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Biography

Dr John van Kooy joined the Australian Institute of Family Studies in February 2023 and works in the Longitudinal and Lifecourse area, conducting research and analysis of the Building a New Life in Australia study.

John is a social researcher, policy analyst, and evaluation practitioner with over 15 years of experience working in communities across Australia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. He has previously worked for the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute, Welcoming Australia, AMES Australia, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and World Vision International.

John completed a PhD with the Migration and Inclusion Centre at Monash University in 2022. His dissertation focused on the neighbourhood conditions for refugee settlement in Australia, using BNLA data to examine the relationships between social connections and the ’three Es’ of employment, education, and English language. He has published numerous reports and articles on issues of settlement, integration, inclusion and participation of migrants and refugees.

Activities

Employment (9)

Australian National University: Canberra, AU

2024-04-01 to present | Visiting Fellow (College of Arts and Social Sciences)
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Australian Institute of Family Studies: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2023-02-06 to present | Senior Research Fellow (Longitudinal and Lifecourse)
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Welcoming Australia: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2022-02-02 to 2023-02-02 | Senior Research Analyst
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ARC Justice: Bendigo, Victoria, AU

2021-02 to 2022-01-28 | Senior Technical Advisor, Research and Evaluation
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AMES Australia: Melbourne, Vic, AU

2019-09 to 2021-01 | Research & Policy Project Lead (Research & Policy)
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Monash University: Melbourne, Vic, AU

2017-11 to 2019-09-30 | Research Associate (Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre)
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Brotherhood of Saint Laurence: Fitzroy, VIC, AU

2014-03 to 2017-09 | Research Fellow (Research and Policy Centre)
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United Voice: North Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2013-08 to 2014-02 | Research Analyst
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World Vision International: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2007-06 to 2013-07 | Knowledge Management Lead (Centre of Expertise for Urban Programming)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Monash University: Clayton, Victoria, AU

2017-10 to 2022-08-18 | PhD (Arts) (School of Social Sciences)
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Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

2006-01 to 2007-07 | Master of Arts (International Relations) (School of International, Political & Strategic Studies)
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La Trobe University: Bundoora, VIC, AU

2001-01 to 2005-07 | Bachelor of International Relations (School of Social Sciences)
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Professional activities (1)

University of Melbourne: Melbourne, Vic, AU

2018 to 2019 | Honorary Researcher (Melbourne Social Equity Institute)
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Works (10)

'Boat People' and Discursive Bordering: Australian Parliamentary Discourses on Asylum Seekers, 1977-2013

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
2021-04-18 | Journal article
Contributors: John Van Kooy; Liam Magee; Shanthi Robertson
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Planning for Welcoming & Inclusive Communities

Monash University & Welcoming Cities
2020 | Report
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‘Now I'm just like anyone else in the community’: Work, welfare, and community expectations of refugees in Australia

Journal of Refugee Studies
2020-12-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0951-6328
Part of ISSN: 1471-6925
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COVID-19 and humanitarian migrants on temporary visas

Refugee Council of Australia
2020-07 | Report
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Welcoming Regions

Monash University
2019 | Report
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‘Surrounded with so much uncertainty’: asylum seekers and manufactured precarity in Australia

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2019-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: John van Kooy; Dina Bowman
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Humanitarian migrants, work and economic security on the urban fringe

Brotherhood of St Laurence
2018 | Report
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Submission to the Joint Standing Committee inquiry into migration in regional Australia

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
2018 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Rebecca Wickes; Helen Forbes-Mewett; Rebecca Powell; Arunachalam Dharmalingham; John van Kooy; Alan John Gamlen; Anthea Hancocks; Aleem Ali
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The Australian National University

Giving asylum seekers a chance

Brotherhood of St Laurence
2017 | Report
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Refugee women as entrepreneurs in Australia

Forced Migration Review
2016-10 | Magazine article
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