Adjunct Professor
Gregory Marston
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Australian welfare state, comparative welfare studies, income security, policy implementation, poverty, social housing, social inequality, social theory, unemployment
Research field
Social Work, Policy and Administration, Sociology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member of ARC College of Experts Social Behavioural and Economic Sciences
- Member of International Sociological Association RC 19 Social Policy and Poverty
- Member of Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
- Member of International Editorial Board - Journal of Social Policy
Teaching
- SWB108 Australian Society, Systems and Policies
- SWN003 Political Economy and Policy Making
Publications
- Marston, G. & Johnson-Abdelmalik, J. (2014). Socially inclusive learning in a community setting. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79343
- Marston, G., McDonald, C. & Bryson, L. (2014). The Australian welfare state: Who benefits now? Palgrave Macmillan Australia. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66374
- Banks, M., Marston, G., Russell, R. & Karger, H. (2015). 'In a perfect world it would be great if they didn't exist': How Australians experience payday loans. International Journal of Social Welfare, 24(1), 37–47. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79346
- Marston, G. & Shevellar, L. (2014). In the shadow of the welfare state: The role of payday lending in poverty survival in Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 43(01), 155–172. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/71182
- Brodkin, E. & Marston, G. (2013). Work and the welfare state: Street-level organizations and workfare politics. Georgetown University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66375
- Marston, G. & McDonald, C. (2012). Getting beyond 'heroic agency' in conceptualising social workers as policy actors in the twenty-first century. British Journal of Social Work, 42(6), 1022–1038. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/56421
- Lantz, S. & Marston, G. (2012). Policy, citizenship and governance: The case of disability and employment policy in Australia. Disability and Society, 27(6), 853–867. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/56418
- Murphy, J., Murray, S., Chalmers, J., Martin, S. & Marston, G. (2011). Half a Citizen : Life on welfare in Australia. Allen & Unwin. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80441
- McDonald, C. & Marston, G. (2005). Workfare as welfare: governing unemployment in the advanced liberal state. Critical Social Policy, 25(3), 374–401.
- Marston, G., (2004). Social policy and discourse analysis: policy change in public housing. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- International Editorial Adviser since 2007
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- 2010 Award for Teaching Excellence - Early Career
Selected research projects
- Title
- Who You Know or Where You Go? The Role of Formal and Informal Networks in Finding Employment and Maintaining Wellbeing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP140100033
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- The Unemployed; Employment Services; Social Networks
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.