Review with Youth Justice NSW, Department of Justice and Communities NSW
Exploring the lived experience of sexual and gender diverse communities across the Pacific in partnership with the Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network (PSGDN).

Previous research projects across the community:

RSPCA NSW Community Programs - Social Return on Investment; Investigator (2020 - 2021).
Mental Health Talanoa (MHT): Understanding the prevalence of mental illnesses, its impact, and help seeking behaviour amongst Pacific communities in Australia; Chief Investigator (2019 - 2020).
Assessing the needs of local young people to help guide alcohol and drug prevention and harm reduction strategies; Investigator (2018 - 2019).
Drug and Alcohol (D&A) health perspectives of Middle Eastern and Burmese young people in the Illawarra; Chief Investigator (2018 - 2019).
NUW Alliance Community Hub (NUWACH); Chief Investigator (2018 - 2019).
Individual-based measure of socio-economic disadvantage; Investigator (2017 - 2018).
Social Return on Investment - Widening Participation Evaluation; Chief Investigator (2017 - 2018).
Co-funded PhD: Developing Good Practice in Community Development with Children, Youth and Families; Principal Supervisor & Grant reciepient (2017).
Pacific Islands Field Education (PIFE); Chief Investigator & Project Manager (2012 - 2017).
Pasifika Achievement To Higher Education; Chief Investigator & Project Manager (2012 - 2016).
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young Offenders: accessing cultural collections to promote cultural identity; Investigator (2015).
PATHE@RUPA; Chief Investigator & Project Manager (2014 - 2015).
NRL Graduates of League; Academic Head (2013 - 2015).

Associations

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Australian Council for Educational Leaders (September 2022 – present)
Australian Association of Social Workers (July 2002 – present)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Australian Heads of School of Social Work, Member, (2021 – current)
Education Centre Against Violence and USYD Working Group, Chair (2021 – current)
The Settlement, USYD & The Women’s College Working Group, Chair (2021 – current)
Excelsia College Social Work Advisory Group, Member, (2021 – current)
Australian Commonwealth Study Conference Board, Member (2021 – current)
Number Eight Prison Project (N8PP) Advisory Group, Chair (2021 – current)
Pacific Academic Network, Convenor (2020 – current)
Supporters of Australian Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific, member, (2019 – current)
Youth Solutions Alcohol and Other Drugs Research Committee, Member (2018 – current)
IASSW Social Work Regional Resource Centre of Oceania (SWRROC), Co convenor, (2017 – current)
National Rugby League (NRL) Mental Health Advisory Group, Member (2014 – current)
Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC) Research Committee, Member, (2019 – 2021)

Awards and honours

Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) NSW Leadership Award (2022)

Themes

Educational systems: administration, management and leadership, Social structures, inequalities and social justice, Social work and social policy

PhD and master's project opportunities

Social Work and Policy Studies

Current research students

Project title	Research student
Western Influences on the Shaping of Attitudes Towards Mental Health Issues in Australian born Arab Muslims in Australia	Iyouch ABDALLAH
Decolonising Art Therapy Education: An Intersectional Pedagogy Approach	Kirthana SELVARAJ

Selected publications

Handbook of critical Whiteness: Deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines

(Springer, 2023)

Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research

(Routledge, 2019)

Publications

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Edited Books

Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A., Liamputtong, P. (2023). Handbook of critical Whiteness: Deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines. Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Mafile'o, T., Yeates, D. (2019). Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research. New York: Routledge. [More Information]

Book Chapters

Ravulo, J. (2024). Deconstructing, decolonising and disrupting youth justice approaches with Pacific young people. In Garner Clancey and Rohan Lulham (Eds.), Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children's Courts in NSW, (pp. 245-261). Australia: LexisNexis.
Ravulo, J. (2023). A Positive Youth Development approach to addressing sexual and gender diversity with Pasifika young people in Australia. In A. Kelly-Hanku, P. Aggleton & A. Malcolm (Eds.), Sex and gender in the Pacific: Contemporary perspectives on sexuality, gender and health. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Bennett, B., Baines, D., Gates, T., Ortega, D., Ravulo, J., Ross, D. (2023). Acting with intentional dissent as minorities: opportunities and challenges in the higher education. In Majumdar, K., Baikady, R., D'Souza, A. (Eds.), Indigenization discourse in social work: international perspectives. Online: Springer Link. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A., Liamputtong, P. (2023). Introduction to the handbook. In J. Ravulo, K. Olcon, T. Dune, A. Workman & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Handbook of critical Whiteness: Deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines, (pp. 1-5). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2023). Understanding young people. In Susan Heward-Belle (Eds.), Working with families experiencing vulnerability: a partnership approach, (pp. 227-245). Ebook: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Exploring the role of sexuality and identity across the Pacific: Navigating traditional and contemporary meanings and practices. In Hilary N. Weaver (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of Indigenous resilience, (pp. 108-120). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2020). Supporting the development of Pacific social work across Oceania - critical reflections and lessons learnt towards disrupting whiteness in the region. In S. M. Tascon & Jim Ife (Eds.), Disrupting whiteness in social work, (pp. 108-124). UK: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Ioane, J. (2019). Applying culturally appropriate approaches when working with Pacific adult offenders. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 90-101). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Scanlan, J., Koster, V. (2019). Delivering youth justice for Pacific young people and their families. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 79-89). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Faleolo, M., Ravulo, J. (2019). Getting on the K.A.D. The impacts of kava, alcohol and other drug consumption across Pacific communities. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 139-149). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Mafile'o, T., Yeates, D. (2019). Introduction to Pacific social work: Places, peoples, perspectives and practices. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 3-10). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Social policy and social change: Popular culture, new media, and social Work. In S. M. Tascon (Eds.), Visual communication for social work practice: Power, culture, analysis, (pp. 117-129). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Faleafa, M., Koro, T. (2019). Understanding mental health and wellbeing from a Pacific perspective. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 47-57). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Walsh-Tapiata, W. (2019). Where to from here? Integration of indigenous knowledges and practice in contemporary settings. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 223-231). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Working with cultural differences: Teaching first year undergraduate students to unpack unjust power. In D. Baines, B. Bennett, S. Goodwin, M. Rawsthorne (Eds.), Working Across Difference: Social Work, Social Policy and Social Justice, (pp. 85-99). London: Red Globe Press.
Ravulo, J. (2017). Cultural diversity in action: Developing and engaging effective responses within rugby union in Australia. In J. Nauright & T. Collins (Eds.), The rugby world in the professional era, (pp. 52-61). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]

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Journals

Wynter, H., Kallio, A., Lee, M., Martin, T., Ravulo, J. (2025). The dangerisation of drill music in Western Sydney: cultural signifiers, pre-crime policing and the decline of the presumption of innocence. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, , 1-17. [More Information]
Grace, R., Mitchell, M., Conley Wright, A., Karatasas, K., Hadley, F., Ravulo, J., Blythe, S., Ezekwem-Obi, A., Waniganayake, M. (2025). The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out-of-Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children? Australian Journal of Social Issues. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2024). Creating a mental health talanoa to promote a collaborative approach to wellbeing across Pacific peoples. Australasian Psychiatry. [More Information]
Luu, B., Fox, L., Mc Veigh, M., Ravulo, J. (2024). Effectively supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) young people with their mental health and wellbeing - does this matter or exist in Australia? Social Work in Mental Health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work, 22(2). [More Information]
Deans, E., Ravulo, J., Conroy, E., Kelly, P., Grados Bonner, E., Lal, J., Morrison, J., Whitton, G. (2024). Engaging and retaining clients in AOD treatment: young people’s perspectives. Journal of Youth Studies. [More Information]
Conley Wright, A., Grace, R., Karatasas, K., Ezekwem-Obi, A., Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., Blythe, S., Noujaim, G., Ravulo, J., Mitchell, M., et al (2024). Innovative Cultural Care for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children in Out-of-Home Care. Australian Social Work. [More Information]
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2024). Refuge for Rover: A Social Return on Investment of a Program Assisting Victim–Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence with Their Pets. Social Work, 69(1), 73-85. [More Information]
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). Emergency animal boarding: A social return on investment. Animals, 13(14), 2264: 1-23. [More Information]
Oosthuizen, K., Haase, B., Ravulo, J., Lomax, S., Ma, G. (2023). The role of human-animal bonds for people experiencing crisis situations. Animals, 13(5), 1-17. [More Information]
Ioannou, E., Ravulo, J., Ray, N. (2023). The underdeveloped role of social work in schools: a localised perspective within a Peri-Urban setting. Social Work Education, Online.
Ioannou, E., Ravulo, J., Ray, N. (2023). The underdeveloped role of social work in schools: a localised perspective within a Peri-Urban setting. Social Work Education. [More Information]
Lee, M., Martin, T., Ravulo, J., Simandjuntak, R. (2022). [Dr]illing in the name of: the criminalisation of Sydney drill group ONEFOUR. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 34(4), 339-359. [More Information]
Deans, E., Ravulo, J., Conroy, E., Abdo, J. (2022). A qualitative study exploring young offenders perspectives on alcohol and other drug health promotion. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 568. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). AEL interview. The Australian Educational Leader, 44(2), 22-24.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Listening to Pasifika voices.  Synkretic, 3(Dec 2022), 52-58. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Reflections from practice: Supporting elite athletes deal with problematic off-field behavior and consequences across the National Rugby League. Social Work in Mental Health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work, 20(1), 60-77. [More Information]
Bennett, B., Ravulo, J., Ife, J., Gates, T. (2021). Making #blacklivesmatter in universities: A viewpoint on social policy education. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 41, 1257-1263. [More Information]
Deans, E., Ravulo, J., Blignault, I., Conroy, E. (2021). Understanding the needs of local youth to inform drug and alcohol prevention and harm reduction services: A qualitative study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(3), 416-424. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2020). Co-opting a shared approach with Pacific communities via an internship initiative and a sporting organization. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 21(1), 89-102. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J., Purchase, G. (2020). Promoting widening participation and its social value amongst Pacific people in Australia. Pacific Dynamics, 4(1), 41-60.
Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J., Purchase, G. (2020). Social value and its impact through widening participation: A review of four programs working with primary, secondary & higher education students. Cogent Social Sciences, 6(1), 1722307. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Raising retention rates towards achieving vocational and career aspirations in Pacific communities. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 38(2), 214-231. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Social work as a recognised profession in the Pacific region. International Social Work, 62(2), 712-725. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). The role of holistic approaches in reducing the rate of recidivism for young offenders. The Judicial Review: selected papers, 14(2), 125-145. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J., Purchase, G. (2019). Utilising the social return on investment (SROI) framework to gauge social value in the fast forward program. Education Sciences, 9(4), 290. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2018). Australian students going to the Pacific Islands: International social work placements and learning across Oceania. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 30(4), 56-69. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2018). Connecting and collaborating across Oceania and its diaspora: A shared approach to meaningful development and engagement. Pacific Dynamics, 2(1), 30-34. [More Information]
Webb-Gannon, C., Ravulo, J. (2018). How do people belong in the Pacific? Introduction to this issue. Pacific Dynamics, 2(1), 1-3.
Ravulo, J. (2018). Risk and protective factors for Pacific communities around accessing and aspiring towards further education and training in Australia. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 20(1), 8-38. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016). An integrated case management model to assist Pacific youth offenders and their families in Australia. Care Management Journals, 17(4), 170-179. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016). Pacific epistemologies in professional social work practice, policy and research. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 26(4), 191-202. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016). Pacific youth offending within an Australian context. Youth Justice, 16(1), 34-48. [More Information]
Crawford, B., Yamazaki, R., Franke, E., Amanatidis, S., Ravulo, J., Torvaldsen, S. (2015). Is something better than nothing? Food insecurity and eating patterns of young people experiencing homelessness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39(4), 350-354. [More Information]
Crawford, B., Yamazaki, R., Franke, E., Amanatidis, S., Ravulo, J., Steinbeck, K., Ritchie, J., Torvaldsen, S. (2014). Sustaining dignity? Food insecurity in homeless young people in urban Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 25(2), 71-78. [More Information]
Crawford, B., Rissel, C., Yamazaki, R., Franke, E., Amanatidis, S., Ravulo, J., Bindon, J., Torvaldsen, S. (2012). 'It's good to have wheels!' Perceptions of cycling among homeless young people in Sydney, Australia. Youth Studies Australia, 31(4), 55-63. [More Information]

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Exhibitions / Events

Ravulo, J. (2022). Living beyond the binary: decolonising Queer communities. Sydney, Sydney, Australia: https://tedxsydney.com/talk/living-beyond-the-binary-decolonising-queer-communities-jioji-ravulo/.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

