Members of the Social Policy Research Group
The members of the SPRG are researchers within the School of Social Work and Social Policy, associate research colleagues from other schools within and outside the university, and postgraduate researchers whose work is associated with SPRG members.
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Members
Dr Cameron's research focuses on social disadvantage in its many forms and its impact on families, students, those with mental illness and on society in general. Her research also includes suburban safety and crime prevention and the effective management of anger and conflict in our society. Dr Cameron is a UniSA Supported Researcher in 2008.
Professor Carson has led a range of consultancies and research projects in the area of employment and labour market programs, in particular for disadvantaged job seekers, for a range of Commonwealth and state government departments. He has also researched other aspects of social disadvantage and social policy, including housing and homelessness, and contractualism and partnerships between government and NGOs. Prof Carson is a UniSA Supported Researcher in 2008.
Ms Gursansky is a nationally recognised expert in the field of human service delivery, and in particular case management as a model of service delivery. Her research is focused on evaluation of services, development of programs, organisational restructuring and consumer participation in service delivery. Her current major research interest is in ageing and community development.
Ms Kennedy has developed models for intervention and practice in human service delivery. She combines teaching and research expertise in justice administration, psychology, and institutional and alternative care organisational analysis, and has published two books on professional practice issues and legal issues in the human services.
Dr
Sue King
(Coordinator)
Dr King is the coordinator of the SPRG. Her research interests are
justice workforce issues, especially the work of correctional officers, the
social work and human services workforces, restorative justice, and issues
about remand in custody. Dr King is a UniSA Supported Researcher in 2008.
Dr Moulding is a qualified social worker with a background in women's health and community health. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and mental health, social exclusion and mental health, and interpretive research methodology, particularly post-structural approaches. She has a particular interest in the social construction of subjectivity and the implications for mental health and wellbeing.
Ms Tedmanson has experience in a range of social policy areas in the public sector at both state and Commonwealth level. She has also worked extensively with Indigenous people in Adelaide and in regional and remote centres. Recent research projects include: an investigation of volunteering in Indigenous and NESB communities; Managing Well; action research partnerships between UniSA and DHS to provide professional development for managers and directors of Indigenous organisations in SA; a report to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs on petrol sniffing and capacity building strategies in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands; and a national assessment of crime prevention training needs. Ms Tedmanson is a UniSA Supported Researcher in 2008.
Assoc Prof Vicary's research interests are in the areas of
politics, social policy and education. His recent research has addressed
changes in the labour process of workers in the public sector in South
Australia and comparative understandings of civics and citizenship in India
and Australia.
Dr Carole Zufferey worked as social work practitioner for over 15 years prior to being employed at the university. Since 2006 she has worked on various collaborative research projects particularly in the areas of child protection, mental health, homelessness, social work education, domestic violence and women's employment, with the aims of improving service delivery and/or social work education. Her research interests include homelessness, gendered violence, issues for single parents, child protection, employment, mental health, social work practice, social policy, social work education and addressing inequalities related to class, culture and gender. She has published a number of articles particularly in the area of homelessness and social work.
Associate members
Dr Fopp's research interests are public policy and analysis in housing, homelessness and shelter. Research projects he has led include 'Getting out and staying out: pathways to independent living, addressing best practice, critical interventions and strategies for addressing homelessness in SA', the AHURI-funded Sustainable Housing Project, and 'Vulnerable in the city', a study on homeless adults in Adelaide.
Ms Gollan is a descendent of the Ngarrindjeri nation of South Australia and is an active member of the broader Indigenous community in South Australia. Sharon has worked professionally and academically in a range of human services fields in Australia. She has over twenty years' experience in the public health, youth, children and community services sectors in a range of community and management positions that primarily focused on creating better services for Aboriginal people.
Dr Goodwin-Smith's research interests orbit around
new theoretical directions for progressive politics. For Ian, this is a
straightforward issue: it all hinges on social justice and sustainability. Ian brings a concern for social identity and for postcolonial politics and
social theory to his research.
Dr McLaren's research has been in the areas of gender, domestic violence, child abuse, professional practice, ethics and morality, and is influenced by feminist and post-structuralist theories. She recently worked on a research project at the Australian Centre for Child Protection: 'Sowing the seeds of innovation in the prevention of child abuse and neglect'. She has worked as a police officer in the past, including work in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands and Coober Pedy, and including the investigation of rape and sexual assault.
Adjunct researchers
- Tim Agius
- Dr Lorraine Kerr
- Dr Murray Muirhead
- Sue Vardon
- Dinesh Wadiwel
- Joy Wundersitz
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Dr
Nilan Yu
Higher degree research students
(Supervisors who are SPRG members are named in brackets.)
- Jennifer Adams (Helen Cameron)
- Matthew Bennett (associate supervisor Helen Cameron)
- Kristina Birchmore (Nicole Moulding)
- Karitz Daniels (Adrian Vicary)
- Julie Douglas (Ed Carson, associate Lorraine Kerr)
- Antony Fletcher (Adrian Vicary)
- Jennifer Geary (Helen Cameron, associate Nicole Moulding)
- Jennifer Harvey (Ed Carson)
- Lisa Hodge (Nicole Moulding)
- Beverly Majda (associate supervisor Harry Savelsberg)
- Lydia Lorenz (Helen Cameron, associate Di Gursansky)
- Alan O'Connor (associate supervisor Deirdre Tedmanson)
- Catherine Opitz (Ed Carson)
- Marg Rowntree (Nicole Moulding)
- Ann Sharley (Helen Cameron)
- Tanja Stojadinovic (Nicole Moulding)
- Fearnley Szuster (Ed Carson)
- Elizabeth Trickett (Rodney Fopp)
- Kham Van Tran (Adrian Vicary)
- Tejaswini Vishwanath (Adrian Vicary)
- David West (associate supervisor Helen Cameron)