Kathleen Fitzpatrick International Researcher in Residence School

21–23 July 2025 | The University of Queensland

Professor Laura Bernardi
Lausanne University, Switzerland

The ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship provides funding for annual mentoring events and activities to encourage young researchers to pursue careers in the social sciences. In 2025 Professor Janeen Baxter will host an International Researcher in Residence School at The University of Queensland.

The inaugural international researcher-in-residence, Professor Laura Bernardi, an expert in life course research, family dynamics, social disadvantage, and gender inequality, will lead three days of seminars/lectures, discussions, and networking.

The final day of the school will include a career journey discussion panel facilitated by Professor Janeen Baxter and include Professor Ariel Kalil (Daniel Levin Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy), Stacey Ross (CEO Centre of Women and Co.), Professor Rebekah Levine Coley (Professor of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology and Director of the Institute of Early Childhood Policy, Boston College) and Associate Professor Leonora Risse (University of Canberra and Research Fellow with the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia.).