Staff Profile

Briony Horsfall
Research Officer

BSocSc(Hons)(Swinburne)

Biography

Briony has been a Research Officer with the Institute since 2009, researching across the areas of child protection and family law. In addition to her work with the Institute, Briony is undertaking a PhD in Sociology, investigating children’s best interests in statutory child protection legal proceedings.

Selected recent publications

• Horsfall, B. & Dempsey, D. (2011). Grandmothers and grandfathers looking after grandchildren: Recent Australian research. Family Relationships Quarterly, 18, 10-12.
• Bromfield, L., Lamont, A., Parker, R., & Horsfall, B. (2010). Issues for the safety and wellbeing of children in families with multiple and complex problems: the co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse and mental health problems. NCPC Issues No. 33. Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
• Horsfall, B., McDonald, M. & Bromfield, L. (2010). Social Marketing for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, NCPC Issues Paper. Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
• Horsfall, B. & Kaspiew, R. (2010). Relocation in Separated and Non-separated Families: Equivocal Evidence from the Social Science Literature, Australian Journal of Family Law, 24, 34-56.