
Overview
Background
I am Director of Centre for Policy Futures. My research interests cover work and employment, poverty and economic security and the social dimensions of climate change. I am a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and was a member of the ARC College of Experts from 2014-2016.
Availability
- Professor Greg Marston is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Social policy and the welfare state
My research program addresses poverty and unemployment, climate justice, economic security, and the impact of emerging technologies on work, driving meaningful change and fostering a more equitable society.
Research impacts
My research program has championed social justice and equity through extensive research wit leading community organisatons and governments, focusing on housing, homelessness and social security policy. I am dedicated to amplifying the voices of ordinary Australians in public deates on critical social isues. My research, with colleagues, on compulsory income management policies in Australia contributed to the decision by the federal government in 2022 to stop ongoing Cashless Debit Card trials in Australia.
With experience in senior roles at UQ and in research focused capacity building roles at RMIT and QUT, I have an in-depth understanding of Australia's social science research landscape. I recognise the transformative power of genuine partnerships with governments, businesses, citizens, and civil society groups. I am committed to driving the promotion of evidence-informed social policies that create meaningful and lasting impact.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Reframing tourism labour: Alterity and the global south
Muñoz, Kyrie Eleison (Kyle), Robinson, Richard N.S. and Marston, Greg (2025). Reframing tourism labour: Alterity and the global south. Annals of Tourism Research, 112 103950, 103950. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2025.103950
2025
Journal Article
Jobs aren't enough: Redefining just transitions in Australia with community voices
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Marston, Greg, Snell, Darryn and Moss, Jeremy (2025). Jobs aren't enough: Redefining just transitions in Australia with community voices. Energy Research and Social Science, 122 103999, 103999. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103999
2025
Journal Article
Digital platforms and hybridized social sector accountability: a critical discourse analysis of promotional material
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Mai, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2025). Digital platforms and hybridized social sector accountability: a critical discourse analysis of promotional material. Public Management Review, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2469237
2025
Journal Article
Self-Care Practices in the Context of Older Adults Living Independently
Casey, Bridget, Marston, Greg and Vyas, Dhaval (2025). Self-Care Practices in the Context of Older Adults Living Independently. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9 (GROUP) 1205, 1-26. doi: 10.1145/3701205
2024
Journal Article
An intersectional feminist analysis of compulsory income management in Australia
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Mendes, Philip and Roche, Steven (2024). An intersectional feminist analysis of compulsory income management in Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 1-19. doi: 10.1017/s0047279424000205
2024
Other Outputs
Community is key to Queensland’s energy future
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Yarnold, Jennifer, Marston, Greg and Moss, Jeremy (2024). Community is key to Queensland’s energy future. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Conference Publication
Digitised Hybrids: Exploring the role of digital technology in the development and management of the hybridised social sector
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Mai, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2023). Digitised Hybrids: Exploring the role of digital technology in the development and management of the hybridised social sector. Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 11-13 September 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
Be your own boss: the role of digital labour platforms in producing migrant masculinity(ies)
Holtum, Peter James (PJ), Lata, Lutfun and Marston, Greg (2023). Be your own boss: the role of digital labour platforms in producing migrant masculinity(ies). Migratory men: place, transnationalism and masculinities. (pp. 123-138) edited by Garth Stahl and Yang Zhao. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003353232-12
2023
Conference Publication
Compulsory cashless welfare programs exacerbate inequalities and poverty for women: an intersectional feminist analysis of ‘Compulsory Income Management’ in Australia
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Mendes, Philip and Roche, Steven (2023). Compulsory cashless welfare programs exacerbate inequalities and poverty for women: an intersectional feminist analysis of ‘Compulsory Income Management’ in Australia. Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5-7 July 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
Navigating the threat of refoulement arising from the trifecta of welfare conditionality, behavioural codes, and short-term visas
Worsoe, Hanne and Marston, Greg (2023). Navigating the threat of refoulement arising from the trifecta of welfare conditionality, behavioural codes, and short-term visas. Regulating refugee protection through social welfare. (pp. 163-180) edited by Peter Billings. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003298595-12
2023
Other Outputs
Submission to the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services
Stambe, Rose, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Henman, Paul (2023). Submission to the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services. Canberra, ACT Australia: Parliament of Australia.
