work/industry futures research program

Work/Industry Futures Research Program

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

WORK/INDUSTRY FUTURES RESEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | 1

CONTENTSDIRECTOR’S REPORT 2

HIGHLIGHTS 2017 6

RESEARCH THEMES 9

SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE 10

EMPLOYABILITY & LEARNING 16

JUST WORK 20

PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS 26

HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH STUDENTS 30

PUBLICATIONS 33

2 | WORK/INDUSTRY FUTURES RESEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT 2017

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

This 2017 annual activity report outlines the research and engagement activities and outcomes of the Work/Industry Futures Research Program. Bridging academic and organisational contexts, and with funding and support from organisational partners, grants, councils and the QUT Business School, members have engaged in a wide range of research projects and activities. Throughout the year, the Program has consolidated its primary goal of examining complex problems at the intersection of business and society in order to address social inequality.

The Program’s three areas of inter-disciplinary focus – sustainable governance; employability and learning; and just work – acknowledge the profound social implications arising from a globalised, ‘collaborative’ economy characterised by rapid and extensive technological change. Some contend that sweeping changes are creating a future of impermanence, inequality and job insecurity. Others see a utopian shift in which machine labourers and fluid hierarchies create time for leisure and new opportunities for cooperation. What is clear is that current and future trends are fundamentally challenging many of the institutions on which Australia and other post-industrial societies have been built. These challenges include how to guarantee income security in the face of shrinking labour markets and employment precarity, and manage rising inequality and social exclusion. Ensuring the privacy of citizens in an era of big data and expanding corporate power is also a fundamental challenge.


Working with Australian and international partners in the public, private and non-profit sectors, Work/Industry Futures researchers have been addressing these urgent concerns through research which directly informs creative and cost-effective policy responses. The scope and impact of our new and ongoing projects throughout the year has been extensive. They span topics including:

• climate change

• public/private boundaries

• advocacy and social movements

• the nature and legality of unpaid work

• teaching impact and professional recognition

• employment opportunities for at-risk young people

• food security and global land acquisitions

• gender equality in organisations and society

• economic and socio-cultural implications of digital platform work

These programs of research have resulted in substantial end-user impacts, deep engagement with organisational partners and quality scholarly publications.

We have welcomed Dr Penny Williams as a new member. Penny is an early career academic whose research addresses organisational policies and practices in the context of profound shifts in work and workplaces. Her research interests in flexible work and work in the digital economy, examine the organisational and societal implications of new modes of employment.

In another new addition, we were thrilled that Bree Devin gave birth to beautiful twin girls, Zoe and Ella.

As the following report indicates, new and ongoing organisational partnerships have been facilitated by Program members in 2017 through invited lectures and professional/leadership positions on government, NGO and private sector committees and governance groups. The group congratulated two PhD and one Masters student for completing their degrees and welcomed five new higher degree research students. These students are studying topics including business survival following major disaster events, employability strategies, project governance, resourcing refugees and sustainability in construction.

Our organisational partners and student and international affiliate members with whom we’ve worked closely through 2017 have been important to our achievements. We will continue to value these relationships into the future.

Professor Paula McDonaldDirector, Work/Industry Futures Research Program


WORK / INDUSTRY FUTURES RESEARCH PROGRAM MEMBERS A/PROFESSOR JENNIFER BARTLETTPROFESSOR ABBY CATHCARTDR BREE DEVINDR DEANNA GRANT-SMITHDR ROBYN MAYESPROFESSOR PAULA MCDONALDDR KATHERINE MOOREDR CAROL RICHARDSDR PENNY WILLIAMS

RESEARCH PROGRAM SUPPORT TINA GRAHAM (PROGRAM MANAGER)INGRID BAILEYLINDA CAROLLIDR RENEE CHAPMANBERNADETTA DEVIGABRIELLE JESSMELINDA LAUNDONMADELIN MEDLYCOTTJESSICA O’BRYANELLEN NIELSEN

STUDENT AFFILIATE MEMBERS LINDA CARROLIKIRSTY CRANITCHMERRILYN DELPORTEKELLY ECKERSCARLA GONZALEZ ZLATARKIERAN GREGORYGLENN HEDGESGABRIELLE JESSCHOITY JONESMELINDA LAUNDONJOSEPH MACHARIAPAOLO MARINELLIRUDI MESSNERELLEN NIELSENDENISE GIBRAN NOGUEIRA SAMANTHA PAREDESDOMINIC PIACUNLIZ PYLESYLVIA ROUXNATALIE SMITHRAYMOND STOKKEPAUL WOODS

ABOVE (LEFT TO RIGHT): DR BREE DEVIN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JENNIFER BARTLETT, DR PENNY WILLIAMS, DR DEANNA GRANT-SMITH, PROFESSOR PAULA MCDONALD (PROGRAM DIRECTOR), PROFESSOR ABBY CATHCART, TINA GRAHAM, DR KATHERINE MOORE AND DR ROBYN MAYES (ABSENT: DR CAROL RICHARDS)

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE MEMBERS A/PROFESSOR JENNIFER BAIR (UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, USA)PROFESSOR TONY DUNDON (UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK)DR PETER EDWARDS (SCION, NZ)MR BARRY HODGSON (NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, UK)PROFESSOR ØYVIND IHLEN (UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, NORWAY)PROFESSOR CHUL-KYOO KIM (KOREAN UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA)PROFESSOR GILL KIRTON (QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK)PROFESSOR JO LITTLE (EXETER UNIVERSITY, UK)A/PROFESSOR JOSEF PALLAS (UNIVERSITY OF UPSALLA, SWEDEN)PROFESSOR JULIET ROPER (UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO, NZ)PROFESSOR PAUL THOMPSON (UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, UK)PROFESSOR MICHAEL WOODS (ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY, UK)


WORK / INDUSTRY FUTURES RESEARCH PROGRAM COLLABORATORS

ACADEMIC COLLABORATORS

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITYDR LINDA COLLEYA/PROFESSOR ROBIN PRICECHARLES STURT UNIVERSITYA/PROFESSOR VAUGHAN HIGGINS

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITYA/PROFESSOR CARYL BOSMANDR TONY MATTHEWSDR ED MORGANDR NATALIE OSBORNEPROFESSOR BARBARA PINIA/PROFESSOR KEITH TOWNSEND

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITYA/PROFESSOR LOUISE THORNTHWAITE

MONASH UNIVERSITYA/PROFESSOR KAT RIACH

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITYA/PROFESSOR JENNY CAMERON

RMITA/PROFESSOR FIONA PETERSON

SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITYDR CATHERINE HOWLETT

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDEPROFESSOR RUTH BRIDGSTOCKA/PROFESSOR ANNE HEWITTPROFESSOR ANDREW STEWART

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNEDR RACHEL CAREYPROFESSOR CHRISTINE PARKERDR GYORGY SCRINIS

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEYPROFESSOR PETER FRAYDR DAMIAN OLIVER

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLANDDR MICHELLE BRADYPROFESSOR ANDREW BURTON-JONESLAUREL JOHNSONPROFESSOR GREG MARSTONDR KIAH SMITHPROFESSOR KAREN THORPE

QUT

BUSINESSDR AMANDA BEATSONDR VICKY BROWNINGDR LAURA DE ZWAANDR AMANDA GUDMUNDSSONDR BERND IRMERDR KIM JOHNSTONDR ANNE LANEDR PETER O’CONNOR

DIVISION OF FINANCE & RESOURCE PLANNINGDR ABBE WINTER

EDUCATIONDR JENNA GILLETT-SWANA/PROFESSOR SUSAN IRVINEPROFESSOR JO LUNN

HEALTHKATIE THEOBALDDR RICKY TUNNEY

LAWDR HOPE JOHNSON PROFESSOR BEN MATHEWSPROFESSOR MATTHEW RIMMER

SCIENCE & ENGINEERINGPROFESSOR WAGEEH BOLESDR SEVERINE MAYERE

CREATIVE INDUSTRIESDR KEVIN SANSON

INDUSTRY AND ORGANISATIONAL COLLABORATORS AUSTRALIAN EARTH LAWS ALLIANCEAUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONAUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHYBRISBANE FAIR FOOD ALLIANCEC&K KINDERGARTENSCORK COMMUNITY ART LINK, IRELANDFIGHT FOOD WASTE AND FRAUD COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTREFOOD CONNECT FOUNDATIONFUTURE FEEDERSGOODSTART EARLY LEARNINGHIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY, UKLEGAL AID QLDMALE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE GROUP (VIC DIVISION)METRO NORTH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIELD EXPERIENCE ADMINISTRATORSNEW ECONOMIES NETWORK AUSTRALIAOZFISH UNLIMITEDPRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONS SOUTH AUSTRALIAQLD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGRIGHT TO FOOD COALITIONSOVEREIGN FOODSSUNCORP GROUPSUSTAIN: THE AUSTRALIAN FOOD NETWORKSYC LTDTRADE AND INVESTMENT QLDUNICEF AUSTRALIAUNITED VOICEVICTORIAN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION


21

14

21

9

29

JOURNAL ARTICLES

BOOK CHAPTERS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

END-USER & INDUSTRY REPORTS

INDUSTRY SEMINARS, KEYNOTES & PUBLIC LECTURES

NUMBER OF RESEARCH OUTPUTS

QUALITY OF RESEARCH OUTPUTS

HIGHLIGHTS 2017

11NO. OF SYMPOSIUMS & PUBLIC EVENTS

PROPORTION OF PUBLICATIONS RANKED BY AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS DEANS COUNCIL AS A/A* OR SCIMAGO Q1

64%

SYMPOSIUMS & PUBLIC EVENTS


PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS (2014–2017)

RESEARCH OUTPUTSJOURNAL ARTICLES

BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

END-USER & INDUSTRY REPORTS

69

31

72

29

INDUSTRY SEMINARS, KEYNOTES & PUBLIC LECTURES

94

TOTAL FUNDING SHARED

$2,849,374

12NO. OF THE CONVERSATION

ARTICLESNO. OF THE CONVERSATION

READS

183,566

RESEARCH IMPACT & ENGAGEMENT

RESEARCH FUNDING

HDR STUDENTS & VISITING SCHOLARS

15NO. OF

HRD COMPLETIONS

10NO. OF

VISITING SCHOLARS

3FULL IMPACT CASES FOLLOWING UK REF

4JOURNAL SPECIAL

ISSUES EDITED

37NO. OF

GRANTS AWARDED

8 | WORK/INDUSTRY FUTURES RESEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT 2017PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM, MANCHESTER, UK


RESEARCH THEMES

THEME 1 SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE

THEME 2 EMPLOYABILITY

& LEARNING

THEME 3 JUST WORK

THE WORK/INDUSTRY FUTURES RESEARCH PROGRAM SUPPORTS THREE THEMES


SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE

THEME

Sustainable governance represents one of the major challenges of our times. Researchers working in this theme have contributed to global debates on ‘wicked problems’ such as food waste, food security, land grabbing, resource use, sustainable livelihoods, heritage conservation, and climate change. Working from the disciplinary perspectives of cultural studies, geography and planning, sociology and public relations, researchers in this theme have collaborated with local and international scholars, civil society and industry groups to offer robust, scholarly and empirically grounded insights regarding positive social change. This work has featured in public symposiums, the media, industry journals and high quality peer reviewed journals, offering commentary and insights that are valuable to a range of end users.

SYMPOSIUMSRobyn Mayes led the convening of the QUT Business School’s inaugural Indigenous Research in Business Symposium held at QUT in November. This event brought together QUT Business School researchers and representatives from local and national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses and community groups. The purpose of the meeting was to begin to co-develop a high-impact, practical research agenda and vision of direct benefit to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and businesses. Following rich discussion a number of opportunities for future collaborations were identified for development in 2018.


INDUSTRY SEMINARS, KEYNOTES AND PUBLIC LECTURESPUBLIC & EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER EVENTSSince the 2016 Building a Fairer Food System: Community Symposium, in collaboration with Dr Kiah Smith and Dr Hope Johnson from QUT Law, Carol Richards has formed a new community organisation: the Brisbane Fair Food Alliance. Its inaugural committee holds a range of expertise including public health, nutrition, food policy, grant writing, marketing, campaigning, community development, law, agrifood systems and social enterprise development. The group’s first public event, ‘Moving fair food into the future’ at Wandering Cooks, South Brisbane was held on 12 October. The sold out event showcased the work of a panel of fair food practitioners from OzHarvest, The Mini Farm Project, Wandering Cooks, Public Health and the mini urban farm, River Soil Organics.

Robyn Mayes continues to serve as one of seven Civil Society Members on the Federal Government’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). This is Australia’s national multi-stakeholder group tasked with implementing this international reporting standard in the Australian resource sector.

Carol Richards was the invited headline ‘food pod’ speaker for RenewFest – a sustainability festival, held in Northern New South Wales in May 2017. Carol examined the complexities of the food system including the negative effects of food insecurity, hunger and environmental degradation and proposed alternative economic models for a food system that internalises ‘true costs’ and shifts food from a commodity to a human right.

Carol Richards collaborated with the Graduate School of Business and Pitcher Partners in this year’s Women in Thought Leadership Event, in August. Following a presentation by farmer Helen Lewis of Picot Farms, Carol interviewed her on stage during a Q&A session.

Organic farmer, Mr Joel Orchard from Byron Regional Food Sovereignty Network and Future Feeders, and Carol Richards ran a workshop on scaling up the fair food system at the New Economies Network of Australia Conference in September. The workshop was attended by over 40 participants who envisioned a ‘menu for change’ for mainstreaming a fairer food system. Master of Philosophy Student, Denise Gibran Nogueira also presented a paper in the same session on her research on food waste and the sharing economy (with Carol Richards and Robyn Mayes).

Carol Richards was an invited expert speaker at War on Waste: A Transdisciplinary Forum Addressing Food and Fashion Waste in October. This thought-provoking forum had researchers and representatives from government and industry discussing the challenges and innovative strategies to reduce food and fashion waste. The presentations were followed by an expert panel discussion and small group workshops.

Carol Richards was appointed to the Federal Government’s Food Waste Strategy Retail and Food Service Advisor Group which is advising Federal Minister the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP on strategies to address food waste. Carol attended the invitation only National Food Waste Summit in November.

ACADEMYDeanna Grant-Smith delivered an invited seminar on ‘Understanding regulatory resistance to marine pollution policy through the lens of the unspeakable’ to the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences Seminar Series at the University of Queensland in May.

Carol Richards and Robyn Mayes ran a Working Group session with colleagues Drs Dirk Strijker and Koen Salemink (University Groningen, Netherlands) and Professor Michael Woods of Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK at the European Society for Rural Sociology in Krakow, Poland. The topic of ‘New social movements and civil society initiatives’ attracted speakers from Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Lithuania.

Robyn Mayes was an invited participant at the Transparency in the Mining Sector: Lessons from Asia Pacific Symposium, University of Queensland, in November.

IN THE MEDIATHE CONVERSATIONDedehayir O, C Richards & P O’Connor. Throw a veggie pattie on the barbie this Australia Day. The Conversation, 26 January 2017.

Matthews T & D Grant-Smith. How murals helped turn a declining community around. The Conversation, 13 April 2017.

Matthews T & D Grant-Smith. A dragon-led recovery: How a city reaps the benefits of a spooky Halloween celebration. The Conversation, 31 October 2017.

Matthews T & D Grant-Smith. Inner-city neighbourhood shows the way in protecting heritage of centuries past. The Conversation, November 2017.

MEDIA Deanna Grant-Smith was interviewed on 4ZZZ Radio Reversal on 9 March about her research into unspeakable problems and the role that shame plays in disciplining the human form.

Deanna Grant-Smith’s research with Tony Matthews (Griffith University) on heritage planning and community development in Ireland was reported in the Evening Echo, an Irish newspaper based in Cork [14 April]. http://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Shandon-the-focus-of-Australian-research-on-the-impact-of-murals-840fbfe0-97ef-48fa-a129-31901b93a93f-ds

ABOVE: 10 YEAR OLD SAVANNAH EXPRESSED HER CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF BANANAS BEING WASTED THROUGH A PAINTING SHE SENT TO DR CAROL RICHARDS.


Carol Richards was an expert advisor in the ABC TV’s program War on Waste which aired in May 2017. Carol worked with the ABC presenter Craig Reucassel, as well as the executive producer and researchers for the segment on food waste caused by supermarket’s strict cosmetic standards. Earlier research on this topic was conducted with Bree Devin and published in The Conversation and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Deanna Grant-Smith’s research with Tony Matthews (Griffith University) on the Dragon of Shandon community festival in Ireland was reported in the Evening Echo, an Irish newspaper based in Cork [4 November].

Carol Richards was interviewed in May on ABC Lismore on the sustainability of food systems, and for Victoria rural newspaper, the Weekly Times in June for two articles ‘Food waste shapes up as a national scandal’ and ‘Food Waste, Farmers Pay to Give Away’. Carol was subsequently contacted by 10 year old Savannah and her mum, Gabby from WA. Savannah expressed her concern about the amount of bananas being wasted through a painting she sent to Dr Richards.

BLOGS AND ONLINEDeanna Grant-Smith’s new book chapter on mobilities and the child-friendly city was featured on the UQ Urban Planning Blog, 28 September 2017. https://uq-urbanplanning.org/2017/09/28/new-book-chapter-on-mobilities-and-the-child-friendly-city-by-laurel-johnson/


HOW DO RECREATIONAL FISHERS GET INFORMATION ABOUT CARING FOR WATER HABITATS? In collaboration with OzFish Unlimited, this ongoing research examines what sources of information are trusted by fishers; what engagement strategies are best used; and how all those with a stake in fishing and riparian management can work together to better manage the environment around waterways. The research focuses on understanding how fishers get information about riparian and coastal environmental management, fish cycles and stocks, and ways of protecting and restoring waterways. The research findings inform effective campaigns and engagement to further conservation efforts.

Project members: Jennifer Bartlett, Deanna Grant-Smith, Craig Copeland (OzFish Unlimited)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT This project examines civil society’s response to climate change. In-depth interviews in the UK and Australia reveal a frustration with the lack of decisive political action on climate change but also new and innovative approaches to effect change at the global level. Divestment, or the withdrawal of funds and investments from ethically questionable businesses, is a new tool in the climate activist repertoire. For example, the strategy has been effective in disrupting funding to controversial mining projects such as Adani’s proposed Carmichael mine in North Queensland. The research contributes to new forms of citizen engagement which increasingly act ‘through markets’ rather than through traditional avenues of engagement with parliamentarian politics.

Project Members: Carol Richards, Robyn Mayes, Mike Woods (Aberystwyth University)

INTERSECTIONS OF TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION, MIGRATION AND RURALITYThis research explores migrant women’s encounters with formal and informal education in new immigration rural destinations in Australia and Northern Ireland. The findings of the research are crucial because they shape migrant experiences and aspirations, and inform education migration flows.

Project members: Robyn Mayes, Ruth McAreavey (Queens University, Belfast)


THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF COMMUNITY-GENERATED ART AND PARTICIPATORY PLANNING Working with Cork Community Art Link (Ireland) this research explores the social impact of community art, specifically how a range of community-generated art projects, including festivals and murals, have impacted the local area. It also explores how the impact of participatory planning on the conservation of heritage architectural and spaces with high levels of public value. Such themes are central to informing how grassroots creative placemaking impacts the conservation of local heritage and the accrual of social benefits to local communities.

Project members: Deanna Grant-Smith, Tony Matthews (Griffith)


MEGA FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND BIOSECURITY IN AUSTRALIAIn collaboration with the Australian Farm Institute, this research on mega free trade agreements and Australian biosecurity explores the shift from bilateral trade agreements to multi-lateral, mega Free Trade Agreements such as the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The research highlights how the neoliberal doctrine that supports both free trade and deregulation is incompatible with protecting Australia’s biosecurity.

Project members: Carol Richards, Vaughan Higgins (Charles Sturt University)

REGULATING THE UNSPEAKABLE This research is concerned with the management of a specific class of wicked problem – unspeakable problems. Unspeakable problems are difficult for policy makers to engage with stakeholders around due to the high levels of psychosocial sensitivity and verbal proscription which characterise them. Unspeakable problems currently resisting resolution in public policy include those related to sanitation (such as the rejection of recycled water proposals) and death (such as controversies surrounding eco-burials and other forms of non-traditional interment). The successful management of such policy issues has significant sustainability, social justice and economic impacts. This research agenda advances policy understandings of wicked problems in general, unspeakable problems more specifically, and is shaping associated stakeholder engagement approaches.

Project members: Deanna Grant-Smith, Natalie Osborne (Griffith)

SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE RED MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIAThis research examined the social impact of the red meat processing industry in Australia. Funded by the Australian Meat Processing Corporation, the four stage research project empirically measured the social impact of the red meat processing industry in order to better understand the role the industry plays in sustaining rural and regional communities. The study found that the Australian red meat processing industry is perceived as having significant positive impacts on the communities in which it operates. A key impact of the research was the development of strategies to forge closer connections to local communities in order to renew its social licence to operate.

Project Members: Kim Johnston, Amanda Beatson, Anne Lane (QUT Business School), Bree Devin

SUPERMARKETS, COSMETIC STANDARDS AND FOOD WASTEExtensive research has been undertaken into the issue of corporate social responsibility and wastage of fresh fruit and vegetables from the perspectives of the fruit and vegetable industry, food rescue and food retail. The results revealed that despite Australian supermarkets’ zero food waste targets, large volumes of food are discarded. At a time when people globally experience hunger, as much as 50% of all food produced is thrown away every year. One of the main reasons cited for excessive food waste is strict supermarket standards that determine the cosmetic appearance of fresh fruit and vegetables, such as the curvature of a banana, or the size of an apple. The research aims to change supermarkets’ purchasing practices and, as a result, reduce food waste.

Project members: Bree Devin, Carol Richards


EMPLOYABILITY & LEARNING

THEME

Employability is emerging as a dominant theme in employment and education discourses. Employability can be understood as the package of skills, personal attributes, knowledges and experiences that provide an individual access to employment. The concept is generally considered a useful one for understanding the extent to which individuals are adequately prepared to participate in the labour market. However, researchers working in this theme challenge the uncritical adoption of the construct of employability and have contributed to debates on precarious and unpaid work and education, training and digital capability development. They also take a broad reading of the construct, taking into account context, such as local labour market conditions, and the perspectives of employers. This work has featured in public symposiums, the media, high quality peer reviewed journals, and consultancy reports.


INDUSTRY SEMINARS, KEYNOTES AND PUBLIC LECTURESPUBLIC & EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER EVENTSThe HEA Fellowship Forum was held at QUT in April. An invitation was extended to HEA Fellows at QUT and from other Universities in our region to attend a networking forum with guest speaker, HEA UK Chief Executive Officer, Professor Stephanie Marshall on ‘Rewarding and recognising teaching excellence: Global perspectives’. The lecture was followed by a drinks reception sponsored by the HEA UK and hosted by Abby Cathcart.

Katherine Moore presented findings from a new empirical study at the Employment Solutions Conference at the Gold Coast in November. Titled ‘The marginalisation of inexperienced young job seekers through job advertisements’, the paper was presented to a range of Australian and international stakeholders from government agencies and employer and community groups.

ACADEMYAbby Cathcart was invited by Edinburgh Napier University, UK to give an Arise Lecture on ‘Edutainment or education: Promoting learning in a large class environment’ in Edinburgh in March. Abby Cathcart also gave a presentation at the UK Higher Education Academy in York, UK, on ‘Higher education in Australia’, in March.

Paula McDonald gave a seminar in March at Strathclyde University, Scotland titled ‘Unpaid work and internships: Opportunity or exploitation?’

Deanna Grant-Smith gave the keynote presentation at the National Association of Field Experience Administrators National Conference in July in Adelaide on unpaid practicum.

Abby Cathcart was an invited keynote speaker at Bond University’s Learning and Teaching Innovation Symposium. She gave a presentation on ‘Using the HEA Fellowship Framework to promote teaching quality’ in September at the Gold Coast.

Abby Cathcart was invited by the University of Hong Kong, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), to give a presentation on ‘Professional recognition and global partnership – The QUT story’ in October.

IN THE MEDIATHE CONVERSATIONOliver D, A Stewart, A Hewitt & P McDonald. Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study. The Conversation, 18 January 2017.

MEDIA Paula McDonald’s research on the lawfulness of unpaid work, was reported in The Age, the SMH, Workplace Express, Radio National, Smart Company, Arts Hub, The New Daily, SBS, ABC radio (SA, WA, NSW), Radio National and Triple J Hack. Paula was also part of a panel interview on Radio National Drive [24 January].

Abby Cathcart was interviewed in The Australian [April 19] on her work with the UK Higher Education Academy and the impact of professional recognition on early career academics. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/universities-set-new-bar-for-teaching-hea-head/news-story/9f91fe87e5901ed14a4e197038c98149?from=htc_rss

Deanna Grant-Smith was interviewed in The Australian [14 June] regarding the employability enhancing effects of internships and alternatives to unpaid work. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/student-internships-a-black-market-for-free-labour/news-story/8e022d3511ce02e3277a34a141616937

Deanna Grant-Smith was interviewed in SmartCompany [14 June] about small business and unpaid internships. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human-resources/concerns-raised-over-black-market-for-unpaid-interns-but-employers-want-to-candidates-with-common-sense/

Deanna Grant-Smith was interviewed in SmartCompany [3 July] about what small business needs to know about taking on interns and other unpaid workers. https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/economy/smes-need-know-turnbull-governments-plan-get-young-people-retail-jobs/

Deanna Grant-Smith and Paula McDonald were interviewed and cited in Lawyers Weekly [4 August] about internships in the legal profession. https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/careers/21618-rise-of-the-intern

Deanna Grant-Smith’s article on resisting the employability doctrine was featured in The Australian [4 September] http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/high-wired/high-wired-update-some-growth-we-like-other-growth-not-so-much/news-story/b9bfd1768832c498d-c7789a9e93b5540

Deanna Grant-Smith’s research on the challenges faced by students participating in unpaid work integrat-ed learning was featured in Campus Morning Mail [18 September] https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/where-theres-a-wil-there-may-be-some-worries/

BLOGS AND ONLINEResearch on the structural barriers to employability for at-risk youth by Katherine Moore, Paula McDonald and Deanna Grant-Smith was report-ed on the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association blog in late January http://mentalhealthaustralia.org.au/structural-barriers-employabili-ty-risk-youth/

Paula McDonald’s research on young people’s expectations of flexible careers that was recently published in Human Relations was cited in The London School of Economics Business Review: Why have the gender divisions of work and care been so slow to change? [19 June].


