Researcher

My Expertise

Research interests include social policy, evaluation of complex family and community interventions, family support, child protection, families and communities, race, culture and ethnicity, migration, international comparisons of child welfare systems and policy, parenting, mental health and youth justice.

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Social policy, People with disability, Social program evaluation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health and wellbeing, Social work, Social Policy, Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment, Family and Household Studies, Care for Disabled, Migration, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

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Biography

Professor Katz joined SPRC in January 2005. He has many years of policy, practice and research experience in children and family services in the UK. He started his career as a social worker and manager, working in several local authorities and NGOs in London. He was head of Evaluation, Practice development and Research at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. After spending some time as a civil servant he returned to...view more

Location

204 Goodsell Building

Contact

+61 2 9385 7810
+61 2 9065 9822