Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
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).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Improving outcomes for young people transitioning from out-of-home care
Skouteris, H., Mendes, P., O'Donnell, R., Smales, M., Green, R. & Currie, G.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
23/06/23 → 22/06/26
Project: Research
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Evaluation of the MCM Youth Housing Initiative: A User-Centred, Hybrid Design
Shlonsky, A., Mendes, P., Petrakis, M. & Baidawi, S.
1/07/22 → 30/06/27
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. M., Stratton, K. & Lund, S.
Project: Research
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Deep End Living Lab: better support for healthy ageing in homeless populations
Sturgiss, L., Nielsen, S., Skouteris, H., Blane, D., Collyer, T., Haines, T., Edwards, I., Urban, A., Blewitt, C., Mendes, P. & Gunatillaka, N.
1/10/22 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Educational experiences and needs of students in out-of-home care: a Delphi study
Berger, E., Baidawi, S., D'Souza, L., Mendes, P., Morris, S., Bollinger, J. & Purtell, J., 2024, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39, p. 689-710 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Examining the Mental Health Care Needs and Outcomes of Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) in Australia
Mendes, P. & Chaffey, E., Mar 2024, In: Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond. 11, 1, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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From Welfarist Support for Vulnerable Groups to a Social Justice Perspective: The Australian Council of Social Service and the Construction of Poverty, 1956–75
Mendes, P., Mar 2024, In: Australian Journal of Politics and History. 70, 1, p. 40-60 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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How has the media framed the introduction of the supervised injecting room in Victoria? A comparison of editorials of The Age and Herald Sun 2017–2022
Mendes, P., Taylor, R. & Roche, S., Jun 2024, In: Australian Journal of Social Issues. 59, 2, p. 501-516 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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“The most significant child welfare reform in a generation”: An examination of the strategies used by the Home Stretch campaign
Mendes, P., Jun 2024, In: Australian Journal of Social Issues. 59, 2, p. 328-343 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Australian Journal of Political Science Mayer Journal Prize for 2021
Mendes, Philip (Recipient), 6 Sept 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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 Sept 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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Indigenous children are leaving out-of-home care to uncertain futures. This is the support they need
Philip Mendes, Bernadette Saunders, Jacinta Walsh, Lena Turnbull, Rachel Standfield & Samone McCurdy
2/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature