Professor Karen Thorpe

Featured projects	Duration
10000 hours ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship	2022
STARS Australian Research Council	2020
Brain Builders Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership	2023

Thorpe, K., Tayler, C., Greishaber, S., Bridgstock, R., Skoien, P., Danby, S. and Petriwskyj, A. (2004). Preparing for school: external evaluation of the preparing for school trial. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Go Press.

Berryman, Julia, Thorpe, Karen and Windridge, Kate (1997). Mut zur spaten Schwangerschaft: Mutter werden ab 35. Munich, Germany: Kosel.

Berryman, J. C. and Thorpe, K. J. (1995). Older mothers: Conception, Pregnancy and Birth after 35. London, United Kingdom: Pandora Press.

Berryman, J., Thorpe, K. and Windridge, K. (1995). Mut zur späten Schwangerschaft. Munich, Germany: Kösel Verlag.

Cooke, Emma, Coles, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen and Houen, Sandy (2024). Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during Covid-19. Departing radically in academic writing: alternative approaches to writing and methods in qualitative research. (pp. 15-25) edited by Elizabeth Mackinlay and Karen Madden. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003360766-2

Theobald, Maryanne, Danby, Susan, Thompson, Catherine and Thorpe, Karen (2024). Friendships. Health and Wellbeing in Childhood. (pp. 224-238) Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009339506.015

Xu, Yuwei, Warin, Jo, Thorpe, Karen and Rohrmann, Tim (2021). Researching men’s career trajectories in ECEC: a cross-cultural inter-researcher approach. Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce: Why They Leave and Why They Stay. (pp. 43-56) edited by David L. Brody, Kari Emilsen, Tim Rohrmann and Jo Warin. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003048473-6

Sullivan, Victoria, Sak, Ramazan and Thorpe, Karen (2021). Experiences of workplace relationships as factors precipitating or preventing dropout of male educators in ECEC. Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce: Why They Leave and Why They Stay. (pp. 83-97) edited by David L. Brody, Kari Emilsen, Tim Rohrmann and Jo Warin. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom : Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003048473-9

Brody, D., Xu, Y., Thorpe, K. and Rohrmann, T. (2020). Methodology for a 12 country study. Men in childcare: factors affecting entry and exit of a career in ECEC. (pp. ---) edited by Brody, D., Rohrmann, T., Emilsen, K. and Warin, J.. -: Routledge.

Thorpe, Karen, Staton, Sally and Bekkhus, Mona (2020). Twins and other multiples. Encyclopaedia of child and adolescent development. (pp. 1-15) edited by Stephen Hupp and Jeremy D Jewell. New York, United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119171492.wecad219

Sarmardin, Dixie, Leske, Rachel, Woods, Annette and Thorpe, Karen (2020). ‘It’s much more than getting ready to go to school’: thinking about young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children learning literacy. Literacies in early childhood: foundations for equity and quality. (pp. 100-111) edited by Annette Woods and Beryl Exley. Docklands, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Theobald, Maryanne, Danby, Susan, Thompson, Catherine and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Friendships. Health and Wellbeing in Childhood. (pp. 235-256) edited by Susanne Garvis and Donna Pendergast. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108658874.015

Miller, M., Dawson-Sinclair, K., Eivers, A. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Cultural security in Australian classrooms: entanglements with mainstream education as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children transition to school. Culture in education, education in culture: tensioned dialogues and creative constructions. (pp. 57-77) edited by Pernille Hviid and Mariann Martsin. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28412-1

Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan J., Given, Lisa M. and Thorpe, Karen (2018). Producing contexts for young children’s digital technology use: web searching during adult-child interactions at home and preschool. Digital childhoods: technologies and children’s everyday lives. (pp. 65-82) edited by Susan J. Danby, Marilyn Fleer , Christina Davidson and Maria Hatzigianni. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6484-5_5

Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan J. and Thorpe, Karen (2017). "Uh Oh": Multimodal meaning making during viewing of YouTube videos in preschool. Multimodal perspectives of language, literacy, and learning in early childhood: the creative and critical "art" of making meaning. (pp. 233-255) edited by Marilyn J. Narey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-44297-6_12

Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Theobald, Maryanne, Houen, Sandra and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Pretend play and technology: Young children making sense of their everyday social worlds. Multidisciplinary perspectives on play from birth and beyond. (pp. 231-245) edited by Sandra Lynch, Deborah Pike and Cynthia à Beckett. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2643-0_14

Theobald, M., Danby, S., Thorpe, K. and Thompson, C. (2017). Friendships. Health and wellbeing in the early years. (pp. 141-160) edited by Susanne Garvis and Donna Pendergast. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316780107.011

Houen, Sandra, Danby, Susan, Farrell, Ann and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Web searching as a context to build on young children’s displayed knowledge. Children's knowledge-in-interaction: studies in conversation analysis. (pp. 57-72) edited by Amanda Bateman and Amelia Church. Singapore: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-1703-2_4

Boyd, Wendy, Millear, Prudence M. , Thorpe, Karen and Walker, Sue (2016). Working it out: balancing work and care after the birth of a first child. Exploring resources, life-balance and well-being of women who work in a global context. (pp. 145-159) edited by Roxane L Gervais and Prudence M. Millear. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31736-6_9

Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Given, Lisa M. and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Composing an email: social interaction in a preschool classroom. Understanding digital technologies and young children: an international perspective. (pp. 5-17) edited by Susanne Garvis and Narelle Lemon. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315753027

Thorpe, K. (2014). Language development in twins. Encyclopedia of language development. (pp. Unknown-Unknown) edited by Patricia J. Brooks and Vera Kempe. New York, United States: Sage.

Theobald, Maryanne, Danby, Susan, Thompson, Catherine and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Friendships. Health and wellbeing in childhood. (pp. 114-132) edited by Susanne Garvis and Donna Pendergast. Port Melbourne, Vic, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

Thorpe, K., Cloney, D. and Tayler, C. (2010). Rethinking early childhood education and care: Implications for research and evaluation. International Encyclopedia of Education. (pp. 144-150) Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01201-X

Butler, Carly W., Danby, Susan, Emmison, Michael and Thorpe, Karen (2010). Managing medical advice seeking in calls to child health line. Communication in healthcare settings: Policy participation and new technologies. (pp. 31-47) edited by Alison Pilnick, Jon Hindmarsh and Virginia Teas Gill. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444324020.ch3

Thorpe, K., Cloney, D., and Tayler, C. (2010). Changing policy conceptualisations of ECEC: implications for research and evaluation. International encyclopaedia of education. (pp. Unknown-Unknown) New Delhi, India: APH Publishing.

Brownlee, J., Stacey, P. and Thorpe, K. (2005). Investigating teacher beliefs about knowing and learning: can we do it better?. Stimulating the action as participants in participatory research . (pp. 137-145) edited by F. Bryer, D. Roebuck and B. Bartlett. Brisbane, Australia: Griffin University.

Elliott, S. A. and Thorpe, K. J. (1998). Well-being of mothers. The psychology of reproduction: current issues in infancy and parenthood. (pp. 1-1) edited by Anne Walker and Catherine Niven. Oxford, United Kingdom: Butterworth Heinemann.

Loeffler, Anna, Rankin, Peter, Smith, Simon S., Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2024). Exploring the relationship between age at nap cessation and social-emotional functioning in children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 45 (2), e150-e158. doi: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001259

Tang, Angelina, Rankin, Peter, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2024). Access to high-quality early care and education: Analysis of Australia's national integrated data. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 67, 352-362. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.02.001

Searle, Bonnie, Staton, Sally, Littlewood, Robyn, Bayliss, Olivia and Thorpe, Karen (2023). A missed opportunity? Meal provision in early childhood education and care services in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28 (2), 362-371. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03849-4

Cooke, Emma, Smith, Caitlin, Miguel, Maria Carmen, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and Chawla, Jasneek (2023). Siblings’ experiences of sleep disruption in families with a child with Down syndrome. Sleep Health. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.10.002

Cockshaw, Wendell D., Thorpe, Karen J., Giannotti, Michele and Hazell-Raine, Karen (2023). Factor structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a large population-based sample of fathers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.025

Searle, Bonnie, Cooke, Emma, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2023). Poverty for lunch: a case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECE. Children & Society: the international journal of childhood and children's. doi: 10.1111/chso.12782

Mamun, Abdullah, Biswas, Tuhin, Scott, James, Sly, Peter D., McIntyre, H. David, Thorpe, Karen, Boyle, Frances M., Dekker, Marloes N., Doi, Suhail, Mitchell, Murray, McNeil, Keith, Kothari, Alka, Hardiman, Leah and Callaway, Leonie Kaye (2023). Adverse childhood experiences, the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 13 (8) e063826, e063826. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063826

Irvine, Susan, Lunn, Jo, Sumsion, Jennifer, Jansen, Elena, Sullivan, Victoria and Thorpe, Karen (2023). Professionalization and professionalism: quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Early Childhood Education Journal. doi: 10.1007/s10643-023-01531-6

Cooke, Emma, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Houen, Sandy, Thorpe, Karen, Clarke, Andrew, Oakes, Candice and Staton, Sally (2023). Discursive tensions: Outcomes and rights in educators’ accounts of children’s relaxation. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 24 (1), 70-81. doi: 10.1177/1463949120983480

Searle, Bonnie, Staton, Sally, Littlewood, Robyn and Thorpe, Karen (2023). Mealtimes in the context of poverty: comparison of ECEC services providing food and those requiring food provided from home. Child: Care, Health and Development, 49 (6), 995-1005. doi: 10.1111/cch.13109

Cooke, Emma, Coles, Laetitia, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and Chawla, Jasneek (2023). Communicating the complex lives of families that include a child with Down syndrome. Health Sociology Review, 32 (1), 19-41. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2022.2161405

Sorkin, Nir, Hatch, Wendy, Mimouni, Michael, Chew, Hall F., Rootman, David S., Slomovic, Allan R., Bujak, Matthew C., Chan, Clara C., Thorpe, Kevin E., Perez, Mauricio, Stiuso, Vera and Singal, Neera (2023). A randomized controlled trial comparing femtosecond-enabled deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and standard deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (FEDS Study). Eye, 37 (13), 2693-2699. doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02387-1

Thorpe, Karen, Panthi, Narayan, Houen, Sandra, Horwood, Marcus and Staton, Sally (2023). Support to stay and thrive: mapping challenges faced by Australia’s early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022–2031. The Australian Educational Researcher, 51 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1007/s13384-022-00607-3

Sullivan, Victoria, Coles, Laetitia, Xu, Yuwei and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Men times ten: does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care?. Gender and Education, 35 (1), 18-36. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2022.2137106

Coles, Laetitia, Johnstone, Melissa, Pattinson, Cassandra, Thorpe, Karen, Van Halen, Olivia, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Bayliss, Olivia, Lakeman, Nicole, Western, Mark, Povey, Jenny and Staton, Sally (2022). Identifying factors for poorer educational outcomes that may be exacerbated by COVID ‐19: A systematic review focussing on at‐risk school children and adolescents. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58 (1), 13-40. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.236

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Searle, Bonnie, Van Halen, Olivia, Lakeman, Nicole, Oakes, Candice, Harris, Holly and Staton, Sally (2022). Meal provision in early childhood education and care programs: Association with geographic disadvantage, social disadvantage, cost, and market competition in an Australian population. Social Science & Medicine, 312 115317, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115317

Rankin, Peter Sheldon, Staton, Sally, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Houen, Sandy and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Emotional quality of early education programs improves language learning: A within‐child across context design. Child Development, 93 (6), 1680-1697. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13811

Houen, Sandy, Thorpe, Karen, van Os, Danielle, Westwood, Emily, Toon, Danielle and Staton, Sally (2022). Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review of educators' interactional strategies that promote rich conversations with children aged 2–5 years. Educational Research Review, 37 100473, 100473. doi: 10.1016/j.edurev.2022.100473

Cooke, Emma, Coles, Laetitia, Clarke, Andrew, Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2022). Discarded data: an Ahmedian engagement with young children’s gendered accounts of violence and power. Gender and Education, 34 (7), 787-803. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2022.2078795

Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy, Rankin, Peter, Pattinson, Cassandra and Staton, Sally (2022). Do the numbers add up? Questioning measurement that places Australian ECEC teaching as ‘low quality’. The Australian Educational Researcher, 50 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s13384-022-00525-4

Searle, Bonnie-Ria E., Staton, Sally S., Littlewood, Robyn and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Associations between food provision and feeding practices in socially disadvantaged childcare centres. Appetite, 169 105811, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105811

Coles, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Hewitt, Belinda, Ruppanner, Leah, Bayliss, Olivia, O'Flaherty, Martin and Staton, Sally (2022). Children's sleep and fathers' health and wellbeing: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 61 101570, 101570. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101570

Brownlee, Jo Lunn, Irvine, Susan, Sullivan, Victoria and Thorpe, Karen (2021). Educators reflecting on sleep and rest time dilemmas in ECEC: where is the "critical" in reflective practices?. Australian Educational Researcher, 48 (4), 697-719. doi: 10.1007/s13384-020-00414-8

Baxter, Janeen, Cobb‐Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, Thorpe, Karen, De Silva, Lihini and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2021). Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID‐19. The Australian Economic Review, 54 (3) 1467-8462.12428, 343-358. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12428

Ulset, Vidar Sandsaunet, Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi, Staton, Sally, Smith, Simon, Pattinson, Cassandra, Allen, Alicia, Thorpe, Karen and Bekkhus, Mona (2021). Environmental light exposure, rest-activity rhythms, and symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity: an observational study of Australian preschoolers. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 73 101560, 101560. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101560

Gehret, Hannah, Cooke, Emma, Staton, Sally, Irvine, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2021). Three things I learn at sleep-time: children’s accounts of sleep and rest in their early childhood education programs. Early Years, 41 (5), 556-573. doi: 10.1080/09575146.2019.1634010

Thorpe, Karen, Jansen, Elena, Sullivan, Victoria, Irvine, Susan, McDonald, Paula and The Early Years Workforce Study team (2020). Identifying predictors of retention and professional wellbeing of the early childhood education workforce in a time of change. Journal of Educational Change, 21 (4), 623-647. doi: 10.1007/s10833-020-09382-3

Thorpe, Karen, Rankin, Peter, Beatton, Tony, Houen, Sandy, Sandi, Matteo, Siraj, Iram and Staton, Sally (2020). The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 274-286. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.003

Daniels, Lynne A., Mallan, Kimberley M., Jansen, Elena, Nicholson, Jan M., Magarey, Anthea M. and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Comparison of early feeding practices in mother–father dyads and possible generalization of an efficacious maternal intervention to fathers’ feeding practices: a secondary analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (17) 6075, 6075-12. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176075

Searle, Bonnie-Ria E., Harris, Holly A., Thorpe, Karen and Jansen, Elena (2020). What children bring to the table: the association of temperament and child fussy eating with maternal and paternal mealtime structure. Appetite, 151 104680, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104680

Sullivan, Victoria, Coles, Laetitia, Xu, Yuwei, Perales, Francisco and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Beliefs and attributions: insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 21 (2), 126-137. doi: 10.1177/1463949120929462

Thorpe, Karen, Sullivan, V., Jansen, E., McDonald, P., Sumsion, J. and Irvine, S. (2020). A man in the centre: inclusion and contribution of male educators in early childhood education and care teaching teams. Early Child Development and Care, 190 (6), 921-934. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1501564

Oakes, Candice, Staton, Sally, Houen, Sandra, Cooke, Emma, Pattinson, Cassandra, Teo, Sue-Lynn and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Correction to: “Did my child sleep today?”: communication between parents and educators in early childhood education and care settings (Child & Youth Care Forum, (2019), 10.1007/s10566-019-09527-3). Child and Youth Care Forum, 49 (2), 285-286. doi: 10.1007/s10566-019-09531-7

Staton, Sally, Rankin, Peter S., Harding, Mollie, Smith, Simon S., Westwood, Emily, LeBourgeois, Monique K. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2020). Many naps, one nap, none: a systematic review and meta-analysis of napping patterns in children 0-12 years. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 50 101247, 101247. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2019.101247

Thorpe, Karen, Westwood, Emily, Jansen, Elena, Menner, Ryan, Houen, Sandy and Staton, Sally (2020). Working towards the Australian National Quality Standard for ECEC: what do we know? Where should we go?. Australian Educational Researcher, 48 (2), 227-247. doi: 10.1007/s13384-020-00387-8

Cooke, Emma, Thorpe, Karen, Clarke, Andrew, Houen, Sandy, Oakes, Candice and Staton, Sally (2020). “Lie in the grass, the soft grass”: Relaxation accounts of young children attending childcare. Children and Youth Services Review, 109 104722, 104722. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104722

Hazell Raine, Karen, Nath, Selina, Howard, Louise M., Cockshaw, Wendell, Boyce, Philip, Sawyer, Emily and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Associations between prenatal maternal mental health indices and mother–infant relationship quality 6 to 18 months’ postpartum: a systematic review. Infant Mental Health Journal, 41 (1) imhj.21825, 24-39. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21825

Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan, Ekberg, Stuart and Thorpe, Karen (2020). The interactional achievement of reading aloud by young children and parents during digital technology use. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 21 (4), 475-498. doi: 10.1177/1468798419896040

Staton, S., Coles, L., Zheng, Z. and Thorpe, K. (2020). COVID-19: Giving the Gift of Family Time. Report from the Understanding the Social Impacts of COVID-19 Study. Contact Magazine.

Hazell Raine, Karen, Thorpe, Karen and Boyce, Philip (2020). Perinatal depression screening in Australia: a position paper. Nursing and Health Sciences, 23 (1) nhs.12793, 279-287. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12793

Thorpe, Karen, Danby, Susan, Cromack, Ceridwen and Gallegos, Danielle (2020). Supporting, failing to support and undermining breastfeeding self-efficacy: analyses of helpline calls. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 16 (2) e12919, e12919. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12919

Potia, Azhar Hussain, Page, Steven, Mooney, Rebeckah, Dennis, Phil, Menner, Ryan and Thorpe, Karen (2020). We didn't plan for this - but we led and learned: ARTIE Academy and COVID-19. Australian Educational Leader, 42 (3), 53-55.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Houen, S. and Beatton, T. (2020). Essential yet discounted: COVID-19 and the early childhood education workforce. Australian Educational Leader, 42 (3), 18-21.

Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Smith, Simon, Pease, Anna, Blair, Peter, Young, Jeanine, Irvine, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2019). Observed compliance with safe sleeping guidelines in licensed childcare services. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104 (12), 1193-1197. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317000

Oakes, Candice, Staton, Sally, Houen, Sandra, Cooke, Emma, Pattinson, Cassandra, Teo, Sue-Lynn and Thorpe, Karen (2019). “Did my child sleep today?”: communication between parents and educators in early childhood education and care settings. Child & Youth Care Forum, 49 (2), 265-283. doi: 10.1007/s10566-019-09527-3

Raine, Karen Hazell, Boyce, Philip and Thorpe, Karen (2019). Antenatal interpersonal sensitivity as an early predictor of vulnerable mother–infant relationship quality. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 24 (4), 860-875. doi: 10.1177/1359104519857217

Harris, Holly A., Staton, Sally, Morawska, Alina, Gallegos, Danielle, Oakes, Candice and Thorpe, Karen (2019). A comparison of maternal feeding responses to child fussy eating in low-income food secure and food insecure households. Appetite, 137, 259-266. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.03.005

Smith, Simon S., Edmed, Shannon L., Staton, Sally L., Pattinson, Cassandra L. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2019). Correlates of naptime behaviors in preschool aged children. Nature and Science of Sleep, 11, 27-34. doi: 10.2147/nss.s193115

Hazell Raine, Karen, Cockshaw, Wendell, Boyce, Philip and Thorpe, Karen (2019). Prenatal maternal personality as an early predictor of vulnerable parenting style. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 22 (6), 799-807. doi: 10.1007/s00737-019-00963-7

Straker, Leon, Zabatiero, Juliana, Danby, Susan, Thorpe, Karen and Edwards, Susan (2019). Reply: Advocating for a cautious, conservative approach to screen time guidelines in young children. Journal of Pediatrics, 207, 262-263. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.11.061

Straker, Leon, Zabatiero, Juliana, Danby, Susan, Thorpe, Karen and Edwards, Susan (2018). Conflicting guidelines on young children's screen time and use of digital technology create policy and practice dilemmas. The Journal of Pediatrics, 202, 300-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.019

McDonald, Paula, Thorpe, Karen and Irvine, Susan (2018). Low pay but still we stay: retention in early childhood education and care. Journal of Industrial Relations, 60 (5), 002218561880035-668. doi: 10.1177/0022185618800351

Harris, Holly A., Jansen, Elena, Mallan, Kimberley M., Daniels, Lynne and Thorpe, Karen (2018). Concern explaining nonresponsive feeding: a study of mothers’ and fathers’ response to their child's fussy eating. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 50 (8), 757-764. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.05.021

Thorpe, Karen, Jansen, Elena, Cromack, Cerdiwen and Gallegos, Danielle (2018). Can a call make a difference? Measured change in women's breastfeeding self-efficacy across call interactions on a telephone helpline. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22 (12), 1761-1770. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2573-3

Jansen, Elena, Harris, Holly, Daniels, Lynne, Thorpe, Karen and Rossi, Tony (2018). Acceptability and accessibility of child nutrition interventions: fathers' perspectives from survey and interview studies. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 15 (1) 67, 67. doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0702-4

Grant, Sandra, Comber, Barbara, Danby, Susan, Theobald, Maryanne and Thorpe, Karen (2018). The quality agenda: governance and regulation of preschool teachers' work. Cambridge Journal of Education, 48 (4), 515-532. doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2017.1364699

Harris, Holly A., Ria-Searle, Bonnie, Jansen, Elena and Thorpe, Karen (2018). What's the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline. Public Health Nutrition, 21 (8), 1520-1528. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017004049

Harris, Holly A., Jansen, Elena, Mallan, Kimberley M., Daniels, Lynne and Thorpe, Karen (2018). Do dads make a difference? Family feeding dynamics and child fussy eating. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 39 (5), 415-423. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000566

Pattinson, Cassandra L., Smith, Simon S., Staton, Sally L., Trost, Stewart G. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2018). Investigating the association between sleep parameters and the weight status of children: night sleep duration matters. Sleep Health, 4 (2), 147-153. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.12.009

Thorpe, Karen J., Pattinson, Cassandra L., Smith, Simon S and Staton, Sally L. (2018). Mandatory naptimes in childcare do not reduce children's cortisol levels. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 4545, 4545. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22555-8

Gallegos, Danielle, Cromack, Ceridwen and Thorpe, Karen J. (2018). Can a phone call make a difference? Breastfeeding self-efficacy and nurse responses to mother's calls for help. Journal of Child Health Care, 22 (3), 1367493518757066-446. doi: 10.1177/1367493518757066

Thorpe, Karen, Irvine, Susan, Pattinson, Cassandra and Staton, Sally (2018). Insider perspectives: the ‘tricky business’ of providing for children’s sleep and rest needs in the context of early childhood education and care. Early Years, 40 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/09575146.2018.1443434

Jansen, Elena, Harris, Holly A., Mallan, Kimberley M., Daniels, Lynne and Thorpe, Karen (2018). Measurement invariance of the feeding practices and Structure Questionnaire-28 among a community of socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers and fathers. Appetite, 120, 115-122. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.030

Houen, S., Danby, S., Farrell, A. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Adopting an unknowing stance in teacher–child interactions through ‘I wonder…’ formulations. Classroom Discourse, 10 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/19463014.2018.1518251

Pattinson, C. L., Staton, S. L., Smith, S. S., Trost, S. G., Sawyer, E. F. and Thorpe, K. J. (2017). Weighing in on international growth standards: testing the case in Australian preschool children. Obesity Reviews, 18 (10), 1111-1121. doi: 10.1111/obr.12581

Ekberg, Stuart, Danby, Susan, Houen, Sandra, Davidson, Christina and Thorpe, Karen J. (2017). Soliciting and pursuing suggestions: Practices for contemporaneously managing student-centred and curriculum-focused activities. Linguistics and Education, 42, 65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.linged.2017.07.007

Staton, Sally L., Smith, Simon S., Hurst, Cameron, Pattinson, Cassandra L. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2017). Mandatory nap times and group napping patterns in child care: an observational study. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 15 (2), 129-143. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2015.1120199

Cloney, Dan, Nguyen, Cuc, Adams, Raymond J., Tayler, Collette, Cleveland, Gordon and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Psychometric properties of the classroom assessment scoring system (Pre-K): implications for measuring interaction quality in diverse early childhood settings. Journal of Applied Measurement, 18 (3), 299-318.

Houen, Sandy, Danby, Susan, Farrell, Ann and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Creating spaces for children’s agency: ‘I wonder…’ formulations in teacher–child interactions. International Journal of Early Childhood, 48 (3), 259-276. doi: 10.1007/s13158-016-0170-4

Houen, Sandy, Danby, Susan, Farrell, Ann and Thorpe, Karen (2016). 'I wonder what you know . . . ' teachers designing requests for factual information. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, 68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.02.002

Raine, Karen, Cockshaw, Wendell, Boyce, Philip and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Antenatal interpersonal sensitivity is more strongly associated than perinatal depressive symptoms with postnatal mother-infant interaction quality. Archives of Womens Mental Health, 19 (5), 917-925. doi: 10.1007/s00737-016-0640-6

Given, Lisa M., Winkler, Denise Cantrell, Willson, Rebekah, Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Watching young children “play” with information technology: everyday life information seeking in the home. Library and Information Science Research, 38 (4), 344-352. doi: 10.1016/j.lisr.2016.11.007

Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan J., Given, Lisa M. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2016). Facilitating young children’s use of the web in preschool. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 30 (4), 569-584. doi: 10.1080/02568543.2016.1214193

Grant, Sandra, Danby, Susan, Thorpe, Karen and Theobald, Maryanne (2016). Early childhood teachers' work in a time of change. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 41 (3), 38-45. doi: 10.1177/183693911604100306

Kuenzlen, Heidi, Bekkhus, Mona, Thorpe, Karen and Borge, Anne I. H. (2016). Potential traumatic events in early childhood and behavioural resilience: a longitudinal case control study. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13 (3), 394-406. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1150174

Given, Lisa M., Winkler, Denise Cantrell, Willson, Rebekah, Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Parents as coresearchers at home: using an observational method to document young children’s use of technology. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2016. doi: 10.1177/1609406915621403

Tayler, Collette, Cloney, Daniel, Adams, Ray, Ishimine, Karin, Thorpe, Karen and Thi Kim Cuc Nguyen (2016). Assessing the effectiveness of Australian early childhood education and care experiences: study protocol. BMC Public Health, 16 (1) 352. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2985-1

Theobald, Maryanne, Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Houen, Sandy, Scriven, Brooke and Thorpe, Karen (2016). How talk and interaction unfold in a digitally enabled preschool classroom. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 36 (2), 189-204. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2015.1121530

Sinclair, Dominique, Staton, Sally, Smith, Simon S., Pattinson, Cassandra L., Marriott, Annette and Thorpe, Karen (2016). What parents want: parent preference regarding sleep for their preschool child when attending early care and education. Sleep Health, 2 (1), 12-18. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2015.11.002

Staton, Sally, Marriott, Annette, Pattinson, Cassandra, Smith, Simon, Sinclair, Dominique and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Supporting sleep in early care and education: an assessment of observed sleep times using a sleep practices optimality index. Sleep Health, 2 (1), 30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2015.12.005

Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Ekberg, Stuart, Breathnach, Helen and Thorpe, Karen (2016). ‘Let’s see if you can see me’: making connections with Google Earth™ in a preschool classroom. Childrens Geographies, 14 (2), 141-157. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2015.1126231

Ekberg, Stuart, Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina and Thorpe, Karen J. (2016). Identifying and addressing equivocal trouble in understanding within classroom interaction. Discourse Studies, 18 (1), 3-24. doi: 10.1177/1461445615613178

Pattinson, Cassandra L., Allan, Alicia C., Staton, Sally L., Thorpe, Karen J. and Smith, Simon S. (2016). Environmental light exposure is associated with increased body mass in children. PLoS One, 11 (1) e0143578, e0143578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143578

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and The Sleep in Early Childhood Research Group (2016). What parents want: sleep, rest and relaxation for pre-schoolers. Belonging Early Years Journal, 5 (2), 12-14.

Staton, Sally, Irvine, Susan, Pattinson, Cassandra, Smith, Simon and Thorpe, Karen (2015). The sleeping elephant in the room: practices and policies regarding sleep/rest time in early childhood education and care. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40 (4), 77-86. doi: 10.1177/183693911504000410

Cockshaw, Wendell D., Muscat, Tracey, Obst, Patricia L. and Thorpe, Karen (2015). Differences in parent regulation beliefs and maternal postnatal depressive symptoms in early weeks. Psychiatry Research, 228 (3), 953-955. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.05.049

Thorpe, Karen, Staton, Sally, Sawyer, Emily, Pattinson, Cassandra, Haden, Catherine and Smith, Simon (2015). Napping, development and health from 0 to 5 years: a systematic review. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100 (7), 615-622. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307241

Daniels, Lynne Allison, Mallan, Kimberley Margaret, Nicholson, Jan Maree, Thorpe, Karen, Nambiar, Smita, Mauch, Chelsea Emma and Magarey, Anthea (2015). An early feeding practices intervention for obesity prevention. Pediatrics, 136 (1), e40-e49. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-4108

Nothard, Michaela, Irvine, Susan, Theobald, Maryanne, Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra and Thorpe, Karen (2015). “I Have to Rest All the Time Because You are Not Allowed to Play”: exploring children’s perceptions of autonomy during sleep-time in long day care services. International Journal of Early Childhood, 47 (3), 423-442. doi: 10.1007/s13158-015-0143-z

Staton, Sally L., Smith, Simon S., Pattinson, Cassandra L. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2015). Mandatory naptimes in child care and children's nighttime sleep. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36 (4), 235-242. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000157

Thorpe, Karen, Hansen, Julie, Danby, Susan, Zaki, Filzah Mohamed, Grant, Sandra, Houen, Sandra, Davidson, Christina and Given, Lisa M. (2015). Digital access to knowledge in the preschool classroom: reports from Australia. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 32, 174-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.04.001

Staton, Sally L., Smith, Simon S. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2015). "Do I really need a nap?": the role of sleep science in informing sleep practices in early childhood education and care settings. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 1 (1), 32-44. doi: 10.1037/tps0000011

Leske, Rachel, Sarmardin, Dixie, Woods, Annette and Thorpe, Karen (2015). What works and why? Early childhood professionals' perspectives on effective early childhood education and care services for Indigenous families. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40 (1), 109-118. doi: 10.1177/183693911504000114

Smith, S., Neil, E., Thorpe, K., Pattinson, C. and Staton, S. (2015). Characteristics of children who do not nap in childcare. Sleep, 38, A391-A391.

Cockshaw, Wendell D., Muscat, Tracey, Obst, Patricia L. and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Paternal postnatal depressive symptoms, infant sleeping and feeding behaviors, and rigid parental regulation: a correlational study. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 35 (4), 124-131. doi: 10.3109/0167482X.2014.959920

Petriwskyj, Anne, Thorpe, Karen and Tayler, Collette (2014). Towards inclusion: provision for diversity in the transition to school. International Journal of Early Years Education, 22 (4), 359-379. doi: 10.1080/09669760.2014.911078

Davidson, Christina, Given, Lisa M., Danby, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Talk about a YouTube video in preschool: the mutual production of shared understanding for learning with digital technology. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39 (3), 76-83. doi: 10.1177/183693911403900310

Bekkhus, Mona, Staton, Sally, Borge, Anne I. H. and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Do twins differ from single-born children on rates of behavioral difficulty in early childhood? A study of sibling relationship risk factors. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 17 (4), 288-295. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.39

Muscat, Tracey, Obst, Patricia, Cockshaw, Wendell and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Beliefs about infant regulation, early infant behaviors and maternal postnatal depressive symptoms. Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care, 41 (2), 206-213. doi: 10.1111/birt.12107

Mallan, Kimberley M., Daniels, Lynne A., Nothard, Michaela, Nicholson, Jan M., Wilson, Andrew, Cameron, Cate M., Scuffham, Paul A. and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Dads at the dinner table. A cross-sectional study of Australian fathers' child feeding perceptions and practices. Appetite, 73, 40-44. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.10.006

Pattinson, Cassandra L., Staton, Sally L., Smith, Simon S., Sinclair, Dominique M. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2014). Emotional climate and behavioral management during sleep time in early childhood education settings. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29 (4), 660-668. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.07.009

Bell-Booth, Rachel, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Getting there, being there, staying and belonging: a case study of two Indigenous Australian children's transition to school. Children & Society, 28 (1), 15-29. doi: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00441.x

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2014). Impact of sleep practices in childcare on child well being. Sleep, 37, A304.

Mallan, K.M., Nothard, M., Thorpe, K., Nicholson, J.M., Wilson, A., Scuffham, P.A. and Daniels, L.A. (2014). The role of fathers in child feeding: Perceived responsibility and predictors of participation. Child: Care, Health and Development, 40 (5), 715-722. doi: 10.1111/cch.12088

Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Theobald, Maryanne, Scriven, Brooke, Cobb-Moore, Charlotte, Houen, Sandra, Grant, Sandra, Given, Lisa M. and Thorpe, Karen (2013). Talk in activity during young children's use of digital technologies at home. Australian Journal of Communication, 40 (2), 83-100.

Thorpe, Karen, Bell-Booth, Rachel, Staton, Sally and Thompson, Catherine (2013). Bonding and bridging: transition to school and social capital formation among a community of Indigenous Australian children. Journal of Community Psychology, 41 (7), 827-843. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21576

Boyd, Wendy, Walker, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2013). Choosing work and care: Four australian women negotiating return to paid work in the first year of motherhood. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 14 (2), 168-178. doi: 10.2304/ciec.2013.14.2.168

Tayler, Collette, Ishimine, Karin, Cloney, Dan, Cleveland, Gordon and Thorpe, Karen (2013). The quality of early childhood education and care services in Australia. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 38 (2), 13-21. doi: 10.1177/183693911303800203

Kemp, Steven, Petriwskyj, Anne, Shakespeare-Finch, Jane and Thorpe, Karen (2013). What if you're really different?: case studies of children with high functioning Autism participating in the Get REAL programme who had atypical learning trajectories. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 28 (1), 91-108. doi: 10.1080/08856257.2012.749609

Danby, S., Houen, S., Grant, S., Thorpe, K. and Davidson, C. (2013). Going online: young children and teachers accessing knowledge through web interactions. Educating young children: learning and teaching in the early childhood years, 19 (3), 30-32.

Thorpe, Karen, Millear, Prudence and Petriwskyj, Anne (2012). Can a childcare practicum encourage degree qualified staff to enter the childcare workforce?. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 13 (4), 317-327. doi: 10.2304/ciec.2012.13.4.317

Davis, Elspeth, Eivers, Areana and Thorpe, Karen (2012). Is quality more important if you're quirky? A review of the literature on differential susceptibility to childcare environments. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 37 (4), 99-106. doi: 10.1177/183693911203700414

Thorpe, Karen, Staton, Sally, Morgan, Robert, Danby, Susan and Tayler, Collette (2012). Testing the vision: preschool settings as places for meeting, bonding and bridging. Children & Society, 26 (4), 328-340. doi: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2010.00336.x

Danby, Susan, Thompson, Catherine, Theobald, Maryanne and Thorpe, Karen (2012). Children's strategies for making friends when starting school. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 37 (2), 63-71. doi: 10.1177/183693911203700210

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Thompson, Catherine and Danby, Susan (2012). To separate or not to separate? Parental decision-making regarding the separation of twins in the early years of schooling. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 10 (2), 196-208. doi: 10.1177/1476718x11430076

Muscat, Tracey, Thorpe, Karen and Obst, Patricia (2012). Disconfirmed expectations of infant behaviours and postnatal depressive symptoms among parents. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 30 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2012.670804

Jaglal, S. B., Donescu, O. S., Bansod, V., Laprade, J., Thorpe, K., Hawker, G., Majumdar, S. R., Meadows, L., Cadarette, S. M., Papaioannou, A., Kloseck, M., Beaton, D., Bogoch, E. and Zwarenstein, M. (2012). Impact of a centralized osteoporosis coordinator on post-fracture osteoporosis management: a cluster randomized trial. Osteoporosis International, 23 (1), 87-95. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1726-7

Bekkhus, Mona, Staton, Sally, Borge, Anne Inger H. and Thorpe, Karen (2011). Conflict, closeness and comfort: the inter-twin relationship as a risk factor for behavioral difficulties. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 14 (5), 444-451. doi: 10.1375/twin.14.5.444

Brownlee, Jo, Petriwskyj, Anne, Thorpe, Karen, Stacey, Phillip and Gibson, Megan (2011). Changing personal epistemologies in early childhood pre-service teachers using an integrated teaching program. Higher Education Research and Development, 30 (4), 477-490. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2010.518952

Thorpe, Karen, Boyd, Wendy, Ailwood, Jo and Brownlee, Jo (2011). Who wants to work in child care? Pre-service early childhood teachers' consideration of work in the childcare sector. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 36 (1), 85-94. doi: 10.1177/183693911103600114

Danby, Susan, Ewing, Lynette and Thorpe, Karen (2011). The novice researcher: interviewing young children. Qualitative Inquiry, 17 (1), 74-84. doi: 10.1177/1077800410389754

Boyd, Wendy, Thorpe, Karen and Tayler, Collette (2010). Preferences of first-time expectant mothers for care of their child: 'I wouldn't leave them somewhere that made me feel insecure'. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 35 (2), 4-12.

Thompson, C., Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2010). Starting school: what children tell us. AMBA Magazine.

Thompson, C., Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2010). Starting school: parental decisions. AMBA Magazine.

Thompson, C., Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2010). Starting school: in the classrooms. AMBA Magazine.

Ishimine, Karin, Tayler, Collette and Thorpe, Karen (2009). Accounting for quality in Australian childcare: A dilemma for policymakers. Journal of Education Policy, 24 (6), 717-732. doi: 10.1080/02680930903207695

Butler, Carly W., Danby, Susan, Emmison, Michael and Thorpe, Karen (2009). Managing medical advice seeking in calls to Child Health Line. Sociology of Health and Illness, 31 (6), 817-834. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01179.x

Danby, S. and Thorpe, Karen (2009). Academic views: friendly start to life. Education Views.

Thorpe, K (2006). Twin children's language development. Early Human Development, 82 (6), 387-395. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.03.012

Laffey-Ardley, S and Thorpe, K (2006). Being opposite: Is there advantage for social competence and friendships in being an opposite-sex twin?. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (1), 131-140. doi: 10.1375/183242706776403091

Danby, S and Thorpe, K (2006). Compatibility and conflict: Negotiation of relationships by dizygotic same-sex twin girls. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (1), 103-112. doi: 10.1375/183242706776403109

Thorpe, K and Danby, S (2006). Compromised or competent: Analyzing twin children's social worlds. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (1), 90-94. doi: 10.1375/183242706776402957

Thorpe, K and Gardner, K (2006). Twins and their friendships: Differences between monozygotic, dizygotic same-sex and dizygotic mixed-sex pairs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (1), 155-164. doi: 10.1375/183242706776402984

Petriwskyj, Anne, Thorpe, Karen and Tayler, Collette (2005). Trends in construction of transition to school in three western regions, 1990–2004. International Journal of Early Years Education, 13 (1), 55-69. doi: 10.1080/09669760500048360

Thorpe, Karen and Dowd, T. (2005). Settling practices and sleep behaviour in infants under 12 weeks. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 23 (3), 291-292.

Thorpe, K., Rutter, M. and Hay, D. (2005). Mild cognitive deficits in twin children more likely a result of social experience. British Medical Journal.

Morel, N. and Thorpe, Karen (2005). Duck, duck, drake': the role of child preference in engagement of fathers in the care of preschool aged children. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 23 (3), 280. doi: 10.1080/02646830500165879

Stacey, Phillip, Brownlee, Joanne, Thorpe, Karen and Reeves, Drew (2005). Measuring and manipulating epistemological beliefs in early childhood education students. International Journal of Pedagogies & Learning, 1 (1), 6-17. doi: 10.5172/ijpl.1.1.6

Rutter, M, Thorpe, K, Greenwood, R, Northstone, K and Golding, J (2003). Twins as a natural experiment to study the causes of mild language delay: I: Design; Twin-singleton differences in language, and obstetric risks. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 44 (3), 326-341. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00125

Thorpe, K, Rutter, M and Greenwood, R (2003). Twins as a natural experiment to study the causes of mild language delay: II: Family interaction risk factors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 44 (3), 342-355. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00126

Thorpe, K, Greenwood, R, Eivers, A and Rutter, M (2001). Prevalence and developmental course of 'secret language'. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 36 (1), 43-62. doi: 10.1080/13682820150217563

O'Connor, Thomas G., Thorpe, Karen, Dunn, Judy and Golding, Jean (1999). Parental divorce and adjustment in adulthood: Findings from a community sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 40 (5), 777-789. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00493

O'Connor, Thomas G., Hawkins, Neil, Dunn, Judy, Thorpe, Karen, Golding, Jean and ALSPAC Study Team (1998). Family type and depression in pregnancy: Factors mediating risk in a community sample. Journal of Marriage and Family, 60 (3), 757-770. doi: 10.2307/353544

Bell, J. Clare, Slater, Alan and Thorpe, Karen J. (1998). The biasing nature of subject loss in an infant habituation task. Infant Behavior and Development, 21, 287. doi: 10.1016/s0163-6383(98)91500-4

Gaffney L.R., Thorpe K., Young R., Collett R. and Occhipinti S. (1998). Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 23 (5), 587-599. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00025-2

Fergusson, DM, Horwood, LJ and Thorpe, K (1996). Changes in depression during and following pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 10 (3), 279-293. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00051.x

Thorpe, K, Greenwood, R and Goodenough, T (1995). Does a Twin Pregnancy Have a Greater Impact on Physical and Emotional Well‐Being than a Singleton Pregnancy?. Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care, 22 (3), 148-152. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.1995.tb00691.x

Thorpe, Karen (1993). A study of the use of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale with parent groups outside the postpartum period. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 11 (2), 119-125. doi: 10.1080/02646839308403204

Thorpe, Karen, Harker, Lisa, Pike, Alison and Marlow, Neil (1993). Womens view of ultrasonography - a comparison of womens experiences of antenatal ultrasound screening with cerebral ultrasound of their newborn-infant. Social Science and Medicine, 36 (3), 311-315. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90015-v

Thorpe, Karen J., Dragonas, Thalia and Golding, Jean (1992). The effects of psychosocial factors on the emotional well-being of women during pregnancy: a cross-cultural study of Britain and Greece. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 10 (4), 191-204. doi: 10.1080/02646839208403953

Thorpe, Karen J., Dragonas, Thalia and Golding, Jean (1992). The effects of psychosocial factors on the mother's emotional well-being during early parenthood: a cross-cultural study of Britain and Greece. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 10 (4), 205-217. doi: 10.1080/02646839208403954

Dragonas, T, Thorpe, K and Golding, J (1992). Transition to fatherhood: A Cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 13 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.3109/01674829209016702

Harker, L and Thorpe, K (1992). “The Last Egg in the Basket?” Elderly Primiparity—A Review of Findings. Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care, 19 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.1992.tb00368.x

Thorpe, K. , Golding, J., MacGillivray, I. and Greenwood, R. (1991). Comparison of prevalence of depression in mothers of twins and mothers of singletons. BMJ - British Medical Journal, 302 (6781), 875-878. doi: 10.1136/bmj.302.6781.875

Thorpe, K., Golding, J., MacGillivray, I. and Greenwood, R. (1991). Comparaison de la frequence de la depression maternelle apres grossesse gemellaire et monofoetale. Journal International de Medecine.

Thorpe, Karen J. and Satterly, David J. H. (1990). The Development and Inter-relationship of Metacognitive Components among Primary School Children. Educational Psychology, 10 (1), 5-21. doi: 10.1080/0144341900100102

Thorpe, K. and Satterly, D. (1990). Metacognition and attribution for learning outcome among children in the primary school. British Psychological Society: Education Review, 15 (1), 6-9.

Coles, Laetitia, Casey, Charlotte, Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy, Zheng, Z. and Staton, Sally (2023). Exploring our understanding of drop-off and pick-up in early childhood education and care contexts. 31st EECERA Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August – 2 September 2023.

Searle, Bonnie, Cooke, Emma, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2023). A case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECEC. 31st EECERA Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August – 2 September 2023.

Coles, Laetitia, Sullivan, V. and Thorpe, Karen (2023). The pride and prejudice of men’s participation in early childhood education. 31st EECERA Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August – 2 September 2023.

Cooke, Emma, Coles, Laetitia, Clarke, A., Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2023). A performance of discarded data: an Ahmedian engagement with young children’s gendered accounts of violence and power. 31st EECERA Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August – 2 September 2023.

Staton, S., Houen, S., Rankin, P., Cooke, E., Zheng, Z. and Thorpe, K. (2022). The when, what, and how of observing practice in Early Childhood Education and Care: development of the Assisting Observations Toolkit for Authorised Officers. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November - 1 December 2022.

Panthi, Narayan, Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy and Staton, Sally (2022). Challenging behaviour of children and its impact on educators. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November-1 December 2022.

Houen, S., Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Toon, D., Westwood, E. and VanOers, D. (2022). Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November-1 December 2022.

Loeffler, Anna, Rankin, Peter, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon and Staton, Sally (2022). Nap cessation age does not predict social-emotional functioning in early childhood: Findings from the e4kids study. 26th Conference of the European Sleep Research Society, Athens, Greece, 27–30 September 2022. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.

Sullivan, Victoria , Coles, Laetitia , Xu, Yuwei and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Men Times Ten: Does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in ECEC? . Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27 November-1 December 2022.

Coles, L., Sullivan, V., Xu, Y. and Thorpe K. (2022). Men in the centres working in the margins: reinforcing and challenging gender stereotypes in ECEC. Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE), Adelaide, 27 November-1 December 2022.

Xu, Yuwei , Sullivan, Victoria , Coles, Laetitia and Thorpe, Karen (2022). The more the better? Rethinking men's participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) from Australian perspectives.. Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27 November-1 December 2022.

Coles, L., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Hewitt, B., Ruppanner, L., Bayliss, O., O’Flaherty, M. and Staton, S. (2021). Children’s sleep and fathers’ health and wellbeing: a systematic review. 32nd annual scientific meeting of Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) & Australian and New Zealand Sleep Science Association (ANZSSA), Online, 10 - 13 October 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.072

Thorpe, Karen (2021). Joint International Conference on Early Education and Development. Joint International Conference on Early Education and Development, Beijing, China and London, United Kingdom, 2021.

Coles, Laetitia , Sullivan, Victoria , Xu, Yuwei and Thorpe, Karen (2021). Persisting in the Centre: Challenging gender stereotypes amongst male educators in early childhood education and care (ECEC). . Decent Work Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-3 December 2021.

Thorpe, K. (2021). Family Education and Child Development. BNU-UCL International Forum, Online, 2021.

Rankin, P., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2020). Variation in observed instructional support predicts academic outcomes. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA, 17-21 April 2020.

Staton, S., Rankin, P., Thorpe, K., Oakes, C., Houen, S., Cooke, E. and Smith, S. (2019). Improving sleep health in early childhood: pilot rct of an educator professional development program to improve sleep practices in childcare services. World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1013

Oakes, C., Staton, S., Houen, S., Cooke, E., Pattinson, C., Teo, S.-L. and Thorpe, K. (2019). “Did my child sleep today?”: communication between parents and educators in childcare settings. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1070

Cooke, Emma, Thorpe, Karen, Clarke, Andrew, Houen, Sandy, Oakes, Candice and Staton, Sally (2019). “I like relaxing on the trees when the leaves are falling”: children’s experiences of relaxation in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). International Society for Child Indicators, Tartu, Estonia, 27-29 August 2019.

