Centre for Work + Life publications

Comfort, convenience and cost: the calculus of sustainable living at Lochiel Park (2.8MB)
Jane Edwards and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, May 2011

This report presents results of a primarily qualitative investigation of the social influences on 'green' attitudes and household practices of residents, or intending residents, in Lochiel Park and reports on a project within the CSIRO Intelligent Grid Cluster, Project  P6: The Intelligent Grid in a New Housing Development.

Doing things differently: case studies of work–life innovation in six Australian workplaces Barbara Pocock, Catherine McMahon, Centre for Work + Life, March 2011

The case studies in this report provide some practical examples of strategies that are being used by diverse organisations in Australia to develop better work and life arrangements. This publication was funded by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
 

FLAWS in our Lives Fatigue Life and Work Strain
Natalie Skinner, Someyah Parvazian and Jill Dorrian
brochure
full report (PDF 956 kb)
 

How much should we work? Working hours, holidays and working life: the participation challenge. The Australian Work and Life Index 2010.
Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner & Sandra Pisaniello, Centre for Work + Life, July 2010
 

Juggling Work Life Balance in South Australia. The Australian Work and Life Index 2010.
Natalie Skinner and Sandra Pisaniello Centre for Work + Life, July 2010 

Pocock B 2010, Gender Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care. In: Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker, Barry McGaw, (Editors), International Encyclopedia of Education. volume 2, pp. 11-16. Oxford: Elsevier.
 

Philippa Williams, 'Linked Up Lives - Putting Together Work, Home and Community in Australian Suburbs', 2010 Grace Vaughan Memorial lecture 24 May 2010,  Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia.
 

Linked Up Lives: Putting Together Work, Home and Community in Ten Australian Suburbs: Overview Report  (PDF 1.6 mb) Philippa Williams, Barbara Pocock & Ken Bridge, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
 

Sustainable Lives in Sustainable Communities? Living and Working in Ten Australian Suburbs  (PDF 1.4 mb) Philippa Williams, Ken Bridge, Jane Edwards, Natalija Vujinovic & Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.

Mobility, Mothers and Malls: How Home, Community, School, and Work Affect Opportunity for Teenagers in Suburban Australia  (PDF 0.8 mb) Philippa Williams, Ken Bridge & Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
 

Work, Home and community: findings from the household survey  (PDF 0.9 mb) Natalie Skinner, Reina Ichii, & Philippa Williams, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
 

Barbara Pocock, What Makes for Meaningful Work in the 21st Century: what makes good jobs good, and what gives them their occasional dark sides (PDF 671kb) Foenander Public Lecture 2009 (video) delivered 21 October 2009, The University of Melbourne.

Books

Books-authored

NEW BOOK 2012

Time Bomb: Work, rest and play in Australia today

 Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner, Philippa Williams More information concerning the book and launch is available here

Incisive and thought-provoking, Time Bomb throws light on poor urban planning, workplace laws and practices, care obligations and other issues that rob us of time and put our households under pressure. And it looks at how work affects our response to the greatest concern of our time - our environmental challenges. This new book will be launched by South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill on Monday 13th February, 2012.

Book purchase
Time Bomb is published by NewSouth Books (Price: AUD$34.95) Order here

Masterman-Smith, H. and Pocock, B. 2008, Living Low Paid: The Dark Side of Prosperous Australia, Allen & Unwin, Sydney. Order here

Pocock, B. 2006, The Labour Market Ate my Babies; Work, Children and a Sustainable Future, Federation Press, Sydney.  Order here

Books-edited

Hill, E., Pocock B., and Elliott, A. 2007, (ed) Kids count: better early childhood education and care in Australia, (edited collection) Sydney University Press, Sydney. Order here

Book chapters

Skinner, N., Williams, P., Pocock B. & Edwards, J. (In Press, 2011). 21st century life - how our work, home and community lives affect our capacity to live sustainably. In S. Lehmann & R. Crocker (Eds.) Zero Waste, material consumption and sustainable design. Oxford: Earthscan

Pocock, B. & Skinner, N. (In Press 2011). Job quality in Australia. In C. Warhurst, P. Findlay, C. Tilly and F. Carre (Eds.). Are bad jobs inevitable? Trends, determinants and responses to job quality in the twenty-first century. Palgrave Macmillan.

