Dr Sara Niner - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr. Sara Niner is a Research Fellow and teaching associate with the School of Social and Political Inquiry at Monash University. She spent many years working with East Timorese refugees in Australia followed by many years working and researching in Timor-Leste and is widely published in this field. Her current research focus is gender roles in the post-conflict environment of Timor-Leste. Please visit http://saraniner.blogspot.com for more information.

 

She has also taught Gender and Development at several Universities and the anthropology of development at Monash. She works as a Research Fellow on the Health and Illness Experiences Initiative conducting a research study on motherhood and emotional health amongst refugee-background women in Australia. She has also conducted research on media representations of children, abuse and motherhood in contemporary Malaysia.

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Niner, S., 2011, Xanana: Lider Da Luta Pela Independencia De Timor-Leste, Dom Quixote, Alfragide Portugal.

Niner, S.L., 2009, Xanana: Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Leste, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne Australia.

Book Chapters

Niner, S.L., 2013, Between heaven and earth: The politics of gender, in The Politics of Timor-Leste: Democratic consolidation after intervention, eds Michael Leach and Damien Kingsbury, Cornell University Press, New York, United States of America, pp. 1-20.

Niner, S., 2011, Women in the post-conflict moment in Timor-Leste, in Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste: A Cross-Sectoral Assessment, eds Vandra Harris and Andrew Goldsmith, Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 41-58.

Niner, S.L., 2008, Women's handcrafts production in East Timor: Change for the better?, in Democratic Governance in Timor-Leste: Reconciling the local and the national, eds David Mearns, CDU Press, Australia, pp. 240-249.

Niner, S.L., 2007, Martyrs, heroes and warriors: the Leadership of East Timor, in East Timor: Beyond Independence, eds Damien Kingsbury & Michael Leach, MAI Press, Victoria, Australia, pp. 113-128.

Journal Articles

Niner, S.L., 2012, Barlake: An exploration of marriage practices and issues of women's status in Timor-Leste, Local Global: studies in community sustainability [P], vol 11, RMIT Globalism Research Centre, Australia, pp. 138-153.

Niner, S., 2011, Kakat Klot, Narrow Steps: negotiating gender in post-conflict Timor-Leste, International Feminist Journal of Politics [P], vol 13, issue 3, Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 413-435.

Niner, S.L., 2009, Sacred cloth and development in Timor-Leste, Asia-Pacific Social Science Review [P], vol 9, issue 2, De La Salle University, Philippines, pp. 1-17.

Other

Niner, S.L., 2008, Major Alfredo Alves Reinado: cycles of torture, pain, violence, The Death of Alfredo Reinado: post traumatic stress syndrome, Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Policy Forum, Nautilus Institute at RMIT, APSNet, Australia.

Niner, S.L., 2008, Reinado a product of Timorese trauma, About the Death of Alfredo Reinado, Eureka Street Magazine Pty, Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Understanding target audiences for social marketing programs to prevent child abuse in a Malaysian context.

Supervisors:

Arunachalam, D (Main), Niner, S (Associate).