Connor Conkey-Morrison
I’m a PhD candidate at RMIT University and a provisional psychologist working with children, schools, and families. My research focuses on emotionally based school avoidance in the digital age. Although the roles complement each other, the gap between what the evidence recommends and what families are able to do keeps me up at night (legitimately - both involve more paperwork than any one person should commit to). My current research aims to close that gap.
6
Papers in progress
4
Peer-reviewed publications
2024–2027
Active PhD period
PROSPERO
Systematic review registered
Current focus
I research school attendance problems and emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA): why children disengage from school, what interventions work (or why interventions don’t work), and how disengagement develops across childhood and adolescence. My work combines systematic review methods, longitudinal cohort modelling, and population-level education data — developed through an industry partnership with CatholicCare Victoria, giving me direct access to the schools, families, and practitioners this work is meant to serve.
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