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# Associate Professor Gemma Carey - researcher, academic, and author
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/gemma-carey/
- Published: 2020-09-07T23:42:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T13:31:34.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: Diversity, feminism, podcast, women, academia, researcher, #wp, #Import 2026-10-03 23:30

This time our guest is [Dr Gemma Carey](https://www.gemmacarey.net/?ref=katecarruthers.com). She is a researcher, academic, associate professor, and author. We had a fascinating discussion with Gemma about how lives are messy and complex, and how we can find a way through.

Annie and I are going to adopt one of Gemma's sayings - "There is no judging in 2020" - as our 2020 mantra.

Her new book is out now: '[*No Matter Our Wreckage*](https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/other-books/No-Matter-Our-Wreckage-Gemma-Carey-9781760877675?ref=katecarruthers.com)is a brutal reminder of our responsibility to notice and protect those we love. A devastating and clear-eyed memoir with a poet's voice. Gemma Carey will boil your blood and break your heart.' - [Anna Spargo-Ryan](https://womenswork.me/anna-spargo-ryan/?ref=katecarruthers.com), author of *The Gulf*

> Gemma is an author and researcher.  
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> Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Meanjin, Under The Gumtree, and The Canberra Times amongst other outlets. She has featured on ABC Radio and NPR.  
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> As a writer, Gemma’s goal is to capture hard life experiences – grief, loss and trauma – and spin them into something beautiful so that others can see their own experiences reflected back to them and people who haven’t experienced such things can learn.  
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> Gemma is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, where she is the Research Director for the Centre for Social Impact. Her [academic work](https://www.gemmacarey.space/?ref=katecarruthers.com) focuses on health and social inequalities.