Thorpe Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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., 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.

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

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.

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, Canada, 20-25 September, 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1070

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, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1013

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.998

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

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.

Staton, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C., Irvine, S., Theobald, M., Nothard, M. and Thorpe, K. (2018).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.

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.

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.

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.

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., 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

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.

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., 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

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.

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.

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.

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., 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.

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

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., 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., 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, 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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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, 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.

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.

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.

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 .

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., 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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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. (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.

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., 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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).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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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).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. 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. (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.

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

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., 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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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

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., 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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, 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

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

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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).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 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 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).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).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.

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.

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). Brisbane, Queensland: Department of Education and Training, Queensland Government.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 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, 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

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

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

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)