Gender, Leadership and Social Sustainability
GLASS Research Unit
Patron: Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AO, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
GLASS is an Interdisciplinary Research Unit recently established within the Department of Social Work at Monash University.
The Director is Professor Margaret Alston, Head of the Department of Social Work, Monash University.
The GLASS Research Unit aims to undertake high quality research focussing on gender, leadership and social sustainability. The Unit also aims to contribute to community debate and policy development in these key areas.
An important focus of the Unit is to provide the opportunity for post graduate research students to work on research projects and to provide the opportunity for individual students to develop research expertise. The Unit seeks to provide alternative (non-traditional) pathways to post-graduate research degrees for talented and able women from a variety of sectors, in particular non-government organisations, who have a wealth of experience and expertise to contribute to research and policy development in the key areas targeted by GLASS.
Current projects of the Unit include: ‘Social Impacts of Drought and Declining Water Availability in the Murray Darling Basin’ and ‘Contemporary Birthing Experiences of Women Living in Rural and Remote NSW’. Professor Alston is currently also working as an invited expert on an international project investigating gender and climate change with the Gender Division of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Membership of the Unit will be comprised of researchers from a broad variety of disciplines including Social Work. Associate membership will be available to other stakeholders.
The GLASS Research unit will work under the direction of an advisory board comprised of prominent Australians. We are keen to engage in policy debates and to work with policy makers and other key stakeholders.
We would welcome interest from philanthropic organisations and other donors interested in advancing work in the areas targeted by GLASS.
Contact:
Professor Margaret Alston
Head, Department of Social Work
Monash University
Tel: +61 3 9903 1129
Fax: +61 3 9903 1141
Email: margaret.alston@med.monash.edu.au
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