Amanda Cooklin

Amanda is a Research Fellow and social scientist at La Trobe University. Her expertise includes large-scale survey design and analyses, implementation and evaluation of parenting interventions; and translating evidence into policy and practice. A common theme in her research is identifying social and structural factors that affect parents, parenting and children’s outcomes. In particular, her research has focused on the employment characteristics and the work-family interface as sites of practice and policy interventions to reduce work-family conflict, promote parents’ mental health and well-being, parenting and children’s outcomes.