Social Policy Research Network members

The SPRN membership includes staff of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, and individuals from other government and community organisations.

USYD members | Non-USYD members

USYD Network Members

Member Areas of Expertise
Network Convenor
Professor Barbara Fawcett
social work practice; practice with communities; mental health; children and families; disabilities; social work field education; social work professional experiences
Network Convenor
Professor Gabrielle Meagher
the ethics, economics and sociology of paid care work; public attitudes to social policy and unions; Australian social policy development; comparative social policy
Professor Derrick Armstrong history of education; special education; sociology of education; policy studies; children and families; young people; disabilities; cultural differences
Dr Dorothy Bottrell young people; practice with communities; teaching and learning
Patrick Brownlee  
Dr Kathy Edwards civics and citizenship values and moral education; policy studies; young people
Dr Amanda Elliot restructuring of work and welfare; history of the Australian welfare state; language and metaphor in policy making; Australian health policy
Professor Peter Freebody literacy education; curriculum
A/Professor Janet George policy studies; ageing; health
Roslyn Giles social work practice, professional experiences, field education, skills & practice teaching
Dr Susan Goodwin policy studies; gender; the welfare state; community capacity building
Deborah Hart policy studies; social work practice; social work field education
Dr Gyu-Jin Hwang

comparative development of welfare states; social policy in a development context; comparative analysis of welfare states in East Asia; politics of social policy

Dr Jude Irwin violence against women and children; discrimination against lesbians and gay men; social work education; community development and community participation
Suin Jung  
Dr Lesley Laing domestic violence; child sexual assault; sexual assault
Denise Lynch children and families; violence groupwork; health; organisation and management studies; social work practice teaching; cultural differences; professional learning
Dr Lindsey Napier social work; end-of-life; health and mental health; ageing
Dr Ruth Phillips secondary TAS/D&T education; social work professional experiences; social policy; ageing; violence
Dr Rosalie Pockett Social work practice in health care;  interprofessional learning; new graduate social workers; occupational culture of social work.
Dr Margot Rawsthorne practice with communities; policy studies; research methods; organisation and management studies
Professor Tony Vinson policy studies; practice with communities; social work practice
Dr Fran Waugh e-learning; professional experiences; policy studies; social work practice; ageing; children and families; violence; social work field education

Non-USYD Network Members

Member Organisation
Robin Banks Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Carol Berry Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Michael Cain Law and Justice Foundation
Marcia Cunningham Rosemount Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services
Jarryd Daymond Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Suzanne Egan Rosemount Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services
Suzie Forell Law and Justice Foundation
Elissa Freeman Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Abigail Gray Law and Justice Foundation
Anne Grunseit Law and Justice Foundation
Patrick Kerlin Barnardos Australia
Catherine Mahony NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS)
Emily McCarron Law and Justice Foundation
Annette Michaux The Benevolent Society
Anton Mischewski The Centre for Volunteering
Emily Price Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Eliza Pross Community Care, Northern Beaches
Stephanie Taplin Centre for Parenting and Research, NSW DoCS
Mark Woolven The Spastic Centre