Dr Susan Goodwin
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BA(Hons)(ANU), PhD(Sydney) Senior Lecturer Associate Director of Doctoral Studies |
Email: Phone: +61 2 9351 3282 Fax: +61 2 9351 3783 Building.Room: A35.730 |
Research interests
Social structures, inequalities and social justice
- Gender relations and gender identity
- Social change
Social work and social policy
- Social policy
Professional biography
Sue teaches social policy in the undergraduate program and in the Master of Policy Studies program. She also supervises postgraduate research students undertaking projects in her areas of research, which include gender; social policy and the welfare state; and community capacity building policies and practices.
She has been involved in collaborative research with a range of organisations, including a large study of gender equity in public institutions, as well as research projects with a variety of non-government organisations. Her current ARC research project is with TAFE NSW, Housing NSW and NSW Health. She has held positions non-government organisations; in public sector policy positions; at the University of Queensland and in Sociology at the University of Sydney.
She is member of the Social Policy Research Network.
Current projects
- Working from the ground up:a participatory approach to community regeneration in public housing neighbourhoods. This ARC Linkage project is undertaking research and community development with public housing residents in South eastern Sydney.
- The Good Mother: interrogating class, gender and motherhood. This research project is exploring contemporary constructions of mothering and motherhood in Australia.
- Research Capacity in Non-government community service organisations: This project is exploring the emergence of research positions and research units located in community-based organisations and how ngo researchers engage in policy processes.
Current research students
| Project title | Degree | Research student |
|---|---|---|
| Australia says No? Violence Against Women policies under the Howard government. | PhD | Mayet Costello |
| Performative aspects of social work identity at the intersection of welfare reforms and public sector management reforms in Australia: the case of Centrelink | DSW | Deborah Hart |
| Public Housing, Community Renewal and theories of individualisation | PhD | David Lilley |
| Feminist Knowledge Production and Sexual Assault Services in NSW, A History of the Present. | PhD | Suzanne Egan |
| Juvenile justice policy making in NSW 1990 - 2005. | PhD | Elaine Fishwick |
| Postnatal depression and the gender order. | PhD | Jane Hasler |
| Professional Female Migrants in Australia: Social Inclusion or Social Exclusion? | PhD | Marina Jurman |
Selected publications
Books
- Fawcett, B, Goodwin, S, Meagher, G, Phillips, R. (2009). Social Policy for Social Change. Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Finkelstein, J and Goodwin, S. (2005). The Sociological Bent: Inside Metro Culture. Melbourne: Thompson.
Book chapters
- Goodwin, S. (2006). Working from the outside in: NSW women's advisory committees. In D.Brennan, L.Chappell (Ed.), "No Fit Place for Women"? Women in NSW Politics 1856-2006 (Vol. 1, pp. 178–199), Sydney: UNSW Press.
- Goodwin, S. (2005). '"Community" and Social Inclusion'. In Smyth, P. Reddell, T and Jones, A. (Eds.), Community and Local Governance in Australia (pp. 94–107), Sydney: UNSW Press.
- Goodwin, S. (2003). Gender and social Exclusion in Australia. In Weiss (Ed.), Social Exclusion: An Approach to the Australian Case (pp. 375–390), Germany: Peter Lang.
Journal articles
- Schofield, T, Goodwin, S. (2006). Gender politics and public policy making: prospects for advancing gender equality. Policy and Society: journal of public, foreign and global policy, 24(4), 25–44.