Arts-Based Research, Resilience and Well-being Across the Lifespan

Loraine McKay is a senior lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia. Her work involves capacity building to promote resilience, agency and efficacy within preservice and beginning teachers’ professional identity. She is interested in exploring the role of arts in reflective practice within teacher education.

Georgina Barton is an associate professor in the School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She researches in the areas of the arts and literacy with diverse communities. She is a co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Global Arts Education with Margaret Baguley.

Susanne Garvis is a professor at the University of Gothenburg, and a guest professor at Stockholm University, Sweden. She researches in the field of early childhood education. She has been involved in national and international research projects, providedconsultancy to government agencies and NGOs and developed expert reports for various agencies around the delivery of early childhood education. 

Viviana Sappa is a senior researcher and teachers’ educator at Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) in Lugano, Switzerland. She has substantial experience in research in education and VET and in teacher education with a focus on teachers’ resilience, identity development and transitions in the life span. Viviana is an adjunct member of Griffith Institute of Educational Research (GIER) at Griffith University.