Eva Alisic

Biography

Eva Alisic is Professor, Child Trauma and Recovery at the University of Melbourne, Australia, Her background includes psychology, social science and visual arts. Her team studies how children, young people, and families cope with traumatic experiences, and how professionals can support them. The consequences of fatal domestic violence, serious injury, war, and disaster are focal points in this research. The team pursues innovative mixed-methods, including qualitative and quantitative research (e.g. observational studies of daily life, interviews with children, parents and professionals), with specific interest in translation of empirical findings to policy and practice. Prof Alisic is Past Co-Chair of the Global Young Academy. She has co-developed the Africa Science Leadership Programme (together with Prof Bernard Slippers and colleagues), which led to the ASEAN Science Leadership Programme (led by Dr Orakanoke Phanraksa and colleagues), and various policy and open science initiatives.