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PROF JOHN RICHARD WISEMAN



Contact Details

Organization: Population Health
Position: CHAIR, HEALTH PROM. & DIRECTOR, McCAUGHEY (McC) (M
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Community Development, Sustainability and Wellbeing Australia
Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing Australia
Community Health and Wellbeing, and Community Services Australia
Community Engagement and Public Policy Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Labour and Social Justice La Trobe University 31-Dec-1994
Bachelor of Social Work University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1978
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1976

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Unspecified National Conference on Australian Cities 'International and Australian citizen engagement strategies' 02-Dec-2003 03-Dec-2003
Member Victoria University Community and International Engagement Taskforce 01-Jan-2003 01-Jan-2004
Member Learning and Innovation West Steering Committee 01-Jan-2003 01-Jan-2004
Member Maribyrnong Strategic Partnerships Group 01-Jan-2003 01-Jan-2004
Member Oxfam Australia/Community Aid Abroad 01-Jan-2003 01-Jan-2004
Member Royal Children's Hospital and Ross Trust Early Chilhood Research Project 01-Jan-2003 01-Jan-2004
Member Community Aid Abroad, National Executive 01-Jan-1999 01-Jan-2000
Member International Working Group on Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation 01-Jan-1998 02-Jan-2000
Member Centre for Union Research and Education, Victorian Trades Hall Council 01-Jan-1999 01-Jan-2000
Member National Aboriginal and Islander Childcare Secretariat 01-Jan-1998 01-Jan-1999
Member Australian Council of Trade Unions Working Party on Working Time Reform 01-Jan-1998 01-Jan-1999
Member RMIT Internet Research Group and 'Bridges and Barriers' Research Project on Community Internet 01-Jan-1997 31-Dec-1997
Member ICSW/Oxfam International Seminar on Asia Pacific non-Government Policy Research Priorities, Kuala Lumpur 01-Jan-1996 01-Jan-1997
Member Ambulance Employees Union/Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Group/Melbourne Workers Theatre 01-Jan-1996 01-Jan-1997
Member RMIT/BSL/CAA Conference on Globalisation and non-Government Organisations 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-1996
Member ACOSS/BSL Conference on the Future of Work 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-1996
Member ARC Citizenship Collaborative Research Project 01-Jan-1996 01-Jan-1999
Member Brotherhood of St Laurence 01-Jan-1995
Member Department of Health and Community Services 01-Jan-1995
Member Brotherhood of St Laurence 01-Jan-1994 01-Jan-1996
Member Just Policy (Publication) 01-Jan-1994 01-Jan-2000
Member Victorian Council of Social Service 01-Jan-1990 01-Jan-1995
Member Victorian Community Summit 01-Jan-1993 31-Dec-1993
Member Department of Community Services 01-Jan-1991 31-Dec-1991
Member Australian Council of Social Service 01-Jan-1990 01-Jan-1992
Member Victorian Council of Social Service 01-Jan-1990 01-Jan-1992
Member Victorian Council of Social Service 01-Jan-1991 01-Dec-1991
Member Australian Democrats/Rainbow Alliance/New Left Party and Victorian Greens 01-Jan-1990 01-Dec-1991
Member Victorian Council of Social Service 01-Jan-1989 01-Jan-1990
Member Oldis Avenue Child Care Centre 01-Jan-1989 31-Dec-1989
Member Charity to Industry Conference 01-Jan-1998 31-Dec-1998
Member Victorian Association of Peace Studies 01-Jan-1982 01-Jan-1983
Member People for Nuclear Disarmament Victoria 01-Jan-1982 31-Dec-1982
Member Australian Social Welfare Union 01-Jan-1980 01-Jan-1981
Unspecified Melbourne University 01-Jan-1978 31-Dec-1978
Member Inside Welfare Conference on Poverty in Australia 01-Jan-1976 31-Dec-1976
Unspecified Wesley Mission 01-Jan-2004 28-Aug-2006
Unspecified Torch Community Theatre Project 01-Jan-2004
Member Australian Fabian Society 01-Jan-2003
Unspecified Cranlana Program (Myer Foundation) 01-Jan-2002
Unspecified Cranlana Program 01-Jan-2002
Unspecified Victorian Government Community Building Resources Service 01-Jan-2003
Member Caroline Springs Education Services Steering Committee 01-Jan-2003 22-May-2006
Member VicHealth Small Research Grants Advisory Panel 01-Jan-2003
Member Institute of Public Administration Australia 01-Jan-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Family Violence Reform: Using knowledge to develop and integrate policy and practice Chief Investigator DEPT FOR VICTORIAN COMMUNITIES,
DEPT OF JUSTICE,
DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
VIC POLICE
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 04/05/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY BUILDING FRAMEWORK Chief Investigator DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES 25/01/2007
SCOPING PAPER TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR VICHEALTH'S ROLE IN THE ARTS Chief Investigator VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION 05/03/2007
CREATING LIVEABLE NEW COMMUNITIES TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES IN GROWTH AREAS Chief Investigator STATE GOVERNMENT VIC,
GROWTH AREAS AUTHORITY
30/07/2007
CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Chief Investigator DEPT OF PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 30/06/2008
LEARNING THROUGH PARTICIPATION - A COMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (CCD) EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROCESS FOR CURRENT AND ASPIRING LEADERS Chief Investigator TORCH PROJECT 10/10/2008
VICHEALTH CENTRE FOR THE PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING Chief Investigator VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Climate Change and Social Justice: towards an Australian Research and Policy Agenda


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 46
    Page numbers: 8-11
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  • Promoting mental health and well-being: integrating indvidual, organisational and community-level indicators
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 198-207
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Community Wellbeing in an Unwell World: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities


    Year: 2007
    Event name: MDHS Dean's Lecture Series
    Conference Publication: McCaughey Centre Policy Signpost
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-20
    Publisher: McCaughey Centre(Carlton, Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Local heroes? Learning from recent community strengthening initiatives in Victoria.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Public Administration
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 95-107
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  • Mainstreaming change: Learning from community strengthening in Victoria
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 34-40
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Local Government Leadership and Community Strengthening


    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Cranlana Program, Myer Foundation(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • 'Growing Victoria Together': The challenges of integrating social, economic and environmental policy directions at State and regional levels
    Year: 2005
    Book: New Regionalism in Australia
    Publisher: Ashgate
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  • Designing public policy after neo-liberalism
    Year: 2005
    Book: Community and Local Governance
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Broadening and deepening democracy:  Learning from recent experiments in citizen and community engagement
    Year: 2004
    Book: Labour Essays
    Publisher: Pluto Press(Sydney)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Navigating the future: The development and implementation of 'Growing Victoria Together'
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Public Administration
    Volume: 62
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 11-23
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Trade union solidarity: The Australian waterfront , 1998
    Year: 2002
    Book: Protest and Globalisation: Prospects for Transnational Solidarity
    Publisher: Pluto Press(Annandale)
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  • Turning the Titanic: Policy making after neo-liberalism
    Year: 2002
    Book: Global Instability: Uncertainty and New Visions in Political Economy
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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