About me
Hello! I’m Willow (she/her), an Anthropology PhD candidate at Deakin Uni in (so-called) Melbourne, Australia, exploring a phenomenon close to my heart: mutual aid. You can read more about my project here.
Before landing in anthropology, I completed a BA Honours from the University of Melbourne with undergrad from QUT majoring in critical criminology. Here I developed a long-standing interest in transformative justice and abolitionism (academic and non), and an affinity for cultural criminological approaches to research that are distinctly qualitative and ethnographic.
Since 2018 I’ve also been a Senior Research Assistant at the multidisciplinary Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne Uni, where I’ve dipped my toes into social policy, social enterprise, and diaspora studies. You can read about my RA work at Swinburne here.
Otherwise, I’m a foraging, bicycling, noodle soup-enthusiast based in Naarm/Melbourne. My politics are, for the most part, Anarchist. I enjoy keeping active in communities, political and social alike.
Get in touch
I love exchanging stories, anecdotes & ideas, be they about mutual aid or your favourite fruits. Pls reach out at
rhutton@deakin.edu.au or
rwah@fastmail.com or ph/Signal on request 🙂
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publications & writing
Qian-Khoo, J., Hiruy, K. & Hutton, R. W. (2021). A systematic review of meta-evaluations: lessons for evaluation and impact analysis. American Journal of Evaluation. https://doi.org/10.1177/10982140211018276
Hiruy, K. & Hutton, R. W. ( 2020). Towards a Re-imagination of the New African Diaspora in Australia: Superdiversity, Interconnectedness and Cultural Brokerage.African Diaspora, 12(1-2), 153-179. doi:10.1163/18725465-bja10010
Hiruy, K., Walo, M., Abbott, M., Barraket, J. & Hutton, R W. (2019). Towards an Optimal Employment Strategy for People Seeking Asylum in Victoria. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. https://www.asrc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ASRC-Employment-Research-Report_W_FA.pdf
Hiruy, K., Hutton, R., Draayers, W., & Johns, N. (2018). International Fellowship Program of the International Specialised Skills Institute: Evaluation Report. I nternational Specialised Skills Institute.
Hiruy, K., Hutton, R., & Walso, M. T. (2019, November 5). Asylum seekers left ‘desperate’ and ‘helpless’ when they try to find work in Australia. The Conversation.
REBECCA 'WILLOW' ANNE HUTTON 