Dr Stefanie Plage is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Life Course Centre at the School of Social Science at UQ. Her expertise is in qualitative research methods, including longitudinal and visual methods. Her research interests span the sociology of emotions, disadvantage and health and illness. Stefanie has taught introductory and advanced courses in sociology and medical sociology, research design and qualitative inquiry, including the use of software for qualitative research (i.e. NVivo). Her work is multi-disciplinary. She completed her PhD at the Centre for Social Research in Health at The University of New South Wales. In her study she employed a mix of longitudinal qualitative interviews and visual elicitation methods to explore the lived experience of people with cancer. Currently, her research seeks to understand and improve the interactions of families experiencing social disadvantage with the social and health care systems.
Journal Article: The rhythms of cancer survivorship
Plage, Stefanie (2022). The rhythms of cancer survivorship. Visual Communication, 147035722210780. doi: 10.1177/14703572221078040
Journal Article: Educational participation of primary school children with cancer from a Life Course perspective: A critical review of the literature
Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Hoang, Nam-Phuong and Povey, Jenny (2022). Educational participation of primary school children with cancer from a Life Course perspective: A critical review of the literature. International Journal of Educational Research, 114 101990, 101990. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101990
Journal Article: Willing but unable: How resources help low-income mothers care for their children and minimise child protection intervention
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2022). Willing but unable: How resources help low-income mothers care for their children and minimise child protection intervention. The British Journal of Social Work. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac027
Journal Article: What can voice do? Combining narrative methods and participant-produced photography to explore contemporary cancer survivorship
Plage, Stefanie (2022). What can voice do? Combining narrative methods and participant-produced photography to explore contemporary cancer survivorship. Visual Studies, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/1472586x.2021.2008814
Journal Article: Access to health for people experiencing homelessness
Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Access to health for people experiencing homelessness. European Journal of Homelessness, 16 (1), 29-52.
Journal Article: Surprise reveals the affective-moral economies in cancer illness narratives
Plage, Stefanie and Olson, Rebecca E. (2021). Surprise reveals the affective-moral economies in cancer illness narratives. Qualitative Health Research, 31 (14) 10497323211044468, 10497323211044468-2742. doi: 10.1177/10497323211044468
Keeping Families Together Evaluation 2022
(2022–2023) Micah Projects Inc
(2022–2023) Queensland Health
Ten Year Empirical Review of Tenancies at Common Ground Queensland
(2022–2023) Micah Projects Inc
The rhythms of cancer survivorship
Plage, Stefanie (2022). The rhythms of cancer survivorship. Visual Communication, 147035722210780. doi: 10.1177/14703572221078040
Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Hoang, Nam-Phuong and Povey, Jenny (2022). Educational participation of primary school children with cancer from a Life Course perspective: A critical review of the literature. International Journal of Educational Research, 114 101990, 101990. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101990
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2022). Willing but unable: How resources help low-income mothers care for their children and minimise child protection intervention. The British Journal of Social Work. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac027
Plage, Stefanie (2022). What can voice do? Combining narrative methods and participant-produced photography to explore contemporary cancer survivorship. Visual Studies, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/1472586x.2021.2008814
Access to health for people experiencing homelessness
Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Access to health for people experiencing homelessness. European Journal of Homelessness, 16 (1), 29-52.
Surprise reveals the affective-moral economies in cancer illness narratives
Plage, Stefanie and Olson, Rebecca E. (2021). Surprise reveals the affective-moral economies in cancer illness narratives. Qualitative Health Research, 31 (14) 10497323211044468, 10497323211044468-2742. doi: 10.1177/10497323211044468
The rhythms of cancer survivorship
Plage, Stefanie (2022). The rhythms of cancer survivorship. Visual Communication, 147035722210780. doi: 10.1177/14703572221078040
Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Hoang, Nam-Phuong and Povey, Jenny (2022). Educational participation of primary school children with cancer from a Life Course perspective: A critical review of the literature. International Journal of Educational Research, 114 101990, 101990. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101990
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2022). Willing but unable: How resources help low-income mothers care for their children and minimise child protection intervention. The British Journal of Social Work. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac027
Plage, Stefanie (2022). What can voice do? Combining narrative methods and participant-produced photography to explore contemporary cancer survivorship. Visual Studies, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/1472586x.2021.2008814
Access to health for people experiencing homelessness
Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Access to health for people experiencing homelessness. European Journal of Homelessness, 16 (1), 29-52.
