Rate My Professor Aniqa Farwa

Farwa’s research specializes in decolonising knowledge, research, and social work practice, with foci on institutional power, professional discourse, frontline practice, mental health systems, culturally and linguistically diverse contexts, street-level bureaucracy, critical discourse analysis, research ethics, and critical disability justice. She critically examines the implications of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making for human services and professional ethics. Key publications include 'Informal third-party actors in street-level welfare decisions: a case study of Pakistan social assistance' (Journal of Social Policy, 2023, with P. Henman); 'The translation of recovery-oriented social work practice in child and youth mental health: A scoping review' (British Journal of Social Work, 2024, with K. Reid et al.); 'Everything is white: Exposing and deconstructing whiteness as risk in the helping professions' (2024, with J. Russ-Smith and A. Wheeler); 'A decolonising critical discourse analysis framework for positive behaviour support plans' (Australian Social Work, 2026, with A. Wheeler et al.); and 'Human Services 2.0: Navigating ethics, innovation, and AI in human services' (2025, with D. J. Keegan). Her contributions have earned awards such as the 2024 Faculty of Health Sciences Employee Values Award for Research Supervision, the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award for Student Experience (team), and the 2016 TASA Postgraduate Conference Best Paper Award. Farwa maintains active research partnerships with universities, government, and non-government organisations, fostering equity, critical inquiry, and transformative change in social work and allied health.