Intensive Mothering

School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education

Intensive Mothering will feature talks from Dr Sophie Brock, Associate Professor Rebecca Byrne, and Dr Sally Savage.

QUT B Block Room B403, and on Zoom

Queensland University of Technology and the Centre for Child &amp; Family Studies are delighted to host Intensive Mothering featuring Dr Sophie Brock, Associate Professor Rebecca Byrne, and Dr Sally Savage. Based in Sydney, Australia, Dr Sophie Brock is Sociologist and Mother whose work explores motherhood as being socially constructed and individually experienced. Her PhD research focused on the experiences of mothers of children with disabilities, but more specifically on their relationships, sense of self and identity, and how they experienced the social construction of motherhood. Sophie is the host of The Good Enough Mother Podcast, centred around holding conversations with those passionate about advocating for social, cultural, and institutional change to better support mothers, families, and communities. In addition to her podcast, Sophie also works independently to develop online courses for mothers and mother-supporting professionals who want to learn about the sociology of motherhood. Associate Professor Rebecca Byrne is an ARC DECRA Fellow and Accredited Practising Dietitian whose research is aimed at supporting parents of young children and early childhood educators to create calm and enjoyable mealtimes. Rebecca practised as a clinical dietitian in hospital and domiciliary before completing her PhD where she described toddler dietary intake and maternal feeding practices. Following her postdoctoral research fellowship within an NHMRC funded Centre for Research Excellence which centred on the development of novel short form measures to assess health behaviours in young children, Rebecca was appointed to an ongoing academic position within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at QUT. As part of her current research fellowship, Rebecca is exploring whether children who experience consistent and responsive feeding practices both at home and in early childhood education have higher levels of self-regulation, optimal eating behaviour and diet quality. Much of her work is in collaboration with researchers across the disciplines of nutrition, physical activity, nursing, psychology, and education. Rebecca’s research partnerships include non-profit and government organisations including Play Matters and Children’s Health Queensland HHS. She is also a founding member of Australia’s National Nutrition Network: Early Childhood Education and Care. Dr Sally Savage is a lecturer in QUT’s School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education and joint course coordinator for the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education. Her work predominantly centres on mothers and the intersection between motherhood, paid work, studying and leisure activities. Sally, a trained early years teacher and early years music specialist, has worked in a variety of settings in Australia and the UK. The focus of her PhD research was intergenerational musical mothering to explore women’s relationship between music and motherhood. She is currently studying how mothers who are musician-performers navigate paid work and caring responsibilities. Later this year, Sally’s doctoral study (by monograph) will be published with Palgrave Macmillan. Sally is passionate about supporting student-mothers at the university where she works and facilitates regular meetups and advocates for positive changes to support mothers. Intensive Mothering is a 90-minute free event, open to all. It will offer valuable insight into topics surrounding motherhood and mothering. Refreshments will be provided. The event will begin promptly at 12 noon, however you may choose to arrive at 11:45 for networking and refreshments. This event will take place at QUT's Kelvin Grove Campus, B Block, in Room B403. If you choose to attend via Zoom, a link will be sent to you via email on the day of the event.PLEASE NOTE: As part of this event we may take photos for publicity, publications, display or other university purposes. If you are included in these photos or videos, you agree to their use as outlined above and that you do not have an interest in the copyright to the photographs or videos, or payment for your appearance in them. If you do not wish to be included in photos or videos, email childandfamily@qut.edu.au as soon as possible to advise us. Please also alert the photographer / videographer on the day.

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