RESEARCH PROJECTS

DIGITAL WORK PRACTICES: WHERE ARE THE JOBS, WHAT ARE THEY, AND HOW PREPARED ARE GRADUATES?This collaborative project involving QUT, RMIT and UTS focuses on preparing graduates for digital work and how to embed this in the curriculum. Scaffolding learning experiences with students and educators using an interdisciplinary co-design process with industry, in addit ion to change strategies, delivers learning outcomes that prepare students for future employment. There are three drivers for the project: 1) lower employment levels in Melbourne than Sydney and Brisbane for recent graduates in Creative Arts, Communications, Business & Management, and Engineering, which may be indicative of changing industry needs; 2) the desire for ATN graduates to be leaders in the field, able to work creatively and collaboratively in the digital space; and 3) a need to re-imagine pedagogy across disciplines to support digital work readiness and inform future-oriented curriculum.

Project members: Fiona Paterson (Project Leader RMIT), Abby Cathcart (Institutional lead QUT), Peter Fray (Institutional lead UTS), Penny Williams

EVALUATION OF A JOB COACHING MODEL FOR DISADVANTAGED JOB-SEEKERS National youth unemployment is persistently high at double the adult rate and young people under 25 years of age have low rates of job retention. SYC commissioned the Work/Industry Futures Research Program to undertake research which examines the extent to which an evidence-based coaching service can lift the success rates of employment placements for young people. The service targets young jobseekers (18 to 25 years) who have been assessed by the Department of Employment as Stream B and C, meaning they have complex or multiple barriers to employment. This may include young people with indigenous or refugee status, disability or medical conditions, criminal conviction, or personal factors affecting the ability to work. The service utilises a coach support model for young people and their employer/s over a 60 week period. The research is having a demonstrable impact on the development of non-vocational skills in young people and addressing barriers to employment, such as home, health or relationship challenges.

Project members: Paula McDonald, Katherine Moore


THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ON UNIVERSITY TEACHINGThis scholarship of learning and teaching project explores the growing use of the UK Professional Standards Framework to underpin academic development for University teachers. Drawing on case studies in China, Thailand, the UK and Australia, the project examines the impact on students and institutions as well as individual staff members. Funding from the Higher Education Academy and Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand is supporting this research which is contributing to the skills and expertise of educators in different national contexts.

Project member: Abby Cathcart

THE MARGINALISATION OF INEXPERIENCED YOUNG JOB SEEKERS THROUGH JOB ADVERTISEMENTS.Youth unemployment has most commonly been investigated from a deficit model perspective, identifying the structural and personal barriers experienced by youth when entering the workforce. Yet limited research has investigated the availability of suitable jobs for young Australians with limited or no work experience, education, or qualifications. This project investigated the availability of suitable jobs for inexperienced young people, and the extent to which employer expectations for prior experience, qualifications, and well-developed hard and soft skills for entry level jobs, further marginalise youth who do not possess these attributes. The project contributes to ongoing concerns about the causes and impacts of youth unemployment.

Project member: Katherine Moore

UNPAID WORK AND INTERNSHIPS Internships and other forms of unpaid work experience are becoming increasingly common in Australia. Well-designed work experience programs can clearly play an important role in the transition from education to work. At the same time, however, numerous studies have highlighted a range of risks associated with the growth in such arrangements. This project involved a systematic review of the

international unpaid work literature. It also explored, through quantitative surveys and qualitative interview data, the prevalence and nature of different forms of unpaid work in Australia. Supported by funding from the Commonwealth Department of Employment, the research highlights the complexities of unpaid work practices for individual students and job-seekers and informs changes to practices by employers, universities, VET providers, parents and governments.

Project members: Paula McDonald, Deanna Grant-Smith, Damian Oliver (University of Technology Sydney), Andrew Stewart (University of Adelaide), Anne Hewitt (University of Adelaide)

WIDENING PARTICIPATION OR WIDENING THE GAP? EQUITY IN POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION This research, funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, explores equity trends in participation in postgraduate study. It compares enrolment, completion and employment data for this cohort across universities by university type. It also informs the key initiatives and discourses within the sector that addresses the problem of gaps in widening participation in postgraduate study.

Project members: Deanna Grant-Smith, Robyn Mayes

WIL WELLBEING: EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF UNPAID PRACTICUM ON STUDENT WELLBEING Australian universities are under increasing pressure to support students to develop the graduate skills and knowledge required to transition from education into professional practice. The adoption of a range of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) approaches to achieve this aim is an increasingly visible component of the tertiary education landscape. However, successes in increasing the participation of diverse groups challenge assumptions regarding students’ extra-study commitments on their capacity to participate in unpaid placements in particular. In research funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) and in partnership with the National Association of Field Experience Administrators (NAFEA) and researchers from the QUT Faculties of

Business, Education and Health, this project examined student experiences of and institutional approaches to support student wellbeing in practicum. The research makes visible considerable levels of financial stress as a result of undertaking a placement due to the intensive unpaid nature of such placements; the additional costs incurred; relational stressors; and the financial impacts of lost wages.

Project members: Deanna Grant-Smith, Jenna Gillett-Swan (QUT)

YOUTH WAGES AND CONDITIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVEFunded by UNICEF Australia, this project comprised a systematic review of the published international literature concerning key challenges faced by young workers. It firstly mapped existing scholarship that addresses youth wage structures in several industrialised countries where such systems exist: Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, Canada, France, Spain, and The Netherlands. Secondly, the project reviewed the broader international evidence concerning youth employment, summarising issues of current concern including breaches of International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 138 and 182 on child labour; work/study balance; working hours, conditions and pay; workplace sexual harassment; health and safety; and opportunities for collective representation. The research informed UNICEF Australia’s organisational priorities and agendas around youth employment.

Project members: Katherine Moore, Paula McDonald


JUST WORK

THEME

Just work is concerned with the social, economic and cultural inequalities of employment across national and global scales. Researchers working in this theme examine the lived experiences of work in organisational spaces and as they play out in local communities and homes. This work has featured in public symposiums, the media, high quality peer reviewed journals, and consultancy reports and has been acknowledged as having broad organisational and policy impact.

SYMPOSIUMSRobyn Mayes and Paula McDonald co-hosted a project development workshop with A/Professor Janet Davies from the Metro North Hospital and Health Service in December at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. The purpose of the workshop was to develop a transdisciplinary, mixed-methods project examining the current status and pathways to achieving gender equality in clinical research within the hospital and health service environment. The project will address the significant lack of evidence in Australia about gender equality dynamics in clinical research contexts. The workshop was attended by a range of clinical and academic stakeholders who participated in the development of the project design.


INDUSTRY SEMINARS, KEYNOTES AND PUBLIC LECTURESPUBLIC EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER EVENTSPaula McDonald gave an invited keynote address at the Big Steps United Voice Conference titled ‘Low pay but still we stay: Retention in early childhood education and care’ at TAFE Southbank, August.

Penny Williams and Melinda Laundon presented a paper titled ‘Paying for it: Flexibility as a reward’ at the Workshop in Equity, Diversity and Gender in Employment (WEDGE) attended by equity and diversity professionals at Griffith University.

ACADEMYRobyn Mayes presented an invited paper titled ‘Australian Au Pairs: the ‘big sister’ in global care chains’ to the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre Reading Group, the University of Sydney, in March.

Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart presented at an invited seminar ‘Signaling and supporting flexibility in the workplace: What challenges remain?’ at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, in March.

Paula McDonald gave a seminar titled ‘The contested terrain of social media at work’, at Queen Mary University of London, UK, in March.

Robyn Mayes was an invited contributor to the Digital Rights and Governance in Australia and Asia workshop hosted at the University of Sydney, in August,

Robyn Mayes gave an invited presentation ‘Comings and Goings: gendered temporal geographies of bodily mobility in the mining industry’ at the international AusMob Launch Symposium, hosted by University of Melbourne as part of the Australian Mobilities Research Network, in December.

QUT & CAPACITY BUILDINGPaula McDonald was invited to present at a PhD workshop at Queen Mary University of London, UK ‘Facilitating industry-academic research partnerships’, in March.

BLOGS AND ONLINEResearch on the employer practice of profiling by Paula McDonald, Paul Thompson and Peter O’Connor was re-published on the front page of the American Sociological Association site in January. The article also featured in the Association’s “hero section”. http://www.asanet.org/

As a guest contributor to the blog of the American Sociological Association: Sociology on the Economy, Work and Inequality, in August, Paula McDonald authored the article ‘Flexible careers: How young women and men expect to share paid work and care over the life course’. https://workinprogress.oowsection.org/2017/08/08/flexible-careers-how-young-women-and-men-expect-to-share-paid-work-and-care-over-the-life-course/

Natalie Smith’s and Paula McDonald’s research on the design of part-time work was reported on the US blog 1 Million for Work Flexibility, in October. https://www.workflexibility.org/research-explainer-part-time-work-can-better-design/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=1MSocialShare&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare

MEDIA The audit report for the Review of Victoria Police, of which Paula McDonald was an expert member, was covered extensively in the media, including in: The Australian; Herald Sun; ABC News (national and regional; radio and online); Sky News; SBS; Channel 7; Channel 9; Triple J; Guardian Australia; and Channel 10 news.

Paula McDonald was cited in News Daily [2 January] Workers given legal rights to ignore work emails after hours about France’s new legislation designed to let employees switch off after hours and improve work/life boundaries.

Abby Cathcart was interviewed on her work on the John Lewis Partnership and employee voice for The Voice of Islam Radio Station (UK) on Unions and Collective Power [15 February]. Podcast available at http://voiceofislam.co.uk/

Robyn Mayes was interviewed by the Sunday Mail [23 February] about older Australians, retirement, and the digital economy.

Robyn Mayes was interviewed [3 March] on Primetime, a leading Korean current-affairs program about changes to the 457 visa.

Paula McDonald spoke to ABC radio Overnights program [16 May] about the trend towards part-time hours in the Australian labour market and what it means for workers.

Paula McDonald was cited in The Sydney Morning Herald in an article by Gina McColl, ‘Not asking for it’. http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2016/not-asking-for-it/.

Paula McDonald was also interviewed for ABC radio Sunshine Coast [13 October] about the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal.


RESEARCH PROJECTS

AU PAIRS IN AUSTRALIAThe number of families hosting au pairs is on the rise in Australia with au pair agencies unable to meet the demand (CAPAA). Most au pairs enter Australia on Working Holiday subclass 417 visas and, accordingly, tend to be aged in their 20s. Importantly, au pair work is seen to be a matter of cultural exchange, as opposed to employment. Au pairs receive ‘free’ accommodation and meals along with what is often termed ‘pocket money.’ This project examines the experience of au pair work, the intersections of reproductive labour, cultural exchange, home and mothering, and intersections with domestic violence. The research will assist relevant stakeholders to develop and implement new strategies to protect this under-researched cohort of vulnerable workers.

Project members: Robyn Mayes, Deanna Grant-Smith

EFFECTIVE REWARD AND RECOGNITION SYSTEMS Effective reward and recognition systems are essential for organisations to optimise employee engagement and to align employee performance with an organisation’s strategic objectives. The Work/Industry Futures Research Program is partnering with Suncorp on research designed to provide insights into employee’s fairness perceptions of reward and recognition. The research is exploring the relationship between reward and recognition policies, practices and organisational strategy. It has identified innovative approaches to reward and recognition in Suncorp; and informing the design and management of future reward and recognition systems.

Project members: Melinda Laundon (QUT PhD student), Abby Cathcart, Paula McDonald

EVERYDAY SEXISM IN THE WORKPLACEGender inequality remains a persistent and pervasive feature of many organisational environments. However, the extent, nature and location of the problem often remain obscured, making it difficult to develop strategic interventions. The Victorian Male Champions of Change Group commissioned the development of a rigorous survey designed to ascertain how diverse organisations are tracking in relation to everyday sexism—a significant dimension of gender inequality. The survey which was subsequently developed enables the collection of experiential data on a range of sexist behaviours in the workplace. These may include behaviours generally associated with everyday sexism, as well as organisational and bystander responses. Components of the survey, several dimensions of which have not been utilised on a large scale in Australia, are being adapted and replicated across diverse organisational environments.

Project members: Paula McDonald, Robyn Mayes, Melinda Laundon (QUT PhD student)

IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO GROW AND SUSTAIN A PROFESSIONAL EARLY YEARS WORKFORCECommonwealth legislation specifies that all long day-care centres must have a qualified teacher and minimum staff qualification of Certificate III. Yet high turnover, skill loss and failure to meet existing qualification standards persist. This study identifies the most effective strategies to reduce loss and increase professional engagement in the early years workforce. Partnering with the Department of Education, Training and Employment, C&K and Goodstart Early Learning on an ARC Linkage grant, a national survey of the early years workforce and in-depth interviews with early years educators have been undertaken. The findings are being utilised by the organisational partners to improve retention, engagement and training in the early childhood education and care workforce.

Project members: Karen Thorpe (QUT Faculty of Health), Susan Irvine (QUT Faculty of Education), Paula McDonald, Jo Lunn (QUT Faculty of Education), Jennifer Sumsion (Charles Sturt University)


NOT JUST PART-TIME, NOT JUST WOMEN: CHALLENGING THE MYTHS OF FLEXIBLE WORKThis innovative research challenges some of the myths surrounding flexible work. The project reconceptualises flexible work arrangements to explore the diverse and complex ways in which managers and employees customised the terms and conditions of standardised employment arrangements. It has had wide and varied impact on policy development, public debate and organisational practices. Direct beneficiaries of the research include a large finance sector organisation, the Australian Defence Force and several government inquiries. Policy impact is demonstrated through the use of research findings in various policy development round-tables and government inquiries, including in the Productivity Commission’s Workplace Relations Inquiry Report. The research has shaped training and employment practices in finance, community and Defence organisations.

Project members: Abby Cathcart, Paula McDonald

THE CONCEPT OF MERIT IN THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE This project is exploring how female and male personnel in the Australian Defence Force frame the idea of merit; a construct which sits at the heart of efforts to redress gender inequality. We are addressing several pertinent questions, such as How is merit defined and explained in a military setting?; How does gender identity shape understandings of merit, especially in relation to special treatment and stigmatisation?; and How do attributions of merit affect career development, promotion and retention? The findings will inform ongoing debates about how the notion of merit is defined and practised in the Australian Defence Force and in organisational settings more generally.

Project members: Paula McDonald, Abby Cathcart, Gill Kirton (Queen Mary University of London)

THE CONTESTED TERRAIN OF SOCIAL MEDIA AT WORK The use of multi-platform, socially networked, and mobile technologies by both workers and employers is a significant contributing factor to a more flexible labour market. Debates about what is appropriate, normative or legitimate are being played out across popular media, and in courts, companies and employment tribunals. This project comprised a survey of 2,000 working-age adults in the UK and Australia which examined three primary sources of contestation: employer profiling, disparaging posts and blogs, and private use of social media during work time. Evidence was found for the characteristics of organisations which have developed social media policies, and the extent and nature of strategies used by employers/managers to monitor and enforce expectations. More broadly, the findings point to wider moves by employers to codify and subsequently impose expanded spheres of behavioural regulation associated with online conduct.

Project members: Paula McDonald, Paul Thompson (Stirling University, UK), Peter O’Connor (QUT)


WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENTThis ongoing program of research adopts a critical, multi-level examination of the nature of sexual harassment, including the factors that shape how individuals and organisations perceive and respond to the problem as a workplace anti-discrimination issue. New insights and contributions generated through the research include evidence of harasser tactics; a critique of the effectiveness of conciliation as an individualised form of alternative dispute resolution; the nature and causes of ‘atypical’ sexual harassment; and deficiencies in how organisations typically manage complaints. The research has substantially informed public debate and shaped organisational and policy responses. The research has also influenced Australian and international organisations and agencies through requests for expert advice and invitations to address policy-makers and thought leaders.

Project member: Paula McDonald

TECHNOLOGICAL DISRUPTION AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY An increasing number of Australian workers are thought to be deriving at least part of their income from work accessed through online digital platforms. Platforms operate on different scales but in general, they all connect individual workers, through intermediaries, with end-users who seek specific services. While a growing body of grey literature speculates about work trends in the gig economy, there is surprisingly little empirical evidence to support such conjecture. This project explores the extent, nature and impact of digital platforms in the photography industry in Australia. In an industry that has experienced significant technological disruption, the study has implications for how the contours of the gig economy are impacting employment opportunities, the experience of work, income security and the professional identity of creative workers.

Project members: Paula McDonald, Robyn Mayes, Penny Williams


PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTSTEACHING AND RESEARCH AWARDS Deanna Grant-Smith was awarded a 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

Robyn Mayes was awarded HREC Essentials national accreditation through RMIT.

Deanna Grant-Smith was awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s ECARD/VCRF Research Fellowship to travel to Singapore to further her research on unspeakable problems.

Penny Williams was recognised as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. The Work/Industry Futures Research Program now has 1 Principal Fellow, 4 Senior Fellows, 2 Fellows and 1 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL VISITORS PROGRAM Paula McDonald hosted a visit from Professor Gill Kirton, Director of Research and Professor of Employment Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK. In February Prof Kirton gave a seminar titled ‘Career persistence and advancement of women in IT: A company level analysis’.

Paula McDonald co-hosted a visit from Professor Andrew Pettigrew, Emeritus Professor of Strategy and Organisation, University of Oxford, UK. Prof Pettigrew gave a Grand Challenge Lecture in March titled ‘Can leaders make a difference to organisational performance?’

Robyn Mayes hosted a visit from Professor Paul Hibbert, Professor of Management and Dean of the Faculties of Arts and Divinity, University of St Andrews, UK. Prof Hibbert presented a seminar in March on ‘Leadership formation: Interpreting experience’. He also presented to

students in the post graduate research Methods unit and met with staff at the Graduate School of Business.

Robyn Mayes hosted a visit from Professor Jo Little, Professor in Gender and Geography, University of Exeter, UK. Prof Little presented a seminar in July on ‘Violence, the body and the spaces of intimate terrorism’.

Abby Cathcart hosted a visit from Mr Barry Hodgson, Manager Digital Institute, Newcastle University, UK in December. Mr Hodgson gave a public lecture titled ‘What can universities do to create more impact from research?’ The lecture, which addressed systematic methods to increase research impact, was followed by a panel discussion with members including Paula McDonald and PhD student Melinda Laundon.

Paula McDonald hosted a visit from A/Prof Louise Thornthwaite from the Department of Marketing and Management at Macquarie University. Louise gave a seminar for academic staff and students in December titled ‘Social media and dismissal: Towards a reasonable expectation of privacy?’


RESEARCH INCOMEThrough internal and external partnerships, program members have shared in more than $1.4M in research income from a range of internal and external sources.

Date Scheme Project Title Recipients Amount

2018-

2020

Australian Research

Council Discovery

Scheme

Working the gig economy: Investigating

the organisation and experience of

digital platform work

P McDonald

R Mayes

D Oliver (UTS)

A Stewart (University of Adelaide)

$250,000

2017-

2019

SYC Commercial

Research

Evaluation of a job coaching model

for at-risk young job-seekers in Cairns,

Logan and Townsville

P McDonald

K Moore

$75,000

2013-

2017

Norwegian Research

Council Grant

Frogs, fuel, finance or food? Cultures,

values, ethics, arguments and

justifications in the management of

agricultural land

H Bjørkhaug (Centre for Rural

Research in Norway)

C Richards

et al.

$1,800,000

QUT component

$16,000

2015-

2017

ARC Linkage Identifying effective strategies to grow

and sustain a professional early years

workforce

K Thorpe (QUT Health)

P McDonald

J Lunn (QUT Education)

S Irvine (QUT Education)

$286,000

2016-

2017

Australian Meat

Processing Corporation

Social impact study of red meat

processing in Australia

K Johnston (QUT Business)

A Lane (QUT Business)

A Beatson (QUT Business)

B Devin

$92,000

2016-

2017

National Centre for

Student Equity in

Higher Education

WIL Wellbeing: Exploring the impacts

of unpaid practicum on student well

being

D Grant-Smith

J Gillett-Swan (QUT Education)

$32,289

2016-

2017

Qld Department of

Education and Training

Diversity in the ECEC workforce K Thorpe (UQ)

S Irvine (QUT Education)

P McDonald

J Lunn (QUT Education)

$10,000

2016-

2017

Unicef Australia Review of youth wage structures

internationally

P McDonald

K Moore

$10,000

2016-

2018

SYC Commercial

Research

Evaluation of a job coaching model for

at-risk young job-seekers

P McDonald

K Moore

$104,000

2016-

2019

Australian Public

Service

Impact of executive education on

public service outcomes

V Browning (QUT Graduate School)

J Bartlett

A Gudmundsson (QUT Business)

$100,000

2016-

2020

Queensland Tourism

and Events, QUT

ICA Conference 2020, Gold Coast

Australia

T Flew (QUT Creative Industries)

J Bartlett

$300,000

2017 Australian Tertiary

Network (ATN)

Digital work practices: Where are the

jobs, what are they, and how prepared

are graduates?

F Paterson (RMIT)

A Cathcart

P Fray (UTS)

$104,433

2017 QUT Faculty of

Education PEx grant

program

Exploring staff perspectives on

preservice teacher experiences of

practicum

J Gillett-Swan (QUT Education)

D Grant-Smith

$4,960

2017 QUT Vice-Chancellor’s

Asia Travel Fellowship

Travel to Singapore to research the

management of unspeakable policy

problems

D Grant-Smith $7,000

2017 UK Higher Education

Academy

Exploring the impact of professional

recognition for academics in Thailand

A Cathcart $30,000

2017-

2018

National Centre for

Student Equity in

Higher Education

Widening participation or widening the

gap? Equity in postgraduate study

D Grant-Smith

R Mayes

$34,583

2017-

2018

Trade & Investment

Queensland

International Education

and Training (IET)

Partnership Fund

Leadership in Higher Education

Teaching and Learning Support: Global

Partnerships for Academic Excellence

A Cathcart $62,000


ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY

Organisation Position Member

ANU Press (Higher Educational Research) Member, Editorial Committee A Cathcart

Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education Special Issue Editor 2017: Recognising and responding to the

factors influencing diverse preservice teacher experiences of

practicum (with J Gillett-Swan)

D Grant-Smith

Australian Planner Special Issue Editor 2017: Women in Planning (with C Bosman and

N Osborne)

D Grant-Smith

Journal of Learning Design Special Issue Editor 2017: Management pedagogies (with T Donnet) D Grant-Smith

Alliance Manchester Business School,

University of Manchester

International academic advisory board member for the Work,

Employment and Equalities Institute

P McDonald

Springer book and monograph series Invited book and monograph series editor on work, employment,

organisational studies and HRM

P McDonald

Leverhulme Fellowship Grants (UK) Grant reviewer P McDonald

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (US) Grant reviewer P McDonald

National Work and Family Policy Roundtable Invited member P McDonald

Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of

Education

Special Issue Editor: Rural Education: Social and Cultural

Perspectives (with B Pini and L Rodriguez)

R Mayes

Institute of Australian Geographers annual

conference, Brisbane July 11-14

Local Organising Committee Member;

Convenor Faye Gayle lecture

R Mayes

SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS


Australian Institute of Company Directors Member A Cathcart

Higher Education Academy (HEA) (UK) International Accreditor (one of two in Australia) and HEA Australasian Strategic Policy Advisor

A Cathcart

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Expert Reviewer A Cathcart

Asia Pacific PR Educators Network Australian Representative J Bartlett

Governance Institute of Australia Committee Member J Bartlett

International Communication Association Internationalisation representative for PR Division J Bartlett

International Communication Association Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award Committee J Bartlett

Public Relations Institute of Australia Fellow J Bartlett

International Communication Association Invited Organizational Communication mentor B Devin

Immigrant Women’s Support Service Management Committee Member R Mayes

Global Supply Chain Paper and SI development group, University of Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre

Member R Mayes

Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (leading the Australian Government’s implementation of the transnational Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and Standards).

Australian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative National Multi-Stakeholder Group, civil society advisor.

R Mayes

2017 Institute of Australian Geographer’s national annual conference local organising committee

Member R Mayes

Independent Review into Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment including Predatory Behaviour in Victoria Police 2015-19

Academic member of expert panel P McDonald

Australian Human Rights Commission Expert advice provided on the development a survey of Sexual Harassment on Australian University Campuses

P McDonald

Legal Aid Qld Expert testimony and written report on a sexual harassment case taken to Fair Work Australia

P McDonald

Liz Broderick Consulting Expert adviser to research team for study of sexual harassment, sexual assault and drug abuse in the University of Sydney Colleges

P McDonald

Inquiry by the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee into women’s economic equality

Submission to the enquiry as member of the National Work and Family Roundtable

P McDonald



SYC Steering committee for projects on job coaching in SA, Vic and Qld

Academic Member P McDonald

Austrian Science Fund Expert Review C Richards

International Rural Sociology Association Council Member C Richards

Federal Government Food Waste Strategy and Food Service Advisor Group, which advises Federal Minister the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP on strategies to address food waste

Member C Richards

William Angliss College, Melbourne Expert Academic Advisory Committee, Food Systems and Gastronomy Program

C Richards

SERVICE TO QUT

Position Member

• Academic Coordinator, Executive Masters Complex Project Leadership, Graduate School of Business

• Academic Director Canberra, Graduate School of Business

J Bartlett

• Head, QUT Academy of Learning and Teaching (QALT)

• Co-Director, Teaching Advantage Program for PhD students and Teaching Advantage: Global- Curriculum Design, Teaching, Assessing

• Member, Higher Education Research Network (HERN) Executive

• Elected Member, University Academic Board [2017 onwards]

A Cathcart

• Mentor Advisor, QUT Academy of Learning and Teaching (QALT)

• Member, Higher Education Research Network (HERN) Executive

• Co-Convenor, School of Management HDR Café (with A Wiewiora)

• Faculty representative Oodgeroo Centralised Assessment Program (CASP)

• Member, QUT Ally Network

D Grant-Smith

• Deputy Chair, QUT Business School Equity Committee, incoming Chair (Feb 2018)

• QUT Business School Faculty Research Ethics Advisor

• Reviewer, QALT

• Chair, 2017 QUT-Lord Mayor’s Multicultural Roundtable Scholarship (LMMRT).

• Faculty Representative, University Research and Innovation Committee’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Working Party.

• Faculty representative Oodgeroo Centralised Assessment Program (CASP)

R Mayes

• Mentor Advisor, QUT Academy of Learning and Teaching (QALT) K Moore

• Elected Member, QUT Council [2017-2020]

• Staff recruitment panel, Faculty of Law

• Staff recruitment panel, Faculty of Science and Engineering

• Leader, Work/Industry Futures Research Program

• Member, academic misconduct committee

• ERA panel member, 15 and 16 FoR codes

P McDonald

• HDR Coordinator, School of Management

• Co-Chair, School of Management Research Committee

• Member, PG Research Committee, QUT Business School

• Member, Masters of Philosophy Working Party

C Richards


HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH STUDENTS

PHD STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY MEMBERS

Student Research Topic Supervisors

Duzgun Agdas Public private partnerships T Donnet (SOM)

D Grant-Smith

B Irmer (SOM)

Linda Carroli Sustainable socio-technical transitions in infrastructure systems in regional planning S Mayere (SEF)

D Grant-Smith

L Dawes (SEF)

Merrilyn Delporte Silent voices: A study in the use of narrative to raise resources for asylum seeker advocacy

J Bartlett

B Devin

C Hatcher

Bernadetta Devi Rural transitions and extractive industry: Global production networks (GPN), resilience and adaptive governance

R Mayes

D Grant-Smith

Gabrielle Jess Minding my own business: a multiple capitals perspective exploring Australian small business survival of natural hazards

D Grant-Smith

A Mehta (AMPR)

Melinda Laundon The perceived fairness of employee reward systems at a large finance organisation A Cathcart

P McDonald

Joseph Macharia Telephone farmers: The new agribusiness entrepreneurs in Kenya C Richards

S Salunke (SOM)

Paolo Marinelli Governance and power in Australian Federalism: the case of independent federal transport regulators

D Grant-Smith

R Mayes



Rudi Messner Waste not. Want not. Make not. A study of the paradoxical economy of food waste prevention

C Richards

Ellen Nielsen Employability strategies of graduates in the creative industries P McDonald

A Cathcart

Samantha Parades The value of local fisheries for the coastal community and tourism L Coglan (E&F)

S Pascoe (E&F)

C Richards

Natalie Smith Project leadership: The role of boards and executives P McDonald

A Cathcart

MASTERS BY RESEARCH STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY MEMBERS


Kelly Eckers Cosmopolitanism amongst Chinese-Australians P McDonald

R Mayes

Carla Gonzalez-Zlatar

Mining company engagement with universities: A CSR approach R Mayes

D Grant-Smith

Kieran Gregory Fishers are doing it for themselves? Responsibilisation and the framing of fisheries habitat destruction and rehabilitation.

C Richards

D Grant-Smith

Glenn Hedges Costs and benefits of sustainability in infrastructure delivery: A construction industry perspective

C Richards

B Devin

D Hood

Choity Jones The dark side of fast fashion: The ways organisations use CSR to respond to institutional pressures from a spill over crisis

B Devin

A Mehta (AMPR)

A Beatson (AMPR)

Dominic Piacun Fostering organisational citizenship behaviour for the environment: A case study of employee discretionary green behavior

C Newton (SOM)

D Grant-Smith

Elizabeth Pyle The wickedness of ‘disadvantage’: Policy discourses in Australian Indigenous affairs as a ‘wicked’ management problem

D Grant-Smith

R Mayes

Paul Woods The role of technology-enabled work portability in work-life balance P McDonald

G Murphy (GBS)


HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH STUDENT COMPLETIONS Penny Williams [supervised by Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart] was awarded her PhD titled ‘Take it from the top: Shaping supervisor support for flexible work arrangements’.

Sylvia Roux [supervised by Paula McDonald, Abby Cathcart and Peter O’Connor] was awarded her PhD titled ‘Customising work through social exchange: An examination of how manager responses to requests for flexible work impact on work-home interaction and work engagement’.

Kirsty Cranitch [supervised by Paula McDonald and Deanna Grant-Smith] completed her Masters by Research thesis titled ‘Professional identity: Shaping attraction, retention and intentions to train in early childhood education and care’.

HDR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Research on executive-level support for flexible work by Penny Williams, Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart was drawn upon in a submission by the Australian Council of Trade Unions to the Four Yearly Review (s.156) of Modern Awards of the Fair Work Act 2009.

Carla Gonzalez-Zlatar [supervised by Robyn Mayes and Deanna Grant-Smith] submitted her Masters thesis titled ‘Mining company engagement with universities: a CSR approach’ for examination.

Glenn Hedges [supervised by Carol Richards, Bree Devin and Professor David Hood (Adjunct IFE)] submitted his Masters by Research thesis titled ‘Developing a Business Case for Sustainability in the Construction Industry’ for examination.

Merrilyn Delporte [supervised by Jennifer Bartlett, Bree Devin and Caroline Hatcher] passed PhD confirmation.

Merrilyn Delporte was the sole QUT recipient of the Women’s Re-Entry Scholarship.

Gabrielle Jess [supervised by Deanna Grant-Smith and Amisha Mehta] passed PhD confirmation.

Melinda Laundon [supervised by Abby Cathcart and Paula McDonald] presented her research at the British Academy of Management Conference and an invited seminar at Queen Mary University of London in September.

Dominic Piacun [supervised by Cameron Newton and Deanna Grant-Smith] submitted his Masters thesis titled ‘Fostering organisational citizenship behaviour for the environment: A case study of employee discretionary green behaviour’ for examination.


PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERSBartlett J, D Grant-Smith & G Bartlett (2017) Governance. In CR Scott, L Lewis, JR Barker, J Keyton, T Kuhn & P Turner (Eds) The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. Wiley. pp. 1025-1034.

Bjørkhaug, H, J Vik, & C Richards (2017) The chicken game: Organization and integration in the Norwegian agrifood sector. In M Miele, V Higgins, H Bjørkhaug & M Truninger (Eds) Transforming the Rural: Global Processes and Local Futures. Emerald Publishing Limited. pp. 45-69.

Cameron J & D Grant-Smith (2018) The right to contribute: The dynamics and dilemmas of community engagement in the Australian context. In N Sipe & K Vella (Eds) The Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning. Routledge. pp. 293-301.

Devin B & Ø Ihlen (in press) Corporate social responsibility and engagement. In M Taylor & K Johnston (Eds) The Handbook of Communication Engagement. John Wiley & Sons.

Grant-Smith D & J Gillett-Swan (2017) Managing the personal impacts of practicum: Examining the experiences of Graduate Diploma in Education students. In J Nuttall, A Kostogriz, M Jones & J Martin (Eds) Teacher Education Policy and Practice: Evidence of Impact, Impact of Evidence. Springer. pp. 97-112.

Grant-Smith D, L Johnson & P Edwards (2018) Putting children in their place on public transit: Managing mobilities in the child-friendly city. In: C Silver, R Freestone & C Demaziere (Eds) Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 6: Right to the City. Routledge. pp. 201-216.

Grant-Smith D & S Mayere (2018) Doing planning and being a planner: Employment and education challenges for the Australian planning profession. In N Sipe & K Vella (Eds) The Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning. Routledge. pp. 325-334.


Johnson L & D Grant-Smith (2017) King George glare: Reflections on the (re)design of public space in central Brisbane, Australia. In S Shlipchenko (Ed) Public Spaces and Its (Dis)Contents. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla. pp.

Johnston K, A Lane, B Devin, A Beatson (in press) Episodic and relational community engagement: Implications for social impact and social license. In M Taylor & K Johnston (Eds) The Handbook of Communication Engagement. John Wiley & Sons.

Mayes R (in press) Much easier to get a cheque: Corporate funding and local community development. In N McCrea & F Finnegan (Eds) Funding, Power and Community Development. The Policy Press.

Mayes R, C Richards & M Woods (2017) (Re)Assembling neoliberal logics in the service of climate justice: fuzziness and perverse consequences in the global fossil fuel divestment assemblage. In V Higgins & W Larner (Eds) Assembling Neoliberalism: Expertise, Practices, Subjects. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 131-149.

Osborne N, D Grant-Smith & E Morgan (2017) Grassroots and guerrillas: Radical and insurgent planning responses for community resilience. In M Companion & M Chaiken (Eds) Responses to Disasters and Climate Change: Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience. CRC Press. pp. 229-236.

Osborne N, C Howlett & D Grant-Smith (in press) Intersectionality and Indigenous Australians: Experiences with stakeholder engagement. In O Hankivsky & J Jordan-Zachary (Eds) Bringing Intersectionality to Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan.

Price R & D Grant-Smith (in press) The employment implications of framing young paid and unpaid workers as deficit. In S Wert & C Brownlow (Eds) Work and Identity: Contemporary Perspectives on Workplace Diversity. Palgrave.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES Baker P, P Francis & A Cathcart (2017) A mock randomised controlled trial with audience response technology for teaching and learning epidemiology. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 29(3), 229-240.