Pocock, B. 2011 'Work, Life and Women in Australia' in P. Murray, R. Kramar, & P. McGraw (eds) Women at Work: Research, Policy and Practice, Melbourne: Tilde University Press

McDonald, C. and Charlesworth, S. (2011) 'Outsourcing and the Australian Non-Profit Sector' in I. Cunningham and P. James (eds) Voluntary organisations and public service delivery: the employment outcomes of government outsourcing and their implications, Routledge., pp 185-201.

Charlesworth, S. (2011) 'Law's response to the reconciliation of work and care: the Australian case' in C. G. James and N. Busby (eds) Families, Care-giving and Paid Work: Challenging Labour Law in the 21st Century Edward Elgar (in press)

Pocock B 2010, Gender Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care. In: Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker, Barry McGaw, (Editors), International Encyclopedia of Education. volume 2, pp. 11-16. Oxford: Elsevier.

Pocock, B 2010 'The great risk shift at work in Australia?' chapter in G. Marston, J. Moss and J. Quiggan (eds) Risk, Responsibility and the Welfare State. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

Pocock, B Clarke, J Williams, P & Bridge, K 2009 'What lies beneath: the pleasures, pain and possibilities of focus groups'. In K. Townsend and J. Burgess (eds.) Method in the Madness: Research Stories You Won't Read in Textbooks. Chandos Publishing: Oxford.

Pocock, B (2009) 'The best of times, the worst of times: the Hawke and Rudd Governments, employment and industrial relations', in The Hawke Legacy, eds. G Bloustien, B Comber & A McKinnon, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, pp. 180-197.

Pocock, B 2009, 'Jobs, care and justice: a fair work regime for Australia', in The Promise and The Price. Ten Years of the Clare Burton Memorial Lectures, University of Technology, Sydney, pp. 175-203.

Pocock, B & Brown, K 2009, 'Gender Politics in Australian Unions: Gender Equity Meets the Struggle for Union Survival', in Unions, Equity, and the Path to Renewal eds. JR Foley & PL Baker, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, Canada.

Pocock, B Skinner, N Williams, P 2008, 'Work-Life Outcomes in Australia: Concepts, Outcomes and Policy in Work Less, Live More?' Critical analysis of the work-life boundary (ed.) C.Warhurst, D.R. Eikhof, A. Haunschild, Palgrave MacMillan, London, pp. 22-43.

Pocock, B. 2008, 'Equality at Work' in The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations ed. P. Blyton, N. Bacon, J. Fiorito, E. Heery, Sage, London, pp. 573-587.

Hill, E. and Pocock, B. 2007, 'The Childcare Policy Challenge in Australia' in Kids Count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia, (ed.) E Hill, B Pocock and A Elliot, Sydney University Press, Sydney. pp. 1-15.

Hill, E. and Pocock, B. &  Elliot, A. 2007, 'Introduction' in Kids Count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia', (ed.) E Hill, B Pocock and A Elliot, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 15-37.

Peetz and Pocock B. 2007, 'Community activists, coalitions and unionism' in Trade unions in the community: Values, issues, shared interests and alliances, (ed.) D. Buttigieg, S Cockfield, R Cooney, M Gerrard, A Rainnie, Heidelberg Press, Melbourne, pp. 127-140.

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NCVER reports

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) published two reports prepared by the centre in late June 2011:

Work, life and VET participation amongst lower-paid workers

Juggling work, home and learning in low-paid occupations: a qualitative study

Comfort, convenience and cost: the calculus of sustainable living at Lochiel Park (2.8MB)
Jane Edwards and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, May 2011

This report presents results of a primarily qualitative investigation of the social influences on 'green' attitudes and household practices of residents, or intending residents, in Lochiel Park.
 

Doing things differently: case studies of work-life innovation in six Australian workplacesThe case studies in this report provide some practical examples of strategies that are being used by diverse organisations in Australia to develop better work and life arrangements. This publication was funded by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
 

2010

FLAWS in our Lives Fatigue Life and Work Strain (PDF 956 kb) Natalie Skinner, Someyah Parvazian and Jill Dorrian

How much should we work? Working hours, holidays and working life: the participation challenge. The Australian Work and Life Index 2010. Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner & Sandra Pisaniello, Centre for Work + Life, July 2010

Juggling Work Life Balance in South Australia. The Australian Work and Life Index 2010. Natalie Skinner and Sandra Pisaniello Centre for Work + Life, July 2010

Work, Life and Health Study Report(PDF 1.24 MB) Jocelyn Auer and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, February 2010.
Executive summary (PDF 459 kb)
 

2009

Work-life issues and participation in education and training Natalie Skinner (Centre for Work + Life), National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide

Linked Up Lives: Putting Together Work, Home and Community in Ten Australian Suburbs: Overview Report (PDF 1.6 mb) Philippa Williams, Barbara Pocock & Ken Bridge, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia

Sustainable Lives in Sustainable Communities? Living and Working in Ten Australian Suburbs  (PDF 1.4 mb) Philippa Williams, Ken Bridge, Jane Edwards, Natalija Vujinovic & Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia

Mobility, Mothers and Malls: How Home, Community, School, and Work Affect Opportunity for Teenagers in Suburban Australia  (PDF 0.8 mb) Philippa Williams, Ken Bridge & Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia

Work, home and community: findings from the household survey (PDF 0.9 mb) Natalie Skinner, Reina Ichii, & Philippa Williams, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia

Executive Summary (PDF 358kb) Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner and Reina Ichii, Centre for Work + Life, 2009 Order form (PDF 97 kb)

The Case for Improving Paid Parental Leave in the South Australian Public Sector  (PDF 498kb) Report prepared for the Public Service Association SA by the Centre for Work + Life, University of South Australia

Working Women in South Australia: Progress, Prospects and Challenges (PDF 763kb)
A Report to the Premier's Council for Women, Barbara Pocock, February 2009

Low-paid workers, changing patterns of work and life, and participation in vocational education and training: a discussion starter
Barbara Pocock, NCVER occasional paper, 2009.
 

2008

Work, life and health study interim report (PDF 1.46 MB) Jocelyn Auer and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, October 2008.
Executive summary (PDF 542 kb)

Investigating the low paid workforce: employment characteristics, training and work–life balance (PDF 1.45 MB)
Natalie Skinner and Peter King, NCVER working paper, October 2008.

Work, life and workplace culture: the Australian work and life index 2008 (PDF 3.3 MB)
Natalie Skinner and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, 2008
Order form (PDF 97 kb)

Submission to the 2020 Summit: Strengthening communities and supporting working families (PDF 347 kb)
Barbara Pocock, submission to 2020 Summit, Australian Parliament House, 19–20 April 2008.
Also see Barbara Pocock's commentary on the 2020 Summit (PDF 134 kb)

Work, family and the proposed National Employment Standards: a submission to the Australian government (PDF 407 kb)
Barbara Pocock and Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2008.
 

2007

A time to act: paid maternity leave for all South Australian women (PDF 286 kb)
Supplementary submission to the Select Committee on Balancing Work and Life Responsibilities, August 2007
Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life Discussion Paper No 4/07.

Women and WorkChoices: Impacts on the Low Pay Sector (Summary Report) (PDF 2.77 MB)
Launched Australian Parliament House Canberra, 13 August.
Jude Elton et al, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2007

Not fair, no choice: the impact of WorkChoices on twenty South Australian workers and their households (PDF 668 kb)
Jude Elton and Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, HRISS, 2007

2007 benchmarks: work and family policies in election 2007 (PDF 86 kb)
Work + Family Policy Roundtable

Work, life and time: the Australian Work and Life Index 2007 (PDF 1258kb)
Work-Life in Australia: Outcomes from the Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) 2007
Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner and Philippa Williams

The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI): concepts, methodology and rationale (PDF 226kb) Discussion Paper No 1/07, May 2007
 

2006

Early signs: the impact of WorkChoices on work and family (PDF 173kb)
First annual update on the impact of WorkChoices on work and family in Australia - Centre for Work + Life, report to Industrial Relations Victoria - Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Victorian Government, October 2006 

Living low paid: some experiences of Australian childcare workers and cleaners  (PDF 92 kb)
Helen Masterman-Smith, Robyn May and Barbara Pocock, CWL Discussion Paper 1/06, June 2006.

