BA MCApSc PGDipSocSc PhD (Otago)
Professor in Social Work
Contact details
Room 6C18, Richardson Building
Tel +64 3 479 5867
Email emily.keddell@otago.ac.nz
My research focusses on child welfare inequalities, child protection decision-making, the politics of child protection and the use of algorithmic decision tools in child protection. I pursue a critical perspective on child protection; one that examines the intersections between structural conditions, policy contexts, systems, power and micro practice.
My practice background is in child protection social work, residential work with children, and family support social work. I have taught at the University of Otago since 2005, covering child and family social work, micro theories and skills, child protection decision-making and generalist courses.
I am a Registered Social Worker, an associate member of Child Poverty Action Group, and a founding member of the Re-Imagining Social Work blog collective. I am a member of the editorial collective of the Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Journal, an associate editor of Qualitative Social Work, and on the editorial board of the BJSW sister journal: Practice.
Google Scholar: Emily Keddell
Teaching
I co-ordinate and teach:
SOWK 201 Fields of Practice
SOWK 302 Social Work for Children and Families – Analysis and Theory
SOWK 402 / SOWK 562 Micro Intervention: Theories and Skills
SOWK 490 Dissertation
SOWK 552 Child and Family Social Work
Postgraduate supervision
I welcome approaches for supervision in the following areas:
- Many areas of child and family social work including: policy and systems design in the child welfare context, inequalities and the child welfare system, poverty reduction policies in the tax/benefit system, the use of predictive data analytics, decision-making and judgement, critical approaches to risk and safety, reunification and family maintenance, multiple child removal, and ethics.
- How people construct ethnic identities from multiple options and negotiate these in their family and social contexts.
Current and recent students
Gina Tompkins MA Human Services
Legislative changes to the Children Young persons and their Families Act
Nathan JaquieryPhD
Stabilising factors in permanent placements for children or young people in the caresystem
Sue WhyteMSW
Self-Efficacy in Parents of Adolescents: Does attendance and completion of 'Tweens & Teens' alter parental self-efficacy?
Adele ParkinsonPhD
Adult and Child Clients' Views of a COPMI* Family Support Service: A Mixed Methods Study
Monique HarveyMSW
“Baby Mama” The daily life of being a teenage parent
Monica HannanMSW
The Impact of Notification to CYF on the NGO Client-Worker Relationship
Karlene LeeMSW
New Zealand Non Government Organisation Social Service Manager's job satisfaction, job dissatisfaction and the implications for retention
Karen ServiceMSW
Women's views of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Jan YoungMSW
The Role of Mothers in Shared Care arrangements for children following relationship separation
Jude BuckinghamMSP
Pre practicum service learning to enhance counsellor education
Publications
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., & Willing, E. (2025). ‘If you thought it was going to make a difference, you'd do it straight away’: School staff decisions to report to Child Protection. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13285 Journal - Research Article
Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Keddell, E., & Willing, E. (2024). Where does the Digital Age data come from? Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 85. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ballantyne, N., Goldingay, S., Keddell, E., & Watts, L. (2024). Critical perspectives on datafication and artificial intelligence. Proceedings of the Joint Symposium of the National Field Education Network (NFEN) and the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER). 28. Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/symposium/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2024). Where do big data come from? The social production of child protection ‘reports of concern’. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Keddell, E., Walker, S., & Rudolph, A. (2024). Protecting whakapapa: Collaboration, power and prevention in initial child protection decision-making. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
2025
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., & Willing, E. (2025). ‘If you thought it was going to make a difference, you'd do it straight away’: School staff decisions to report to Child Protection. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13285
2024
Journal - Research Article
Wilkins, D., & Keddell, E. (2024). Risk perceptions and experience in child protection decision-making: A comparative study of student social workers in Wales and Aotearoa New Zealand. Children & Youth Services Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107623
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., & Willing, E. (2024). The heuristic divergence between community reporters and child protection agencies: Negotiating risk amidst shifting sands. Children & Youth Services Review, 159, 107532. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107532
Kokaua, J., Keddell, E., Davie, G., Aiono-Faletolu, T., & Cook, L. (2024). Child protection inequalities for Pasifika children in Aotearoa New Zealand: Diverse realities. Kōtuitui, 19(3), 238-260. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2245856
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2024). Why Section 7AA works just as intended. Newsroom, (2 July). Retrieved from https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/02/section-7aa-works-as-intended-to-reduce-child-protection-disparities-for-maori/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Keddell, E., & Willing, E. (2024). Where does the Digital Age data come from? Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 85. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/
Ballantyne, N., Goldingay, S., Keddell, E., & Watts, L. (2024). Critical perspectives on datafication and artificial intelligence. Proceedings of the Joint Symposium of the National Field Education Network (NFEN) and the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER). 28. Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/symposium/
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2024). Where do big data come from? The social production of child protection ‘reports of concern’. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/
Keddell, E., Walker, S., & Rudolph, A. (2024). Protecting whakapapa: Collaboration, power and prevention in initial child protection decision-making. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Keddell, E., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2024, March). interRAI assessments as a data source: Contextual findings. Verbal presentation at the 4th interRAI Knowledge Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2024). Decisions to report children to Oranga Tamariki by police staff in Aotearoa: Reasons, processes and outcomes. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/36195
2023
Edited Book - Research
Taylor, B. J., Fluke, J. D., Graham, J. C., Keddell, E., Killick, C., Shlonsky, A., & Whittaker, A. (Eds.). (2023). The Sage handbook of decision making, assessment and risk in social work. London, UK: Sage, 656p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E. (2023). The devil in the detail: Algorithmic risk prediction tools and their implications for ethics, justice and decision making. In B. J. Taylor, J. D. Fluke, J. C. Graham, E. Keddell, C. Killick, A. Shlonsky & A. Whittaker (Eds.), The Sage handbook of decision making, assessment and risk in social work. (pp. 405-420). London, UK: Sage.
Keddell, E., & Shlonsky, A. (2023). Introduction to section one: Professional judgements. In B. J. Taylor, J. D. Fluke, J. C. Graham, E. Keddell, C. Killick, A. Shlonsky & A. Whittaker (Eds.), The Sage handbook of decision making, assessment and risk in social work. (pp. 3-11). London, UK: Sage.
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2023). Children, neoliberalism, and child protection. In H. Montgomery (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies: Childhood studies. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199791231-0283
Journal - Research Article
Critchley, A., & Keddell, E. (2023). Risks and representations: Creating consensus narratives about risk with pregnant women involved with child protection systems in Aotearoa New Zealand and Scotland. Critical Social Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/02610183231215231
Keddell, E. (2023). Recognising the embedded child in child protection: Children's participation, inequalities and cultural capital. Children & Youth Services Review, 147, 106815. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106815
Keddell, E. (2023). On decision-variability in child protection: Respect, interactive universalism and ethics of care. Ethics & Social Welfare, 17(1), 4-19. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2022.2073381
Keddell, E., Cleaver, K., & Fitzmaurice, L. (2023). Experiences of baby removal prevention: A collective case study of mothers and community-based workers. Qualitative Social Work, 22(2), 266-285. doi: 10.1177/14733250211058178
Journal - Research Other
Ballantyne, N., Beddoe, L., Cleaver, K., Crichton-Hill, Y., Hyslop, I., Joy, E., Keddell, E., Stanfield, D., & Walker, S. (2023). Justice for Palestine. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(4), 13, 15. Retrieved from https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/1143
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Fluke, J., Allan, H., Hollinshead, D., Middel, F., O'Leary, D., Gautschi, J., … Keddell, E. (2023, September). Research and theory in child welfare decision-making. Verbal presentation at the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton & Hove, UK.
Keddell, E., & Cleaver, K. (2023, September). Parent/infant separation in the first year of life: Responses to growing concerns: Reducing care entry for babies in Aotearoa New Zealand: Causes and conundrums. Verbal presentation at the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton & Hove, UK.
Keddell, E. (2023, September). Understanding the role of instrumental biases within the risk-bias framework: What does it offer to conceptualising decisional disparities? Verbal presentation at the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton & Hove, UK.
Keddell, E., Antwi-Boasiako, K., Cleaver, K., Krakouer, J., Fluke, J., & Middel, F. (2023, September). Promoting equity in child protection systems: Addressing racialized disparities in decision-making. Verbal presentation at the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton & Hove, UK.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Colhoun, S., Keddell, E., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2023). Family and whānau experiences of being reported to Oranga Tamariki. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/16717
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2023). Decisions to report children to Oranga Tamariki by schools in Aotearoa: Reasons, processes and outcomes. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/16718
2022
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2022). Mechanisms of inequity: The impact of instrumental biases in the child protection system. Societies, 12, 83. doi: 10.3390/soc12030083
Keddell, E., Fitzmaurice, L., Cleaver, K., & Exeter, D. (2022). A fight for legitimacy: Reflections on child protection reform, the reduction of baby removals, and child protection decision-making in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 17(3), 378-404. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2021.2012490
Jørgensen, A. M., Webb, C., Keddell, E., & Ballantyne, N. (2022). Three roads to Rome? Comparative policy analysis of predictive tools in child protection services in Aotearoa New Zealand, England, & Denmark. Nordic Social Work Research, 12(3), 379-391. doi: 10.1080/2156857X.2021.1999846
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E. (2022). Mandatory reporting: 'A policy without reason'. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 34(4), 76-81. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol34iss4id1021
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ballantyne, N., & Keddell, E. (2022). When algorithms are in the loop: A critical review of international research into the experiences of service users and social workers using automated decision-support systems in child welfare. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium. (pp. 100). Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/
Colhoun, S., Keddell, E., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2022). Whānau experiences of reports to child protection: Implications for practice and research. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium. (pp. 58). Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/
Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings
Stringer, R., Keddell, E., Wei, J., Gibbs, A., Bond, P., & Bohn, S. (Eds.). (2022). Proceedings of the Sociology, Gender Studies & Criminology and Social & Community Work Postgraduate Symposium VI. Dunedin, New Zealand: Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology Programme, University of Otago. 42p. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/sgc/study/sociology/postgraduate/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2022, November). Algorithmic governance through a social justice lens: The example of child protection. Keynote presentation at the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium, [Online].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E., Cleaver, K., Fitzmaurice, L., & Clark, A. (2022). Te ara tika: Preventing baby removal in Aotearoa New Zealand [Policy brief]. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://preventionprojectwhanau.squarespace.com/policy-brief-te-ara-tika
2021
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2021). Towards a critical decision-making ecology approach for child protection research. Qualitative Social Work, 20(5), 1141-1151. doi: 10.1177/14733250211039064
Keddell, E., Cleaver, K., & Fitzmaurice, L. (2021). The perspectives of community-based practitioners on baby removal prevention: Addressing legitimate and illegitimate factors. Children & Youth Services Review, 127, 106126. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106126
Parkinson, A., Keddell, E., & Walker, P. (2021). Exploring peer support as a strategy to reduce self-stigma for marginalised children of parents with mental illness (COPMI). British Journal of Social Work, 51, 849-868. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa161
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E. (2021). "Make them dance”: Shoshana Zuboff’s surveillance capitalism, behavior modification and Fraser’s “abnormal justice” [Review of the book The age of surveillance capitalism]. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 39(4), 426-431. doi: 10.1080/15228835.2021.1942396
Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings
Stringer, R., Kaloga, M., Keddell, E., Proctor, L., & Vakaoti, P. (Eds.). (2021). Proceedings of the Sociology, Gender Studies & Criminology and Social & Community Work Postgraduate Symposium V. Dunedin, New Zealand: Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology Programme, University of Otago. 50p. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/sgc/research/postgraduate-research/index.html
2020
Journal - Research Article
Leigh, J., Beddoe, L., & Keddell, E. (2020). Disguised compliance or undisguised nonsense? A critical discourse analysis of compliance and resistance in social work practice. Families, Relationships & Societies, 9(2), 269-285. doi: 10.1332/204674319x15536730156921
Keddell, E. (2020). The case for an inequalities perspective in child protection. Policy Quarterly, 16(1), 36-38.
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2020). Networked decisions: Decision-making thresholds in child protection. British Journal of Social Work, 50, 1961-1980. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcz131
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E., & Beddoe, L. (2020). The tyranny of distance: The social effects and practice adaptations resulting from Covid-19 lockdown rules. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(2), 41-45. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss2id741
Keddell, E. (2020). Editorial. Qualitative Social Work, 18(1), 139-140. doi: 10.1177/1473325018807496
Keddell, E. (2020). [Review of the book Taming childhood: A critical perspective on policy, practice and parenting]. Critical Social Policy, 40(1), 166-169. doi: 10.1177/0261018319885906b
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2020). Poverty and child and family social work. Kia Mauri Ora, 5, 10.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Davie, G., Keddell, E., & Barson, D. (2020). Child protection inequalities in New Zealand: Exploring relationships with social gradient using national linked administrative datasets. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(5). doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1549
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
O'Donnell, M., Keddell, E., Barnett-Jones, B., & Broadhurst, K. (2020, October). Unjustified infant removals in child protection: What needs to change. Panel discussion at the Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare, [Online].
Keddell, E., Cleaver, K., Hyslop, I., Williams, T., & Fitzmaurice, L. (2020, October). What would a just child protection system look like in Aotearoa? Structures, policies and practices. Verbal presentation at the Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare, [Online].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E., & Social Service Providers Aotearoa (SSPA). (2020). Moving practice online: Knowledge exchange for social service practitioners adapting to the Covid-19 context. Wellington, New Zealand: Social Service Providers Aotearoa (SSPA). Retrieved from https://www.sspa.org.nz/information/336-moving-practice-online
Keddell, E., & Social Service Providers Aotearoa (SSPA). (2020). Great adaptations: Enduring social and community work practice changes post lockdown. Wellington, New Zealand: Social Service Providers Aotearoa (SSPA). Retrieved from https://www.sspa.org.nz/information/344-great-adaptations-enduring-social-and-community-work-practice-changes-post-lockdown
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2023, December). All risk and no recognition: Repeal and devolution in child protection. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa blog. Retrieved from https://reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2023/12/07/all-risk-and-no-recognition-repeal-and-devolution-in-child-protection/
Keddell, E., & Cleaver, K. (2020). Joint brief of evidence of Emily Keddell and Kerri Cleaver in the matter of The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 and in the matter of The Urgent Oranga Tamariki Inquiry (Wai 2915). Waitangi Tribunal, Wellington, New Zealand, File Wai 2915 A090. [Government Submission].
Keddell, E. (2020, July). Contextualising trends in baby removals in Aotearoa New Zealand: International patterns, inequalities, policy trends and practice logics. National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA) Seminar Series, [Online]. [Research Presentation].
Keddell, E. (2020, April). The tyranny of distance. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from https://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2020/04/the-tyranny-of-distance
Keddell, E. (2020, July). Improving equitable outcomes in child protection: Messages from inequalities and decision-making research. School of Social & Community Work, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2019
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E., & Stanley, T. (2019). Critical debates in child protection: The production of risk in changing times. In S. A. Webb (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of critical social work. (pp. 412-423). New York, NY: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351264402-36
Chapter in Book - Other
Keddell, E. (2019). Comparing risk-averse and risk-friendly practitioners in child welfare decision-making: A mixed methods study [Reprint from Journal of Social Work Practice, 31(4), 411-429. doi: 10.1080/02650533.2017.1394822]. In A. Whittaker & B. Taylor (Eds.), Risk in social work practice: Current issues. (pp. 37-58). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Hyslop, I., & Keddell, E. (2019). Child protection under National: Reorientating towards genuine social investment or continuing social neglect? New Zealand Sociology, 34(2), 93-122.
Keddell, E. (2019). Harm, care and babies: An inequalities and policy discourse perspective on recent child protection trends in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 31(4), 18-34. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol31iss4id668
Keddell, E. (2019). Algorithmic justice in child protection: Statistical fairness, social justice and the implications for practice. Social Sciences, 8(10), 281. doi: 10.3390/socsci8100281
Keddell, E., Davie, G., & Barson, D. (2019). Child protection inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand: Social gradient and the ‘inverse intervention law’. Children & Youth Services Review, 104, 104383. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.06.018
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2019). Ethnic inequalities in child welfare: The role of practitioner risk perceptions. Child & Family Social Work, 24, 409-420. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12620
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2019). New uplift figures paint disturbing 'racialised' picture [Week in review]. Newsroom, (31 August). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/new-uplift-figures-paint-a-disturbing-picture
Keddell, E. (2019). Risk and baby removals. Family Advocate, 21(1), 16-18.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Keddell, E. (2019). The causes of baby removal increases in Aotearoa New Zealand: Integrating inequalities and policy discourse perspectives. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium. (pp. 58). Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org
Keddell, E. (2019). Rethinking domestic violence in child protection assessments: Challenging the failure to protect narrative. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Sociology for Everyone: Mātautaga nohoanga ā-iwi ki te katoa. Retrieved from https://saanz2019.sched.com
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2019, October). Poverty and social work: Policy and practice implications for child and family social work. Verbal presentation at the Proceedings of the Social Services Conference: Activate! Dunedin, New Zealand.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2019). "I’m in two minds about it: Decision variability in child protection: Report on phase two of the decision-making variability project. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 43p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9647
