Personal profile
Biography
Dr Laura Davy is a Senior Lecturer in Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy. She has a background in political theory and social policy research, and has published on disability theory, the ethics of care, human rights, and disability policy and services.
Her current research focuses on policy listening and citizen engagement, in the context of the implementation and outcomes of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and international trends in disability and social care policy and practice. She is particularly interested in human rights informed approaches to policy design and implementation and the implications for service users and citizens of the shift towards individualised and market-based social services delivery.
Laura will commence an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) in 2025, focused on responsive policymaking for young people with disability and young carers.
Research interests
Laura’s research interests include the following areas:
- Social policy
- Disability studies
- Disability and care policy
- Feminist ethics and political theory
- Participatory approaches to research and policy design
Education/Academic qualification
Political Theory, Master, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Sociology and Social Policy, PhD, University of Sydney
Communications, Bachelor, University of Technology Sydney
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
-
Caring Futures: Australian Attitudes About the Desirability of Care Work
Davy, L., Vromen, A., Rutledge-Prior, S. & Saunders, M., 5 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian Journal of Social Issues. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Designing inclusive publics: systemic listening in disability support
Davy, L. & Saunders, M., Dec 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Australian Journal of Political Science. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Regulating vulnerability: policy approaches for preventing violence and abuse of people with disability in Australian service provision settings
Davy, L., Robinson, S., Idle, J. & valentine, K., 2025, In: Disability and Society. 40, 4, p. 1039-1060 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (Scopus) -
Researching Rupture: Engaged and Ethical Research on Extreme Nature-Society Disruption
Mahanty, S., Hendriks, C. M., Milne, S., Snowsill, A., Cretney, R. & Davy, L., 11 Nov 2025, In: Antipode. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Infrastructures of support: Australian young people's perspectives on caring during the pandemic and future disability and care policy reform
Davy, L., Cuffe, H. & Lipton, B., 17 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
-
Listenability: responsive policymaking for young people
Davy, L. (PI)
1/12/25 → 30/11/28
Project: Research
-
-
Disability Confidence Project: Support for Conceptual Framework and Analysis
Davy, L. (PI)
30/01/22 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
-
Young People and the Future of Care Pilot Study
Davy, L. (PI), Klein, E. (CoI), Lipton, B. (CoI) & Vromen, A. (CoI)
13/08/21 → 31/03/23
Project: Research