Work, families and affordable housing (PDF 197 kb)
Barbara Pocock and Helen Masterman-Smith, CWL Discussion Paper 2/06, June 2006.

Pocock B and Masterman-Smith, H. 2006 'House, Home and Low Pay: Some Evidence from South Australian Childcare Workers', 10th April, Affordable Housing Roundtable, Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia, Magill, SA.

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Journal articles

Refereed

Skinner, N. Pocock, B. 2011 'Flexibility and work-life interference in Australia, Journal of Industrial Relations 53(1): 65-82

McDonald, P, Charlesworth, S. and Cerise, S. (2011) 'Below the 'tip of the iceberg': Extra-legal Responses to Workplace Sexual Harassment' Women's Studies International Forum, 34, 278-289.

Charlesworth, S and Robertson, D. 2011 'Policing, Gender and Working Time: The Case of the Part-time Detective' Police Practice and Research: an International Journal, IFirst 9 June 2011, DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2011.581443

Pocock, B., Williams, P. & Skinner, N. (In Press 2011). Conceptualizing Work, Family and Community: A Socio-Ecological Systems Model, Taking Account of Power, Time, Space and Life Stage. British Journal of Industrial Relations.

Skinner, N., van Dijk, P., Elton, J & Auer, J. 2011' An in-depth study of Australian nurses' and midwives' work-life interaction' in Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 49 (2): 213-232

Knox, A, Warhurst, C, Pocock, B. 2011 'Job Quality Matters', Journal of Industrial Relations Vol 53:1 pp.5-11

Pocock, B, Peetz, D., 2009 'An analysis of workplace representatives, union power and democracy in Australia', British Journal of Industrial Relations vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 623-652

Williams, P., Bridge, K. & Pocock, B. 2009, 'Kids lives in adult space and time: how home, community, school and adult work affect opportunities for teenagers in suburban Australia', Health Sociology Review vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 79-93.

Williams, P. & Pocock, B. 2009, 'Building community for different stages of life: physical and social infrastructure in master planned communities', Community, Work and Family (ifirst article published on 16 June 2009

Pocock, B, Skinner, N & Williams, P 2009, 'Work-Life 'Balance' in Australia? The State of Play', Journal of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, vol. 12, pp. 1-18.

Williams, P. Skinner, N. & Pocock, B. 2008, 'Clawing back time: expansive working time and implications for work-life outcomes in Australian workers', Work, Employment and Society, vol. 22, no.4, pp. 719-730.

Pocock, B, Skinner, N and Williams P. (2008) 'Measuring Work-Life Interaction: The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) 2007', Labour & Industry, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 19-43.

Elton. J and Pocock B. 2008, 'The Effects of WorkChoices on Vulnerable South Australian Workers and Their Households', Labour & Industry, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 93-113.

Pocock. B., Elton, J., Present, A., Charlesworth, S., MacDonald, F., Baird, M., Cooper, R., Ellem, B., 2008, 'The Impact of Work Choices on Women in Low Paid Employment in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 475-488.

Skinner, N. and Pocock, B. 2008 'Work-Life Conflict: Is work time or work overload more important?', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 303-315.
 

Non-refereed

Pocock B, Skinner N, Williams P. (2007). 'Case study: Work-life balance: What do we know, what do we need to know?', Public Health Bulletin South Australia, 5(1), 37-39.

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Conference papers and other presentations

Refereed conference papers

2011

Van Dijk, P. (2011) 'What effect does organisational justice have on work-life spillover? A study of nurses, midwives and personal care workers in South Australia'. Community, Work and Family IV International Conference, University of Tampere 19-21 May 2011 Tampere, Finland

Pocock, B. (2011) 'Working too much? The work-life consequences of working more than preferred and not taking holidays.' at Community, Work and Family IV International Conference, University of Tampere 19-21 May 2011 Tampere, Finland.

