Author, Researcher, Historian
I was pleased to present the prestigious Spielvogel Oration by invitation of the Ballarat Historical Society on 21 May 2025. The Oration is an annual event in honour of Nathan Spielvogel, a public intellectual, historian, teacher, broadcaster, and writer (See Weston Bate’s short bio at https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/spielvogel-nathan-frederick-8607). I was proud and humbled to follow a long […]
On Social Work Day, Tuesday March 18 2025, I joined a panel at Monash University with A/Prof Susie Bawadie (Social Work Department) and Jacinta Woehl (who works at Seniors Rights) to discuss the theme for the day: “Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing”. This is how I summarised my thoughts about how the theme should […]
Earlier this year Edward Elgar published a new Handbook of Research Methods in Social Work. I contributed a chapter called “Documentary Analysis” with Shurlee Swain, Wendy Foote and Chris Krogh. Here is an Abstract: Writing is a practice as central to social work as listening. The capacity to write and the choices made when writing […]