Session 1 Seminar Program

SPRC Seminar Program, Session 1, 2007

Date	Time	Location	Presenter	Title
Wednesday 14th February	1:00-2:30 pm	Central Lecture Block 6	Professor Sir Tony Atkinson (Nuffield College, Oxford)	The evolution of the distribution of individual earnings in OECD countries *A public lecture presented with the School of Economics (UNSW) Flyer
Monday 19th February	4:00-5:00 pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Professor Timothy Smeeding (Director, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School Syracuse University)	Conditions of social vulnerability: work and low income, evidence forAustralia in comparative perspective Flyer Luxembourg Income Study Handouts: What's happening at LIS LIS Overview LWS Brief LIS Newsletter
Thursday 1st March	1.00-2.00pm	Room 25, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Michael Rasell	Welfare reform in Russia: confusion, continuity and change Flyer
6th March	1:00-2:00 pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Monsignor David Cappo (Commissioner for Social Inclusion, Chair, Social Inclusion Board, South Australian Government)	Social inclusion in practice: an insight into the development of social policy and joined-up initiatives in South Australia Flyer
13th March	1:00-2:00 pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Karen Fisher (SPRC)	Limits to economic rationalism in social policy process Flyer
20th March	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Melanie Henwood (Independant Health and Social Care Consultant, UK)	Cash and care: emerging issues in promoting choice, control and self-directed support Flyer Interview with Melanie Henwood (Radio National - Life Matters) Overview Summary Personalistaion Report
10th April	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Dr Ann Dadich (SPRC)	How do young people with mental health issues access community-based support networks? Flyer
17th April	12.30-1.45pm	Room 201, Law Building UNSW	Professor Keith Banting (Queen's Research Chair in Public Policy, Queen's University in Canada)	Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Is diversity the enemy of redistribution? *Seminar presented with the School of Social Science and International Studies (UNSW) Flyer
8th May	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Dr Catherine Spooner and Dr Ann Dadich (Social Policy Research Centre)	Governance, sustainability and funding of non-government organisations in a neo-liberal world Flyer
15th May	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Associate Professor Alison Ritter (Drug Policy Modelling Program, Director National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre)	Policy-making on illicit drugs: some challenges and new approaches Flyer
22nd May	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Robert Griew (Formerly Chief Executive Officer Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services)	Taking Aboriginal health and welfare seriously Flyer
29th May	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Heidi Norman (Senior Lecturer at Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology)	Aboriginal Land Rights in NSW - from assimilation to self-determination Flyer
12th June	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 2, Building G2, SPRC Western Grounds UNSW	Tony Eardley, Bettina Cass, Denise Thompson and Ann Dadich (SPRC)	Measuring 'Self-reliance' Amongst Users of Homelessness Services: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges Flyer
Wednesday 27th June Note: Change of Location	1.00 - 2.00pm	Room 301 Level 3 Law Building	Professor Ian Walker (University of Warwicks, Visiting Professor CHERE UTS and UNSW Economics)	Ostensible hypothecation: the effect of cash transfers to the elderly for fuel on their fuel expenditure Flyer
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