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Past events :: 2008


SPRN-NGO Research Forum: Building relationships and developing shared research and capacity building agendas

Thursday 13 March 2008

In 2008, the SPRN is engaging researchers working in non-government community service agencies with the aim of building the quality and impact of social policy related research undertaken in both academic and practice environments. T he first forum was held on March 13. Participants developed a research agenda and discussed priorities for capacity building.

Click here to read about the outcomes of the day.



Book Launch: Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges
Eds. Barbara Fawcett & Fran Waugh

Date:
 Thursday 3 April 2008
Time:
 6.30pm
Venue:
 Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe

Click here for further information and an order form. (PDF, 361KB)


SPRN-NGO Researchers Collaboration Event – Workshop 1: Writing for Impact

Target group:
 Researchers working in NGOs in the community services
Date:
 Thursday 15 May 2008
Time:
 1-4pm
Venue:
 Room 612, Education Building (A35), University of Sydney
RSVP:
 by 12 May to Gabrielle Meagher (g.meagher@edfac.usyd.edu.au) with your workshop preference.  Please note, to go ahead, the workshop needs 15 participants to confirm their attendance by 12 May.

Click here to download a program and map.


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SPRN-NGO Forum – researching complex issues

Eligibility:
 Faculty staff and students
Date:
 Thursday 21 August 2008
Time:
 2-4pm
Venue:
 Room 618, Education Building (A35)
RSVP:
 email Sue Goodwin (s.goodwin@edfac.usyd.edu.au) by 18 August

Program
2:00 - 3:00pm Using Action Research
Ms Cherie Toivonen, Dr Lesley Laing, Assoc Prof Jude Irwin
'Towards Better Practice: Enhancing collaboration between domestic violence, and mental health services.'
An ARC Linkage Project.
Discussion
Afternoon tea
3:00 - 4:00pm Case studies from the field (program to be finalised)



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The role of nonprofits in social services and social policy in the United States

Steven Rathgeb Smith
Eligibility:
 Faculty staff and students
Date:
 Friday 19 September 2008
Time:
 2-4pm
Speaker:
 Professor Steven Rathgeb Smith
Nancy Bell Evans Professor
Director, Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington, USA
Venue:
 Room 618, Education Building (A35)
RSVP: Email Sue Goodwin (s.goodwin@edfac.usyd.edu.au) by Monday 15 September

Prof Smith is co-author of Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting and Adjusting the Balance: Federal Policy and Victim Services, and co-editor of Public Policy for Democracy. His recent publications examine government financing of nonprofit organizations, the role of faith-related service agencies in social welfare policy, and the government-nonprofit relationship in the US and abroad. He is the former editor of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, the journal of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). In 2006 he began a two-year term as President of ARNOVA.

Nancy Bell Evans Centre on nonprofits and philanthropy
The Centre conducts and supports theoretical and applied research of local, national, and international importance to nonprofit and philanthropic scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners. Efforts focus primarily on research that examines the changing service and policy roles of nonprofit and philanthropic institutions. Research is disseminated through the Center's education and community engagement activities. The Center convenes and connects members of the academic, nonprofit, and philanthropic communities to stimulate thinking on current issues, share research and best practices, and promote increased dialogue and collaboration.

The SPRN would like to acknowledge The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) for sponsoring Professor Rathgeb Smith’s visit to Australia.


Domestic violence, child protection and child contact: the three planet problem

International video conference, 26 November 2008

This conference will feature presentations by leading international researchers into domestic violence, including: Professor Marianne Hester, University of Bristol, UK; Dr Maria Eriksson, University of Uppsala, Sweden; and Dr Lesley Laing, University of Sydney. Further details are listed on the conference invitation.




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Past events :: 2007


Media Release: Government’s Northern Territories Task Force

25 June 2007

Professor Barbara Fawcett from the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, and Professor Margaret Alston from Charles Sturt University, disseminated this press release in response to the Howard Government's Northern Territories Task Force announcement.


Communities & Change Research Festival

22-26 October 2007

The Faculty of Educations & Social Work's innaugural Research Festival was a week-long showcase event enabling researchers, policymakers and practitioners to explore key issues in education, social work and social policy.

Amongst other contributions, the SPRN organised three panel presentations during the Festival's two-day conference (Mon 22 & Tue 23). The overall theme for the SPRN presentations is 'Confronting Disadvantage', with the individual panel presentations covering the following areas:

  • Confronting indigenous disadvantage
  • Practice research to confront disadvantage
  • Schools as a site for social intervention

Each presentation was followed by a discussion session.

Click here to be redirected to the Research Festival web page for more information.


End-of-Year Celebration

Thursday 6 December 2007

Dr Ruth Phillips gave a paper called: "Dignity and the Reformed Welfare State: Financial Case Management as the End Point"

Click here to download the abstract. Ruth's paper was concerned with the impact of welfare reform on some of Australia's most vulnerable citizens.

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