Charlesworth, S. and Baines, D. (2011) 'The Impact of Government Funding Models on Work Organisation and Employee Conditions in Non-Profit Community Services' Refereed proceedings of the 25th Conference of AIRAANZ, New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute, AUT University, 2-4 February 2011.

Charlesworth, S., Baird, M, and Elliott, S. (2011) 'The Regulation of Working Lives in a Regional Town: Intersections with Space and Gender' Refereed proceedings of the 25th Conference of AIRAANZ, New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute, AUT University, 2-4 February 2011.

Skinner, N. & Pocock, B. & Pisanello S ‘Working too much? Exploring Australians’ uptake of paid leave from a work-life perspective’, Refereed proceedings of the 25th Conference of AIRAANZ, New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute, AUT University, 2-4 February 2011.
 

2010

Edwards, J. & Williams, P. (2010) The role of libraries in helping adolescents and their families juggle the demands of work and life. Proceedings: 12 to 24s@your public library in Australia and New Zealand Conference, Beenleigh Qld 11-12 June 2010. Alan Bundy (ed), AusLib Press: Adelaide pp. 3-8

Skinner, N & Pocock, B 'Good jobs, bad jobs and workplace flexibility in Australia in 2009' presented at the 24th AIRAANZ Conference Work in Progress: Crises, Choices and Continuity 3-5 February 2010, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney.

Pocock, B 'Meaningful work in the 21st century: terms, conditions and contexts' presented at the 24th AIRAANZ Conference Work in Progress: Crises, Choices and Continuity 3-5 February 2010, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney.

Oliver, D 'The role of social partners in vocational education and training: A comparison between Australia and Germany' presented at the 24th AIRAANZ Conference Work in Progress: Crises, Choices and Continuity 3-5 February 2010, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney.

Oliver, D 'What could modern awards mean for skill formation?' presented at the 24th AIRAANZ Conference Work in Progress: Crises, Choices and Continuity 3-5 February 2010, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney.
 

2009

Skinner, N., Pocock, B 2009, 'Work, life and workplace culture in Australia in 2008', 23rd Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Labour, Capital and Change, 4-6 February 2009, Newcastle, Australia.
 

2008

Pocock, B. & Brown, K., 2008, 'Gendered leadership in Australian unions in the process of strategic renewal: instrumental, transformative or post-heroic?' Engendering Leadership Conference, July 2008, Perth, Australia.

Skinner, N. Pocock, B., & Williams, P. 2008, 'Work-life issues in Australia: what do we know?', 22nd Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference, Workers, Corporations and Communities: Facing Choices for a Sustainable Future, 6-8 February 2008, Melbourne, Victoria.
 

2007

Pocock, B. and Williams, P. 2007, 'Work, Households and Time in Two Master Planned Communities' in Diverging Employment Relations Patterns in Australia and New Zealand: 21st Conference of AIRAANZ, vol. 1: Refereed Papers, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, NZ, 7-9 February.

Skinner N, Williams P, Pocock, B. 2007, 'Our work, our lives and working time: how the length of working hours, their fit with preferences and self-employment affect work-life outcomes in Australia' paper presented to Our Work Our Lives Conference, Adelaide, 20-21 September 2007, South Australia.
 

2006

Masterman-Smith, H, Pocock, B., and May R. 2006, 'Low Paid Services Employment in Australia: Dimensions, Causes, Effects and Responses' in 21st Century Work: High Road or Low Road? 20th Conference of AIRAANZ, vol. 1: Refereed Papers, ed. Pocock, B., Provis, C. and Willis, E. Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 1-3 February, pp. 369-379.

Pocock B., Peetz, D. and Houghton, C. 'Organisers' Roles Transformed? Australian Union Organisers and the Shift To an Organising Approach', 2006 AIRAANZ Conference, February 1-3 2006, Glenelg, South Australia.

Pocock B., Peetz, D. 'The Community in Unionism: The Role of Community Activists and Engagement in Union Renewal' Paper to XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa. RC44, Tuesday, 25 July 2006.
 

Other conference papers and presentations

2011

Michelle Morris, 'Study Life & Work: The work life situation of full time VET students who combine study and work', presentation to  National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 11 Nov 2011.

Pocock B, 'Leadership in the world of 21st Century (union) work: what we've got, what we need, what needs to shift', guest speaker, Australian Education Union (AEU) Women in Leadership – Adelaide, 16 May 2011

Sara Charlesworth with Alexandra Heron (USyd) 'New Australian Labour Standards: Reproducing the Same Old Gendered Architecture?' at the Women Work and Collectivism Symposium at University of Sydney on 11 May 2011. Sara also chaired the session on Pay and Earnings at that Symposium.

Pocock B, 'Quality Jobs - Moving beyond Problems to Solutions', guest speaker, SA Unions Roundtable discussion, Adelaide 9 May 2011

Natalie Skinner, Work-life balance: a health and safety issue for surgeons. Paper presented to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress. Adelaide, 6 May 2011.

Pocock B, guest speaker, Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Intercontinental Hotel Adelaide, 4 Apr 2011

Pocock B, 'The meaning of work in the making of a good life', Guest speaker, Academy of Social Sciences Workshop, Work and Employment Relations in Australia: An Era of Change, University of Sydney Campus, Womens College 31 March 2011 to 1 Apr 2011

Pocock B, 'Employment regulation and Work-life-community: Taking a place, space perspective', keynote speaker, RMIT University 24 March 2011

Pocock B, 'Work, Life and Sustainable Living' keynote speaker, Zero Waste SA Board Meeting-City West Date: 3 March 2011
 

2010

International

Barbara Pocock, 'What kinds of public policy, actors, experimentation, strategies, capabilities and research, are necessary to rethink employee representation for this new world of work?' - speaker- Employee Representation in the New World of Work: The Dynamics of Rights, Voice, Performance and Power 47th Annual CIRA Conference / International CRIMT - Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail 16 - 18 June 2010, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada

Australian

Barbara Pocock (my) Working life in university: A personal account of academic work in the larger context of work/life in Australia in 2010 University of Queensland Public lecture, Senior women seminar series, 29 October 2010

Barbara Pocock, Work/Life interaction, skill development and utilisation in Australia, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 2010 Webinar Series,  22 October 2010  

Barbara Pocock, Work/Life Interaction, Skill Development & Utilisation in Australia, NILS, Flinders University 24 August 2010

Philippa Williams and Ken Bridge, Segregation in the suburbs: how the suburbs are shaping work, home and community for Australian families. 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 7-9 July 2010 Proceedings

Philippa Williams, 'Linked Up Lives - Putting Together Work, Home and Community in Australian Suburbs', 2010 Grace Vaughan Memorial lecture 24 May 2010, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia
 

2009

International conferences

Barbara Pocock, 15th International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) 2009 World Congress, 23-27th August 2009 - Keynote Address Conceptualising Work, Family and Community: Why Industrial Relations Perspectives are Essential, (PDF 673kb), Track 3 Work, Family and Community Plenary Session and Workshops,  24-27 August 2009, Sydney.

Pip Williams, 'Mobility, Mothers and Malls: How home, community, adult work and school affect opportunity for teenagers', Natalie Skinner, 'Community and work characteristics as predictors of work-family gains and strains'
Community, Work and Family III International Conference 'Making the Connections in a Global Context', 16–18 April 2009, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
 

Australian conferences

Barbara Pocock, The uses and misuses of economics: reflections of a recovering economist (PDF 178kb) University of South Australia's Gift of Knowledge 2009 lecture series, 3 November 09. A vodcast of the lecture will be available shortly here

Barbara Pocock,What Makes for Meaningful Work in the 21st Century: what makes good jobs good, and what gives them their occasional dark sides (pdf.671kb) Foenander Public Lecture 2009 (video) delivered 21 October 2009, The University of Melbourne.

