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My work focuses upon the dynamics of personal, organisational and social change, and the interplay of these dynamics in the rich space of meso community work. I have a particular interest in mental health, how we can support people to belong, and the ethics of this often challenging work for all involved. A more recent fascination for me is the ecological interplay of home and work and mental health: how and where we live, and how we spend our time, and the consequences for our wellbeing. The roles I currently employ to do this work include as a lecturer and researcher in Community Development within the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland, Australia; as a community worker and organisational consultant with the non-profit Community Praxis Co-op; and as a volunteer and committee member for a local mental health network, A Place to Belong.
I am influenced by 25 years of experience and study in community development, the disability sector, education, and psychology. I have previously worked in the public sector, and the community sector, and I am now located in tertiary education. I have published in community development, mental health, disability, social policy, social work and education journals. My less horrific poetry appears in Antipodes: A North American Journal of Australian Literature. I was born and bred in Byron Bay, Australia and its beautiful hinterland, and am unable to account for my inability to surf. Recent publications:Latest journal article:
Westoby, P., Lathouras, T. & Shevellar, L. (2019). Radicalising community development within social work through popular education – A participatory action research project. British Journal of Social Work. Accepted 15 February 2019. 
Blog post:
Shevellar, L.,Westoby, P. & Lathouras, A. (2019). “Watch what you say”: Radicalism in community development? For the online social work blog: Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2019/03/watch-what-you-say-radicalism-in-community-development/ Article posted 28 March 2019. |
Dr Lynda Shevellar
Lecturer Community Development c/- School of Social Science The University of Queensland Queensland, 4072, Australia Email: l.shevellar@uq.edu.au 
Latest book publication:
The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research. Click on this title to be taken to the website - or open the book flyer: 
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