Social Policy Research Network members

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

Faculty members

Member	Areas of expertise
Network co-convenor TBA
Network co-convenor TBA
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 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
Associate 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 Kate Huppatz	Classed and gendered practices in the field of caring work
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 Gaby Ramia	international social policy and the role of international NGOs and transnational corporations; contractualism, public management and employment services; the relationship between industrial relations regulation and social policies
Dr Margot Rawsthorne	practice with communities; policy studies; research methods; organisation and management studies
Dr Fran Waugh	eLearning; professional experiences; policy studies; social work practice; ageing; children and families; violence; social work field education

Non-faculty 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

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Social Policy Research Network members

Faculty members

Non-faculty members