Louise Carley Young – The Conversation

People between the ages of 25 and 34 are the largest group of woman who find themselves homeless. Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock

June 19, 2019

‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness

Jacki Montgomery, Western Sydney University; Aila Khan, Western Sydney University, and Louise Carley Young, Western Sydney University

The largest group of homeless women is between the ages of 25 and 34, and family violence is most often the cause. Their stories testify to the dangers and stresses of not having a place to call home.

Rewarding individuals just creates ‘mean bad chickens’. Amphipolis/Naples Museum/Flickr

November 19, 2015

Bonus time? Research shows it’s better to reward groups than individuals

Ian F. Wilkinson, University of Sydney; Daniel Ladley, University of Leicester, and Louise Carley Young, Western Sydney University

Group rewards produce cooperative, high performing groups but also, counterintuitively, the best performing individuals.

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