Rate My Professor Arianne Reis

Reis's research focuses on leisure and recreation, mental health and wellbeing, nature-based health interventions, mental health literacy, physical activity participation, social justice, and support for disadvantaged groups such as low-income communities, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and refugees. She has secured over $1 million in external research grants in the past five years and leads the Commonwealth-funded Young Well Beings project, a digital learning resource co-designed by young mothers to enhance perinatal mental health literacy. Her publications include 'Australian young mothers’ experience of mental health and wellbeing during their perinatal journey' (2026, Youth & Society), 'Risky outdoor play and adventure education in nature for child and adolescent wellbeing: a scoping review' (2025, Behavioral Sciences), 'Recreation and leisure in Brazil' (2025, Introduction to Recreation and Leisure), 'Challenges for meaningful participation in prisoner or corrective services research' (2025, Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences), and 'An analysis of the suitability of public spaces to physical activity practice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil' (2013). Reis has earned awards including AdvanceHE Senior Fellow (2021), Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia Teaching Award (2021), ANZALS Thesis of the Year Award (2011), and Excellence in University Engagement and Sustainability Award (2020). Her contributions align with UN Sustainable Development Goals including Good Health and Well-being and Reduced Inequalities.