CCB Researchers

Here is a listing of our core research group members and their research interests.

Leader of the CCB team

Manohar Pawar - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, CSU

• Social Work Education

• International Social Work and Social Development

• Social Policy

• NGOs and Community Development

• Criminal Justice

• Juvenile Welfare

• Training and Evaluation

For further research publication details visit my webpage

Ian Gray - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, CSU

• Community analysis
• Social theory
• Rural social and environmental issues
• Sociology of community
• Rural and urban society

For further research publication details visit my webpage

Bill Anscombe - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, CSU

• Corrections

• Indigenous issues

• Rural communities

• Rural church

John Casey - Australian Graduate School of Policing

My general research areas are:

• The role of community organisations in the public policy process

• The role of consultation/external input into the public sector reform process

• The future of public sector reform

• Migration and immigrant settlement policies

• The impact of the competency movement on university teaching of public policy and public management reform

• The use of new technologies in university teaching

My research areas in policing are:

• Policing multi-ethnic societies

• Police-community relations

• The impact of public sector reforms on policing

• Police management education

For further research publication details visit my webpage

Tony Dunn - School of Agriculture, CSU

• Qualitative research

• Participatory and rapid rural appraisal

Dimi Giorgas - School of Humanities and Social Sciences, CSU

• Social inequality
• Social capital
• Immigration and settlement issues