Boyer L, R Mayes & B Pini (2017, online) Narrations and practices of mobility and immobility in the maintenance of gender dualisms. Mobilities, doi:10.1080/17450101.2017.1292027

Grant-Smith D & R Mayes (2017) Freedom, part-time pirates and poo police: regulating the heterotopic space of the recreational boat. Environment & Planning A, 49(6), 1379-1395.

Grant-Smith D & P McDonald (2017, online) Ubiquitous yet uncertain: An integrative review of unpaid work. International Journal of Management Reviews, doi:10.1111/ijmr.12153

Grant-Smith D & P McDonald (2017, online) Planning to work for free: Building the graduate employability of planners through unpaid work. Journal of Youth Studies, doi:10.1080/13676261.2017.1357804

Grant-Smith D & N Osborne (2017) A column of one’s own: Putting women on the pages of the RAPI Journal, 1977-1982. Australian Planner, 54(1), 51-58.

Grant-Smith D, N Osborne & L Johnson (2017) Managing the challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: An Australian perspective. Community, Work & Family, 20(2), 201-210.

Mayes R & R MacAreavy (2017, online) Encountering education in the rural: Migrant women’s perspectives. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, doi:10.1080/01596306.2017.1306986

Mayes R (2017) ‘We’re sending you back’: Temporary labour migration, agency and belonging. Migration, Mobility & Displacement, 3(1), 71-84.

Mayes R & P Koshy (2017, online) Transnational labour migration and the place of reproductive labour: ‘Trailing wives’ in the resource sector. Work, Employment & Society, doi:10.1177/0950017017702602.

Matthews T & D Grant-Smith (2017) Managing ensemble-scale built heritage conservation in the Shandon Architectural Conservation Area in Cork, Ireland. Cities, 62, 152-158.

McDonald P (2017, online) How ‘flexible’ are the anticipated careers of young people? Human Relations. doi:10.1177/0018726717699053

McDonald P, P Thompson & P O’Connor (2017) Profiling employees online: Shifting public-private boundaries in organisational life. Human Resource Management Journal, 26(4), 541-556.

Moore K, P McDonald & J Bartlett (2017, online) Emerging trends affecting future employment opportunities for people with intellectual disability: The case of a large retail organisation. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. doi:10.3109/13668250.2017.1379250

Moore K, P McDonald & J Bartlett (2017) The social legitimacy of disability inclusive human resource practices: The case of a large retail organization. Human Resource Management Journal, 27(4), 514-529.

Osborne N & D Grant-Smith (2017) Constructing the cycling citizen: A critical analysis of policy imagery in Brisbane, Australia. Journal of Transport Geography, 64, 44-53.

Osborne N & D Grant-Smith (2017) Resisting the ‘employability’ doctrine through anarchist pedagogies and prefiguration. Australian University Review, 59(2), 59-69.

Riach K, P McDonald & D Grant-Smith (2017) Financial timescapes: The temporal shaping of young people’s financial lives. Sociology, 51(4), 800-815.

Townsend K, P McDonald & A Cathcart (2017) Managing flexible work arrangements in small not-for-profit firms: The influence of organisational size, financial constraints and workforce characteristics. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(14), 2085-2107.

Williams P, P McDonald & A Cathcart (2017) Executive-level support for flexible work arrangements in a large insurance organization. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 55(3), 337-355.


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23RD NOVEMBER 2017

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A public workshop presented by Brisbane Fair Food Alliance

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Program

Lane, A B & B Devin (2017, online) Operationalizing stakeholder engagement in CSR: A process approach. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. doi:10.1002/csr.1460

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSCathcart A & P McDonald (2017) Learning not to ask: How power shapes employee silence in relation to flexible work in the Australian Defence Force. Association of Industrial Relations of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 8-10 February, Canberra.

Colley L & D Grant-Smith (2017) Pooper scoopers, politicisation and public service: Framing change in the public sector. 21st International Research Society on Public Management Conference, 19-21 February, Budapest.

de Zwaan L & D Grant-Smith (2017) Personal financial stressors and coping strategies for nursing students during unpaid practicum. Personal Finance & Investment Symposium, 21 November, Hobart.

Grant-Smith D (2017) Bridging the gap of student WIL wellbeing: The impacts of unpaid practicum on students. National Association of Field Experience Administrators National Conference, 14-16 July, Adelaide. [keynote address]

Grant-Smith D & J Gillett-Swan (2017) Financial stress, placement experiences and the pre-service teacher. Australia Teacher Education Association Conference, 5-7 July, Brisbane.

Mayes R (2017) Au pairs in Australia: Cultural experiences and pocket money. AIRAANZ National Conference: Reconsidering Gender and Industrial Relations, 8-10 February, Canberra.

Mayes R (2017) Celebrating women in mining: trouble ahead. Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, 11-14 July, Brisbane.

Mayes R (2017) Doing digital geographies. Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, 11-14 July, Brisbane.

Mayes R & P McDonald (2017) Digital work and the platform economy. AIRAANZ National Conference: Reconsidering Gender and Industrial Relations, 8-10 February, Canberra.

McDonald P (2017) Profiling, blogging and cyberloafing: Tensions surrounding social media in the workplace. Employment Solutions Conference, 16-17 November, Gold Coast.

McDonald P & K Moore (2017) Structural barriers to employability for at-risk youth. ILO Regulating for Decent Work Conference, 3-5 July, Geneva, Switzerland.

McDonald P, B Pini & J Bartlett (2017) Tensions between education and marketing discourses in non-government schools. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, 27-30 November, Perth.

McDonald P & P Thompson (2017) The contested terrain of employer and employee social media conduct. SASE Conference, 29 June-1 July, Lyon, France.

Moore K (2017) Seek and you may not find: The marginalisation of inexperienced young job seekers through job advertisements. National Employment Solutions Conference, 16-17 November, Gold Coast.

Moore K & P McDonald (2017) Cracks in the pathway to employment: Structural barriers affecting at-risk youth. Association of Industrial Relations of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 8-10 February, Canberra.

Oliver D, P McDonald, A Stewart, & A Hewitt (2017) The impact of unpaid work experience. Association of Industrial Relations of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 8-10 February, Canberra.

Oliver D, A Stewart, P McDonald, & A Hewitt (2017) Smoothing the way? Unpaid work experience and its impact on employability. SASE Conference, 29 June-1 July, Lyon, France.

Stewart A, D Oliver, P McDonald, & A Hewitt (2017) Challenges in designing and enforcing the regulation of unpaid work experience in Australia. ILO Regulating for Decent Work Conference, 3-5 July, Geneva, Switzerland.

Stewart A, D Oliver, P McDonald & A Hewitt (2017) Estimating the prevalence in Australia of unlawful forms of unpaid work experience. Association of Industrial Relations of Australia and New Zealand conference, 8-10 February, Canberra.

Thorpe K, S Irvine, & P McDonald (2017) Education: What’s politics got to do with it? Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, 26-30 November, Canberra.


Williams P (2017) Signals of support: The undocumented flexible work policy. Association of Industrial Relations of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 8-10 February, Canberra.

INDUSTRY REPORTS Browning V, J Bartlett & A Gudmundsson (2017) Public Sector Management Program Research: The Impact of Executive Education. Annual Progress Report. Prepared for the Australian Public Service.

Moore K & P McDonald (2017) An International Perspective on Youth Labour. Reported prepared for UNICEF Australia, January.

Williams P, A Cathcart, E Nielsen & W Boles (2017) Digital Work Practices: Where are the Jobs, and How Prepared are Graduates? Educator Survey Summary Report prepared for the Australian Technology Network (ATN).

REFEREED REPORTS Grant-Smith D, J Gillett-Swan & R Chapman (2017) WIL Wellbeing: Exploring the impacts of unpaid practicum on student wellbeing. National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Perth.

OTHER PUBLICATIONSBosman C, D Grant-Smith & N Osborne (2017) Women in planning in the 21st Century [special issue editorial]. Australian Planner 54(1), 1-5.

Gillett-Swan J & D Grant-Smith (2017) Complex, compound and critical: Recognising and responding to the factors influencing diverse preservice teacher experiences of practicum [special issue editorial]. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education 45(4), 323-326.

Grant-Smith D & T Donnet (2017) Modern management pedagogies and the big business of business education [special issue editorial]. Journal of Learning Design, 10(1), i–iv.

WiL WellbeingExploring the impacts of unpaid practicum on student wellbeing

Deanna Grant-Smith, Jenna Gillett-Swan & Renee Chapman

CAREER

Osborne N, D Grant-Smith & C Bosman (2017) Advancing an agenda for women in planning: An epilogue. Australian Planner 54(1), 59-65.

Pini B, R Mayes & L Rodriguez Castro (2017, online) Introduction: Beyond stock photographs – Imagining, experiencing and researching rural education. [special issue editorial] Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. doi:10.1080/01596306.2017.1306978

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work/industry futures research program

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