Associate Professor Lesley-anne Ey
Dr Ey has two key research strands; (1) Harmful Sexual Behaviour and (2) Bullying in Early Childhood. Dr Ey’s research is child-centric and aims to support the wellbeing of children. Her early research focused on ‘Young children’s engagement with contemporary music media and their gender role and self-identity development’ (Doctorate 2014). Her research has progressed to exploring children’s harmful sexual behaviour in education settings, with the aim of supporting teachers to effectively recognise and respond to such behaviour; and to inform teacher training and curriculum. Dr Ey’s current research also explores and seeks to promote an understanding of bullying amongst young children, their parents and early childhood teachers. She is a full member of the Research in Educational and Social Inclusion Concentration (RESI) and an affiliate member of the Australian Centre for Child Protection. She is on the University of South Australia Research Ethics Committee and is the Research Ethics Advisor in Education Futures.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
Dr Ey’s research related to harmful sexual behaviour has attracted national and international competitive grants, as well as university funding. She is currently Lead Chief Investigator on the project ‘Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents’ (2021-22), funded by Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation. She was recently Lead Chief Investigator on ‘Teachers’ perspectives of and responses to children’s problematic sexual behaviours in primary schools’ (2016-17), funded by the University of South Australia. She was also a Chief Investigator on ‘Service models for children under 10 with problematic or harmful sexual behaviour’ (2018), funded by Sax Institute, and ‘A public health approach to dealing with sexting’ (2015-16), funded by University of South Australia. Dr Ey is an adviser to the Department for Education South Australia and other organisations, reviewing curricula, policies, guidelines and training materials. She recently reviewed content for the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum and Responding to problem sexual behaviour in children and young people: Guidelines for staff in education and care settings and training program, as well as training material for the Responding to Abuse and Neglect program. In 2018, she provided expert advice at the Harmful sexual behaviour seminar, hosted by the Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia. Dr Ey’s expertise has also been sought to review Child Protection Policies and Procedures for schools and out of school care organisations. Dr Ey also writes and reviews articles on Harmful Sexual Behaviour for the Raising Children Network.
Bullying in Early Childhood
In 2018, Dr Ey was the lead Chief Investigator on the project Co-creating anti-bullying interventions with early childhood educators (CABI-ECE): Supporting Early childhood educators to address bullying in junior primary classes (2018), funded by the Organisation Mondiale Pour L’ Èducation Préscolaire (OMEP). In 2019, she extended this research and was Lead Chief Investigator on the project Parent’s and Teacher’s, of children aged 5-10 years, understanding of bullying. Dr Ey was also a Chief investigator on ‘Australia-India Anti-bullying research collaboration (AIARC): Facilitating intellectual and scholarly exchange about school bullying through a cross-cultural network project’ (2014-15) funded by the University of South Australia.
Awards
Dr Ey has received a number of academic distinctions including the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences’ Early Career Researcher Award (2018) and a Mid-Career Teacher Commendation (2018). In the same year she received an Honourable Mention in Education for Sustainability from OMEP for her research ‘Supporting early childhood educators to address bullying in junior primary classes through the co-creation of anti-bullying interventions and resources’. Dr Ey has previously received the Pro Vice Chancellor Early Career Researcher Networking award at the University of South Australia (2015), and the Outstanding Achievements in International Engagement Award from the project ‘Australian/Indian Anti-bullying Research Collaboration’ (2015).
Teaching
Dr Lesley-anne Ey lectures in Child Development, Educational Psychology and Child Protection in the Bachelor and Master of Teaching program. Before undertaking her PhD she taught in Preschools and Primary schools across a variety of government and independent sectors.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
Dr Ey’s research related to harmful sexual behaviour has attracted national and international competitive grants, as well as university funding. She is currently Lead Chief Investigator on the project ‘Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents’ (2021-22), funded by Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation. She was recently Lead Chief Investigator on ‘Teachers’ perspectives of and responses to children’s problematic sexual behaviours in primary schools’ (2016-17), funded by the University of South Australia. She was also a Chief Investigator on ‘Service models for children under 10 with problematic or harmful sexual behaviour’ (2018), funded by Sax Institute, and ‘A public health approach to dealing with sexting’ (2015-16), funded by University of South Australia. Dr Ey is an adviser to the Department for Education South Australia and other organisations, reviewing curricula, policies, guidelines and training materials. She recently reviewed content for the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum and Responding to problem sexual behaviour in children and young people: Guidelines for staff in education and care settings and training program, as well as training material for the Responding to Abuse and Neglect program. In 2018, she provided expert advice at the Harmful sexual behaviour seminar, hosted by the Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia. Dr Ey’s expertise has also been sought to review Child Protection Policies and Procedures for schools and out of school care organisations. Dr Ey also writes and reviews articles on Harmful Sexual Behaviour for the Raising Children Network.
Bullying in Early Childhood
In 2018, Dr Ey was the lead Chief Investigator on the project Co-creating anti-bullying interventions with early childhood educators (CABI-ECE): Supporting Early childhood educators to address bullying in junior primary classes (2018), funded by the Organisation Mondiale Pour L’ Èducation Préscolaire (OMEP). In 2019, she extended this research and was Lead Chief Investigator on the project Parent’s and Teacher’s, of children aged 5-10 years, understanding of bullying. Dr Ey was also a Chief investigator on ‘Australia-India Anti-bullying research collaboration (AIARC): Facilitating intellectual and scholarly exchange about school bullying through a cross-cultural network project’ (2014-15) funded by the University of South Australia.
Awards
Dr Ey has received a number of academic distinctions including the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences’ Early Career Researcher Award (2018) and a Mid-Career Teacher Commendation (2018). In the same year she received an Honourable Mention in Education for Sustainability from OMEP for her research ‘Supporting early childhood educators to address bullying in junior primary classes through the co-creation of anti-bullying interventions and resources’. Dr Ey has previously received the Pro Vice Chancellor Early Career Researcher Networking award at the University of South Australia (2015), and the Outstanding Achievements in International Engagement Award from the project ‘Australian/Indian Anti-bullying Research Collaboration’ (2015).
Teaching
Dr Lesley-anne Ey lectures in Child Development, Educational Psychology and Child Protection in the Bachelor and Master of Teaching program. Before undertaking her PhD she taught in Preschools and Primary schools across a variety of government and independent sectors.
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Papers by Associate Professor Lesley-anne Ey
Australia, New Zealand and the United States, representing
nine different disciplines and professions, to explore each
field’s approach to research about children and the media.
Represented were Psychology, Library Science, Paediatrics,
Law, Public Health, Bioethics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Social Work, Philosophy and Media Production. This book advocates for multidisciplinary research in the field of children and media with the aim to encourage constructive engagement between scholars from diverse intellectual backgrounds. It is designed to present a backcloth to each discipline’s domain and provide insights into the research methods currently used, strengths andweaknesses, and contributions of each field to advancing knowledge about children andmedia. It depicts substantial awareness of an array of disciplinary frameworks, research paradigms and methods. I have one caveat, however, in that arguably one of the most important disciplines, that of Education, has been omitted or overlooked. One chapter author holds a degree in education and works in the field of media production, and the chapter focuses on producing evidence-based documentary films. This leaves a crucial gap for potential readers concerned with children’s wellbeing in relation to media.