Publications
Below you can find examples of the reports, blogposts and journal articles Abigail has published.
Selected Reports
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Powell, A., Bolton, R., Sterling-Morris, R.E., Varrall, T., & Avila Torres, V. (2024) Barriers within Barriers: Minorities within Minorities. The challenges for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the UK-US STEM landscape through an intersectional lens. Report for the Royal Society of Chemistry and the UK Science Innovation Network. The Eleanor Glanville Institute, University of Lincoln: Lincoln.
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Galea, N., McFadyen, A. & Powell, A. (2024) Flex from the Start Evaluation. Report for John Holland and the NSW Government Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program. University of Melbourne: Melbourne.
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Galea, N., McFadyen, A. & Powell, A. (2024) Flex from the Start: Rapid Literature Review. Report for John Holland and the NSW Government Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program. University of Melbourne: Melbourne.
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Powell, A., Sterling-Morris, R.E., Varrall, T., & Bolton, R. (2024) Provision and Experience of Philosophy in Schools, FE and HE in the UK: Final Report. Report for the British Philosophical Association. The Eleanor Glanville Institute, University of Lincoln: Lincoln.
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Powell, A., Walker, M. & Sterling-Morris, R.E. (2024) Experiences of Postgraduate Psychology Students and Trainees in Relation to Race and Ethnicity: Final report. Report for the British Psychological Society. The Eleanor Glanville Institute, University of Lincoln: Lincoln.
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Powell, A., Walker, M. & Sterling-Morris, R.E. (2023) Experiences of Postgraduate Psychology Students and Trainees in Relation to Race and Ethnicity: A Scoping Review. Report for the British Psychological Society. The Eleanor Glanville Institute, University of Lincoln: Lincoln.
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Ramia, I., Powell, A., Stratton, K., Stokes, C., Meltzer, A., & Muir, K. (2021) Roadmap to outcomes measurement. Your step-by-step guide to planning, measuring and communicating social impact. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact.
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Ramia, I., Meltzer, A., Moffatt, J., Powell, A. & Barnes, E. (2020) your job your way Final Evaluation Report. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact and yourtown.
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Muir, K., Powell, A., Flanagan, K., Stone, W., Tually, S., Faulkner, D., Hartley, C. & Pawson, H. (2020) ‘A pathway to where?’ Inquiry into understanding and reimagining social housing pathways. AHURI Final Report No 332. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
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Powell, A., Meltzer, A., Martin, C., Stone, W., Liu, E., Flanagan, K., Muir, K. & Tually, S. (2019) The construction of social housing pathways across Australia. AHURI Final Report No 316. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
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Powell, A., Voola, A.P., Raymond, C. & Fatimah, A. (2019) An evaluation of the Financial Inclusion Action Plan: Transition phase. Report for Good Shepherd Microfinance. Centre for Social Impact, UNSW: Sydney.
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Weier, M., Dolan, K., Powell, A., Muir, K. & Young, A. (2019) Money Stories: Financial resilience among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact and First Nations Foundation for National Australia Bank.
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Galea, N., Powell, A., Loosemore, M. & Chappell, L. (2018) Demolishing Gender Structures. Sydney: UNSW.
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Powell, A. (2018) Measuring the FIAP Impact: Process and Baseline Impact Evaluation of the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) Program 2018. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact, UNSW.
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Powell, A., Cortis, N., Ramia, I. & Marjolin, A. (2017) Australian Charities Report 2016. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.
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Marjolin, A., Ramia I., Muir, K., & Powell A. (2017) Financial Resilience and Employment: Financial Resilience in Australia 2016 – Part 3, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney, for National Australia Bank.
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Marjolin, A., Muir, K., Ramia, I. & Powell, A. (2017) Why is financial stress increasing? Financial Resilience in Australia 2016 – Part 1. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, for National Australia Bank.
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Walker, A., Wilcox, T., Powell, A., & Muir, K. (2017) The Navigator: Your guide to leadership for social purpose. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact, UNSW.
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Cortis, N., Young, A., Powell, A., Reeve, R., Simnett, R., Ho, K. & Ramia, I. (2016) Australian Charities Report 2015. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Australia.
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Galea, N., Powell, A., Rogan, A., Chappell, L. & Loosemore, M. (2016) Demolishing gender structures. Research briefing. Sydney, UNSW Australia.
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Cortis, N., Lee, I., Powell, A., Simnett, R. & Reeve, R. (2015) Australian Charities Report 2014. Centre for Social Impact and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Australia.
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Marjolin, A., Powell, A. & Muir, K. (2015) The Travel Companion: your guide to working with others for social outcomes. Sydney: The Centre for Social Impact.
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Muir, K., Powell. A., Patulny, R., Flaxman, S., McDermott, S., Oprea, I., Gendera, S., Vespignani, J., Sitek, T., Abello, D. & Katz, I. (2009) headspace evaluation report. Independent evaluation of headspace: the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. SPRC Report 19/09. ISBN: 978-0-7334-2831-9.
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Muir, K., Mullan, K., Powell, A., Flaxman, S., Thompson, D. & Griffiths, M. (2009) State of Australia’s Young People: A report on the social, economic, health and family lives of young people. Report for Office for Youth, DEEWR. Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW. DOI: 10.4225/53/59a633a17e851
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Bagilhole, B., Powell, A., Barnard, S. & Dainty, A. (2008) Researching Cultures in Science, Engineering and Technology: An analysis of current and past literature. Research Report Series for UKRC No.7. ISBN: 978-1-905831-24-1.
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Powell, A., Bagilhole, B., Dainty, A, & Neale, R. (2006) Research Briefing - Encounters with Engineering: First experiences of women students. Bradford: UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology.
Selected Academic Publications
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Meltzer, A. et al. (2024) How can social procurement policies and cross-sector partnerships add to the landscape of youth unemployment support options? A case study from a major Australian construction company. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 83 (4): 546-564.
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Galea, N., Powell, A., & Salignac, F. (2023) The Role of Homosociality in Maintaining Men’s Powerfulness in Construction Companies. Construction, Management and Economics, 41 (2): 172-182.
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Meltzer, A., Ramia, I., Moffatt, J. & Powell, A. (2022) Creating relationship-based practice in youth employment services – converting policy intentions to practical program design. Social Policy and Administration, 56 (7) 1074-1089.
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Galea, N., Powell, A., Salignac, F., Chappell, L. & Loosemore, M. (2022) When following the rules is bad for wellbeing: The effects of gendered rules in the Australian construction industry. Work, Employment and Society, 36 (1): 119-138.
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Loosemore, M., Denny-Smith, G., Barraket, J., Keast, R., Chamberlain, D., Muir, K., Powell, A., Higgon, D. & Osborne, J. (2021) Optimising social procurement policy outcomes through cross-sector collaboration in the Australian construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28 (7): 1908-1928.
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Smyth, C., Cortis, N. & Powell, A. (2021) University staff and flexible work: inequalities, tensions and challenges. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43 (5): 489-504.
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Galea, N., Powell, A., Loosemore, M. & Chappell, L. (2020) The gendered dimensions of informal institutions in the Australian construction industry. Gender, Work and Organization, 27 (6):1214-1231.
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Meltzer, A., Saunders, I. & Powell, A. (2020) Pathways to educational engagement: An exploratory study of outcomes from an Australian school-based youth mentoring program. Journal of Youth Studies, 23 (5): 545-560.
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Cortis, N. & Powell, A. (2018) Playing catch up? An exploration of supplementary work at home among Australian public servants. Journal of Industrial Relations, 60 (4): 538-559.
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Salignac, F., Galea, N. & Powell, A. (2018) Institutional entrepreneurs driving change: The case of gender equality in the Australian construction industry. Australian Journal of Management, 43 (1): 152-169.
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Craig, L., & Powell, A. (2018) Shares of Housework between Mothers, Fathers and Young People: Routine and non-routine housework, doing housework for oneself and others. Social Indicators Research, 136 (1): 269-281.
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Powell, A. & Cortis, N. (2017) Working time in public, private and non-profit organisations: What influences prospects for employee control? Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance, 41 (2): 162-177.
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Craig, L., Powell, A., & Brown, J.E. (2016) Gender Patterns in Domestic Labour among Young Adults in Different Living Arrangements in Australia. Journal of Sociology. 52 (4): 772-288.
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Galea, N., Powell, A., Loosemore, M., & Chappell, L. (2015) Designing robust and revisable policies for gender equality: lessons from the Australian Construction Industry. Construction Management and Economics, 33 (5-6): 375-389.
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Sang, K., Powell, A., Finkel, R., & Richards, J. (2015) ‘Being an academic is not a 9-5 job’: Long working hours and the ‘ideal worker’ in UK academia. Labour & Industry, 25 (3): 235-249.
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Powell, A. & Sang, K. (2015) Everyday experiences of sexism in male-dominated professions: a Bourdieusian perspective. Sociology, 49 (5): 919-936.
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Powell, A. & Craig, L. (2015) Gender differences in working at home and time use patterns: Evidence from Australia. Work, Employment and Society, 29 (4): 571-589.
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Craig, L., Powell, A., & Brown, J.E. (2015) Co-resident parents and young people aged 15-34: who does what housework? Social Indicators Research, 121 (2): 569-588.
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Craig, L., Powell, A. & Smyth, C. (2014) Towards intensive parenting? Changes in the composition and determinants of mothers’ and fathers’ time with children 1992-2006. British Journal of Sociology, 65 (3): 555-579.
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Powell, A. & Sang, K. (2013) Editorial: Equality, diversity and inclusion in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 31 (8): 795-801.
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Patulny, R., Muir, K., Powell, A., Flaxman, S. & Oprea, I. (2013) Are we reaching them yet? Service access patterns amongst attendees at the headspace youth mental health initiative. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 18 (2): 95-102.
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Craig, L. & Powell, A. (2013) Non-parental childcare, time pressure and the gendered division of work, domestic work and parental childcare. Community, Work and Family, 16 (1): 100-119.
