Lucy Jordan
- lucy.jordan@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6415-8275- Professor, Social Work
- Social Work
Projects
1
Publications
13
Awards
0
Contact Details
Professor, Social Work
- lucy.jordan@jcu.edu.au
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James Cook University, Smithfield Campus, Building A4, Room 234
Smithfield
Biography
Lucy is an experienced social worker and social welfare scholar with research expertise in cross-cultural migration studies, global development challenges, and data-driven approaches to capacity building in the nonprofit sector. Her current research focuses on the long-term impact of temporary migration on families and migrants across Asia and Oceania including mental and physical health, and financial literacy and empowerment.
Research
Projects
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor
Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Chair; Independent Academic
Taught Modules
[WS1008] Social Policy and Social WorkCoordinator, Lecturer
2024
Current JCU Research Students
Building Peace in A Complex Heterogeneous State: A Study of South Sudan’s Conflict Complexities, Peacebuilding Opportunities and Adaptive Practices.
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Output
Zhou, Xiaochen; Jordan, Lucy P.; O'Leary, Patrick (2025) 'Organizational and service support for boys' pathways out of commercial sexual exploitation in Nepal: Key learning for an under-recognized population'. Child and Family Social Work, . [DOI]
Jordan, Lucy; Zhou, Xiaochen; Abdullah, Alhassan; Emery, Clifton R. (2024) 'Gendered Dimensions of Demand for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) in Kathmandu, Nepal'. Violence Against Women, 30 (11):3091-3108. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Fu, Yao; Jordan, Lucy P.; Hoiting, Iris; Kim, Thida; Wickramage, Kolitha (2023) '‘We have similar sad stories’: A life history analysis of left-behind children in Cambodian residential care'. Children and Youth Services Review, 155 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Arat, Gizem; Jordan, Lucy P.; Chui, Cheryl H.K.; Wong, Paul W,C. (2023) 'Developing a conceptual framework towards promoting a socially inclusive Hong Kong'. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 16 (2):237-253. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Wang, Wei; Hoang, Andrew Pau; Jordan, Lucy Porter (2023) 'The intimate affliction of vicarious racialization: Afro-Chinese couples in South China'. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 24 (3):397-412. [DOI]
Fu, Yao; Jordan, Lucy P.; Zhou, Xiaochen; Chow, Cheng; Fang, Lue (2023) 'Longitudinal associations between parental migration and children's psychological well-being in Southeast Asia: The roles of caregivers' mental health and caregiving quality'. Social Science and Medicine, 320 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Chow, Cheng; Zhou, Xiaochen; Fu, Yao; Jampaklay, Aree; Jordan, Lucy P. (2023) 'From Left-Behind Children to Youth Labor Migrants: The Impact of Household Networks, Gendered Migration, and Relay Migration in Southeast Asia'. Social Sciences, 12 (3). [DOI]
Abdullah, Alhassan; Jordan, Lucy P.; Emery, Clifton R. (2023) 'The protective effects of the collective cultural value of abiriwatia against child neglect: Results from a nationally representative survey'. Child Abuse and Neglect, 138 . [DOI]
Emery, Clifton R.; Abdullah, Alhassan; Jordan, Lucy P. (2023) 'Protective Community Norms and Mental Health Risks for Severe Physical Abuse: Lessons From a Nationally Representative Study of Ghana'. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38 (13-14):8593-8618. [DOI]
Abdullah, Alhassan; Emery, Clifton R.; Dwumah, Peter; Jordan, Lucy P. (2023) 'Towards a normative change approach in child labour: A theoretical analysis and empirical exploration of the constituted and constitutive procedural social norms'. New Ideas in Psychology, 70 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Abdullah, Alhassan; Bentum, Hajara; Frederico, Margarita; Mensah, Felix; Jordan, Lucy P.; Emery, Clifton R. (2023) 'Protective indigenous collective value of Ubuntu and child neglect: Implications for rural child protection practice'. Child and Family Social Work, 28 (4):1035-1045. [DOI]
Children's health and well-being in the context of parental migration: The case of Southeast Asia
2024
Fu, Yao; Jordan, Lucy P.; Kim, Thida; Graham, Elspeth (2024) 'Children's health and well-being in the context of parental migration: The case of Southeast Asia' In: Fu, Yao, Jordan, Lucy P., Kim, Thida, and Graham, Elspeth (2024) Children's health and well-being in the context of parental migration: The case of Southeast Asia. In: Tatek Abebe,, Anandini Dar,, and Karen Wells,, (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 196-220(Eds.). Children's health and well-being in the context of parental migration. Abingdon, Oxon, UK : Routledge. [DOI]
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerelian, Narine N.; Jordan, Lucy P. (2016) 'The highly-skilled in Hong Kong 'Asia's world city'' In: Kerelian, Narine N., and Jordan, Lucy P. (2016) The highly-skilled in Hong Kong 'Asia's world city'. In: Xu, Qingwen, and Jordan, Lucy, (eds.) Migrant Workers: Social Identity, Occupational Challenges and Health Practices. Nova Science Publishers, New York, NY, USA, pp. 191-211(Eds.). Migrant Workers: Social Identity, Occupational Challenges and Health Practices. New York, NY, USA : Nova Science Publishers.
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU