1st Edition
Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change Country, Community and Complexity
1.Starting the Conversation. 2.Ideas in Action. 3.First Nations Worldviews - The First Sunrise. 4.Complexity. 5. The Basics. 6.Acting for Change. 7.Acting for Change Together: Collective Action. 8.Acting for Change: Mobilising Policy. 9.Emergent Moments: When it all goes wrong. 10.Emergent Moments: The Future. 11.Case Studies.
Biography
Amanda Howard (Professor) is part of the Social work and Policy Studies team at the University of Sydney and is the Director of Undergraduate Programs. Areas of research include community development, disasters and climate change, inclusion and participatory action research.
Margot Rawsthorne works as an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney in the Social Work and Policy Studies Team. Areas of research interest include the lived experience of social disadvantage, community development, housing and disasters.
Pam Joseph (PhD) is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney in the Social Work and Policy Studies team. Her research includes a focus on community-led disaster resilience and the impacts of climate change, the intersection of health and disability, and is particularly interested in processes of transition.
Mareese Terare (PhD) works at the University of Sydney in the Social Work and Policy Studies team. Her research focus includes decolonising practice, First Nations knowledges and epistemologies, interpersonal trauma, social justice, children’s rights and human rights.
Dara Sampson (PhD) works as the Academic Research Manager in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. Research interests include using fiction in social work teaching, disasters, mental health and social justice.
Meaghan Katrak-Harris (PhD) works at the University of Sydney as part of the teaching and research teams in Social Work and Policy Studies, and as a freelance researcher, writer and practitioner. Meaghan’s areas of research focus include decolonising practice, disasters, social justice and community practice.