2022
Other Outputs
Rethinking the welfare-work nexus in light of Australia’s COVID-19 response
Stambe, Rose and Marston, Greg (2022, 08 18). Rethinking the welfare-work nexus in light of Australia’s COVID-19 response Austaxpolicy
2022
Other Outputs
Decarbonising Queensland: Four pillars toward a resilient and inclusive low-carbon economy
Yarnold, Jennifer , Marston, Greg , Mackey, Brendan , McVeigh, John , Rolfe, John , Dale, Allan , Babacan, Hurriyet , Lyons, Ben , Deane, Felicity , Molyneaux, Lynette , Plint, Neville , Newlands, Maxine , Keenan-Jones, Duncan , Quiggin, John , Lovelock, Catherine , Birch, Jacob , Ashford, Graham , Maguire, Rowena , Butler, Don and Doran-Browne, Natalie (2022). Decarbonising Queensland: Four pillars toward a resilient and inclusive low-carbon economy. Policy Futures Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand
Humpage, Louise, Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe, Peterie, Michelle and Mendes, Philip (2022). Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand. Critical Social Policy, 43 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/02610183221106923
2022
Book Chapter
Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card. Social suffering in the neoliberal age: state power, logics and resistance. (pp. 149-165) edited by Karen Soldatic and Louise St Guillaume. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003131779-12
2022
Journal Article
Checking Activation at the Door: Rethinking the Welfare-Work Nexus in Light of Australia’s Covid-19 Response
Stambe, Rose and Marston, Greg (2022). Checking Activation at the Door: Rethinking the Welfare-Work Nexus in Light of Australia’s Covid-19 Response. Social Policy and Society, 22 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/s1474746421000944
2022
Book
Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.46692/9781447361510
2021
Journal Article
How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia. Children and Youth Services Review, 131 106254, 106254. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106254
2021
Other Outputs
Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2021, 08 27). Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution Australian National University Austaxpolicy: Tax and Transfer Policy Blog
2021
Journal Article
Public deliberation and policy design
Stark, Alastair, Thomson, N. K. and Marston, Greg (2021). Public deliberation and policy design. Policy Design and Practice, 4 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2021.1912906
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Tourism Frontliners in the Philippines¿ Last Frontier: A Critical Study on the Lived Experiences of Informal Workers in Palawan
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
How Gig Economy Workers Cope With Job Ambiguity
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Capacity building for a socially and ecologically just future: The case of a prefigurative NGO
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynda Shevellar
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Universal Basic Income: Disarticulating and Rearticulating Australian Discourses
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alastair Stark
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
A Collision of Ideas: An Institutional analysis of the 1995 Industry Commission's Inquiry into Charitable Organisations in Australia
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Making their way: making money and making art the working lives of visual artists with disabilities
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The politics of sustainability: a critical discourse analysis of Victorian government policy discourse, 1999-2006
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Henman
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
With the voice of this calling: The experience of community development practitioners in the organisational context of bureaucracy
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The well-being of single mother families following the welfare-to-work changes of July 2006
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Gillian Whitehouse
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Right to Work for Refugees in Malaysia: Protection, Livelihoods, and Dignity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Domestic Violence & Refugee Resettlement in Australia: How are we 'doing' Intersectionality?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jenny Munro
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Freedom on a Thread: Living in limbo as part of the Australian ¿asylum legacy caseload¿
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jenny Munro
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The road to hell is paved with good policy intentions: An analysis of government intervention in cultural aspects of domestic violence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Cameron Parsell
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Significance of Social Cash Transfers (SCTs) to wellbeing: A study of cash transfers and wellbeing of households in Ghana
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Henman
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
An ethnographic study of the day-to-day lives and identities of people who are homeless in Brisbane
Associate Advisor
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2007
Master Philosophy
RATIONING ACCESS TO SOCIAL HOUSING IN A MULTI-PROVIDER SYSTEM
Associate Advisor
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