Surprise reveals the affective-moral economies in cancer illness narratives
Plage, Stefanie and Olson, Rebecca E. (2021). Surprise reveals the affective-moral economies in cancer illness narratives. Qualitative Health Research, 31 (14) 10497323211044468, 10497323211044468-2742. doi: 10.1177/10497323211044468
Plage, Stefanie and Kirby, Emma (2021). Reconfiguring time: optimisation and authenticity in accounts of people surviving with advanced cancer. Health Sociology Review, 31 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2021.1918016
Deploying normality: cancer survivor identity and authenticity in ritual-like practice
Plage, Stefanie (2021). Deploying normality: cancer survivor identity and authenticity in ritual-like practice. Medical Anthropology, 40 (5), 473-489. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2021.1909582
Plage, Stefanie (2020). Cancer survivorship reimagined: a qualitative study on evolving interpretative repertoires of cancer and survivorship using participant‐produced photography. European Journal of Cancer Care, 29 (6) e13320, e13320. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13320
Sexual orientation, geographic proximity, and contact frequency between adult siblings
Perales, Francisco and Plage, Stefanie (2020). Sexual orientation, geographic proximity, and contact frequency between adult siblings. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82 (5) jomf.12669, 1444-1460. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12669
Perales, Francisco, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Plage, Stefanie and Baxter, Janeen (2019). The family lives of Australian lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a review of the literature and a research agenda. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 17 (1), 43-60. doi: 10.1007/s13178-018-0367-4
Scholarly publishing depends on peer reviewers
Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando, Berti, Andrew D., Yeung, Denise, Yusuff, Kazeem B., El Zowalaty, Mohamed E., Adane, Eyob D., Al-Aqeel, Sinaa, Al-Jumaili, Ali Azeez, Alili-Idrizi, Edita, Andelkovic, Marija, Aranha, Anil, Arief, Mohammad, Arkaravichien, Wiwat, Armoiry, Xavier, Attarabeen, Omar F., Ayoub, Nehad, Bajorek, Beata V., Beninger, Paul, Billups, Sarah J., Bowen, Jane F., Bouwmeester, Carla, Campbell, Patrick, Chan, Vincent, Connor, Sharon E., Danziger, Larry H., Dawood, Omar T., Dunnenberger, Mark, Elrouby, Selwa, Fakih, Souhiela ... Zembles, Tracy (2018). Scholarly publishing depends on peer reviewers. Pharmacy Practice, 16 (1) 1236, 1236. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1236
Cancer on the margins: experiences of living with neuroendocrine tumours
Plage, Stefanie, Gibson, Alexandra, Burge, Matthew and Wyld, David (2017). Cancer on the margins: experiences of living with neuroendocrine tumours. Health Sociology Review, 27 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2017.1387068
Australianness as fairness: implications for cosmopolitan encounters
Plage, Stefanie, Willing, Indigo, Skrbis, Zlatko and Woodward, Ian (2017). Australianness as fairness: implications for cosmopolitan encounters. Journal of Sociology, 53 (2), 318-333. doi: 10.1177/1440783316667641
Cosmopolitan encounters: reflexive engagements and the ethics of sharing
Plage, Stefanie, Willing, Indigo, Woodward, Ian and Skrbis, Zlatko (2017). Cosmopolitan encounters: reflexive engagements and the ethics of sharing. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40 (1), 4-23. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2016.1178788
Losing ground, losing sleep: Local economic conditions, economic vulnerability, and sleep
Perales, Francisco and Plage, Stefanie (2016). Losing ground, losing sleep: Local economic conditions, economic vulnerability, and sleep. Social Science Research, 62, 189-203. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.08.006
Barriers to uptake of antimicrobial advice in a UK hospital: a qualitative study
Broom, J., Broom, A., Plage, S., Adams, K. and Post, J. J. (2016). Barriers to uptake of antimicrobial advice in a UK hospital: a qualitative study. Journal of Hospital Infection, 93 (4), 418-422. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.03.011
Broom, Jennifer, Broom, Alex, Adams, Kate and Plage, Stefanie (2016). What prevents the intravenous to oral antibiotic switch? A qualitative study of hospital doctors' accounts of what influences their clinical practice. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71 (8), 2295-2299. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw129
Doing gender overnight? Parenthood, gender and sleep quantity and quality in Australia
Plage, Stefanie, Perales, Francisco and Baxter, Janeen (2016). Doing gender overnight? Parenthood, gender and sleep quantity and quality in Australia. Family Matters (97), 73-81.
Broom, Alex, Plage, Stefanie, Broom, Jennifer, Kirby, Emma and Adams, Jon (2016). A qualitative study of hospital pharmacists and antibiotic governance: negotiating interprofessional responsibilities, expertise and resource constraints. BMC Health Services Research, 16 (1) 43. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1290-0
What role do pharmacists play in mediating antibiotic use in hospitals? A qualitative study
Broom, Alex, Broom, Jennifer, Kirby, Emma, Plage, Stefanie and Adams, Jon (2015). What role do pharmacists play in mediating antibiotic use in hospitals? A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 5 (11), e008326. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008326
Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella and Hoang, Nam Phuong (2021). Current knowledge on educational participation in childhood cancer survivorship: a systematic review of the literature. Cancer Survivorship 2021, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 18-19 March 2021.
How Long Is the Piece of String? - How Patients Negotiate the Uncertainties of a NET Diagnosis
Wyld, D., Plage, S., Burge, M., Broom, A., Lwin, Z., McDade, H. and Cubitt, A. (2016). How Long Is the Piece of String? - How Patients Negotiate the Uncertainties of a NET Diagnosis. 13th Annual ENETS Conference for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor Disease, Barcelona, Spain, Mar 09-11, 2016. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000448725
Experiences of Uncertainty and Invisibility: Women's Accounts of Living with a Rare Cancer
Wyld, David, Gibson, Alexandra, Broom, Alex, Plage, Stefanie, Cubitt, Annette and Lwin, Zarnie (2015). Experiences of Uncertainty and Invisibility: Women's Accounts of Living with a Rare Cancer. COSA’s 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting. Rare Cancers, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 17-19 November 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/ajco.12432_2
Plage, Stefanie, Cook, Stephanie, Povey, Jenny, Rudling, Emily, te Riele, Kitty, McDaid, Lisa and Western, Mark (2022). Connection, connectivity, and choice: learning during COVID-19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programs in Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2022-10. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Keeping families together: pilot project study
Kuskoff, Ella , Parsell, Cameron , Ablaza, Christine , Perales, Francisco , Clarke, Andrew and Plage, Stefanie (2021). Keeping families together: pilot project study. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service
Baxter, Janeen , Povey, Jenny , Burger, Sarah-Ann , Cook, Stephanie , Tseng, Yi-Ping , Polidano, Cain , Kalb, Guyonne , Mamun, Abdullah , Ahmad, Shabbir , O'Flaherty, Martin , Borland, Jeff , Plage, Stefanie , Bellotti, Melindy , Kennedy, Elizabeth , Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2021). Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service. Institute for Social Science Research - Publications Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Lisa McDaid, Jenny Povey, Wojtek Tomaszewski, Anne Cleary, Stefanie Plage, Steffi Cook, Ning Xiang, Tomasz Zajac, Tyrone Ridgway and Mark Western (2021). Pillar 2 Report: What do children, young people and families say about needs, and impact of COVID-19?. St Lucia: ISSR.
Anglicare Southern Queensland's Family and Relationship Services Evaluation Final Report
Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Boyle, Fran, Mamun, Abdullah, Plage, Stefanie, Tran, Nam, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Robinson, Mark and Reddel, Tim (2020). Anglicare Southern Queensland's Family and Relationship Services Evaluation Final Report. Long Pocket, QLD Australia: ISSR.
Anglicare Southern Queensland's Children and Parenting Services Evaluation Final Report
Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Boyle, Fran, Mamun, Abdullah, Plage, Stefanie, Tran, Nam, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Robinson, Mark and Reddel, Tim (2020). Anglicare Southern Queensland's Children and Parenting Services Evaluation Final Report. Long Pocket, QLD Australia: ISSR.
Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report
Baxter, Janeen, Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Plage, Stefanie, Kennedy, Elizabeth, O'Flaherty, Martin, Tseng, Yi-Ping, Polidano, Cain, Kalb, Guyonne, Borland, Jeff, Ribar, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Ball, Sarah, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Bellotti, Melindy, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2020). Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Losing ground, losing sleep: economic vulnerability, local economic conditions and sleep quantity
Perales, Francisco and Plage, Stefanie (2015). Losing ground, losing sleep: economic vulnerability, local economic conditions and sleep quantity. LCC Working Paper Series. 2015-06. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Keeping Families Together Evaluation 2022
(2022–2023) Micah Projects Inc
(2022–2023) Queensland Health
Ten Year Empirical Review of Tenancies at Common Ground Queensland
(2022–2023) Micah Projects Inc
An empirical investigation of the St Vincent de Paul Society Park Hotel Homelessness Trial
(2021–2023) St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland
Anglicare Family and Children Program Evaluations
(2020) Anglicare Southern Queensland
Evaluation of the Try, Test and Learn Fund
(2018–2021) Commonwealth Department of Social Services
Online Dating Experiences of Cancer Survivors
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