Williams, P. Pocock, B. Bridge, K. & Edwards, J.(2009). Sustainable Lives in Sustainable Communities. Living and Working in Suburban Australia. Presented at Privatisation, Security and Community: How Master Planned Estates are Changing Suburban Australia,  Academy of Social Sciences in Australia workshop, 28th - 29th September 2009, University of Queensland.

Eileen Applebaum, Barbara Pocock, 'The state of the working nations: current issues and future prospects for working families in the US and Australia' Vital Issues Series, Parliamentary Library (audio) Canberra, 19th August 2009, Parliament House, Canberra.

Barbara Pocock, 'What are Today's Workers Thinking?' keynote address, Australian Workplace Conference -Managing your workforce in uncertain times, Sydney, 7 August 2009

Barbara Pocock, Who cares? how should we work and care in the 21st Century (6.4 MB) Barbara Pocock, Keynote address, Novita Inaugural Oration Research Symposium, 5 August 2009, Adelaide

Barbara Pocock, 2009 Senate Standing Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee, Inquiry into the Provision of Childcare in Australia, evidence to Committee, 22 July 2009, Adelaide.

Barbara Pocock, 'Successful Research while living in the Work/life Collision: What's Possible? What Needs to Change?' Speaker + panel discussion, Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) Career Development Event: Forging a Research Career: When The Going Gets Tough! 9 July 2009, University of Adelaide.

Pocock, B. 2009, What's different in this recession? Low-paid workers in times of labour market stress, keynote address at National Vocational Education and Training Research NCVER 'No Frills' Conference, 7-8 July 2009, University of Ballarat, Ballarat. 

Barbara Pocock, Presentation Work and Family policy development session, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress, 2 June 2009, Brisbane Convention Centre

Barbara Pocock, 'Work/Life and Employment Research in Australia: White work, Black gaps?', presentation, David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education & Research (DUCIER) seminar, I June 2009, University of South Australia.

Barbara Pocock,'Flexibility in a Tough Environment', keynote presentation to WA Department of Commerce, Perth WA, 2 April 09.
 

Barbara Pocock, 'Work and the health and well-being of children: four essential pillars for better outcomes in Australia' (PDF 452 kb)
HDA Oration, Healthy Development Adelaide, State Library of South Australia, 12 June 2008.
PowerPoint presentation (1.6 MB)

Barbara Pocock, 'Work-life balance in Australia?' (PDF 458 kb)
Paper presented at international workshop Work-Life Balance in Japan, Australia and Canada, Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, 16 March 2008.

Masterman-Smith, H and Pocock, B. 2008 'Working Low Paid In Australia', 22nd Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Annual Conference: Workers, Corporations And Community: Facing Choices For a Sustainable Future, Melbourne, 6-8 February 2008.
 

2007

Barbara Pocock, 'The regulation of women's employment in Australia: what lessons for China?' (PDF 206 kb)
Paper presented at Women's Labour Rights Workshop held by the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) in cooperation with the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, 20-23 November 2007. Also available here in Chinese (PDF 318 kb).

Williams P. 'Building 'community' for different stages of life: Physical and social infrastructure in Master Planned Communities' (2007). Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Barbara Pocock, 'Happiness speech'
Presented at 'Happiness and its Causes' Conference, Sydney, June 2007.
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Overview of research on work-life balance in Australia (PDF 504 kb)
Hideki Nakazato, Konan University, Kobe, Japan, 2007
 

2006

Jobs care and justice: a fair work regime for Australia (PDF 435 kb)
Clare Burton Memorial lecture 2006 by Professor Barbara Pocock

Health, well-being and working poverty (PowerPoint 1 MB)
Helen Masterman-Smith with Jude Elton, presented at Making Research Matter: Translating Research into Health Policy and Practice, South Australian Public Health and Health Promotion Conference, Adelaide, 21 October 2006.

Low pay in a prosperous land (PowerPoint 1.66 MB)
Helen Masterman-Smith, PowerPoint presentation of paper presented at The Growing Divide, South Australian Financial Counsellors' Association annual conference, Adelaide, 21 September 2006.
 

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