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Dr Ariella Meltzer

Faculty: Business School
Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

Care for Disabled

Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

SEO tags:

Ability and Disability

Families and Family Services

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Youth/child development and welfare

Keywords:

disability

disability evaluation

young people

interpersonal relationships

mentoring

peer support

siblings

Dr Ariella Meltze

Dr Scott Andrew Brown

Faculty: Art & Design
Field of Research (FoR):

Digital and Interaction Design

Design Innovation

Interactive Media

Computer-Human Interaction

Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics

SEO tags:

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Ability and Disability

Learner and Learning Processes

Health Related to Ageing

The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)

Keywords:

multisensory environment

social interaction

social inclusion

I am a researcher and lecturer exploring interactive technologies and human-centred design approaches for neurodiverse populations. Based at UNSW Art & Design, I bring an interac

Professor Karen Raewyn Fisher

Faculty: Arts & Soc Sciences
Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

Social Program Evaluation

Counselling, Welfare and Community Services

SEO tags:

Ability and Disability

Mental Health Services

Structure, Delivery and Financing of Community Services

Comparative Structure and Development of Community Services

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Families and Family Services

Karen Fisher is a Professor at the Social Policy Research Centre.

Professor Iva Strnadova

Faculty: Arts & Soc Sciences
Field of Research (FoR):

Special Education and Disability

SEO tags:

Special Needs Education

Ability and Disability

Keywords:

intellectual disabilities

autism

critical disability studies

special education

inclusive education

families of children with disabilities

Professor Eileen Baldry

Faculty: Div Equity,Diversity&Inclusion
Field of Research (FoR):

Criminology

Social Work

Social Policy

Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation

Postcolonial Studies

SEO tags:

Criminal Justice

Crime Prevention

Law, Politics and Community Services

Ability and Disability

Eileen Baldry (BA, DipEd, MWP, PhD) is a Professor of Criminology at UNSW where she has been an academic since 1993.

Professor Catherine Elizabeth Bridge

Faculty: Built Environment
Field of Research (FoR):

Built Environment and Design

Housing Markets, Development, Management

Geriatrics and Gerontology

Care for Disabled

SEO tags:

Ageing and Older People

Ability and Disability

Housing

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Construction Planning

Catherine has a significant National and International reputation in the area of enabling environments, as evidenced by invited participation in: International Design Awards as a judge; Internation

Associate Professor Samuel Harvey

Faculty: Medicine
Field of Research (FoR):

Psychiatry

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

Epidemiology

SEO tags:

Behaviour and Health

Nervous System and Disorders

Employment

Changing work patterns

Ability and Disability

Dr Samuel Harvey, MBBS MRCGP MRCPsych FRANZCP PhD, leads the Workplace Mental Health Research Program at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales. He is a psychiatrist and epid

Professor Terry Cumming

Faculty: Arts & Soc Sciences
Field of Research (FoR):

Special Education and Disability

Specialist Studies in Education

Mobile Technologies

SEO tags:

Special Needs Education

Ability and Disability

Educational Innovations in Teaching & Learning

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Associate Professor Lauren Kark

Faculty: Engineering
Field of Research (FoR):

Biomechanics

Medical Devices

Biomechanical Engineering

SEO tags:

Ability and Disability

Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics

Mr Fredrick G Zmudzki

Faculty: Arts & Soc Sciences
Field of Research (FoR):

Health Economics

Social Program Evaluation

SEO tags:

Ability and Disability

Behaviour and Health

Fredrick Zmudzki, BEc (Macq.), MEc (Macq.), GradCertPharmEc (Monash) is a senior health economist and policy analyst with over 20 years’ experience across a wide range of projects

Dr Christiane Purcal

Faculty: Arts & Soc Sciences
Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

Public Policy

Public Administration

Australian Government and Politics

Social Program Evaluation

SEO tags:

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Comparative Structure and Development of Community Services

Ability and Disability

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Carers' Development and Welfare

Families and Family Services

Professor Kristy Muir

Faculty: Business School
Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

Policy and Administration

Mental Health

SEO tags:

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Ability and Disability

Mental Health

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Families and Family Services

Professor Kristy Muir is the CEO of the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), a Professor of Social Policy at UNSW Sydney and an elected member of UNSW Sydney’s Council.

Evaluation of the Self-Directed Support Pilot for Children and Young Adults with a Physical Disability

Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

SEO tags:

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Ability and Disability

Social Support to Older People with Disability in China

Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

SEO tags:

Ability and Disability

Palliative care

Social support of older people with disability in China has not been researched with social policy analysis. We apply a disability rights framework in four domains ? protection, economic security, social support and participation ?