Current Postgraduate Students
| Elizabeth Adamson | Early Childhood education and care policies addressing low-income families in Australia, the UK and Canada |
Supervisor: Deborah Brennan Co-supervisor: Fiona Williams |
| Timothy Broady |
Parental bonding and empowerment in foster care | Ilan Katz (supervisor) Marilyn McHugh (co-supervisor) |
| Tammy Burnstock Masters by Research |
Volunteer Home Visiting (VHV): what role does VHV play in an integrated early intervention strategy for parents with young children? | Bettina Cass (supervisor) Natasha Cortis (co-supervisor) |
| Sherman Chan | Financial exclusion: indicators and consequences | Peter Saunders (supervisor) Peter Whiteford (co-supervisor) |
| Darryl Cronin | Dialogue, freedom and reconciliation |
Professor Paul Patton, School of History and Philosophy (supervisor) and Dr Kylie Cripps, Faculty of Law (supervisor) |
| Bob Davidson | The changing structure of markets in government-funded human services programs | Peter Saunders (supervisor) Deborah Brennan (co-supervisor) |
| Peter Davidson |
Why some countries are more unemployed than others - a comparison of employment participation policies in four countries | Peter Saunders and Peter Whiteford (joint supervisors) |
| Sandra Gendera | A Gender Perspective on Social Investment Policy in the South |
Lyn Craig (supervisor) |
| Angelica Hannan | Gender, migration and social policy | Deborah Brennan (supervisor) Bettina Cass (co-supervisor) |
| Wendy Hermeston NHMRC Infrastructure Capacity Building Grant located at Sax Institute. |
Looking after the grannies: kinship care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in NSW | Bettina Cass (supervisor) Megan Blaxland (co-supervisor), Deborah Brennan (co-supervisor) |
| Helen Hodgson | A proposal for a family tax transfer system | Bettina Cass and Chris Evans (Atax) (joint supervisors) |
| K.M Kabirul Islam | Food Security and Social Safety Net Programs: A Study of Bangladeshi Rural poor Households |
Supervisor: Peter Whiteford Co-supervisor: Bruce Bradbury |
| Bridget Jenkins Postgraduate Award Industry on ARC Linkage grant Grandparents as primary carers of grandchildren |
Grandparents as primary carers of their grandchildren | Deborah Brennan (supervisor) kylie valentine (co-supervisor) |
| Ariella Meltzer | Experiences of Disability and Care for sibilings with and without disabilities during the transition to adulthood. |
Deb Brennan (supervisor) |
| Timothy Murton | Linking social security reform to economic growth: a comparative study of China and Vietnam | Peter Whiteford and Binh Tran-Nam (Atax) (joint supervisors) |
| Yuvisthi Naidoo PhD scholarship award from Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAR) |
Living standards of the elderly: cross-national comparisons | Peter Saunders and Bruce Bradbury (joint supervisors) |
| Emma Partridge Australian Postgraduate Award Industry on ARC Linkage grant: Where’s the evidence? Understanding the use of evidence in Indigenous policy |
Understanding the use of evidence in Indigenous policy |
Ilan Katz and Karen Fisher (joint supervisors) |
| Marianne Rajkovic Masters by Research |
Parents and carers of children with Autism | kylie valentine and Deborah Brennan (joint supervisors) |
| Vicky Saunders | Refugee Children and Resettlement |
Supervisor: Ilan Katz Co-supervisor: Jen Skattebol |
| Alec Sewell | A Qualitive Study of Integration in Human Services to meet Complex Needs |
Supervisor: Karen Fisher Co-supervisor: Tony Eardley |
| Ciara Smyth UNSW Dean's Research Scholarship |
Shared parenting work-family balance | Lyn Craig (supervisor) George Argyrous (SSIS) (co-supervisor) |
| Zimin Tan | The Establishment of the Child Protection System Suitable for China. |
Supervisor: Ilan Katz Co-supervisor: Xiaoyuan Shang |
| Cathy Thomson PhD scholarship award from Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAR) |
Carers and the costs of care in an ageing society | Peter Saunders and Trish Hill (joint supervisors) |
| Inara Walden | Social inclusion and Aboriginal communities | Supervisor: Sarah Maddison Co-supervisor: Trish Hill |
| Anne Wills | Women caring for an adult child with disability: implications for retirement incomes | Deborah Brennan (supervisor) Bettina Cass (co-supervisor) |
