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Biography
Sandra has an extensive background in nursing and in primary health care in developing countries as nurse-midwife, health educator and community development worker. Sandra spent two years the Sudan managing a primary health care and community development project.
At the University of Newcastle in 1995 Sandra completed her doctorate which explored the reconceptualisation of health education as education for health based on notions of empowerment and the liberatory pedagogy of Paulo Freire.
She commenced teaching with the Faculty of Education at the University of Newcastle in 1987 and has taught at the University of Canberra since 2002 in community education and community development. Sandra teaches the subjects Working with Communities, Ethical and Professional Issues and Community Development Principles and Practice.
Research interests
- Community education and development
- Social justice and human rights
- Professional ethics
Since 2010 Sandra has been deputy chief investigator on the Agricultural sector LInkages Project in Pakistan and Chief Investigator of a Land and Water rResources Project also in Pakistan funded by AICAR. In both projects adult learning strategies and collaborative problem solving methodologies have been used to enhance small farming community memebrs to improve livelihoods through new approaches to agriculutrual, irrigation and water management practices. Both projects have a focus on women and youth empowerment and educaiton as well as that of small landholing farmers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Projects
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SRA: Community-led stakeholder-engaged adaptation processes for Southern Pakistan
HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S. (CI), OJHA, H. (CoI) & Eriksen, S. (CoI)
16/06/25 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin
HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S. (CI) & Mitchell, M. (CoI)
14/05/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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ACIAR Agribusiness Scholarship Program- Gowrie Pincombe
Pincombe, G. (CoI) & HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S. (CI)
14/07/20 → 14/05/21
Project: Research
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Develop approaches to enhance farmer water management skills in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan
HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S. (CI) & SOFO, F. (CoI)
1/08/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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New approaches and tools to facilitate farmer learning of irrigation skills in Pakistan
HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S. (CI) & Caffery, J. (CoI)
10/03/15 → 28/02/16
Project: Other
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Learning models for enhancing farmers’ water management skills in rural areas of Sargodha, Pakistan
Heaney, S., Rafique, U., Ashraf, E., Anwar, Z., Al_Shehari, A., Sadaf, S., Ahmad, S. & Jabeen, N., 25 Oct 2025, In: Ciencia Rural. 55, 11, p. 2-16 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Partners Workshop on Climate change
Heaney, S., 30 Oct 2025, (Unpublished) 6 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Report on Conversations With Villagers
Heaney, S., Zaman, B., Channa, M. Y., Kumbhar, B., Baloch, T. & Channa, M. A., 30 Oct 2025, (Unpublished) 78 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Stakeholder Forum on Climate change and adaptive Livelihoods
Heaney, S., 30 Oct 2025, (Unpublished) 6 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Women as researchers in raising multi-vegetable gardens in Malwah, Sindh, Pakistan and the potential to build and scale out knowledge.
Kumbhar, B., Heaney, S., Mitchell, M., Qureshi, A. L., Baloch, T. S. & Ullah, A., 14 Apr 2025, In: Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research. 38, 1, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access