Projects per year
Personal profile
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 support including compulsory income management, social workers and policy practice, illicit drugs policy, Indigenous social policy, and Jewish community responses to institutional child sexual abuse. He is a member of the Transitions to Adulthood for Young People Leaving Public Care International Research Group, and won the 2019 Faculty of Medicine Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Impact. He is the author or editor of 12 books, and the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed academic journal articles and book chapters. His latest books include the 3rd edition of the popular textbook, Australia's Welfare Wars, published by UNSW Press in 2017, and Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State (Routledge, 2019).
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
Network
Projects
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Indigenous care leavers in Australia: A national scoping survey
Mendes, P., Saunders, B., McCurdy, S., Standfield, R. & Burton, J.
30/10/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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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
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Enhancing the Educational Experiences of children in out-of-home care
Berger, E., Mendes, P., Baidawi, S. & D'Souza, L.
1/07/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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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
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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
Research output
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Housing plus supportive relationships: What do extended care programs internationally tell us about best practice transitions for care leavers?
Mendes, P., 21 Feb 2021, In : Parity. 34, 1, p. 6-7 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other
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Child Protection Hypothetical Case Studies for a Virtual Archive: Professional Perspectives Versus the Lived Experience and Expertise of Care Leavers in Victoria, Australia
Mendes, P., Wilson, J. Z. & Golding, F., 9 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : British Journal of Social Work. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Compulsory income management: Combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?
Peterie, M., Bielefeld, S., Marston, G., Mendes, P. & Humpage, L., Mar 2020, In : Australian Journal of Social Issues. 55, 1, p. 61-72 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Conditionalising the unemployed: Why have consecutive Australian governments refused to increase the inadequate Newstart Allowance?
Mendes, P., 29 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian Journal of Social Issues. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Governing Poverty: Compulsory Income Management and Crime in Australia
Staines, Z., Marston, G., Bielefeld, S., Humpage, L., Mendes, P. & Peterie, M., 30 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Critical Criminology. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Contribution to conference
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National Conference of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) 2019
Rachel Standfield (Speaker), Philip Mendes (Speaker), Jacinta Walsh (Speaker) & Emily Armstrong (Speaker)
3 Sep 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference