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Research Associates
Jennifer
Balint |
John Barnett |
Jennifer
Beard |
Gabrielle Berman |
| Kathleen
Brasher Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences McCaughey Centre, School of Population Health Research Area Social inclusion, ageing, disability, qualitative research methods |
Angela Clarke |
Margaret
Coady |
Michael Coelli |
Kylie
Cripps |
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Andrew Dawson |
| Alison
Duxbury Senior Lecturer, Law Research Area International law, international institutions, human rights law, and the Commonwealth and human rights. In particular, the intersection between international institutional law and human rights law. |
| Robyn Eckersley Professor, Arts Political Science, Sociology and Criminology Research Area Environmental policy, politics and ethics (especially the climate change negotiations); Political theory of justice and democracy; International Relations theory |
| Simon
Evans Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, Law Research Area Constitutional law and human rights (including social rights and property rights). I am particularly interested in the relationship between courts and political institutions – who is best placed to decide questions about social justice and human rights in real-world democracies. |
| Peter Feldman Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics / School of Population Health Research Area Social Determinants of Inequality, including but not limited to: Health inequalities; Spatially patterned disadvantage; Income and wealth distribution. Neo-liberal economics, globalization and the shrinking state. Governing through ‘communities’. |
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| John Fitzgerald Principal Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Centre for Health and Society Research Area Drug use (legal and illegal), drug policy, social policy, marginalisation. My research focuses on the social outcomes from alcohol and drug use and the development of knowledge that can facilitate better drug and social policy. |
| Marion Frere Deputy Director, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences McCaughey Centre, School of Population Health Research Area The health and wellbeing impacts of violence, including: Family violence; Violence and culture; Public policy and governance, especially networks and partnerships; Community wellbeing and community indicators |
| Beth Gaze Associate Professor, Law Research Area Generally I am interested in women’s’ rights and domestic implementation of human rights. My current research projects include evaluation of discrimination complaints procedures and of the experience of individuals appealing to the Social Security Appeals tribunals. I am also a member of the Victorian Mental Health Review Board and a past member of the Social Security appeals Tribunal. |
Bill Genat |
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| Ray
Green Associate Professor Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning Research Area The perceptual consequences of tourism development in small town communities . Exploring links between urban open spaces and benefits to public health. Exploring relationships between environmental sustainability and public environmental values and perceptions. Community participation in environmental planning. Development of methods for modelling public perceptions and experiences of environmental change in fragile environments – coastal, mountain, arid region, etc. |
| Russell Gruen Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Surgery (RMH/WH) Research Area Medical Professionalism & social justice/ public responsibilities of health professionals. Evidence-based practice & relevance/applicability to disadvantaged populations & settings. Trauma, injury & violence research. Quality & safety of medical care |
R.
Harindranath |
| Lou Harms Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Social Work Research Area Social work practice with Indigenous populations; Trauma (psychosocial) and health, particularly in relation to road trauma, but other emergency care; Trauma and resilience issues – refugee experiences, substance abuse – intimately connected with social justice issues. |
| Cathy
Humphries Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Alfred Felton Chair of Child and Family Welfare, Social Work at Melbourne and Alfred Felton Research Program Research Area My research interests traverse the area of domestic and family violence, the children and families sector; and research utilisation (the knowledge exchange agenda). In each of these areas I have a keen interest in the issues of social justice and the complexities of the human rights agenda applied across the areas of violence against women and the issues of child abuse. The children’s rights agenda is one in which I hold a particular interest. |
| lynette Joubert Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Nursing and Social Work Research Area Health and social inequalities in particular in relation to access and barriers to health services. |
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| Anne Kavanagh Associate Professor Key Centre for Women’s Health, School of Population Health Research Area Women’s health, social epidemiology, screening for disease, research methods in public health |
| Marcia Langton Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Centre for Health and Society, Department of Population Health Research Area Indigenous agreements, treaties and settlements; Indigenous water management; traditional ecological knowledge; Indigenous land tenure; Indigenous visual and performative arts; social aspects of political and economic development in Australia, East Timor and other postcolonial states. |
| Wendy
Larcombe Senior Lecturer, Law Research Area Violence against women; Criminal justice responses to sexual violence; Reproductive rights and sexual health; Normative and non-normative subjectivities |
| Glenda MacNaughton Professor and Director, Education Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood Research Area Children as citizens and children’s rights; Human rights in the early childhood curriculum, especial focus on cultural diversity and gender; Social justice and early childhood |
| Anthony
Marcus Senior Lecturer, Arts Development Studies, School of Social and Environmental Enquiry Research Area Research focuses on the intersection of class inequality and social caste designations, such as race, gender, ethnicity, etc. Particularly interested in political responses, at all social levels, to social injustices. Much of his work has been on urban poverty, public policy and social mobilisation in Spanish and English-speaking America, particularly Mexico, the US, Guatemala, and Cuba, where he has done field research. Also interested in educational access as a vehicle for melding social justice theory and practical applications. |
| Shelley Mallet Senior Lecturer Key Centre For Women’s Health in Society, Dep Public Health, School Population Health Research Area Social disadvantage and young people; Homelessness; Health inequalities, particularly in relation to marginalized populations; Health and welfare policy, program and service delivery |
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| Paul
Mees Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning Research Area Transport planning; Urban planning |
| Nikos Nikiforakis Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Economics and Commerce School of Economics Research Area Laboratory experiments to investigate issues such as anti-social behavior, feuds, decentralized enforcement of cooperation, the impact of fairness consideration in markets, charitable giving and gender roles |
| Jane
Page Senior Lecturer, Education Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood Research Area Young children’s discourses of emotions and citizenship. Children’s rights, Young children’s perceptions of the future |
| Sundhya Pahuja Associate Professor, Law Co-Director, Law and Development Research Programme, Institute for International Law and the Humanities Research Area Interested in understanding inequality on an international scale. Conducts interdisciplinary research in the areas of international economic law, public international law and development refracted through an overtly theoretical lens drawing on methods which include postcolonial approaches, political philosophy and political economy and political and economic history |
| David
Philips Associate Professor (retired), Arts School of Historical Studies Research Area Modern British social history, with an emphasis on crime, criminal justice, policing and punishment; Crime, criminal justice, policing and punishment in Colonial Australia; Comparative history of relations between indigenous people and white colonists in British colonies of settlement (notably South Africa and Australia); South African history, especially the history of apartheid South Africa, 1948-1994 |
| Winsome Roberts Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Social Work Research Area Political economy and increasing inequality in Australia; Historical perspectives on inequality in Australia; Social movements; Social justice and economic (human) rights |
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| Kate Shaw Research Fellow Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning Research Area ‘Creative cities’, cultural diversity and social equity; Urban regeneration and gentrification; Student housing and place-making |
Paul Smythe |
| Joo-Cheong
Tham Senior Lecturer, Law Research Area Political finance and its regulation; Australian and UK counter-terrorism laws; Regulation of non-standard work |
| Peteres Verhezen Senior Fellow, Economics and Commerce Department of Management Research Area A philosophical understanding of the notion of ‘social justice’; corporate social responsibility and ethics in business and society; the concept of ‘fairness’ in business and society; equality, competitiveness and social justice; anti-corruption campaigns constituting social justice; public good versus private interests; the dynamics of social norms and ethical values across (cultural) borders; the relevance of integrity in any form of exchange (in society); ethical norms and values: a cultural relativist perspective versus an ethical universalism; how clash of cultural and religious perspectives affect social justice |
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