Ravulo, J. (2024). Pay day with Jioji Ravluo: 'My first pay went towards helping with the rent and school supplies'. ABC News.
Ravulo, J. (2023). Another day, another win for whiteness (OpEd). The Canberra Times.
Lee, M., Ravulo, J., Martin, T. (2023). No, music doesn't cause crime - not even 'drill rap'. The Conversation. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2023). Why the Voice vote matters in the Pacific. 360. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). 'Where are you from?': Why a seemingly innocuous question can be so offensive. ABC Religion and Ethics, Online.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Being queer and Pasifika: Reclaiming our sexualities by recovering the sacred space between us. ABC Religion and Ethics. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Don't blame Pacific Island cultures for queer fear. Blame colonisation. Sydney Morning Herald.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Our monarch has changed, and so should our Commonwealth. The Australian.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Police are an extension of society - that's why our approach to policing shouldn't feed social divisions. ABC Religion & Ethics. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Renewing the Commonwealth by including First Nations voices. ABC Religion & Ethics. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). We invite Penny Wong to come and talanoa with Pacific people here in Australia. Canberra Times.
Ravulo, J. (2021). Confused by conservatives and their take on 'cancel culture'? I am too. The Sydney Morning Herald.
Ravulo, J. (2021). Embracing my Pasifika heritage and my sense of self. SBS Voices. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2021). I live in Canterbury-Bankstown and I'm worried about my Pasifika community. Sydney Morning Herald.
Ravulo, J. (2021). Our social systems are creating an underclass - that's why I went into social work. ABC Religion and ethics: opinion.
Shepherd, S., Ravulo, J. (2021). Would we be better off without the acronym CALD? ABC Ethics and religion: opinion.
Ravulo, J. (2019). Homelessness services must strive to understand and support nuanced identities. Archer Magazine. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016). Creating culturally relevant approaches to social work across Oceania. Social Dialogue, 15.
Ravulo, J. (2016). Pacific Islands field education - promoting Pacific social work education & practice across Oceania. Social Dialogue, 15.

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Report

Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). RSPCA NSW Aged Care: Social return on investment report.
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). RSPCA NSW Domestic violence: Social return on investment Report.
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). RSPCA NSW Homelessness and Emergency Boarding: Social Return on Investment Report.
Mugumbate, J., Keevers, L., Ravulo, J. (2020). A systematic review of programs and models used to mentor young people of African origin in Australia and other parts of the world. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2018). Pacific Islands Field Education (PIFE) 2017 Report. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2017). Pacific Islands Field Education (PIFE) 2016 Report. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). Pacific communities in Australia. [More Information]

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Other

Ravulo, J. (2022), Podcast - The art of teaching: How to be your authentic self, lived experience and why you're not different until someone treats you that way.
Ravulo, J. (2022), Podcast - The original inspiration, Jioji Ravulo, Professor and Chair of Social Work.
Ravulo, J. (2022), Recording - Fijian Australians oral history project - Jioji Ravulo interviewed by Virginia MacLeod, April 2022, National Library of Australia.
Ravulo, J. (2021), AASW Social work people - Podcast - Not 'international' but 'global'.
Ravulo, J. (2021), Podcast - 2 Brownish girls: S3 E11 - Australia's first Pasifika Professor Jioji Ravulo.
Ravulo, J. (2018), Podcast - Social work discoveries - E12 Social work in the Pacific, cultural humility and decolonising social work research and practice with Associate Professor Dr Jioji Ravulo, 5 November 2018.
Ravulo, J. (2016), Reach - Music Video, Western Sydney University, April.
Ravulo, J. (2015), A community-wide approach: Providing practical help that is helpful. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015), PATHE Vocational Videos (Western Sydney University September 2015 Sydney). [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Western Sydney University. (2015), PATHE vocational videos study guide. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2013), Podcast - Podsocs E50: Working with young people who offend, in conversation with Jioji Ravulo.

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Research Reports

Ravulo, J., Winterstein, U., Said, S. (2021). Mental Health Talanoa (MHT) research and resource : Collaborative community engagement enhancing mental health and wellbeing across Pacific communities, (pp. 1 - 100). Sydney, Australia: University of Wollongong. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Woods, D., Barrie, L., Abdo, J. (2020). The perceptions and usage of alcohol and other drugs in Middle Eastern and Burmese refugee communities across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region, (pp. 1 - 16). Sydney, Australia: University of Wollongong. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reconnection Project Evaluation report, (pp. 1 - 10). Sydney, Australia, Australia: Australian Museum. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). Delivering the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course within the National Rugby League (NRL): Evaluation report, (pp. 1 - 11). Australia: Western Sydney University. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). NRL Graduates of League @ Western Sydney University: Evaluation report, (pp. 1 - 15). Australia: Western Sydney University. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2014). Developing diversity awareness and practices in the National Rugby League (NRL): Progressive player participation and club collaborations, Australia: Western Sydney University. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2010). 'More than a warm bed & a hot meal' - Holistic approaches to youth homelessness through short term accommodation, Australia: Mission Australia. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Burns, P. (2009). Developing and implementing a case management model for young people with complex needs, Australia: Mission Australia. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2009). Young people and the criminal justice system: New insights and promising responses, Australia: Mission Australia. [More Information]