Coles, Laetitia, Allen, Alicia, Westwood, Emily, Staton, Sally, Oakes, Candice, Hewitt, Belinda, Thorpe, Karen and Ruppanner, Leah (2019). Children’s sleep and fathers’ lives in the early years: a systematic review. Australian Father Research Consortium Symposium, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-3 May 2019.

Rankin, P., Staton, S., Beatton, T. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Variation and average teaching quality as a predictor of academic outcomes: extending CLASS. Society for Research in Child Development. Society for Research in Child Development, Poster Symposium, Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD United States, 21 - 23 March 2019.

Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Mamun, A., Staton, S., Beatton, T., Heussler, H., LeBourgeois, M., Blair, P., Coles, L., Oaks, C. and Sinclair, G. (2019). Many naps, one nap, none: tracking the developmental significance of sleep transition in early childhood. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1071

Panthi, N., Houen, S., Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2019). Supporting pre-school educators to respond to challenging behaviours in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) - a systematic review. Australian Association for Research In Education Conference 2019, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1-5 December 2019.

Cooke, Emma, Thorpe, Karen, Clarke, Andrew, Houen, Sandy, Oakes, Candice and Staton, Sally (2019). Stress and relaxation in early childhood education and care: Experiences of relaxation: the voices of young children in early education and care. Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-5 December 2019.

Houen, Sandy, Cooke, Emma, Kraemer, E., Oakes, Candice, Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2019). Experiences of relaxation: the voices of early childhood education and care educators. Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-5 December 2019.

Xu, Yuwei , Sullivan, Victoria , Ljunggren, Birgette , Emilsen, Kari and Thorpe, Karen (2019). An Intersectional Approach to Men's Career Trajectories in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): Comparisons of Australia, China and Norway. . Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-5 December 2019.

Sullivan, V., Perales, P. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Beliefs and Attribution: Insider accounts of men’s place in Early Childhood Education and Care. Gender and Education Association Conference (GEA), Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 25-27 June 2019.

Thorpe, Karen , Jensen, Elena , McDonald, Paula and Sullivan, Victoria (2019). Low pay, low status and high demand: Australia's ECEC workforce under stress. . Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1 - 5 December 2019.

Cooke, Emma, Houen, Sandy, Thorpe, Karen, Oakes, Candice and Staton, Sally (2019). Methodological observations on the secret life of children's play: children's subversive behaviour during mandated sleep times in prior to school classrooms. EECERA Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 20-23 August 2019.

Harris, Holly A., Mallan, Kimberley, Daniels, Lynne, Gallegos, Danielle and Thorpe, Karen (2019). Targeting and recruiting socioeconomically disadvantaged families for participation in child nutrition research. Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Scientific Conference 2019, Sydney, NSW Australia, 13-16 October 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2016.10.237

Ljunggren, B., Xu, Y., Sullivan, V., Emilsen, K. and Thorpe, K. (2019). An intersectional approach to men’s career trajectories in ECEC: Comparisons of Australia, China, and Norway. European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 20-23 August 2019.

Rankin, P., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2019). Actigraphy based estimates of sleep duration in young children with and without a sleep log are comparable. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.998

Jansen, Elena, Mallan, Kimberley, Harris, Holly, Daniels, Lynne and Thorpe, Karen (2019). Fathers’ interest in participating in a healthy eating program – Preference for online and family-focused programs. Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Scientific Conference 2019, Sydney, NSW Australia, 13-16 October 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2016.10.243

Thorpe, K., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Staton, S. (2018). Restful or stressful? Children's diurnal cortisol patterns associated with nap time practices in preschool. American Education Research Association 2018 Annual Meeting, New York, United States, 13 - 17 April 2018.

Rankin, P., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2018). Actigraphy-based estimates of sleep duration in young children with and without a sleep log are comparable. Australasian Chronobiology Society 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 2018.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Rankin, P. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Regularity of infant and toddler sleep practices between home and childcare settings. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jsr.106_12766

Staton, S., Smith, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Implementation of a professional development program to improve sleep health within the childcare sector. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian Sleep Association and the Australasian Sleep Technologists Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October, 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jsr.30_12765

Thorpe, K., Sullivan, V., Jansen, E., Irvine, S., Sumision, J. and McDonald, P. (2018). A Man in the Centre: Insider perspectives on the unique contribution of male educators to children, families and the ECEC workplace. European Early Education and Care Research Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 28-31 August 2018.

Staton, S., Pease, A., Smith, S., Pattinson, C., Blair, P., Young, J., Irvine, S. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Observed non-compliance with safe sleeping guidelines in licensed home- and centre-based childcare services. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian Sleep Association and the Australasian Sleep Technologists Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 October, 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jsr.37_12765

Irvine, S., Thorpe, K. and Bourne, J. (2018). Professionalism, paperwork and pedagogy: Identifying leadership strategies that enable professional practice in long day care. Early Childhood Australia Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2018.

Sullivan, V., Perales, F. and Thorpe, K. (2018). An insider's view: women's talk about men in childcare. European Early Childhood Education Research Association, Budapest, Hungary, 30 August 2018.

Xu, Yuwei , Sullivan, Victoria , Thorpe, Karen , Emilsen, Kari and Ljunggren, Birgitte (2018). Men's career trajectories in early childhood education and care: perspectives from Norway, Australia, and China. . Gender and Education Association Conference (GEA), Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 9-12 December 2018.

St Pierre, L., Allan, A., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2017). Severe sleep restriction in expedition adventure race competitors. Joint Congress of World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) & World Sleep Federation (WSF), Prague, Czech Republic, 7-11 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.11.023

Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Thorpe, K. (2017). Supporting sleep development in early childhood: What role does childcare play?. 18th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2017.

Irvine, Sue , Lunn, Jo , Sumsion, Jennifer , Jansen, Elena , Sullivan, Victoria and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Belonging, being or becoming: educators’ understandings of their professional status and work roles. European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference, Bologna, Italy, 27 August-1 September 2017.

Danby, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Houen, Sandy and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Pretend play and technology: young children making sense of their everyday social worlds. Symposium on The Multidisciplinary Aspects of Play, Australia, 2017.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Irvine, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C., McArdle, F., McNellie, P., Oakes, C. and Houen, S. (2017). Choosing Rest: Finding Effective Alternatives to Mandated Rest-times in ECEC. Queensland Government Department of Education and Training Research Forum, Brisbane, 2017.

Fergusson, A., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Irvine, S. (2017). Meeting in the middle – How can governments and researchers work together to achieve impact. A case study from Queensland. Featured Symposium: Impact of schooling education research on policy and practice in Australia (NSW, QLD and WA Departments of Education). Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 26-30 November 2017.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2017). SLEEP: Sleep learning for Early Education Professionals for Babies and Toddlers Workshop. Early Start Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 27-29 September 2017.

Thorpe, K. (2017). ECEC quality assessed, observed and enabled. In: Early Start Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, (). 27-29 September 2017.

Thorpe, Karen , Jansen, Elena , Irvine, Sue , McDonald, Paula , Sullivan, Victoria , Lunn, Jo and Sumsion, Jennifer (2017). What about the childcare educator? Sustaining positive ECEC experiences. . European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands, 29 August-1 September 2017.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2017). Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals. Queensland Government Department of Education and Training Research Forum, Brisbane, 2017.

Staton, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2017). It Takes Three to Tango: Connecting Policy, Practice and Research to improve Sleep, Rest and Relaxation in Early Childhood Education and Care. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2017.

Staton, S., Pattison, C., Irvine, S., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2017). Providing safe and supportive sleep environments in early childhood education and care. Early Start Conference, Wollongong, Australia, 2017.

Staton, Sally, Smith, Simon, Hurst, C., Pattinson, Cassandra and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Group napping patterns in relation to duration of mandatory naptimes in childcare settings. SLEEP, Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Boston, MA USA, 2016.

Sullivan, V., Jansen, E., McDonald, P. and Thorpe, K. (2016). Do Men Matter? Educator Perspectives on the role of Men in ECEC. ARACY Early Years Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, August 2016.

Pattinson, C., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2016). Day and night sleep duration as predicators of children’s weight status. Conference of the American Sleep Physicians Association, Denver, CO, United States, June 2016.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Cockshaw, W., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2016). Sleep when the baby sleeps: infant daytime sleep predicts maternal depressive symptomology. Conference of the American Sleep Physicians Association, Denver, CO, United States, June 2016.

Thorpe, K. and Jansen, E. (2016). Same job, different place: The role of community context in predicting retention in the early years workforce. ARACY Early Years Conference, Cairns, August 2016.

Irvine, S., Thorpe, K., Lunn, J., Sumsion, J. and Mckinlay, S. (2016). Building a professional ECEC workforce: An Australian case study. In: European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference, Dublin, Ireland, (). August 2016.

Pattinson, Cassandra, Allan, Alicia, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and Smith, Simon (2015). Physiological consequences of light exposure in preschool children. 27th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22 – 24 October 2015. London, United Kingdom: Springer . doi: 10.1111/sbr.12132

Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Smith, Simon, Wihardjo, Kylie and Thorpe, Karen (2015). Children’s sleep patterns on days attending and not attending childcare. 27th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22–24 October 2015. London, United Kingdom: Springer . doi: 10.1111/sbr.12132

Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C., Irvine, S., Theobald, M., Nothard, M. and Thorpe, K. (2015). Awaking the sleeping elephant in the room: Translating sleep science into sleep practice in Early Childhood Education and Care. Improving Children's Lives: Translating Research for Practice, Policy and Community Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, September 2015.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Irvine, S. and Smith, S. (2015). Meeting the National Quality Standards for sleep and rest. C&K Queensland Early Childhood Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, May 2015.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Irvine, S. (2015). Navigating the minefield: Sleep and rest times within the context of the National Quality Standard. Early Childhood Australia, North Coast Annual Conference, Kingscliff, NSW Australia, March 2015.

Pattinson, C., Smith, S., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2015). Sleep and weight status of Australian children: what are the sleep parameters at play?. Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA, United States, April 2015.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Sawyer, E., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2015). Napping, development and health from 0-5 years: A systematic review. Conference of the American Sleep Physicians Association, Seattle, WA, United States, June 2015. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger .

Staton, S., Hurst, C., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2015). Group napping patterns in relation to duration of mandatory naptimes in childcare settings. 29th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Seattle, WA, United States, 6 - 10 June 2015. Cary, NC, United States: Oxford University Press.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C., Hurst, C. and Thorpe, K. (2015). Mandatory naptimes in childcare: Associations with day and night sleep patterns. European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Braga, Portugal, 2015.

St Pierre, L., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2015). Sleep deprivation and recovery in an expedition adventure race. 29th Annual Meeting of the Professional Sleep Societies, Seattle, WA United States, 6-10 June 2015. Westchester, IL United States: Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Pattinson, C., Allan, A., Thorpe, K., Staton, S. and Smith, S.S. (2015). Dim light duration predicts body mass index of young children. SLEEP 2015, Seattle, WA United States, 6-10 June 2015. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger.

Thorpe, K., Sinclair, D., Staton, S., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2015). Parent preferences regarding napping for their preschool children. European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Braga, Portugal, 2015.

Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Theobald, Maryanne, Houen, Sandy and Thorpe, Karen (2015). Environments for language and culture: young children weaving together digital technology. American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL, United States, April 2015.

Thorpe, K., Sinclair, D., Staton, S., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2015). If given the opportunity would you want your child to sleep in childcare?. Conference of the American Sleep Physicians Association, Seattle, WA, United States, June 2015. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger .

Davidson, Christina R., Danby, Susan J. and Thorpe, Karen (2015). Reading from the screen: making reading salient during young children’s use of digital technologies. 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL USA, 16-20 April 2015. Washington, DC USA: American Educational Research Association.

Smith, S., Neil, E., Thorpe, K., Pattinson, C. and Staton, S. (2015). Characteristics of children who do not nap in childcare. SLEEP, Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Seattle, WA United States, 2015.

Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2015). Mandatory naptimes for preschool aged children in early childhood education settings and duration of children's nighttime sleep. Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA, United States, April 2015.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2014). Mandatory sleep practices in early childhood education and care settings: Implications for children's night-time sleep. AARE-NZARE conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, November 2014.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2014). Sleep, Eat Play: Childcare as settings to establish lifetime foundations of physical and emotional health. Australia-China Centre for Public Health Research Forum, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2 August 2014.

Thorpe, K., Kernke, C. and Gallegos, D. (2014). Medicalising, Moralizing or Mentoring: Child health nurses response to mother's request support of breastfeeding through a parenting helpline. SRCD conference: Connecting policy Practice and Research, Alexandria Old Town, VA, United States, 2014.

Given, Lisa M., Winkler, Denise Cantrell, Willson, Rebekah, Davidson, Christina, Danby, Susan and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Documenting young children's technology use: observations in the home. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Seattle, United States, 31 October - 5 November 2014. Medford, NJ, United States: Information Today. doi: 10.1002/meet.2014.14505101028

Thorpe, K., Hansen, J., Danby, S., Grant, S., Houen, S., Davidson, C. and Given, L. (2014). Digital equity and early childhood classrooms. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Brisbane, Australia, 30 November - 4 December 2014.

Raine, K., Boyce, P., Thorpe, K. and Letourneau, N. (2014). Antenatal screening for postnatal depression risk using the Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure. International Marce Society, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, 2014.

Pattinson, Cassandra, Smith, Simon, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Sleep and weight status of Australian children: The effects of day, night and total sleep. Sleep DownUnder 2014 ASM, Sleep Frontiers, 26th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Perth, WA Australia, 9–11 October 2014. London, United Kingdom: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12082

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Marriott, A., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2014). Impact of sleep practices in childcare settings on child well-being. SLEEP, Conference of the American Sleep Medicine Association, United States, 2014.

Ekberg, S., Danby, S., Davidson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2014). Addressing equivocal trouble in mutual understanding within early childhood classrooms. Australasian Institute of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, AIEMCA, Dunedin, New Zealand, 20-21 November 2014.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Marriot , A. and Smith, S. (2014). Impact of sleep practices in childcare on child well-being: a focus for policy and practice. Society for Research in Child Development. Strengthening Connections among Child and Family Research, Policy and Practice, Alexandria, VA United States, 2014.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2014). The relationship between history of childcare and age of cessation of napping in preschool aged children. Conference of the American Sleep Medicine Association, United States, 2014. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger.

Danby, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Houen, S. and Thorpe, K. (2014). Children’s fantasy play and formulating the use of objects in spontaneous activity with digital technology in Symposium Activity in Talk: Using objects in children’s spontaneous activities. 4th International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA-14), Los Angeles, CA, United States, 25-29 June 2014.

Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Smith, Simon and Thorpe, Karen (2014). Mandatory sleep time in childcare associated with increased day-time napping and decreased duration of night-time sleep. Sleep DownUnder 2014 ASM, Sleep Frontiers, 26th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Perth, WA Australia, 9–11 October 2014. Springer Nature. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12082

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Smith, S. and Pattinson, C. (2014). Are sleep policies and practices in childcare a cause for concern?. SRCD conference: Connecting policy Practice and Research, Alexandria Old Town, VA, United States, 2014.

Ekberg, S., Houen, S., Danby, S., Davidson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2014). Teachers’ questioning students about technology: Making digital literacy relevant in preschool classrooms. International Communication Association Regional Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 October 2014.

Thorpe, Karen, Staton, Sally , Pattinson, Cassandra and Smith, Simon (2013). Day-time sleep patterns of Australian Preschool aged children. 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, Queensland, 17-19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer . doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Leske, R., Samardin, D. and Thorpe, Karen (2013). It takes the whole community: exploring community values of raising children in a remote town. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth: Infant & Early Childhood Social & Emotional Wellbeing Conference, Canberra, Australia, October 2013. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.

Neil, E., Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Problem nappers: are they really a problem?. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Pattinson, C., Staton, S., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Observing emotional climate of sleep time in early childhood education and care settings. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Group differences in diurnal salivary cortisol patterns in relation to sleep practices in childcare. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Pattinson, C., Staton, S., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Observing emotional climate of sleep time in early childhood education and care settings: application of the CLASS. The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, WA United States, 2013.

Thorpe, K. (2013). The Thorpe Interaction Measure (TIM) as a brief observational assessment of interactions in non-parental settings. Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, United States, April 2013.

Sinclair, D., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Parent preference for sleep in childcare for their preschool child. Sleep Down-under, Australasian Sleep Association, Brisbane, Australia, October 2013.

Leske, R., Vromans, L. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Access, uptake and engagement: Accounts from families with refugee status of accessing early education and care programs. Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, United States, April 2013.

Inglis, J., Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Napping in preschoolers: staff beliefs and experiences in early childhood centres. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer.

Thorpe, K. and Thompson, C. (2013). Making decisions about class placement as twins transition to school. Australian Multiple Births Association Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2013.

Danby, S., Houen, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Thorpe, K., Hansen, J. and Given, L. (2013). The social accomplishment of young children’s web searching in pre-school classrooms. International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), New Dehli, India, 8-13 September 2013.

Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Examining the responsiveness of current sleep practices in early childhood education and care settings to children’s social, emotional and physical needs . Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth Conference: Infant & Early Childhood Social & Emotional Wellbeing Conference, Canberra, Australia, October 2013.

Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). The effects of child-centred versus compulsory sleep practices in childcare: a salivary cortisol study. 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 3-7 September 2013.

Marriott, A., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Sleep practices and healthy sleep environments in childcare settings. Sleep Down-under, Australasian Sleep Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, October 2013.

Northard, M., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). The child’s perspective of sleep time in full-day child care centres. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Pattinson, C., Staton, S., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Sleep policy, sleep practice and child sleep behaviours in early childhood settings: An observational study of 3-5 year olds. Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, United States, April 2013.

Northard, M., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Children’s accounts of sleep time in child care settings. Sleep Down-under, Australasian Sleep Association, Brisbane, Australia, October 2013.

Inglis, J., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Carers beliefs about the value of sleep time in childcare settings. Sleep Down-under, Australasian Sleep Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, October 2013.

Neil, E., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Problem sleepers in childcare settings. Sleep Down-under, Australasian Sleep Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, October 2013.

Thorpe, K. (2013). Early Childhood Education and Care Environments in Australia: Emerging evidence from the E4Kids study. Crèche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2013.

Sinclair, D., Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2013). Parental preferences towards daytime sleep for preschool aged children in early childhood education and care settings. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Marriott, A., Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2013). How do current sleep practices in early childhood education and care settings reflect current knowledge about good sleep habits and environments?. Sleep DownUnder 2013, River of Dreams, 25th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17–19 October 2013. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1111/sbr.12028

Thorpe, K., Vromans, L. and Leske, R. (2013). Access, uptake and engagement: Accounts from families with refugee status of accessing early education and care programs. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth Conference: Infant & Early Childhood Social & Emotional Wellbeing Conference, Canberra, Australia, October 2013.

Leske, R., Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2013). School transition trajectories of marginalised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Society for Research Development in Childhood (SRCD), Seattle, WA United States, 2013.

Thorpe, K. (2012). Assessing the quality of Australian early education and care programs. QSA 2012 Conference - Shaping teaching and learning: The assessment factor, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, April 2012.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S. and Bell-Booth, R. (2012). Using sociometric techniques to assess friendship quality, social inclusion and social belonging. 2012 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Themed Meeting: Positive Development of Minority Children, Tampa, FL, United States, February 2012.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S. and Bell-Booth, R. (2012). Building on social strengths: within-group bonds are the foundation for social inclusion and school attendance of Indigenous Australian children. 2012 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Themed Meeting: Positive Development of Minority Children, Tampa, FL, United States, February 2012.

Millear, P. and Thorpe, K. (2012). Why would you work in childcare? Exploring the experiences that influence motivation and turnover amongst the early childhood workforce. 10th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 11-13 April 2012.

Bell-Booth, R., Thorpe, K., Staton, S. and Thompson, C. (2012). Stories of success: How the Piccaninny Playgroup promotes positive child development and family readiness for school. 2012 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Themed Meeting: Positive Development of Minority Children, Tampa, FL, United States, February 2012.

Boyd, Wendy, Millear, Prudence, Thorpe, Karen and Walker, Sue (2012). To work or not to work: Changes in the intentions to return to work amongst first-time mothers. 10th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, April 2012.

Tayler, C., Cloney, D., Ishimine, I., Cleveland, G. and Thorpe, K. (2011). Teacher-Child Interactions in Early Childhood Education and Care: An Australian Study. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 2011.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2011). Adaptation of the Friendship Bus Story for assessment of social bridging and social inclusion. 15th ESDP European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway, August 2011.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2011). Children’s social networks and friendship quality across different early childhood education and care setting in Australia. 15th ESDP European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway, August 2011.

Thorpe, K. and Millear, P. (2011). Good health, good care: Exploring the mental health and work engagement of the early childhood workforce. 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 23-26 June 2011.

Thorpe, K. (2011). International perspectives on teacher-child interactions in early childhood classrooms. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 2011.

Thorpe, K. (2011). Why it’s important for children and families to be involved in early education. Focus on Mount Isa Children Conference, Mt Isa, QLD, Australia, November 2011.

Thorpe, K. (2011). The predictors, correlates and outcomes of friendships in early childhood. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 2011.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2011). Children’s experiences of starting school: a twin singleton comparison. 15th ESDP European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway, August 2011.

Thorpe, K., Bekkhus, M. and Staton, S. (2011). Predictors of having a best friend: Who has a best friend and who doesn't? . The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2011.

Thorpe, Karen (2011). Developmental science in action: policy implications of early childhood research. Focus on Children in Mt Isa Conference, Australia, 2011.

Thorpe, Karen (2011). A tale of two studies: quality and access to early childhood education programs. Research Forum Department of Education and Training, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2011. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government, Department of Education and Training.

Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2010). "Is there a Problem" Being a twin and being with your twin and the transition to school. Queensland Multiple Births Association State Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22 May 2010.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2010). Twin children’s transition to school: Additional risks?. Queensland Multiple Births Association State Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22 May 2010.

Thorpe, Karen (2010). Investing in early childhood. Annual general meeting Crèche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2010. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Crèche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland.

Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2010). Being similar, being together - levels of conflict, warmth and shared play in twin versus single-born sibling dyads. International Society for Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Lusaka, Zambia, July 2010.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2010). Inter-twin relationships and social competence in pre-school aged twin children. International Society for Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Lusaka, Zambia, July 2010.

Boyd, W. and Thorpe, K. (2010). 'Maternal employment and satisfaction with care', Sustaining families in challenging times. The 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2010.

Thorpe, K., Tayler, C., Staton, S., Thompson, C., Bell-Booth, R. and Devine, M. (2010). Building on social strengths: engaging children in the culture of education in an indigenous Australian community. Lifespan resilience and social inclusion: Studies with children, adolescents, and adults from a variety of cultural backgrounds. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lusaka, Zambia, 2010.

Bell-Booth, R., Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Thompson, C., Tayler, C. and Devine, M. (2010). Finding my way: The role of familial, community and educational relationships in two Indigenous boy’s transition to school. APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2010.

Thorpe, K., Staton, S. and Bell-Booth, R. (2010). Fitting in and coming to belong: promoting school attendance of Indigenous Australian children. International Society for Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Lusaka, Zambia, July 2010.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Thompson, C., Danby, S. and Young, D. (2009). Is there a problem? Inter-twin relationships and behavioural outcomes. APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2009.

Thorpe, K., Young, D., Danby, S. and Staton, S. (2009). Does being a twin make a difference to the experience of transition to school?. The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biannual Meeting, Denver, CO United States, 2009.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Thompson, C., Lockyer, J. and Danby, S. (2009). Does the inter-twin relationship impede social interactions with others?. APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2009.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2009). Measuring inter-twin relationships. APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2009.

Thorpe, K. and Markie-Dadds, C. (2009). Early Childhood Education and Care as early prevention: working with Queensland and Victorian Governments in E4Kids Symposium ‘The research, policy and practice of prevention: unlocking opportunities through education and dual generational learning’. Biennial ARACY Conference, Melbourne, Australia, September 2009.

Boyd, W., Thorpe, K. and Tayler, C. (2009). 'Returning to work? Preferences and decisions of first-time mothers about engagement in paid work and care of their child'. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO, United States, April 2009.

Boyd, W., Tayler, C. and Thorpe, K. (2008). ''I wouldn’t leave them somewhere that made me feel insecure'': preferences of expectant first-time mothers for care of their child'. Children: a nation's capital 'Investing in our children': Early Childhood Australia Biennial Conference, Canberra, Australia, October 2008.

Boyd, W., Thorpe, K. and Tayler, C. (2008). 'Intentions in tension: personal and structural factors affecting expectant first-time mother’s decisions about return to work'. 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Wurzburg, Germany, July 2008.

Thorpe, Karen and Danby, S. (2006). Parent workshops, the importance of twin children’s friendships in transition to school. AMBA National Conference, Australia, 2006.

Thorpe, K (2005). Parent expectation, infant sleep behaviour and parent emotional well-being and in the first 12 weeks postpartum. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.

Brownlee, Joanne, Stacey, Phillip and Thorpe, Karen (2005). Investigating Teacher Beliefs about Knowing and Learning: Can we do it better?. Stimulating the Action as Participants in Participatory Research, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia, 2-4 December 2005. Surfers Paradise: Griffin University.

Thorpe, K (2003). Twins and Friendship. Melbourne Multiple Pregnancy Conference, Melbourne Australia, 2003. doi: 10.1375/136905203322686545

Thorpe, Karen (2020). Families Under Extreme Stress: factors associated with meal provision in early care and education (ECE) services. The Life Course Centre.

Thorpe, K. (2020). Applying developmental science: examining the impact of early education and care programs on children’s developmental trajectories. School of Psychology Seminar Series. School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia.

Cooke, Emma, Anderson, Mark, Langdon, Grace, Feltham, Madeline, Staton, Sally, Coles, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen and Chawla, Jasneek (2023). Clinicians’ experiences of explaining prenatal screening and delivering genetic syndrome diagnoses. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Down Syndrome Queensland.

Potia, Azhar Hussain , Rankin, Peter and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Transitions to secondary school: Risky and resilient trajectories in educational outcomes. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.

Potia, Azhar Hussain, Wolf, Lohan, Rankin, Peter and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Education Queensland's student-level administrative database (2007 - 2019). Brisbane, QLD Australia: Life Course Centre.

Potia, Azhar Hussain , Rankin, Peter and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Successful transitions: Identifying predictors of resilient trajectories of transition into secondary school. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.

Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Houen, Sandy, Coles, Laetitia, Westwood, Emily, Cooke, Emma, Searle, Bonnie-Ria and Thorpe, Karen (2022). KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary. Online: Evidence for Learning.

Azhar Hussain Potia and Karen Thorpe (2022). Closing the (policy) gap and attendance cliff of First Nations students. Brisbane: Life Course Centre.

Irvine, Susan, Lunn, Joanne, Thorpe, Karen, Beane, Laurien, Sullivan, Victoria, Bavage, Cathy, Bourne, Jane, Farrell, Michael, Gordon, Judy, Shield, Paul, Tuckey, Deb, Peterson, Kerrie and Dunne, Jacqueline (2022). Distributed leadership in family day care: challenge, change, and opportunities. Summary report from the Interactive Policy and Practice Workshop. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Queensland University of Technology.

Staton, Sally, Houen, Sandy, Coles, Laetitia, Searle, Bonnie, Panthi, S. and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Responding to challenging behaviour with Children aged 2-5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Evidence for Learning. Social Ventures Australia.

Potia, Azhar Hussain , Beatton, Tony , Tomaszewski, Wojtek , Moran, Mark and Thorpe, Karen (2021). Quantitative evaluation of the Beyond the Broncos Girls Academy program. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Smith, Simon, Salom, Caroline, Edmed, Shanon, Marrington, Shelby, Mamun, Abdullah, Huda, M. Mamun, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Thorpe, Karen, Cross, Donna and Runions, Kevin (2021). Final report for the overarching evaluation of the National Support for Child and Youth Mental Health Program. Canberra, Australia: Department of Heath and Aged Care.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). Educational outcomes of Queensland's investment in early childhood education and care (2007- 2020). Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.

Coles, Laetitia, Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Cleary, Anne, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Van Halen, Olivia and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Learning through COVID-19: Maximising educational outcomes for Australia’s children and young people experiencing disadvantage - Pillar 1: Technical Supporting Report 1 of 7. St Lucia, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Coles, Laetitia, Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Inch, Zeb, Johnstone, Melissa and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Learning through COVID-19: Maximising educational outcomes for Australia’s children and young people experiencing disadvantage - Pillar 1: Technical Supporting Report 2 of 7. St Lucia, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Vaithianathan, Rhema, Western, Mark, Thorpe, Karen and Johnstone, Melissa (2020). The prevalence and geographical distribution of children at risk of educational disadvantage. Pillar 1: Technical Supporting Report 6. Learning through COVID-19. Maximising educational outcomes for Australia's children and young people experiencing disadvantage. . Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). The most disadvantaged students: prep and educational outcomes. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). Queensland State School students: Prep and NAPLAN results. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). Queensland State School students: prep and educational outcomes. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). Indigenous students: prep and educational outcomes. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). The most disadvantaged students: prep and NAPLAN results. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Beatton, Tony, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2020). Indigenous students: prep and NAPLAN results. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Xiang, Ning, Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Vaithianathan, Rhema, Western, Mark, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and Johnstone, Melissa (2020). Learning through COVID-19: maximising educational outcomes for Australia’s children and young people experiencing disadvantage - - Pillar 1: Technical Supporting Report 7 of 7. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Rankin, Peter, Beatton, Tony and Staton, Sally (2019). Test cases for using Goodstart data. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.

Thorpe, Karen, Azhar Hussain Potia, Rankin, Peter, Beatton, Tony and Staton, Sally (2019). Measuring Goodstart children’s progress and outcomes. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.

Coles, L., Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Van Os, D., Westwood, E. and Menner, R. (2019). Early childhood data analysis report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The Front Project.

Irvine, S., Kinley, J., Thorpe, Karen, Lunn, J., McFadden, A., Sullivan, Victoria, Beane, L. and Bourne, J. (2018). Professionalism, paperwork, pedagogy: identifying leadership strategies that enable professional practice in long day care. Brisbane, Queensland: Interactive Policy Workshop.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Pattinson, C., Smith, S. and Irvine, S. (2018). Summary report for the sleep learning for early education professionals project. Brisbane, Queensland: Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Smith, Simon, Ferris, Jason, Edmed, Shannon, Puljevic, Cheneal, Salom, Caroline and Thorpe, Karen (2018). Evaluation framework for the overarching evaluation of the national support for child and youth mental health program. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C,, Sinclair, D., Hassell, S., Fuller, T. and Wihardjo, K. (2017). Professional development package and resources for guiding sleep practices in early childhood education and care services in Queensland - Phase 1. Queensland: Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Jensen, Elena, Sullivan, Victoria, Irvine, Sue and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Informing Queensland’s Workforce Action Plan for ECEC: Group and service level variation in educator engagement, satisfaction, training and retention. . Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S.S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C,, Rankin, P., Oakes, C., Teo, Y. and Cooke, E. (2017). Professional development package and resources for guiding sleep practices in early childhood education and care services in Queensland - Phase 2 Follow-up Final Report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, K., Irvine, S., McDonald, P., Lunn, J. and Sumsion, J. (2016). Money, love and identity: initial findings from the National ECEC Workforce Study. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Forum, QUT.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S.S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C., Sinclair, D., Hassell, S. and Wihardjo, K. (2016). Sleep Practices in Early Childhood: Report on research and translation for babies and toddlers aged birth to 3 years. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, Karen, Cockshaw, Wendell and Edmed, Shannon (2015). The association of observed quality of early years classrooms (ECEC-Year 2) and NAPLAN outcomes: a study of E4Kids children in Queensland, 2010-2014. Brisbane, Queensland: Department of Education.

Thorpe, K., Bell-Booth, R. and Vromens, L. (2011). Accessing Kindergarten in Queensland: Barriers and enablers for marginalised groups. Brisbane, Australia: Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, K., Tayler, C., Thompson, C., Bellbooth, R. and Staton, S. (2011). Report on the external evaluation of Communities for Children Mt Isa. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Centacare, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Commonwealth Government of Australia.

Thorpe, K., Nutton, G. and Leske, R. (2011). Indigenous families’ response to HIPPY. Australia: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2010). Invited contribution to the Declaration of Rights and Statement of Needs of Twins and Higher Order Multiples 2010 for the Council of Multiple Birth Organisations (COMBO). Australia: Council of Multiple Birth Organisations (COMBO).

Thorpe, K., Tayler, C., Thompson, C., Staton, S. and Bell-Booth, R. (2009). Communities for Children Mt Isa evaluation report. Canberra, ACT Australia: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

Danby, S., Thorpe, K., Emmison, M., Ferguson, R., Butler, C. and Daveson, N. (2009). Calling for help: a responsive evaluation of Child Health Line. Queensland: Queensland University of Technology.

Thorpe, Karen J., Tayler, Collette P., Grieshaber, Susan J., Bridgstock, Ruth S., Skoien, Petra V., Danby, Susan J. and Petriwskyj, Anne (2004). Preparing for school: Report of the Queensland Preparing for School Trials 2003/4. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Queensland Government.

Thorpe, Karen (2023). Early years strategy summit. Parliament House.

Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2023). Submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in Australia. Productivity Commission, Australian Government.

Thorpe, Karen (2023). Commonwealth treasury, early years workforce. Commonwealth Treasury.

Thorpe, K., O'Flaherty, M., Huang, Y. and Staton, S. (2021). National Community Awareness Raising (NCAR) Evaluation Report. Department of Social Services, Australian Government.

Houen, Sandy, Cooke, Emma, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Nuttall, Gina, Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2021). Supporting educator relaxation in early childhood education and care. ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.

Staton, S., Houen, S. and Thorpe, K. (2021). Assisting Observation Toolkit for Authorised Officers in Early Education and Care Services. Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, Karen (2021). Early Learning and Care Council of Australia Parliamentary Address Canberra. Australia Parliament.

Thorpe, Karen (2021). United Voice National Symposium on ECEC Workforce. United Voice.

Baxter, Janeen, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, De Silva, Lihini, Thorpe, Karen and Zubrick, Steve (2020). Never let a crisis go to waste: social policy opportunities from COVID-19. Life Course Centre, UQ Institute for Social Science Research.

Staton, S., Houen, S., Rankin, P., Beatton, T., Zheng, Z., Cooke, E., Irvine, S. and Thorpe, K. (2020). Observing ECEC quality: development of an observation strategy for authorised officers. Queensland Government, Department of Education.

Thorpe, K., Potia, A., Beatton, T., Rankin, P. and Staton, S. (2020). Outcomes of Early Education and Care Policy Investments in Queensland 2010-2020. Education Horizon Final Report, Brisbane: Queensland Government, Department of Education.

Coles, L., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Cleary, A., Zheng, Z., Van Halen, O. and Thorpe, K. (2020). Grey literature scan: current International evidence on the educational impacts of COVID-19. Technical Report for the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Coles, L., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Cleary, A., Zheng, Z., Inch, Z., Johnstone, M. and Thorpe, K. (2020). Rapid Review of young children who started school already behind. Technical Report for the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Coles, L., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Zheng, Z., Van Halen, O. and Thorpe, K. (2020). Current international evidence on the educational impacts of COVID-19. Technical Report for the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Thorpe, K. (2020). Children’s Education and Care (Industry Report). Australian Industry and Skills Committee.

O'Flaherty, M., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2020). Building Capacity in Australian Parents Trail: Final Evaluation Report for the Australian Government. Department of Social Services, Australian Government.

Thorpe, K. (2020). Peer Review Report For: Depressive symptoms measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in mothers and partners in the ALSPAC Study: A data note. Wellcome Open Research.

Thorpe, K. (2020). Peer Review Report For :Intercultural effectiveness: Do International Education Experieces Move the Needle?. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.

Cooke, E., Staton, S., Houen, S. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Rest-times in childcare. Child Magazine.

Thorpe, K., Westwood, E., Van Os, D., Menner, R., Coles, L., Lakeman, N., Houen, S. and Staton, S. (2019). Everybody benefits: state of early learning in Australia report. Early Childhood Australia.

Houen, S., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Creating spaces for children’s talk (Fact Sheet). Evidence for Learning Early Childhood Toolkit. Social Ventures Australia. .

Cooke, E., Houen, S., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and The Choosing Rest Team (2019). “Getall cosy…. it’s like chill out”: children’s perspectives on relaxation. Cascades Magazine, Creche and Kindergarten Association (C&K).

Thorpe, Karen (2019). Parliament House Canberra. Commonwealth Government of Australia.

Houen, S., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Curious about questions (fact sheet). Evidence for Learning Early Childhood Toolkit - Social Ventures Australia.

Houen, S., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Supporting rich conversations with children aged 2-5 years in early childhood education and care within Australasian studies. Social Ventures Australia.

O'Flaherty, M., Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Cooke, E. and Povey, J. (2019). National Community Awareness Raising (NCAR) evaluation interim report. Australian Government, Department of Social Services (DSS).

Houen, S., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2019). Keeping the conversation going (fact sheet). Evidence for Learning Early Childhood Toolkit. Social Ventures Australia. .

Houen, Sandy, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2019). Curious about questions. Evidence for Learning Early Childhood Toolkit, Social Ventures Australia.

O'Flaherty, M., Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Coles, L., Povey, J. and Rankin, P. (2019). Building Capacity in Australian Parents (BCAP) (Trial Interim Report). Department of Social Services, Australian Government.

Sullivan, V., Perales, P. and Thorpe, Karen (2019). An insider’s view: women's talk about male educators in early childhood education and care. Goodstart Male Community of Practice (MCOP) workshop.

Irvine, S., Kinley, J., Thorpe, K., Lunn, J., McFadden, A., Sullivan, V., Beane, L. and Bourne, J. (2018). Professionalism, paperwork and pedagogy: Investigating leadership strategies that enable professional practice in long day care (Factsheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, Karen (2018). Parliament of Australia – early childhood roundtable. Parliament of Australia.

Perales, F., Campbell, A., Ablaza, C., Western, M., Baxter, J. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Growing Up in New Zealand Study Independent Review: optimal timing and design of future data-collection waves.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S.S., Pattinson, C., Irvine, S., Houen, S., Cooke, E., Oakes, C., Harding, M., Groth, K., Spall, P. and Evans, A. (2018). Choosing rest: finding effective alternatives to mandatory sleep times in early childhood education and care. Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Sullivan, V., Perales, F. and Thorpe, Karen (2018). A man in the centre: What are the benefits (and barriers) of male educators in early childhood education and care. Creche and Kindergarten Association (C&K).

Thorpe, K., Staton, S., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2017). Research report for the Rest in Kindy Study. Crèche and Kindergarten Association.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Birth to Age 3: Meeting children's sleep, rest, and relaxation needs (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Birth to Age 3: Sleep health and sleep development in ECEC (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Birth to Age 3: Building genuine partnerships (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Birth to Age 3: Sleep, rest, and relaxation and the National Quality Standard (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, Karen (2015). Myths and Realities: How different are twin children and their families?. Ipswich Multiple Birth Association.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Negotiating conflict practice example 2 – Sleep Need. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Thorpe, Karen (2015). Early childhood education and care environments in Australia.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Reflective practice activity 4. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2015). 3-5 Years: A professional conversation framework on quality sleep practices in ECEC (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Negotiating conflict practice example 3 – Scheduling. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Negotiating conflict practice example 1 – Safety. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Positive practice example 2 - kindergarten. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). SLEEP professional Development Resources (Positive Practice Examples and Reflective Practice Activities) - Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals. Queensland Government, Department of Education and Training.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals: Reflective practice activity 1 - possums long day care. Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Positive practice example 1 - long day care. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2015). 3-5 Years: Sleep, rest, and relaxation and the National Quality Standard (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Sleep learning for early education professionals: reflective practice activity 3 - kookaburras preschool room in long day care. Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Negotiating conflict practice example 4 – Stability. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Positive practice example 3 - family day care. Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals, Queensland Government Department of Education.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2015). 3-5 Years: Meeting children's sleep, rest, and relaxation needs in ECEC (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2015). 3-5 Years: Sleep health and sleep development in ECEC (Fact Sheet). Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Irvine, S. and Pattinson, Cassandra (2015). Sleep learning for early education professionals: reflective practice activity 2 - koalas kindergarten service. Queensland Government Department of Education.

Thorpe, Karen (2014). The Australian women’s leadership symposium.

Thorpe, Karen (2014). Transition to school workshop. Australian Multiple Births Association.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2014). Learning, Eating, Active Play and Sleep - Sleep Rest Information Sheet.

Thorpe, Karen (2014). Why is the well-being of educators in childcare settings so important for the mental health of Australia’s young children?. AAIMHI Symposium.

Thorpe, Karen (2014). Love and Money: The dilemma of self-care and other-care for those employed in the childcare workforce. AAIMHI Symposium.

Thorpe, K. and Cockshaw, W. (2012). Assessment of quality of teaching in year 2 Classrooms with CLASS – Department of Education. Queensland Government.

Barnett, A., Thorpe, K. and Nutton, G. (2011). Evaluation of the HIPPY parenting program in Indigenous communities. Brotherhood of St Laurence, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Commonwealth Government of Australia.

Thompson, C., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2011). ‘Multiples at school’ series for the Queensland, Victorian and National branches of the Australian Multiple Births Association. AMBA Magazine.

Tayler, C. and Thorpe, K. (2010). Evaluation of Communities for Children – Mt Isa, Queensland. Centacare and Department of Family and Community Services, Housing and Indigenous Affairs, Commonwealth Government of Australia.

Thorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2010). Starting School: The role of teachers. International Council of Multiple Birth Organisations (ICOMBO).

Danby, S. and Thorpe, K. (2009). Compromised or Competent: The inter-twin relationship. Education Views.

Thorpe, Karen (2007). Starting Strong. The evidence on investment in early childhood. IHBI/QUT.

Tayler, C., Thorpe, K. and Wilson, C. (2007). Investing in early childhood intervention services in Australia: The benefits, costs and directions for Australian cost-benefit research. Australian Education Senior Officers Council (AESOC), Department of Education and Community Service, South Australia Government .

Tayler, C., Cloney, D., Thorpe, K. and Wilson, C. (2007). Accessing Kindergarten in Queensland: Barriers and enablers for marginalised groups. Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria Government.

Tayler, C., Cloney, D., Thorpe, K. and Wilson, C. (2007). Investing in early childhood intervention programs and services in Australia: Examining the feasibility for Australian cost-benefit research. Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria Government.

Thorpe, Karen, Tayler, C. and Grieshaber, S. (2006). Key findings from the evaluation of the Preparing for School trial. Open Learning Institute.

Thorpe, K. and Tayler, C. (2004). Evaluation of the preparing for school trial. Department of Education and the Arts, Queensland Government.

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar, Rankin, Peter, Staton, Sally and Houen, Sandy (2022, 06 21). 'Greatest transformation of early education in a generation'? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staff The Conversation

Jetten, Jolanda, Birch, Stephen, Gilks, Charles, Ananian-Welsh, Rebecca, Burgh, Gilbert and Thorpe, Karen (2020, 12 15). Preserve and protect: how far should governments go in restricting people’s freedoms in the name of public health? Contact Magazine

Houen, Sandy, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and Toon, Danielle (2020, 02 06). Building your evidence engine: five evidence-informed strategies for promoting rich conversations with young children Education Today

Cooke, Emma, Staton, Sally, Houen, Sandy, Thorpe, Karen and The Choosing Rest Research Team (2019, 01 01). What exactly is rest-time in childcare? Childmags.com.au

Thorpe, Karen, MacDonald, Paula and Irvine, Susan (2018, 09 05). Why Australia should invest in paying early childhood educators a liveable wage The Conversation

Irvine, Susan, Thorpe, Karen and MacDonald, Paula (2018, 03 23). Low-paid ‘women’s work’: why early childhood educators are walking out The Conversation

Cooke, Emma, Houen, Sandy, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and The Choosing Rest Research Team (2018, 01 01). “Get all cosy…. it’s like chill out”: children’s perspectives on relaxation in early childhood education and care Reflections Gowrie Australia Publication 1-2.

Thorpe, Karen, Staton, Sally, Smith, Simon and Irvine, Susan (2017, 10 06). Sleep and the restless preschooler: why policies need to change The Conversation

McDonald, Paula, Thorpe, Karen and Irvine, Susan (2016, 11 24). Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds The Conversation

Irvine, Susan, Sumsion, Jennifer, Lunn, Jo and Thorpe, Karen (2016, 06 23). One in five early educators plan to leave the profession The Conversation

Thorpe, K., Pattinson, C., Staton, S. and The Sleep in Early Childhood Research Group (2016, 01 01). The importance of sleep for preschool children’s learning. Implications for practices in early education settings Bedrock

Thorpe, K., Danby, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Scriven, B., Cobb-Moore, C. and Houen, S. (2013, 01 01). The role adults play in engaging children with digital technologies Cascades Newsletter

Grant, S., Danby, S., Thorpe, K., Davidson, C. and Houen, S. (2013, 01 01). Teacher decision-making and spaces that educate: Where does technology fit? Cascades Newsletter 11-13.

Danby, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Scriven, B., Cobb-Moore, C., Houen, S. and Thorpe, K. (2013, 01 01). Using digital technologies at home Cascades Newsletter

Thorpe, K., Danby, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Scriven, B., Cobb-Moore, C. and Houen, S. (2013, 01 01). The role adults play in engaging children with digital technologies Cascades Newsletter

Thompson, C., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2011, 01 01). Multiples at school: key parental decisions AMBA Magazine 20-21.

Thompson, S., Staton, S. and Thorpe, K. (2010, 01 01). Starting School: the role of teachers AMBA Magazine

Thorpe, K. (2009, 01 01). Compromised or Competent: The inter-twin relationship Australian Twin Registry Newsletter

Danby, S. and Thorpe, K. (2009, 01 01). Compromised or Competent: The inter-twin relationship KidsLife (Australian Scholarships Group)

Baxter, Janeen, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, Thorpe, Karen, De Silva, Lihini and Zubrick, Steven R. (2020). Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID-19. LCC Working Paper Series. 2020-30. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.

Thorpe, Karen, Searle, Bonnie, Van Halen, Olivia, Lakeman, Nicole, Oakes, Candice, Harris, Holly and Staton, Sally (2020). A market in mealtimes: social and economic factors associated with meal provision in Early Care and Education (ECE) services. LCC Working Paper Series. 2020-25. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2018). Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) for sleep, rest and relaxation.

Irvine, S., Thorpe, K. and Bourne, J. (2018). Professionalism, paperwork and pedagogy: Leading professional practice in long day care (Online Webinar).

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2017). Assessing Quality in Sleep, Rest and Relaxation Policies (Recorded Webinar for DoE Authorised Officers).

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2017). Working with Families.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2017). Sleep Development (Visual Podcasts).

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Meeting the diverse and dynamic sleep and rest needs of children in a group (Visual Podcasts).

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). The tricky business of balancing sleep expectations and needs (Visual Podcasts).

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Sleep, rest, and relaxation and the National Quality Standard (Visual Podcasts).

Thorpe, K., Irvine, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Staton, S. (2016). Sleep, rest and relaxation continuity through communication.

Irvine, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Pattinson, C. and Staton, S. (2016). Sleep, Rest and Relaxation for Kids Birth to 5 years.

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Pattinson, C. (2016). Getting the most out of the environment (Visual Podcasts).

Professor Karen Thorpe

Professor Karen Thorpe: Child Development, Education and Care

Researcher biography

Professor Karen Thorpe

Professor Karen Thorpe: Child Development, Education and Care

Researcher biography

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