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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.
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
Indigenous care leavers in Australia: A national scoping survey
Mendes, P., Saunders, B. J., McCurdy, S. E., Standfield, R. V. & Burton, J.
30/10/18 → 30/10/19
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. E., Bone, J., McKemmish, S. M., 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 1997 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
Community as a spray-on solution: a case study of community engagement within the income management programme in Australia
Mendes, P., 1 Apr 2018, In : Community Development. 53, 2, p. 210-227 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Ending the victim-blaming
Mendes, P., 1 Nov 2018, In : Gesher. 5, 4, p. 69-73 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
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Hope Street: From Voice to Agency for Care-Leavers in Higher Education
Wilson, J. Z., Mendes, P. & Golding, F., 2 Feb 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Life Writing. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?
McCurdy, S., Parippayiillath, S. & Mendes, P., 4 Apr 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : International Social Work. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review