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Powell, A., Dainty, A. & Bagilhole, B. (2012) Gender stereotypes among women engineering and technology students in the UK: lessons from career choice narratives. European Journal of Engineering Education, 37 (6): 541-556.
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Muir, K. & Powell, A. (2012) Walking a wellbeing tightrope: young people in Australia. Journal of Population Research, 29 (4): 293-313.
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Craig, L. & Powell, A., Cortis, N. (2012) Self-employment, work-family time and the gender division of labour. Work, Employment and Society, 26 (5): 716-734. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017012451642
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Craig, L. & Powell, A. (2012) Dual-earner parents’ work-family time: the effects of atypical work patterns and non-parental childcare. Journal of Population Research, 29 (3): 229-247.
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Muir, K., Powell, A, & McDermott, S. (2012) ‘They don’t treat you like a virus’: youth-friendly lessons from the Australian National Youth Mental Health Foundation. Health and Social Care in the Community, 20 (2): 181-189.
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Powell, A., Dainty, A. & Bagilhole, B. (2011) A Poisoned Chalice? Why UK women engineering and technology students may receive more ‘help’ than their male peers. Gender and Education 23 (5): 585-599.
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Craig, L. & Powell, A. (2011) Nonstandard hours, work-family balance and the gendered division of care in Australian households. Work, Employment and Society, 25 (2): 274-291.
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Barnard, S., Powell, A., Bagilhole, B. & Dainty, A. (2010) Researching UK Women Professionals in SET: A critical review of current approaches. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 2 (3): 361-381. Available to download at: http://genderandset.open.ac.uk
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Powell, A., Hassan, T., Dainty, A. & Carter, C. (2009) Note: Exploring Gender Differences in Construction Research: A European perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 27 (9): 803-807.
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Powell, A., Bagilhole, B. & Dainty, A. (2009) How Women Engineers Do and Undo Gender: Consequences for gender equality. Gender, Work and Organization, 16 (4): 411-428.
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Sang, K.J.C., Ison, S., Dainty, A. & Powell, A. (2009) Anticipatory Socialisation Amongst Architects: A qualitative exploration. Education + Training, 51 (4): 309-321. Highly Commended Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010
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Powell, A., Bagilhole, B.M. & Dainty, A. (2006) The Problem of Women's Assimilation into UK Engineering Cultures: Can critical mass work? Equal Opportunities International, 25 (8): 688-699. Highly Commended Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2007.
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Powell, A., Bagilhole, B., Dainty, A. & Neale, R. (2004) Does the Engineering Culture in UK Higher Education Advance Women's Careers. Equal Opportunities International, 23 (7/8): 21-38.
Other bits and pieces!
​In the Media
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Powell, A. and Hartley, C. (2019) Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households. The Conversation, 6 August 2019.
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Galea, N. and Powell, A. (2018) Women in construction: government can do more to shake up the 'boys club'. ABC News. 17 October 2018.
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Godinho, V. and Powell, A. (2018) Multi-sector milestone as ‘trailblazers’ work together to address financial exclusion. The Mandarin. 21 March 2018.
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Muir, K., Powell, A. and Butler, R. (2014) A whacking stick is not enough to get young people into work. The Conversation. 19 March 2014.
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Invited speaking engagements​
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Powell, A., (2025) How flexible are flexible work practices? Invited seminar at ARU, 7 Oct, online.
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Kanani, S., Powell, A. and Grant, K. (2025) STEMM Bullying and Harassment Intervention Project: Co-creating Impactful Interventions to Prevent and Address Bullying and Harassment to Enhance Student Support and Wellbeing. Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) Disseminar, 7 May, online.
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Powell, A., (2025) Barriers within Barriers, Minorities within Minorities. Researching LGBTQ+ Inclusion in STEM. Invited speaker for the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Turing Plus staff network, 6 Feb, online.
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Powell, A., (2025) Lifecycle of a partnership project: relationship management and expectation. Workshop for the UKRI ESRC Research Leadership Network, 15 Jan, online.
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Powell, A., (2024) Launch of research findings: Provision & Experiences of Philosophy in Schools, FE & HE. For the British Philosophical Association, 4 Dec, online.
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Powell, A. (2020) Be Inspired: Professor Abigail Powell Inaugural Lecture. The tenacity of social inequalities: what is the solution? University of Lincoln, 5 Nov, online.
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Powell, A. (2020) Gender and Race. Invited speaker at Impact 2020 online summit presented by the Centre for Social Impact. Webinar 28: Gender-based inequality during and post crisis- the gendered effect of COVID-19, 28 May, online.
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Powell, A. (2019) The role of leadership in maintaining the construction sector’s ‘macho’ culture. Invited seminar at Kedge Business School, 3 June, Bordeaux France.
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Powell, A. (2018) Collaboration: what does it really mean for researchers, what works? Invited panelist at ASIC Research Forum: Building Financial Capabilities Together, 6-7 Oct, Melbourne.
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Powell, A. (2018) Building women’s financial resilience – a strategy for preventing homelessness. Invited speaker at 10th Annual Forum on Women's Homelessness, 29 Aug, Brisbane.