Eileen Joy

Oct 16, 2024 | theconversation.com | Eileen Joy

With the recent establishment of a new Social Investment Agency – described as a “driving project” for the government by Finance Minister Nicola Willis – it seems New Zealand has come full circle on this approach to social welfare. First championed by then finance minister Bill English in 2015, social investment was rebranded “social wellbeing” by Labour-led governments between 2017 and 2023. But Willis signalled before last year’s election that its time had come again.

Oct 16, 2024 | weekendtimes.com.au | Eileen Joy |Waipapa Taumata Rau

Written by Eileen Joy, Professional Teaching Fellow in Social Work, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau With the recent establishment of a new Social Investment Agency – described as a “driving project” for the government by Finance Minister Nicola Willis – it seems New Zealand has come full circle on this approach to social welfare.

Jul 19, 2023 | thespinoff.co.nz | Eileen Joy

The gut-wrenching case of Lauren Dickason, the Timaru doctor who murdered her three young children, raises raises questions about our approach to maternal mental illness, writes Dr Eileen Joy. According to a 2022 report on maternal mental health, 11,000 New Zealand women are estimated to suffer from postnatal depression and/or anxiety every year – an average of 75% of them not meeting the threshold for assistance from providers for the Maternal Mental Health service.

Mar 22, 2023 | mdpi.com | Eileen Joy |Tove Lundberg |Katrina Roen

Open AccessArticlebyEileen Joy 1, Tove Lundberg 2 and Katrina Roen 1,* 1School of Social Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand2Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 22100 Lund, Sweden*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.