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 |