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2025

Wynter, H., Kallio, A., Lee, M., Martin, T., Ravulo, J. (2025). The dangerisation of drill music in Western Sydney: cultural signifiers, pre-crime policing and the decline of the presumption of innocence. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, , 1-17. [More Information]
Grace, R., Mitchell, M., Conley Wright, A., Karatasas, K., Hadley, F., Ravulo, J., Blythe, S., Ezekwem-Obi, A., Waniganayake, M. (2025). The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out-of-Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children? Australian Journal of Social Issues. [More Information]

2024

Ravulo, J. (2024). Creating a mental health talanoa to promote a collaborative approach to wellbeing across Pacific peoples. Australasian Psychiatry. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2024). Deconstructing, decolonising and disrupting youth justice approaches with Pacific young people. In Garner Clancey and Rohan Lulham (Eds.), Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children's Courts in NSW, (pp. 245-261). Australia: LexisNexis.
Luu, B., Fox, L., Mc Veigh, M., Ravulo, J. (2024). Effectively supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) young people with their mental health and wellbeing - does this matter or exist in Australia? Social Work in Mental Health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work, 22(2). [More Information]
Deans, E., Ravulo, J., Conroy, E., Kelly, P., Grados Bonner, E., Lal, J., Morrison, J., Whitton, G. (2024). Engaging and retaining clients in AOD treatment: young people’s perspectives. Journal of Youth Studies. [More Information]
Conley Wright, A., Grace, R., Karatasas, K., Ezekwem-Obi, A., Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., Blythe, S., Noujaim, G., Ravulo, J., Mitchell, M., et al (2024). Innovative Cultural Care for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children in Out-of-Home Care. Australian Social Work. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2024). Pay day with Jioji Ravluo: 'My first pay went towards helping with the rent and school supplies'. ABC News.
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2024). Refuge for Rover: A Social Return on Investment of a Program Assisting Victim–Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence with Their Pets. Social Work, 69(1), 73-85. [More Information]

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2023

Ravulo, J. (2023). A Positive Youth Development approach to addressing sexual and gender diversity with Pasifika young people in Australia. In A. Kelly-Hanku, P. Aggleton & A. Malcolm (Eds.), Sex and gender in the Pacific: Contemporary perspectives on sexuality, gender and health. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Bennett, B., Baines, D., Gates, T., Ortega, D., Ravulo, J., Ross, D. (2023). Acting with intentional dissent as minorities: opportunities and challenges in the higher education. In Majumdar, K., Baikady, R., D'Souza, A. (Eds.), Indigenization discourse in social work: international perspectives. Online: Springer Link. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2023). Another day, another win for whiteness (OpEd). The Canberra Times.
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). Emergency animal boarding: A social return on investment. Animals, 13(14), 2264: 1-23. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A., Liamputtong, P. (2023). Handbook of critical Whiteness: Deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines. Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A., Liamputtong, P. (2023). Introduction to the handbook. In J. Ravulo, K. Olcon, T. Dune, A. Workman & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Handbook of critical Whiteness: Deconstructing dominant discourses across disciplines, (pp. 1-5). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
Lee, M., Ravulo, J., Martin, T. (2023). No, music doesn't cause crime - not even 'drill rap'. The Conversation. [More Information]
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). RSPCA NSW Aged Care: Social return on investment report.
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). RSPCA NSW Domestic violence: Social return on investment Report.
Ma, G., Ravulo, J., McGeown, U. (2023). RSPCA NSW Homelessness and Emergency Boarding: Social Return on Investment Report.
Oosthuizen, K., Haase, B., Ravulo, J., Lomax, S., Ma, G. (2023). The role of human-animal bonds for people experiencing crisis situations. Animals, 13(5), 1-17. [More Information]
Ioannou, E., Ravulo, J., Ray, N. (2023). The underdeveloped role of social work in schools: a localised perspective within a Peri-Urban setting. Social Work Education, Online.
Ioannou, E., Ravulo, J., Ray, N. (2023). The underdeveloped role of social work in schools: a localised perspective within a Peri-Urban setting. Social Work Education. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2023). Understanding young people. In Susan Heward-Belle (Eds.), Working with families experiencing vulnerability: a partnership approach, (pp. 227-245). Ebook: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2023). Why the Voice vote matters in the Pacific. 360. [More Information]

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2022

Ravulo, J. (2022). 'Where are you from?': Why a seemingly innocuous question can be so offensive. ABC Religion and Ethics, Online.
Lee, M., Martin, T., Ravulo, J., Simandjuntak, R. (2022). [Dr]illing in the name of: the criminalisation of Sydney drill group ONEFOUR. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 34(4), 339-359. [More Information]
Deans, E., Ravulo, J., Conroy, E., Abdo, J. (2022). A qualitative study exploring young offenders perspectives on alcohol and other drug health promotion. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 568. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). AEL interview. The Australian Educational Leader, 44(2), 22-24.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Being queer and Pasifika: Reclaiming our sexualities by recovering the sacred space between us. ABC Religion and Ethics. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Don't blame Pacific Island cultures for queer fear. Blame colonisation. Sydney Morning Herald.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Exploring the role of sexuality and identity across the Pacific: Navigating traditional and contemporary meanings and practices. In Hilary N. Weaver (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of Indigenous resilience, (pp. 108-120). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Listening to Pasifika voices.  Synkretic, 3(Dec 2022), 52-58. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Living beyond the binary: decolonising Queer communities. Sydney, Sydney, Australia: https://tedxsydney.com/talk/living-beyond-the-binary-decolonising-queer-communities-jioji-ravulo/.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Our monarch has changed, and so should our Commonwealth. The Australian.
Ravulo, J. (2022), Podcast - The art of teaching: How to be your authentic self, lived experience and why you're not different until someone treats you that way.
Ravulo, J. (2022), Podcast - The original inspiration, Jioji Ravulo, Professor and Chair of Social Work.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Police are an extension of society - that's why our approach to policing shouldn't feed social divisions. ABC Religion & Ethics. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022), Recording - Fijian Australians oral history project - Jioji Ravulo interviewed by Virginia MacLeod, April 2022, National Library of Australia.
Ravulo, J. (2022). Reflections from practice: Supporting elite athletes deal with problematic off-field behavior and consequences across the National Rugby League. Social Work in Mental Health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work, 20(1), 60-77. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). Renewing the Commonwealth by including First Nations voices. ABC Religion & Ethics. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2022). We invite Penny Wong to come and talanoa with Pacific people here in Australia. Canberra Times.

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2021

Ravulo, J. (2021), AASW Social work people - Podcast - Not 'international' but 'global'.
Ravulo, J. (2021). Confused by conservatives and their take on 'cancel culture'? I am too. The Sydney Morning Herald.
Ravulo, J. (2021). Embracing my Pasifika heritage and my sense of self. SBS Voices. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2021). I live in Canterbury-Bankstown and I'm worried about my Pasifika community. Sydney Morning Herald.
Bennett, B., Ravulo, J., Ife, J., Gates, T. (2021). Making #blacklivesmatter in universities: A viewpoint on social policy education. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 41, 1257-1263. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Winterstein, U., Said, S. (2021). Mental Health Talanoa (MHT) research and resource : Collaborative community engagement enhancing mental health and wellbeing across Pacific communities, (pp. 1 - 100). Sydney, Australia: University of Wollongong. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2021). Our social systems are creating an underclass - that's why I went into social work. ABC Religion and ethics: opinion.
Ravulo, J. (2021), Podcast - 2 Brownish girls: S3 E11 - Australia's first Pasifika Professor Jioji Ravulo.
Deans, E., Ravulo, J., Blignault, I., Conroy, E. (2021). Understanding the needs of local youth to inform drug and alcohol prevention and harm reduction services: A qualitative study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(3), 416-424. [More Information]
Shepherd, S., Ravulo, J. (2021). Would we be better off without the acronym CALD? ABC Ethics and religion: opinion.

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2020

Mugumbate, J., Keevers, L., Ravulo, J. (2020). A systematic review of programs and models used to mentor young people of African origin in Australia and other parts of the world. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2020). Co-opting a shared approach with Pacific communities via an internship initiative and a sporting organization. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 21(1), 89-102. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J., Purchase, G. (2020). Promoting widening participation and its social value amongst Pacific people in Australia. Pacific Dynamics, 4(1), 41-60.
Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J., Purchase, G. (2020). Social value and its impact through widening participation: A review of four programs working with primary, secondary & higher education students. Cogent Social Sciences, 6(1), 1722307. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2020). Supporting the development of Pacific social work across Oceania - critical reflections and lessons learnt towards disrupting whiteness in the region. In S. M. Tascon & Jim Ife (Eds.), Disrupting whiteness in social work, (pp. 108-124). UK: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Woods, D., Barrie, L., Abdo, J. (2020). The perceptions and usage of alcohol and other drugs in Middle Eastern and Burmese refugee communities across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region, (pp. 1 - 16). Sydney, Australia: University of Wollongong. [More Information]

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2019

Ravulo, J., Ioane, J. (2019). Applying culturally appropriate approaches when working with Pacific adult offenders. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 90-101). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Scanlan, J., Koster, V. (2019). Delivering youth justice for Pacific young people and their families. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 79-89). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Faleolo, M., Ravulo, J. (2019). Getting on the K.A.D. The impacts of kava, alcohol and other drug consumption across Pacific communities. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 139-149). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Homelessness services must strive to understand and support nuanced identities. Archer Magazine. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Mafile'o, T., Yeates, D. (2019). Introduction to Pacific social work: Places, peoples, perspectives and practices. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 3-10). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Mafile'o, T., Yeates, D. (2019). Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research. New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Raising retention rates towards achieving vocational and career aspirations in Pacific communities. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 38(2), 214-231. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Social policy and social change: Popular culture, new media, and social Work. In S. M. Tascon (Eds.), Visual communication for social work practice: Power, culture, analysis, (pp. 117-129). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Social work as a recognised profession in the Pacific region. International Social Work, 62(2), 712-725. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). The role of holistic approaches in reducing the rate of recidivism for young offenders. The Judicial Review: selected papers, 14(2), 125-145. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Faleafa, M., Koro, T. (2019). Understanding mental health and wellbeing from a Pacific perspective. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 47-57). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Said, S., Micsko, J., Purchase, G. (2019). Utilising the social return on investment (SROI) framework to gauge social value in the fast forward program. Education Sciences, 9(4), 290. [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Walsh-Tapiata, W. (2019). Where to from here? Integration of indigenous knowledges and practice in contemporary settings. In J. Ravulo, T. Mafileo & D. B. Yeates (Eds.), Pacific social work: Navigating practice, policy and research, (pp. 223-231). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2019). Working with cultural differences: Teaching first year undergraduate students to unpack unjust power. In D. Baines, B. Bennett, S. Goodwin, M. Rawsthorne (Eds.), Working Across Difference: Social Work, Social Policy and Social Justice, (pp. 85-99). London: Red Globe Press.

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2018

Ravulo, J. (2018). Australian students going to the Pacific Islands: International social work placements and learning across Oceania. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 30(4), 56-69. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2018). Connecting and collaborating across Oceania and its diaspora: A shared approach to meaningful development and engagement. Pacific Dynamics, 2(1), 30-34. [More Information]
Webb-Gannon, C., Ravulo, J. (2018). How do people belong in the Pacific? Introduction to this issue. Pacific Dynamics, 2(1), 1-3.
Ravulo, J. (2018). Pacific Islands Field Education (PIFE) 2017 Report. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2018), Podcast - Social work discoveries - E12 Social work in the Pacific, cultural humility and decolonising social work research and practice with Associate Professor Dr Jioji Ravulo, 5 November 2018.
Ravulo, J. (2018). Risk and protective factors for Pacific communities around accessing and aspiring towards further education and training in Australia. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 20(1), 8-38. [More Information]

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2017

Ravulo, J. (2017). Cultural diversity in action: Developing and engaging effective responses within rugby union in Australia. In J. Nauright & T. Collins (Eds.), The rugby world in the professional era, (pp. 52-61). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2017). Pacific Islands Field Education (PIFE) 2016 Report. [More Information]

2016

Ravulo, J. (2016). An integrated case management model to assist Pacific youth offenders and their families in Australia. Care Management Journals, 17(4), 170-179. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016). Creating culturally relevant approaches to social work across Oceania. Social Dialogue, 15.
Ravulo, J. (2016). Pacific epistemologies in professional social work practice, policy and research. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 26(4), 191-202. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016). Pacific Islands field education - promoting Pacific social work education & practice across Oceania. Social Dialogue, 15.
Ravulo, J. (2016). Pacific youth offending within an Australian context. Youth Justice, 16(1), 34-48. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2016), Reach - Music Video, Western Sydney University, April.

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2015

Ravulo, J. (2015), A community-wide approach: Providing practical help that is helpful. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reconnection Project Evaluation report, (pp. 1 - 10). Sydney, Australia, Australia: Australian Museum. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). Delivering the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course within the National Rugby League (NRL): Evaluation report, (pp. 1 - 11). Australia: Western Sydney University. [More Information]
Crawford, B., Yamazaki, R., Franke, E., Amanatidis, S., Ravulo, J., Torvaldsen, S. (2015). Is something better than nothing? Food insecurity and eating patterns of young people experiencing homelessness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39(4), 350-354. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). NRL Graduates of League @ Western Sydney University: Evaluation report, (pp. 1 - 15). Australia: Western Sydney University. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015). Pacific communities in Australia. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2015), PATHE Vocational Videos (Western Sydney University September 2015 Sydney). [More Information]
Ravulo, J., Western Sydney University. (2015), PATHE vocational videos study guide. [More Information]

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2014

Ravulo, J. (2014). Developing diversity awareness and practices in the National Rugby League (NRL): Progressive player participation and club collaborations, Australia: Western Sydney University. [More Information]
Crawford, B., Yamazaki, R., Franke, E., Amanatidis, S., Ravulo, J., Steinbeck, K., Ritchie, J., Torvaldsen, S. (2014). Sustaining dignity? Food insecurity in homeless young people in urban Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 25(2), 71-78. [More Information]

2013

Ravulo, J. (2013), Podcast - Podsocs E50: Working with young people who offend, in conversation with Jioji Ravulo.

2012

Crawford, B., Rissel, C., Yamazaki, R., Franke, E., Amanatidis, S., Ravulo, J., Bindon, J., Torvaldsen, S. (2012). 'It's good to have wheels!' Perceptions of cycling among homeless young people in Sydney, Australia. Youth Studies Australia, 31(4), 55-63. [More Information]

2010

Ravulo, J. (2010). 'More than a warm bed & a hot meal' - Holistic approaches to youth homelessness through short term accommodation, Australia: Mission Australia. [More Information]

2009

Ravulo, J., Burns, P. (2009). Developing and implementing a case management model for young people with complex needs, Australia: Mission Australia. [More Information]
Ravulo, J. (2009). Young people and the criminal justice system: New insights and promising responses, Australia: Mission Australia. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2024

Policing Australian Popular Music, Lee M, Martin T, Ravulo J, Kallio A, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2022

Pasifika Program Review, Youth Justice NSW, Department of Communities & Justice, Ravulo J, NSW Department of Communities and Justice/Client Commissioned Research

2021

Safer children, safer communities: enhancing perpetrator accountability to disrupt trajectories of childhood harm, Heward-Belle S, Goodwin S, Phillips R, Ravulo J, Mc Veigh M, Westpac Banking Corporation/Research Grant

In the media

• ABC The Drum

o Thursday 6th April 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=180130518170177

o Friday 17th March 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5420879281346500

o Friday 24th February 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=891192878790454

o Thursday 26th January 2023: https://fb.watch/k7laUskTcq/?mibextid=2Rb1fB

o Wednesday 14th December 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=532562121898537

o Monday 31st October 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3358701457789911

o Friday 16th September 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=919874182306043

o Monday 15th August 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=521091676453485

• ABC The Drum

o Thursday 6th April 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=180130518170177

o Friday 17th March 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5420879281346500

o Friday 24th February 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=891192878790454

o Thursday 26th January 2023: https://fb.watch/k7laUskTcq/?mibextid=2Rb1fB

o Wednesday 14th December 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=532562121898537

o Monday 31st October 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3358701457789911

o Friday 16th September 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=919874182306043

o Monday 15th August 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=521091676453485

ABC The Drum

Thursday 6^th April 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=180130518170177
Friday 17^th March 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5420879281346500
Friday 24^th February 2023: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=891192878790454
Thursday 26^th January 2023: https://fb.watch/k7laUskTcq/?mibextid=2Rb1fB
Wednesday 14^th December 2022:https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=532562121898537
Monday 31^st October 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3358701457789911
Friday 16^th September 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=919874182306043
Monday 15^th August 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=521091676453485

2 Brownish Girls Podcast: S3, Ep11 with Jioji Ravulo

AASW Podcast: Not ‘international’ but ‘global’

SMH: NRL Integrity Unit counsellor says coaches key to stamping out ‘toxic masculinity’

The Guardian: Families hit hardest by remote learning

NSW Health: Don't Wait; Get Vaccinated

SBS News: Response to COVID

SMH: First Professor of Pasifika Heritage

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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