Associate Professor Jamie Calder works at the interface of theology and psychology and is particularly concerned with developing approaches towards the care of survivors of childhood and other forms of sexual abuse. This work has most recently been focused on the development of theologies of trust, of intimacy, and of interpersonal power, which aim to provide for capacity building within various organisations around the necessary conditions of safety that theologically ground safeguarding cultures.

Jamie is a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits). He is a registered and practicing psychologist whose clinical specialisation is situated broadly in men’s mental health, where he has consulted with men recovering their lives from practices of violence and abuse. His most recent academic appointments have been at the University of Divinity, where he taught theology, pastoral theology and pastoral psychology, at Macquarie University, where he taught postgraduate psychology, and at Arrupe College of Loyola University in Chicago. He is currently an academic appointment within the Directorate of Mission and Identity for ACU, where he is Associate Professor, Academic Coordinator, Catholic Programs.