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2019, August). Shouting into an echo chamber: Confirmation bias and its system conditions in the Hawkes Bay case review. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from https://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2019/11/shouting-into-an-echo-chamber-confirmation-bias-and-its-system-conditions-in-the-hawkes-bay-case-review/
Keddell, E. (2019, May). Hard to get into, but harder to get out of: Understanding recent trends in child protection. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from https://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2019/05/hard-to-get-into-but-harder-to-get-out-of-understanding-recent-trends-in-child-protection
Keddell, E. (2019, June). 'Don't give them a reason'. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from https://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2019/06/dont-give-them-a-reason
Keddell, E. (2019, August). Children, families, and the State: Seminar one. School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2018
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E. (2018). Lives at the intersections: Multiple ethnicities and child protection. In Z. L. Rocha & M. Webber (Eds.), Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages, ethnic identity and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand. (pp. 76-94). Abington, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Hyslop, I., & Keddell, E. (2018). Outing the elephants: Exploring a new paradigm for child protection social work. Social Sciences, 7(7), 105. doi: 10.3390/socsci7070105
Keddell, E., & Davie, G. (2018). Inequalities and child protection system contact in Aotearoa New Zealand: Developing a conceptual framework and research agenda. Social Sciences, 7, 89. doi: 10.3390/socsci7060089
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2018). Role type, risk perceptions and judgements in child welfare: A mixed methods vignette study. Children & Youth Services Review, 87, 130-139. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.02.017
Keddell, E. (2018). The vulnerable child in neoliberal contexts: The construction of children in the Aotearoa New Zealand child protection reforms. Childhood, 25(1), 93-108. doi: 10.1177/0907568217727591
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E. (2018). [Review of the book Narrative in social work practice: The power and possibility of story]. Affilia, 33(3), 421-422. doi: 10.1177/0886109918762480
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2018, July). Living on the edge: Social workers' reasoning about 'cusp' decisions in child protection. Verbal presentation at the 5th Biennial Decisions, Assessment, Risk & Evidence in Social Work (DARE) International Symposium, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2018, April). Risk prediction tools in child welfare contexts: The devil in the detail. Human services and Information Technology association (husITa). Retrieved from https://www.husita.org/risk-prediction-tools-in-child-welfare-contexts-the-devil-in-the-detail
Keddell, E. (2018, March). Artificial intelligence in children’s services: The ethical and practical issuest. Community Care. Retrieved from https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/03/29/artificial-intelligence-childrens-services-ethical-practical-issues
Keddell, E. (2018, December). How fair is an algorithm? A comment on the Algorithm Assessment Report. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from https://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2018/12/how-fair-is-an-algorithm-a-comment-on-the-algorithm-assessment-report
Timperley, C., Keddell, E., Macmillan, A., & Godfery, M. (2018, September). The Labour-led government: One year on [Panel discussion]. Department of Politics Spring Lecture Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Keddell, E. (2018, August). Predictive risk tools in child welfare: Fairness implications for preventive services and child protection decision-making. Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E., & Katz, I. (2017). Working in child and family welfare. In M. Connolly, L. Harms & J. Maidment (Eds.), Social work: Contexts and practice. (4th ed.) (pp. 221-234). Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Keddell, E., & Stanley, T. (2017). Risk work in the formation of the 'professional' in child protection social work. In S. A. Webb (Ed.), Professional identity and social work. (pp. 94-107). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2017). Comparing risk-averse and risk-friendly practitioners in child welfare decision making. Journal of Social Work Practice, 31(4), 411-429. doi: 10.1080/02650533.2017.1394822
Keddell, E. (2017). Interpreting children’s best interests: Needs, attachment and decision-making. Journal of Social Work, 17(3), 324-342. doi: 10.1177/1468017316644694
Journal - Research Other
Beddoe, L., & Keddell, E. (2017). Many faces, many fields: Social work in changing times. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 29(3), 1-4. [Editorial].
Keddell, E. (2017). [Review of the book Doing critical social work: Transformative practices for social justice]. Advances in Social Work & Welfare Education, 19(2), 182-183. [Book Review].
Keddell, E. (2017). [Review of the book "Mixed race" identities in Asia and the Pacific: Experiences from Singapore and New Zealand]. Asian Journal of Social Science, 45(3), 372-373. doi: 10.1163/15685314-04503009
Keddell, E. (2017). [Review of the book Children in society: Politics, policies and interventions]. Critical Social Policy, 37(1), 157-159. doi: 10.1177/0261018316668067e
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2017). Reforms to protect children veer off course. Newsroom, (16 August). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/08/15/42657/reforms-to-protect-children-veer-off-course
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ballantyne, N., Hyslop, I., & Keddell, E. (2017). Re-imagining social work: A critical conversation. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Respect Existence or Expect Resistance. (pp. 6). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/saanz
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2017, January). Big data and vulnerable children: How much should 'vulnerability' justify privacy overrides? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Bioethics Conference: Bioethics and Health Law in the Information Age, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E. (2017). The Child Youth and Family Review: A commentary on prevention. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved from https://thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz/publications/the-child-youth-and-family-review-a-commentary-on-prevention
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2017, June). What influences decision making variability in the Aotearoa New Zealand child welfare system? School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Keddell, E. (2017, February). Supporting "hard-working" families? Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2017/02/supporting-hard-working-families/
2016
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E. (2016). Child protection reform and welfare reform in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two sides of the same coin? In J. Maidment & L. Beddoe (Eds.), Social policy for social work and human services in Aotearoa New Zealand: Diverse perspectives. (pp. 237-251). Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2016). Constructing parental problems: The function of mental illness discourses in a child welfare context. British Journal of Social Work, 46(7), 2088-2103. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv096
Keddell, E. (2016). Substantiation decision-making and risk prediction in child protection systems. Policy Quarterly, 12(2), 46-56.
Beddoe, L., & Keddell, E. (2016). Informed outrage: Tackling shame and stigma in poverty education in social work. Ethics & Social Welfare, 10(2), 149-162. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2016.1159775
Keddell, E. (2016). Weighing it up: Family maintenance discourses in NGO child protection decision-making in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Child & Family Social Work, 21(6), 512-520. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12168
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E., Stanfield, D., & Hyslop, I. (2016). The social work voice: Doxa and dissent in neoliberal times. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 28(2), 1-6. [Editorial].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2016, November). To punish parents or protect children? The neoliberal ambivalence of child poverty policies in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Children's Rights Symposium: International and National Perspectives, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2016, June). Improving decision-making consistency in child welfare contexts: Accounting for ethical, knowledge and institutional dimensions. Verbal presentation at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD), Seoul, South Korea.
Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B., Mason, W., Morris, K., & Keddell, E. (2016, July). Interventions and inequalities: Do child welfare interventions reveal, reinforce or redress inequalities? Verbal presentation at the 6th International Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth (CSCY) Conference: The Social, the Biological, and the Material Child, Sheffield, UK.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E., & Hyslop, I. (2016). First findings from phase one of the Child Welfare Decision-Making Variability Project. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2016, July). Is decision consistency in child welfare achievable without reversion to technical–rational approaches? Child Welfare Inequalities Project, University of Coventry, Coventry, UK. [Research Presentation].
Keddell, E. & Hsylop, I. (2016, October). Improving decision-making consistency in child protection: Attending to invisible decision drivers. Presentation to the Office of the Chief Social Worker, Wellington, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Keddell, E. & Hsylop, I. (2016, October). First findings: Phase one of the Decision Variability Project. Presentation to the Office of the Chief Social Worker, Wellington, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Keddell, E. (2016, July). Like water on a rock: Using academic privilege and social media to dispute dominant doxa. Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy (CARe), University of Salford, Manchester, UK. [Research Presentation].
Keddell, E. (2016, October). Intensive intervention and care services: Thoughts on the proposed legislative changes. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2016/10/intensive-intervention-and-care-services-thoughts-on-the-proposed-legislative-changes/
Ballantyne, N., Beddoe, L., Hyslop, I., Keddell, E., Lowe, S., Stanfield, D. (2016, July). Submission on the Children, Young Persons, and their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Bill. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2016/07/submission-on-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-advocacy-workforce-and-age-settings-amendment-bill/
Taylor, N., Gollop, M., Keddell, E., Hohmann-Marriott, B. Research roundtable on 'Children and the family'. Department of Sociology, Gender & Social Work Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2015
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E., & Stanley, T. (2015). Moving from risk to safety: Work with children and families in child welfare contexts. In K. van Heugten & A. Gibbs (Eds.), Social work for sociologists: Theory and practice. (pp. 67-84). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Book - Other
Keddell, E. (2015). Current debates on variability in child welfare decision-making: A selected literature review. [Reprint of Keddell, E. (2014). Current debates on variability in child welfare decision-making: A selected literature review. Social Sciences, 3(4), 916-940. doi: 10.3390/socsci3040916]. In N. Parton (Ed.), Contemporary developments in child protection: Volume 2: Issues in child welfare. (pp. 141-166). MDPI.
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2015). The ethics of predictive risk modelling in the Aotearoa/New Zealand child welfare context: Child abuse prevention or neo-liberal tool? Critical Social Policy, 35(1), 69-88. doi: 10.1177/0261018314543224
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2015). Without families we have no future. Otago Daily Times, 22 January.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2015, October). The construction of children in the Aotearoa New Zealand Child Protection Reforms: Opportunities and constraints. Verbal presentation at the 2nd Aotearoa New Zealand Childhood Studies Colloquium: What Does Childhood Studies Mean for Research, Policy and Practice? Dunedin, New Zealand.
Keddell, E. (2015, April). Researching the role of ethnicity in child protection decision-making: How does it impact on risk perceptions and intervention models? Verbal presentation at the 14th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: Cultural Responsiveness in a Multi-Agency World, Auckland, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2015, April). The pictures in our heads: Part two. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2015/04/the-pictures-in-our-heads-part-two-the-child-protection-reforms-and-the-causes-of-child-abuse/
Keddell, E. (2015, April). The pictures in our heads: Part one. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2015/06/predictive-risk-modelling-on-rights-data-and-politics/
Keddell, E. (2015, June). Predictive risk modelling: On rights, data and politics. Re-imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand blog. Retrieved from http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2015/06/predictive-risk-modelling-on-rights-data-and-politics/
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Keddell, E., & Pukepuke, T. (2014). Children witnessing parental violence: A social worker from Aotearoa/New Zealand responds [Case studies and analyses for the web: Invited response]. In J. E. Bettmann, G. Jacques & C. J. Frost (Eds.), International social work practice: Case studies from a global context. (pp. 5-7). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2014). Current debates on variability in child welfare decision-making: A selected literature review. Social Sciences, 3(4), 916-940. doi: 10.3390/socsci3040916
Keddell, E. (2014). Theorising the signs of safety approach to child protection social work: Positioning, codes and power. Children & Youth Services Review, 47(1), 70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.03.011
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E. (2014). [Review of the book How to be a social worker: A critical guide for students]. Advances in Social Work & Welfare Education, 16(1), 103-105. [Book Review].
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2014). Miranda's got the right word for it: Obfuscatory. New Zealand Herald, (28 March).
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2014, November). Constructions of children in safety plans: reconciling child as victim and child as agent. Verbal presentation at the 1st New Zealand Childhood Studies Colloquium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Keddell, E. (2014, July). The White Paper on Vulnerable Children and welfare reform in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Two sides of the same coin? Verbal presentation at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development: Promoting Social and Economic Equality, Melbourne, Australia.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2014, September). The nitty gritty of poverty reduction: Strategies and their politics. Sociology, Gender and Social Work Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2013
Journal - Research Other
Keddell, E. (2013). Why do Pacific people with multiple ethnic affiliations have poorer subjective wellbeing? Negative ingroup affect mediates the identity tension effect, Manuela & Sibley, 2012. Social Indicators Research, (December). doi: 10.1007/s11205-013-0548-8
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2013). When carrots are actually sticks. New Zealand Herald, (8 November).
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2013, October). Early intervention, predictive risk modelling and the White Paper for Vulnerable Children: Some ethical considerations. Verbal presentation at the Children in Crisis Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2013, June). Evaluating risk: What the research can and can't tell us. Dunedin Family & Youth Courts Association, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Invited Presentation].
Keddell, E. (2013, May). Beyond care versus control: Decision-making discourses and their functions in child protection social work. Sociology Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Keddell, E. (2013, October). Signs of Safety (SoS). Presentation to the Southern Regional Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS), Dunedin, New Zealand. [Invited Presentation].
Keddell, E. (2013, October). Early intervention, predictive risk modelling and the White paper on Vulnerable Children: Some ethical considerations. Continuing Professional Education UniTube presentation, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Keddell, E. (2013, March). Decision-making in child welfare: A study of practice. National Practice Manager's Hui, Open Home Foundation, Wellington, New Zealand. [Invited Presentation].
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Keddell, E. (2013). Beyond care versus control: Decision-making discourses and their functions in child protection social work (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/3886
2012
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2012). Going home: Managing ‘risk’ through relationship in returning children from foster care to their families of origin. Qualitative Social Work, 11(6), 604-620. doi: 10.1177/1473325011411010
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Keddell, E. (2012). Vital to ease child poverty; Tax credit seems best way. Otago Daily Times, (26 October).
Keddell, E. (2012). Benefits should not alter rights. Otago Daily Times, (4 October).
Keddell, E. (2012). Parents need help, not surveillance. Otago Daily Times, (14 September).
Keddell, E. (2012). Shovelling snow while it’s still snowing? Thoughts on child abuse prevention. Otago Daily Times, (6 August).
Keddell, E. (2012). Child poverty: Inevitable evil or avoidable ill? Otago Daily Times, (6 June).
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Keddell, E. (2012). Infusing child protection social work with social work values: Constructing 'risk' in empowering ways. Proceedings of the Joint World Conference on Social Work Development Conference: Action and Impact. Retrieved from http://www.swsddata.org/abstracts.php?id=155
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2012, November). Theorising the ethics of social work decision-making: Rocks and hard places. Continuing Professional Education presentation for the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW), Dunedin, New Zealand. [Professional Development Seminar].
Keddell, E. (2012, October). Safety-oriented practice in social work with families: Examples, possibilities and constraints. Open Seminar at the Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
2011
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2011). Reasoning processes in child protection decision making: Negotiating moral minefields and risky relationships. British Journal of Social Work, 41(7), 1251-1270. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr012
Keddell, E. (2011). A constructionist approach to the use of arts-based materials in social work education: Making connections between art and life. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 31(4), 400-414. doi: 10.1080/08841233.2011.597678
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2011, May). Bernstein's codes in child protection social work: Analysing discourse, power and relationships. Verbal presentation at the Seventh International Qualitative Inquiry Congress, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E., Richards, K., & Mikaele, T. (2011). Homebased family support service evaluation. Anglican Family Care Dunedin. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 38p.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2011, September). Producing useful results: How the University of Otago and Anglican Family Care collaborated on the Family Support Service Evaluation research project. Dunedin Community Research Forum Presentation, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2010
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2010, March). Joint action: Constituting identities between the survey and the person. Invited presentation at the Victoria University Institute of Policy Studies Inter-disciplinary Workshop on Ethnic Identity, Identification and Change, Wellington, New Zealand.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Keddell, E. (2010). Decision-making and judgement in child protection social work. Open Home Foundation NZ. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 47p.
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2010, November). Bernstein's codes in child protection social work: Discourse, power and relationships. Department of Social Work and Community Development Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2009
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2009). Narrative as identity: Postmodernism, multiple ethnicities, and narrative practice approaches in social work. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 18, 221-241.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2009, November). Relationship-building as prevention: Helpful constructions of meaning in the child protection decision-making process. Verbal presentation at the 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (APCCAN), Perth, Australia.
Keddell, E. (2009, November). Child protection decision-making: Negotiating meanings and outcomes. Verbal presentation at the 20th Asia Pacific Social Work Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Creative Work
Keddell, E. (2009). Pretty bird. Takahe, 67(2), 56-57. [Short Story].
Other Research Output
Keddell, E. (2009, September). Multiple ethnicity as identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Politics, categories and resistance. Centre for Research on National Identity, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Keddell, E. (2009, December). Move over 'risk': Making space for safety in child protection services. Research Seminar at the University of Utah, College of Social Work, Salt Lake City, USA. [Research Presentation].
2007
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2007). Cultural identity and the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Ideology, policy and practice. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 32, 49-71.
2006
Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E. (2006). Pavlova and pineapple pie: Selected identity influences on Samoan-Pakeha people in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 1(1), 45-63. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2006.9522410
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Keddell, E. (2006, November-December). Patterns of resistance: Changing definitions of ethnicity in Aotearoa/New Zealand using some Pakeha, Maori, Samoan and multiple ethnicity examples. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Cultural Transformations Research Network Fifth Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.