Dr Laura Ann Chubb

This one stays with you after reading. Suzette shares her story — tracing her path through addiction, family violence, and recovery, and holding it alongside the broader doctoral work she is doing on the voices of women navigating the same systems today.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/jpm....

Small non-profits make up most of Aotearoa’s sector—but are often overlooked in research, policy & funding. This pilot study explores how collaboration works at that scale, and what it can unlock. Open access: doi.org/10.11157/anz... #nonprofit #collaboration #aotearoa #socialwork #tetiriti

In 2017, my dad accessed assisted dying in Canada. That shaped how I think about end-of-life care. Our new research is the first national study on Aotearoa social workers’ views on assisted dying—revealing tensions, gaps, and hopes. Open access: anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...

Tips for researchers in cross-cultural collaborations . . .
6 practical learning strategies for co-researchers in community–university partnerships (CURPs).
Key concept: Edge walking — navigating insider/outsider roles in co-research with humility, reflexivity & openness. doi.org/10.14324/RFA...

Domestic stigmatisation: refocusing interventions for people living with HIV Domestic stigmatisation serves as an umbrella term for acts of enacted or felt stigma experienced in a person’s domestic environment. This article reports on the term which transpired from a narrat...

In this article, we introduce domestic stigmatisation — stigma that occurs at home, among family and close networks.
To shift HIV interventions, we must name it to change it.
🔗 doi.org/10.2989/1608...
#HIV #Stigma #SocialWork #PLWH #DomesticStigma #HealthEquity

Curious what AI can (and can’t) do for qualitative research?
In Me and the Machines, my early exploration of using ChatPDF to co-create vignettes from arts-based data — I offer insights, cautions & a framework for “researcher-in-the-loop” AI analysis.
doi.org/10.1177/1609...

Navigating the Profession with a “Black Mark”: Discrimination Experiences of Social Workers with Criminal Convictions - Journal of Human Rights and Social Work International social work associations lack sufficient guidance to address tensions within social work education, employment, and registration about individuals with criminal convictions. This tension...

Many social workers bring lived experience of the criminal legal system — yet face stigma in education, hiring & registration.

Our study found a core narrative: “once a criminal, always a criminal.”This challenges social work’s own values of change, justice & inclusion.

doi.org/10.1007/s411...

Te Wāhi Whangai methodology: A nurturing space for storytelling, achievement and research - Suzette Claire Jackson (Te Ātiawa), Laura Ann Chubb, Simone Paris (Ngāphui), Irene de Haan, 2025 Te Wāhi Whangai (the nurturing space) is an innovative methodological approach informed by concepts rooted in a Māori worldview. Co-developed by a doctoral stud...

Te Wāhi Whangai is a method of research while doing—where storytelling unfolds through Toi Māori like weaving. A nurturing space for healing, reflection & agency. Grounded in Kaupapa Māori, Mana Wāhine & Indigenous Storywork.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1473...

Considering Culture and Countering Mistrust: Organisation Perspectives for Adapting Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Ghana - Sexuality Research and Social Policy Introduction Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is heralded as an effective solution to reduce acute sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues, particularly for young people. In Ghana, from 201...

Practitioners in Ghana are saying:
• CSE is needed.
• Misinformation & moral panic continue to stall progress.
•Tools needed for parents & teachers to better support YP.
•Community engagement is essential.
•YP are “old enough to know” — & want more than abstinence messaging.
doi.org/10.1007/s131...

‘I can sleep at night’: examining the intersection of housing stability, addiction, and recovery among mothers who use drugs Research on the housing crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand largely overlooks mothers who have substance use disorders, and their experiences of housing. In a study on mothers’ experiences of a resident...

“I can sleep at night.”

This simple statement, shared by a mother in recovery, captures the transformative role of stable housing in the context of substance use and parenting. Read our new paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1177...

Introducing the 'practice of envisioning'—a participatory research approach that integrates futures thinking and creative techniques to gather data and map out steps toward achieving a specific social change agenda. You can read the open-access article here: doi.org/10.1177/1609...
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