Dr Michael Dee
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Discipline
Other studies in Human Society
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- MA in Social and Community Work Studies (University of Bradford)
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Queensland University of Technology)
- BA (Honours) in Contemporary Cultural Studies (Middlesex Polytechnic)
- BA Social Sciences (Open University, Milton Keynes)
- Diploma in Health and Social Welfare (Open University, Milton Keynes)
- Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (University of Birmingham)
- Certificate in Community and Youth Work (Council for National Academic Awards)
Professional memberships and associations
Current research interests: Children, Young People and how they use or don't use Urban Public Space. Urban Public Space-design, social justice and inclusion/exclusion issues. Urban Public Space and public health and wellbeing. Urban and rural shopping malls as sites for/against/of children and young people. CCTV surveillance, 'Big Data' and other forms of sensor surveillance of public spaces and the people in and around them. Social policy issues around welfare 'reform' in Australia and Internationally, including citizenship, participation, social inclusion/exclusion and the surveillance of welfare subjects. Community Development, especially in relation to children and young people and also community narratives. Also, the Irish diaspora, including the emergence of the so called Irish Pub. Natural and other disasters and the inclusion/exclusion of children, young people and other marginalised groups and individuals. Available now for PhD Supervision. Membership: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Basic Rights Queensland, Management Committee Member, British Association of Social Workers (BASW).
Registration: Currently registered as a Social Worker with the UK Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Registration: Currently registered as a Social Worker with the UK Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Teaching
Teaching for 2016 in Undergraduate (SWB) and Postgraduate (SWN) subjects: Semester 1: Coordinating SWB220 Practice Theories and SWN002 Researching Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. HDR Associate Supervision. Teaching into: SWB400 Macro Context of SW, PUN451 Disaster Management and SWB405 Advanced SW Project. Semester 2: Coordinating SWN003 Political Economy and Policy Making, SWB212 Community and Place Based Practice. HDR Associate Supervision. Teaching into: SWB318 Disaster Health: Principles, Planning and Practice, SWB211 Casework and Case Management, SWB108 Australian Society, Systems and Policies. Summer Semester: Coordinating SWN003 Political Economy and Policy Making. HDR and VRES Supervision. Teaching into: SWB405 Advanced SW Project.
Convenor of Social Work and Human Services Writing Support Group
Convenor of Social Work and Human Services Writing Support Group
Experience
2007- Current: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia Full time Lecturer (Level B-ongoing position) in Social Work and Human Services in the Faculty of Health. 2002-2008: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia Full time PhD student. Doctoral Thesis entitled Young People, Public Space and Citizenship. 2003 & 2004: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Part-time course tutor and convenor of undergraduate Social Science program. 2001-2007: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Part-time tutor in Social Sciences, including undergraduate and postgraduate unit coordination. 1998-2001: De Montfort University, Leicester Full time Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Development. 1997-2001: The Open University West Midlands Region Part-time Associate Lecturer and Tutor in Social Sciences and Social Care. 1996-1997: Staffordshire County Council, Tamworth (England) Full-time Area Youth and Community Education Worker and Manager of Street Youth Work Team. 1993-1996: Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia Full time Lecturer (Level B) in Youth Work Studies. 1988-1993: U.K. Ministry of Defence-British Forces Germany Youth Service, Germany Full time Senior Youth Worker at Osnabruck Garrison Youth Centre and Divisional Training Manager. 1986-1986: City of Birmingham Youth and Community Service Full time Youth and Community Worker at the 610 Community Centre. 1984-1985: Stonehouse Gang Youth Centre, Birmingham Full time Youth Development Officer at diversion centre for young people. 1981-1983: Wolverhampton Council Social Services Department Full time Community Development Worker at Heath Town Neighbourhood Project. 1978-1979: U.K. Ministry of Defence-British Forces Germany Youth Service, Germany Full time Trainee Youth Worker at Royal Air Force Gutersloh Youth Centre. 1975-1978: Inner London Education Authority Full-time youth and community work at Earls Court Community Action and Kings Cross Youth Projects. 1973-1975: London Borough of Enfield Parks Department Full-time Assistant Gardener. 1971-1973: Harrods Ltd Management Trainee.
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Selected publications
- Dee M, (2016) Discovering urban citizenship in the surveillance society, IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences, 2 (1), pp. 64-75.
- Dee M, (2015) Urban public space and the marginalisation of children and young people. In C McConville, Hopeful places: Migration and belonging in an unpredictable era, Connor Court Publishing, pp. 107-130.
- Dee M, Marston G, (2015) The social inclusion policy agenda in Australia: A case of old wine, new bottles?, Australian Journal Of Social Issues, 50 (2), pp. 119-138.
- Dee M, (2014) Poverty by acronym in Australia: welcome to CIM, VIM, PBIM, CPIM and SEAM, Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities: Refereed Proceedings of the TASA 2014, pp. 1-16.
- Dee M, (2013) Welfare surveillance, income management and new paternalism in Australia, Surveillance & Society, 11 (3), pp. 272-286.
- Dee M, (2011) Governing the dangerous classes: welcome to E-Nose, CCTV and the Mosquito, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association 2011: Local Lives/Global Networks, pp. 1-23.
- Tomlinson J, Dee M, Schooneveldt S, (2005) From Paupers to Citizenship, New Community, 3 (3), pp. 41-45.
- Dee M, (2003) Children, Young People and their Social and Spatial Citizenship Rights, Joined up services : linking together for children and families, pp. 1-10.
- Crane P, Dee M, (2001) Young people, public space and new urbanism, Youth Studies Australia, 20 (1), pp. 11-18.
- Dee M, (2000) The use of CCTV to police public spaces: a case of big brother or big friend?, Presented at: International Making Cities Livable Conference (27th), pp. 1.
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