Associate Professor Maree Petersen
Postgraduate Coordinator
Associate Professor
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
+61 7 334 67314
Researcher biography
Maree's program of research centres on older people experiencing disadvantage. Underpinning her research is the recognition of the rights of older people to participate in healthy ageing, and as such be housed well with access to community aged care services. Her work incorporates a number of themes but the central aim is to use research to improve the delivery of health and welfare services in the context of elder abuse, housing, homelessness with particular emphasis on the intersection of the policy areas of housing, health and income security necessary for ensuring wellbeing as people as they age. The results from her research have implications for how we think about older people without access to their rights, and living in poverty and at risk of homelessness with restricted access to community aged care and support.
Publications
Book Chapters
Petersen, Maree (2021). Rural ageing, housing and homelessness. Rural gerontology: towards critical perspectives on rural ageing. (pp. 129-139) edited by Mark Skinner, Rachel Winterton and Kieran Walsh. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003019435-14
Jones, Andrew and Petersen, Maree (2014). Older people. Homelessness in Australia, an introduction. (pp. 135-154) edited by Chris Chamberlain, Guy Johnson and Catherine Robinson. Sydney, NSW, Australia: NewSouth Publishing.
Journal Articles
Petersen, Maree and Tilse, Cheryl (2023). Women’s life course and precarious housing in older age: an Australian qualitative study. Housing Studies, 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2254721
Aplin, Tammy and Petersen, Maree (2023). Relationships between housing and health for older private renters: evidence from a pilot study in Australia. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 38 (3), 1869-1888. doi: 10.1007/s10901-022-10007-9
Petersen, Maree, Winterton, Rachel, Warburton, Jeni and Wilson, Jill (2022). Negotiating the care convoys for a diverse group of older Australians living in rural communities: a large qualitative study. Ageing and Society, 44 (7), 1-21. doi: 10.1017/s0144686x22000125
Petersen, Maree and Aplin, Tammy (2021). Exploring older tenants’ healthy ageing in privately rented homes. Australian Social Work, 76 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/0312407x.2021.1970783
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2020). The family relationships of older Australians at risk of homelessness. The British Journal of Social Work, 50 (5), 1440-1456. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa007
Aplin, Tammy, Canagasuriam, Shari, Petersen, Maree and Gustafsson, Louise (2020). The experience of home for social housing tenants with a disability: security and connection but limited control. Housing and Society, 47 (63), 79-79. doi: 10.1080/08882746.2019.1697606
Berg, Turi, Winterton, Rachel, Petersen, Maree and Warburton, Jeni (2017). "Although we're isolated, we're not really isolated': The value of information and communication technology for older people in rural Australia. Australasian Journal On Ageing, 36 (4), 313-317. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12449
Petersen, Maree, Tilse, Cheryl and Cockburn, Tina (2017). Living in a retirement village: choice, contracts, and constraints. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 31 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02763893.2017.1280580
Parsell, Cameron, Petersen, Maree and Culhane, Dennis (2016). Cost offsets of supportive housing: evidence for social work. British Journal of Social Work, 47 (5), 1534-1553. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcw115
Petersen, Maree, Wilson, Jill, Wright, Olivia, Ward, Elizabeth and Capra, Sandra (2016). The Space of Family Care-Giving in Australian Aged Care Facilities: Implications for Social Work. British Journal of Social Work, 46 (1), 81-97. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcu108
Petersen, Maree (2015). Addressing older women's homelessness: service and housing models. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50 (4), 419-438. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2015.tb00358.x
Winterton, Rachel, Warburton, Jeni, Keating, Norah, Petersen, Maree, Berg, Turi and Wilson, Jill (2015). Understanding the influence of community characteristics on wellness for rural older adults: A meta-synthesis. Journal of Rural Studies, 45, 320-327. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.12.010
Parsell, Cameron, Petersen, Maree and Moutou, Ornella (2015). Single-site supportive housing: tenant perspectives. Housing Studies, 30 (8), 1189-1209. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1009874
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2014). Homeless for the first time in later life: an Australian study. Housing Studies, 30 (3), 368-391. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2014.963522
Petersen, Maree and Minnery, John (2013). Understanding daily life of older people in a residential complex: the contribution of Lefebvre's social space. Housing Studies, 28 (6), 822-844. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.768333
Petersen, Maree and Warburton, Jeni (2012). Residential complexes in Queensland, Australia: A space of segregation and ageism?. Ageing and Society, 32 (1), 60-84. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X10001534
Petersen, Maree and Jones, Andrew (2011). Homelessness and older Australians: Developing a research evidence base. Parity, 24 (9), 31-32.
Petersen, M and Warbuton, J (2010). The Eden model: Innovation in Australian aged care?. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 29 (3), 126-129. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00419.x
Conference Papers
Petersen, M. (2012). A geography of older women at risk of homelessness in Brisbane, Queensland. 6th Australasian Housing Researcher's Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 8-10 February 2012.
Petersen, M. (2012). Older Australians experiencing homelessness. 45th National Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Brisbane, Australia, 20-23 November 2012. Richmond, VIC., Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00655.x
Petersen, M., Wilson, J., Wright, O. and Capra, S. (2010). Understanding food in aged care facilities: Findings from a case study . 43rd National Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology. Islands of Ageing: Building Bridges for people, policy and practice, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 17-19 November 2010. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00481.x
Petersen, M. (2010). The making of home in a residential complex. 43nd National Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Hobart , Tas., Australia, 17-19 November 2010. Richmond, Vic., Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00481.x
Thesis
Maree Petersen (2009). Spaces of Ageing: the distinctive geographies of residential complexes. PhD Thesis, School of Social Work and Human Services, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Petersen, Maree, Venables, Jemma, Healy, Karen and Nathanson, Caitlin (2024). Home and Healthy Evaluation Final Report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Therese Wilson , Laurie Buys , Maree Petersen and Jacqueline Carmont (2020). Independent Review of timeframes for exit payments in Queensland retirement villages. Brisbane : Department for Communities, Housing, Digital Economy .
Therese Wilson , Laurie Buys, Maree Petersen and Jacqueline Carmont (2020). Interim Report Independent review of timeframes for exit payments in Queensland retirement villages. Brisbane: Department for Housing and Public Works.
Parsell, Cameron, Petersen, Maree, Moutou, Ornella, Culhane, Dennis, Lucio, Ed and Dick, Alan (2016). Brisbane Common Ground evaluation: final report. ISSR Research Report Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Department of Housing and Public Works.
Jones, Andrew, Povey, Jenny, Ferris, Jason and Petersen, Maree (2015). Tasmanian HACC program client group analysis: stage 1 report. Prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania. The University of Queensland: Institute for Social Science Research.
Petersen, Maree, Parsell, Cameron, Phillips, Rhonda and White, Gentry (2014). Preventing first time homelessness amongst older Australians. AHURI Final Report No. 222 Melbourne, VIC, Australia: AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute).
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2014). Older women's pathways out of homelessness in Australia: report for the Mercy Foundation. ISSR Research Report St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2014). Older women's pathways out of homelessness in Australia: report for the Mercy Foundation. ISSR Research Report Sydney, NSW, Australia: Mercy Foundation.
Petersen, Maree and Jones, Andrew (2013). Addressing later life homelessness. ISSR Research Report Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.