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Dr Yuvisthi Sarashana Naidoo

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Policy and administration, Social policy, Public policy, Housing policy, Gender, policy and administration, Family and household studies
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Ageing and Older People

Social Class and Inequalities

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Distribution of Income and Wealth

Keywords:

subjective well-being

affordable housing

poverty

gender equality

family characteristics

Associate Professor Minako Sakai

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Anthropology of development, Gender and politics, Studies of Asian society, Social policy, Humanitarian disasters, conflict and peacebuilding, Islamic studies
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Religion and Society

Communication Across Languages and Culture

International Aid and Development

Social Class and Inequalities

Dr Sudiipta Shamalii Dowsett

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social and cultural anthropology, Musicology and ethnomusicology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, Phenomenology, African literature, Globalisation and culture, Communication and media studies, Youth justice
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Communication across languages and cultures

Social Class and Inequalities

Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and danc

Keywords:

embodiment

aboriginal and torres strait islander knowledges

popular music

south africa

indigenous cultures

communication for social change

I am an anthropologist with a research focus on the transformative effects of embodied collective performance pra

Associate Professor Sally Ann Nathan

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Adolescent health, Child and adolescent development, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing, Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies, Mental health services
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Social Class and Inequalities

Equity and Access to Education

Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare

Keywords:

young people

health and well-being

mixed methods

My research program as a public health social scientist is characterised by active partnerships with non-government organisations, including the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health (ACCH) Sector

Emeritus Professor Leanne Dowse

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social Policy, Criminology, Sociological Methodology and Research Methods, Social Work, Studies in Human Society
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Community Service (excl. Work)

Disability and Functional Capacity

Comparative Structure and Development of Community Services

Social Class and Inequalities

Research

Associate Professor Maria Giannacopoulos

Faculty: Law & Justice
Fields of Research (FoR): Law and humanities, Criminology, Migrant cultural studies, Cultural theory, Cultural studies
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Social Class and Inequalities

Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies

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Dr Chris Martin

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Housing markets, development and management, Housing policy, Political economy and social change, Criminology
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Social Class and Inequalities

Law, Politics and Community Services

Keywords:

housing

private rental housing

social housing

private rental market

housing affordability

Chris is a Senior Research Fellow in the City Futures Research Centre. Chris's research interests are in rental housing and housing affordability, with special interest in:

Associate Professor Jung-Sook Lee

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social work, Social policy, Sociology of education, Sociology of inequalities, Education policy, sociology and philosophy, Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
SEO tags:

Social Class and Inequalities

Equity and Access to Education

Youth/child development and welfare

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare

Keywords:

child well-being

children and young people

vulnerable populations

education & educational research

social justice

quantitative methods

multiculturalism

Jung-Sook Lee is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S.W. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.

Dr Mia Harrison

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Sociology and social studies of science and technology, Sociology of health, Cultural studies
SEO tags:

Social Structure and Health

Social Class and Inequalities

Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response)

Keywords:

science and technology studies

critical medical humanities

best practice processes

critical disability studies

creative practice

place

Mia Harrison is a transdisciplinary Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) at UNSW.

Sustainable Health Financing in Fiji and Timor-Leste (Shift Study)

Field of Research (FoR):

Health Economics

Public Health and Health Services

SEO tags:

Health Policy Evaluation

Health Policy Economic Outcomes

Social Class and Inequalities

Health Inequalities

Social Structure and Health

Public Sector Productivity

Health Protection and/or Disaster Response

Universal health coverage (UHC), which implies all people have access to needed services without the risk of financial ruin, has become a major goal for health reform in many countries.

A system wide analysis of health financing equity in Cambodia

Field of Research (FoR):

Health Economics

Public Health and Health Services

SEO tags:

Health Policy Evaluation

Health Policy Economic Outcomes

Social Class and Inequalities

Health Inequalities

Social Structure and Health

Public Sector Productivity

Health Protection and/or Disaster Response

The pursuit of universal health care coverage needs to be informed by an understanding of how equitable the current health financing arrangements are. The financing mechanism is equitable if: