Lorna Hallahan

Lorna is an Associate Professor in Social Work at Flinders University. Prior to coming to Flinders, Lorna practiced in a range of settings, including disability advocacy and the management of a loss and grief service. Lorna‘s teaching focusses on ethical issues for workers in complex human services. 

Lorna has been a significant and long term contributor to the development and analysis of disability policy including the emergence and evaluation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.  From July 2019 until February 2021 Lorna was Senior Research Advisor to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability where she completed a report on the socio-cultural history of disability in Australia.