Dr Valerie Adams 

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I am currently working on an ARC Discovery Grant project: Missing Workers: Retaining Mature Age Women Workers to Ensure Future Labour Security in Aged Care at 0.5 FTE. I am available to work on other research projects.

International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)

Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)

Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS)

World Economics Association

PhD (University of South Australia) 2009. Thesis: Nurses' Caring Labour in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Feminist Economics Analysis

B Bus (Hons) (University of South Australia) 2000. Thesis: Commonwealth Residential Aged Care Policy: A Welfare Economics Analysis

B App Ec (University of South Australia) 1997.

• Issues around caring labour and care work.
• Qualitative research methods
• Workplace culture and gender
• Computer assisted qualitiative data analysis (CAQDAS)
• Feminist methodology and epistemology

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Adams, Valerie & Sharp, Rhonda 2013 'Reciprocity in Caring Labor: Nurses’ Work in Residential Aged Care', Feminist Economics, vol. 19, no. 2, April.

Bagshaw, Dale, Wendt, Sarah, Zannettino, Lana & Adams, Valerie 2013 ‘Financial Abuse of Older People by Family Members: The Views and Experiences of Older Australians and Their Family Members', Australian Social Work, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 86-103.

Adams, Valerie & Nelson, Julie A 2009, 'The Economics of Nursing: Articulating Care', Feminist Economics, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 3-29.

Adams, Valerie 2007 'Laughing It Off: Uncovering the Everyday Work Experience of Nurses', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-15.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Adams, Valerie & Sharp, Rhonda 2011, 'Reciprocity: The Case of Aged Care Nurses' Work', in Conference Proceedings: 10th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference: Heterodox Economics: Ten Years and Growing Stronger!, eds. L Chester, M Johnson & P Kriesler, Society of Heterodox Economics, Sydney. AU.

Adams, Valerie 2009, 'The Feminist Economics Concept of Provisioning: An Application to Residential Aged Care Nurses' Work and the Commonwealth "Bringing Nurses Back into the Workforce" Program', in Heterodox Economics' Visions: Proceedings of the Eighth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, 7 - 8 December, eds. L Chester, M Johnson & P Kriesler, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, AU.

Adams, Valerie 2007 'Fair Enough? Undervaluing Nurses' Work in Residential Aged Care', in Our Work ... Our Lives: Women and Industrial Relations, Proceedings of 2nd National Conference, eds. S Dann, S Franzway & H Masterman-Smith, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia, and Working Women's Centre SA Inc., Adelaide, AU.

Mills, Julie, Mehrtens, Virginia, Smith, Elizabeth & Adams, Valerie 2007, 'CREW Revisted in 2007 - The Year of Women in Engineering', in CHEMECA 2007 - Academia and Industry Strengthening the Profession, ed. M Rhodes, Engineers Australia, 23-26 September, Melbourne, AU, pp. 919-924.

Mills, Julie, Mehrtens, Virginia, Smith, Elizabeth & Adams, Valerie 2007, 'Would You Choose an Engineering Degree If Given the Choice Again?' in 2007 Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, eds. H Sondergaard & R Hadgraft, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Melbourne, 9-13 December, Melbourne, AU, On CD-Rom.

Sharp, Rhonda, Mills, Julie, Franzway, Suzanne, Gill, Judith & Adams, Valerie 2007, 'Market Forces Will Make It Happen! Management Perspectives on Diversity Strategies in Engineering Workplaces', in Our Work ... Our Lives: Women and Industrial Relations, Proceedings of 2nd National Conference, eds. S Dann, S Franzway & H Masterman-Smith, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia, and Working Women's Centre SA Inc., Adelaide AU.

ABSTRACT REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Adams, Valerie 2010, ‘The Scoping the Australian Care Economy Project: Issues and Impact on Women’s Economic Wellbeing’, Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA) Conference: Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Times, 30 June – 2 July 2010, Adelaide.

Adams, Valerie 2010, ‘Embodiment of Care, Emotional Labour and Gender: The Undervaluing of Nurses’ Work in Residential Aged Care’ Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, Adelaide 6-8 April.

Adams, Valerie 2007, 'Paid Enough? Nurses Wages in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities', in 2007 Annual Conference on Feminist Economics, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 29-1 July.

Adams, Valerie 2006 For Love and Money: Marketised Caring Labour in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities, 2006 Annual Conference on Feminist Economics, University of Sydney, 7-9 July.

Adams, Valerie 2006b, ‘Laughing it off: Uncovering the Workplace Experience of Aged Care Nurses, Looking to the Future: Opportunities and Challenges for Qualitative Research, International Institute For Qualitative Methodology, 13-16 July, Surfers paradise, AU.

REPORTS

Adams, Valerie 2010, Scoping the Australian Care Economy: A Gender Equity Perspective, A Report for Security4Women, Canberra, AU.

Mills, Julie, Mehrtens, Virginia, Smith, Elizabeth & Adams, Valerie 2008, CREW Revisted in 2007 The Year of Women in Engineering, Engineers Australia.

Adams, Valerie 2009, Residential Aged Care Nurses Caring for Dementia Residents from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide.