
Overview
Background
I am Director of Centre for Policy Futures and Coordinator for the Queensland Decarbonisation Hub. Previously I was the Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, a former Head of School for the School of Social Science and Acting Associate Dean Research. My research interests include 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. Prior to entering academy I worked in the non-profit sector at the state, national and international level. I am the Australian representative for the Basic Income Earth Network.
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 with leading community organisatons and governments, focusing on housing, homelessness, work futures 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 the Cashless Debit Card trials in Australia.
With experience in senior roles at UQ and in research focused capacity building roles at RMIT and QUT (School of Public Health) I have an in-depth understanding of Australia's 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 public policies that create meaningful and lasting impact. I teach short courses on policy and research skills on behalf of UQ International Development to senior public officials, NGOs and private sector representatives in a range of countries in the Indo Pacific region.
Works
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2020
Journal Article
Encouraging young adults with a disability to be independent in their journey to work: a segmentation and application of Theory of Planned Behaviour approach
Beatson, Amanda, Riedel, Aimee, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Marston, Greg and Stafford, Lisa (2020). Encouraging young adults with a disability to be independent in their journey to work: a segmentation and application of Theory of Planned Behaviour approach. Heliyon, 6 (2) e03420, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03420
2020
Book Chapter
Discretion and empowerment
Marston, Greg and Davidson, Danielle (2020). Discretion and empowerment. Discretion and the Quest for Controlled Freedom. (pp. 93-110) edited by Tony Evans and Peter Hupe. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-19566-3_7
2020
Other Outputs
Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs regarding the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020
Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle and Staines, Zoe (2020). Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs regarding the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs.
2019
Other Outputs
Submission to the Second National Youth Commission Inquiry
Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Holtum, Peter (2019). Submission to the Second National Youth Commission Inquiry. Collingwood, VIC Australia: National Youth Commission.
2019
Other Outputs
Submission No 40 to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019
Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Marston, Greg (2019). Submission No 40 to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs.
2019
Journal Article
Factors influencing the journey to work for young people with physical and/or neurological conditions
Beatson, Amanda, Riedel, Aimee, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Marston, Greg and Stafford, Lisa (2019). Factors influencing the journey to work for young people with physical and/or neurological conditions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43 (9), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1655804
2019
Journal Article
Compulsory income management: combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?
Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip and Humpage, Louise (2019). Compulsory income management: combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (1), 61-72. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.79
2019
Other Outputs
Does Australia have a 'job snob' problem?
Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Marston, Greg and Patulny, Roger (2019, 08 06). Does Australia have a 'job snob' problem? ABC News
2019
Other Outputs
These ‘job snob’ claims don’t match the evidence
Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Patulny, Roger and Ramia, Gaby (2019, 08 06). These ‘job snob’ claims don’t match the evidence The Conversation
2019
Other Outputs
Job snobs? This News Corp rhetoric is just another way to blame unemployment on the individual
Marston, Greg, Ramia, Gaby, Peterie, Michelle and Patulny, Roger (2019, 08 06). Job snobs? This News Corp rhetoric is just another way to blame unemployment on the individual The Guardian
2019
Journal Article
To move or not to move: mobility decision-making in the context of welfare conditionality and paid employment
Marston, Greg, Zhang, Juan, Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Patulny, Roger and Cooke, Emma (2019). To move or not to move: mobility decision-making in the context of welfare conditionality and paid employment. Mobilities, 14 (5), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/17450101.2019.1611016
2019
Journal Article
Social isolation as stigma-management: explaining long-term unemployed people’s ‘failure’ to network
Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Marston, Greg and Patulny, Roger (2019). Social isolation as stigma-management: explaining long-term unemployed people’s ‘failure’ to network. Sociology, 53 (6), 003803851985681-1060. doi: 10.1177/0038038519856813
2019
Journal Article
How environmental storylines shaped regional planning policies in South East Queensland, Australia: a long-term analysis
Matthews, Tony and Marston, Gregory (2019). How environmental storylines shaped regional planning policies in South East Queensland, Australia: a long-term analysis. Land Use Policy, 85, 476-484. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.042
2019
Other Outputs
Uber drivers’ experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers
Holtum, Peter and Marston, Greg (2019, 05 24). Uber drivers’ experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers The Conversation
2019
Journal Article
Navigating employability from the bottom up
McDonald, Paula, Grant-Smith, Deanna, Moore, Katherine and Marston, Greg (2019). Navigating employability from the bottom up. Journal of Youth Studies, 23 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1620925
2019
Journal Article
Emotional compliance and emotion as resistance: Shame and anger among the long-term unemployed
Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Marston, Greg and Patulny, Roger (2019). Emotional compliance and emotion as resistance: Shame and anger among the long-term unemployed. Work, Employment and Society, 33 (5), 095001701984577-811. doi: 10.1177/0950017019845775
2019
Other Outputs
Flexibility and Insecurity: An Insight into the experiences of Uber drivers in Brisbane
Holtum, P. J. and Marston, G. (2019). Flexibility and Insecurity: An Insight into the experiences of Uber drivers in Brisbane. Online: University of Queensland.
2019
Journal Article
The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get “any” job, or “meaningful” work?
Patulny, Roger, Ramia, Gaby, Feng, Zhuqin, Peterie, Michelle and Marston, Greg (2019). The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get “any” job, or “meaningful” work?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 39 (5/6) IJSSP-11-2018-0193, 376-394. doi: 10.1108/ijssp-11-2018-0193
2019
Journal Article
Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities
Stafford, Lisa, Marston, Greg, Beatson, Amanda, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella and Drennan, Judy (2019). Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities. Disability and Society, 34 (6), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2018.1561356
2019
Journal Article
Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?
Marston, Greg, Stark, Alastair, Matthews, Tony and Baker, Douglas (2019). Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 78 (1), 3-16. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12339
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Greg Marston is:
- Available for 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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