Bob Lonne
About
Professor Robert (Bob) Lonne is a Professor II at the Institute of Social Work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) at Trondheim. He has been an Australian academic at QUT, Brisbane, the University of Queensland and UNE in Australia, and has held senior leadership roles. He has had a distinguished career with a track record that includes over $1,370,000 in research grants and of the Norwegian NORWEL research project’s International Advisory Panel. Additionally, he has authored/co-authored 4 books, 3 monographs, 17 book chapters, 53 refereed journal articles, and 6 major/government reports, as well as holding high-level national leadership roles. He has a longstanding commitment to the area of child protection and its workforce issues, having over a decade in direct practice, and extensive involvement in international, national and state-based policy and program advice. His research and scholarship regarding the systemic responses to child abuse and neglect have resulted in his being invited to participate and contribute to policy forums at the state and federal levels, and internationally in Alberta, Canada, and Ireland. Professor Lonne has also been engaged as an expert legal witness for child abuse and neglect matters involving civil litigation, as well as Coronial inquiries in several jurisdictions. He has particular expertise regarding historical child maltreatment and the policy/practice developments that have occurred over the past 50 years. Professor Lonne was the National President of the Australian Association of Social Workers during 2005-2011 and was also the Elections Officer for the International Federation of Social Workers 2008-2012.
Research
Past Research Projects
- 2019 – Scoping the child welfare workforce to identify emerging trends and needs: A cross-national comparative study. Collaborative Research Scheme, Faculty of Medicine and Health Research Scholarship, University of New England - $12,000.
· 2018 – Medical Research Future Fund NSW Health – ‘Embedding cultural safety in child protection policies for Aboriginal families in NSW paediatric care settings’ with A/Prof Jenny Fraser (USyd), Tara Flemington (Mid North Coast Local Health District), Allison Hutton, Amanda Ryan, Joe Miller, Lisa Crawford, Application successful. $240,000.
· 2018 – Contract research for NSW Dept of FACS ‘Their Futures Matter’. Access System Redesign. Triage and Assessment Tools – “Accessing help through the front door”. Armidale, NSW: School of Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England. - $280,000.
· 2013-2014 – Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – ‘Having a say: Exploring issues of safety and institutional sexual abuse with children and young people’ with Prof Morag McArthur & Dr Tim Moore (Institute of Child Protection Studies, ACU), Prof Deborah Harcourt (ACU), Prof Patrick O’Leary (Griffith University) and Dr Jodi Death, QUT.- $200,000.
· 2012 - Social Research Centre and Dept of Human Services Victoria - Analysis of Findings of Child and Family Services Outcomes Survey - $27,500.
· 2011 – Social Research Centre and Dept of Human Services Victoria - Analysis of Early Findings of Child and Family Services Outcomes Survey - $15,000.
· 2010-11 Goori House Inc – Evaluation of service delivery models and organisational development of this Indigenous alcohol and drug residential treatment program $77,000.
· 2010 Health Workforce Australia – ‘Simulated learning environments within social work curricula’ – study to scope use of emerging technologies for higher education in social work with Ross Daniels - $50,000.
Publications
Refereed Publications from last 4 years
1. Lonne, B., Herrenkohl, T, I., Higgins, D. & Scott, D. (2022). The Implications of Leveraging Administrative Data for Public Health Approaches to Protecting Children: Sleepwalking into Quicksand? International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-022-00126-9
2. Flemington, T., Fraser, J., Gibbs, C., Shipp, J., Bryant, J., Ryan, A., Wijetilaka, D., Marks, S., Scarcella, M., Tzioumi, D., Ramanathan, S., Clague, L., Hartz, D., Lonne, B. & Lock, M. (2022). The Daalbirrwirr Gamambigu (Safe Children) Model: Embedding cultural safety in child protection responses for Australian Aboriginal children in hospital settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 5381. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095381
3. Flemington, T., Lock, M., Hartz, D., Shipp, J., Lonne, B., & Fraser, J. (2021). Cultural safety and child protection responses in hospitals: A scoping review. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-020-00065-3
4. Herrenkohl, T. I., Scott, D., Higgins, D., Klika, J. B., & Lonne, B. (2021). How COVID-19 is placing vulnerable children at risk and why we need a different approach to child welfare. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559520963916
5. Lonne, B., Russ, E., Harrison, C., Morley, L., Harries, M., Robertson, S., Pearce, T. & Smith, J. (2021). The front door to child protection – Issues and innovations. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 3(4), 351-367. DOI: 10.1007/s42448-020-00051-9 See https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42448-020-00051-9
6. Lonne, B., Flemington, T., Lock, M., Hartz, D., Ramanathan, S., & Fraser, J. (2021). The power of authenticity and cultural safety at the intersection of healthcare and child protection. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice. 3(4), 393-408. Published online. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42448-020-00053-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-020-00053-7
7. Hu, Y., Burton, J., & Lonne, B. (2020). Informal kin caregivers raising children left behind in rural China: Experiences, feelings and support. Child and Family Social Work. Published online and available at https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12712
8. Raman, S., Harries, M., Seth, R., Kyeremateng , R., Nathawad , R. & Lonne, B., (2020). Where do we go from here? A child rights-based response to COVID-19. British Medical Journal, Paediatrics Open, 4:e000714. doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000714.
9. Herrenkohl, T. I., Lonne, B. Higgins, D., & Scott, D. (2020). The personal security of children demands bold system reform. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, (3), 9-17, 10.1007/s42448-019-00027-4 Available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42448-019-00027-4
10. Russ, E., Lonne, B., & Lynch, D. (2019). Increasing child protection workforce retention through promoting a relational-reflective framework for resilience. Child Abuse & Neglect. Special Issue – Workforce resilience: Research to promote a healthy and resilient child abuse and neglect workforce. 110(Pt 3), 104245–104245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104245
11. Lonne, B., Higgins, D., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Scott, D. (2019). Reconstructing the workforce within public health protective systems: Improving resilience, retention, service responsiveness and outcomes. Special Issue – Workforce resilience: Research to promote a healthy and resilient child abuse and neglect workforce. Child Abuse & Neglect, 110(Pt 3), 104191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104191
12. Darracott. R., Lonne. B., Cheers, B., & Wagner, I. (2019). The influences on practice in social care: An Australian study. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance, 43(1), 16-40.
Books and Monograph Publications from last 4 years
1. Russ, E., Morley, L., Driver, M., Lonne, B., Harries, M., & Higgins, D. (2022). Trends and needs in the Australian child welfare workforce: An exploratory study. Canberra: ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies.
2. Lonne, B. (2020). Final Evaluation Report - Trial of Safety Smartwatches to Protect Victims of Violence. StandbyU Foundation.
3. Lonne, B., Scott, D., Higgins, D. & Herrenkohl, T. (Eds.) (2019). Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children. New York: Springer Publishers.
Book Chapters from last 4 years
1. Lonne, B., & Henderson, R. (In press). Community recovery. In G. Fitzgerald, P. Aitken, M. Tarrant, B. Ryan, P. Burns, C. Myers & M. Fredriksen (Eds.) Disaster health management: Primer for students and practitioners (2nd ed.). London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
2. Shaw, A., Canavan, J., & Lonne, B. (2022). Expectations, capacity and sustainability: Introducing a commissioning model for child and family services in Ireland. In J. Canavan, C. Devaney, C. McGregor & A. Shaw (Eds.) Understanding system change in child protection and welfare. London: Routledge.
3. Higgins, D., Lonne, B., Scott, D., Herrenkohl, T. & Klika, B. (2022). Core Components of Public Health Approaches to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect. In R. Krugman, & J. Korbin, (Eds.) Handbook of Child Maltreatment (Ch 22), 2nd Edition (pp. 445-458). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-82479-2_22
4. Duthie, D., Steinhauer, S., Twinn, C., Steinhauer, V. & Lonne, B. (2019). Understanding trauma and child maltreatment experienced in Indigenous communities. In B. Lonne, D. Scott, D. Higgins & T. Herrenkohl (Eds.), Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children (pp. 327-348). New York: Springer Publishers.
5. Herrenkohl, T., Lonne, B., Scott, D., & Higgins, D. (2019). New directions for public health approaches: Key themes and issues. In B. Lonne, D. Scott, D. Higgins & T. Herrenkohl (Eds.). Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children (pp. 487-500). New York: Springer Publishers.
6. Higgins, D., Lonne, B., Herrenkohl., T. & Scott, D. (2019). The successes and limitations of contemporary approaches to child protection. In B. Lonne, D. Scott, D. Higgins & T. Herrenkohl (Eds.). Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children (pp. 3-18). New York: Springer Publishers.
7. Higgins, D., Sanders, M., Lonne, B., & Richardson, D. (2019). Families – private and sacred: How to raise the curtain and implement family support from a public health perspective. In B. Lonne, D. Scott, D. Higgins & T. Herrenkohl (Eds.). Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children (pp. 127-144). New York: Springer Publishers.
8. Merkel-Holguin, L., Fuller, T., Winokur, M., Drury, I. & Lonne, B. (2019). How can differential response inform a public health approach to child maltreatment prevention? In B. Lonne, D. Scott, D. Higgins & T. Herrenkohl (Eds.). Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children (pp. 181-196). New York: Springer Publishers.
2024
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Skrove, Gaute;
Lonne, Robert Lawrence;
Lichtwarck, Willy;
Morley, Christine;
Moufack, Marie Florence;
Røkkum, Nina Helen Aas.
(2024)
Norwegian Child Welfare Managers’ perceptions of the impacts of COVID-19 infection control measures upon service functionality: A longitudinal study.
Children and Youth Services Review
Academic article
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Kojan, Bente Heggem;
Russ, Erica;
Skrove, Gaute;
Lonne, Robert Lawrence.
(2024)
Comparison of Systems and Outcomes for Safeguarding Children in Australia and Norway: A Decade of Rapid Change.
Child & Family Social Work
Academic article
Journal publications
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Skrove, Gaute;
Lonne, Robert Lawrence;
Lichtwarck, Willy;
Morley, Christine;
Moufack, Marie Florence;
Røkkum, Nina Helen Aas.
(2024)
Norwegian Child Welfare Managers’ perceptions of the impacts of COVID-19 infection control measures upon service functionality: A longitudinal study.
Children and Youth Services Review
Academic article
-
Kojan, Bente Heggem;
Russ, Erica;
Skrove, Gaute;
Lonne, Robert Lawrence.
(2024)
Comparison of Systems and Outcomes for Safeguarding Children in Australia and Norway: A Decade of Rapid Change.
Child & Family Social Work
Academic article
Teaching
Professor Lonne currently teaches in several courses as part of the NORWEL initiative, including SARB8020, SVF8066 and SVF8067. He also teaches into the Master of Social Work and Master of Child Welfare programs.
Supervision
He has engaged in academic supervision of 8 PhD and 1 Professional doctorate students who completed, as well as 1 Research Masters and 3 Honours students who have completed their research.