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Biography
Associate Professor Philip Mendes teaches Social Policy and Community Development, and is the Director of the Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit in the Department of Social Work. His key research areas include young people transitioning from out-home-care, income security including compulsory income management, social workers and policy practice, illicit drugs policy, and Indigenous social policy. He is a member of the Transitions to Adulthood for Young People Leaving Public Care International Research Group, and a member of the Sydney Myer Fund Poverty and Disadvantage Grants Committee. He is the author or editor of 11 books, and the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed academic journal articles and book chapters. His latest book is the 3rd edition of the popular textbook, Australia's Welfare Wars, published by UNSW Press.
Research area keywords
- social policy
- welfare state
- young people transitioning from out of home care
- community development
- income security
- Indigenous social policy
- illicit drugs policy
- social work activism
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Projects 2006 2020
Accommodating transition: improving housing outcomes for young people leaving out of home care
Martin, R., Mendes, P., Ferrante, A. M., Cordier, R., Liddiard, M., Chung, D., Johnson, G. & Randall, S.
1/08/19 → 30/08/20
Project: Research
Indigenous care leavers in Australia: A national scoping survey
Mendes, P., Saunders, B., McCurdy, S., Standfield, R. & Burton, J.
30/10/18 → 31/05/20
Project: Research
Agency and autonomy: a cross-national study of compulsory income management policies
Marston, G., Mendes, P., Bielefeld, S. & Humpage, L.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Rights in records by design
Evans, J., Bone, J., McKemmish, S., Mendes, P., Reeves, K. & Wilson, J. Z.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Ballarat
8/05/17 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
Transitioning from out of home care: A longitudinal population-based study
Chung, D., Cordier, R., Mendes, P., Thoresen, S., O'Donnell, M., Martin, R., Stratton, K. & Lund, S.
Project: Research
Research Output 1996 2019
Empowerment and control in the Australian welfare state: A critical analysis of Australian social policy since 1972
Mendes, P., 2019, 1st ed. London: Routledge. 254 p. (Social Welfare around the World)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
How do Jewish communities respond to manifestations of institutional child sexual abuse? A case study of Malka Leifer and Adass Israel in Melbourne, Australia
Mendes, P., Pinskier, M. & McCurdy, S., 17 Sep 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
How the BDS movement is poisoning academic discourse
Mendes, P., 5 Feb 2019, In : Fathom: for a deeper understanding of Israel and the region. 22, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
My first year as a member of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society
Mendes, P., 28 Oct 2019, In : Australian Jewish Historical Society. Journal. XXIV, Part 3, p. 546-561 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
Policy and practice supports for young people transitioning from out-of-home care: An analysis of six recent inquiries in Australia
Mendes, P. & McCurdy, S., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Social Work. p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities 2019 2019
- 1 Contribution to conference
8th SNAICC National Conference
Rachel Standfield (Speaker), Philip Mendes (Speaker), Jacinta Walsh (Speaker), Emily Armstrong (Speaker)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference