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Professor Greg Marston
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Greg Marston

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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

  • 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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174 works between 2000 and 2025

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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

Encouraging young adults with a disability to be independent in their journey to work: a segmentation and application of Theory of Planned Behaviour approach

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

Discretion and empowerment

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.

Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs regarding the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020

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.

Submission to the Second National Youth Commission Inquiry

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.

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

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

Factors influencing the journey to work for young people with physical and/or neurological conditions

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

Compulsory income management: combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?

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

Does Australia have a 'job snob' problem?

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

These ‘job snob’ claims don’t match the evidence

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

Job snobs? This News Corp rhetoric is just another way to blame unemployment on the individual

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

To move or not to move: mobility decision-making in the context of welfare conditionality and paid employment

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

Social isolation as stigma-management: explaining long-term unemployed people’s ‘failure’ to network

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

How environmental storylines shaped regional planning policies in South East Queensland, Australia: a long-term analysis

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

Uber drivers’ experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers

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

Navigating employability from the bottom up

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

Emotional compliance and emotion as resistance: Shame and anger among the long-term unemployed

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.

Flexibility and Insecurity: An Insight into the experiences of Uber drivers in Brisbane

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

The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get “any” job, or “meaningful” work?

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

Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities

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

Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    The Forgotten Children, Ten Years On (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Activating employment futures through work integration social enterprise (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Policy pathways to advance Australia's biomethane sector: learning policy lessons from international jurisdictions
    Future Fuels CRC Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Building a resilient and sustainable workforce for the future
    Anglicare Southern Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    The COVID-19 Tenant/Resident Support and Analysis Project
    Tenants QLD
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    A Just Climate Transition (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Conditional Welfare: A Comparative Case Study of Income Management Policies
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Who You Know or Where You Go? The Role of Formal and Informal Networks in Finding Employment and Maintaining Wellbeing (ARC Linkage Project administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2022
    Seamless journeys to work for young adults with physical disabilities
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Connecting social policy and urban planning for a low carbon future
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Understanding student attrition in the social and behavioural sciences
    UQ Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    The high cost of financial insecurity: exploring the role of the 'fringe economy' in the lives of low-income people
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    150 Low Income Australians: A Group Biography over Time (ARC Linkage Grant administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    Disability, Welfare and Work
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Assesing the Impact of the Commonwealth Welfare to Work Policy Framework in Queensland
    Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Risky Business: Understanding Social Security Benefit Fraud
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    The Role Of The Front Line In Welfare To Work
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Long-term unemployment, the informal economy and welfare fraud
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Exploring the Connections Between Work, Welfare and Employment Services
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Greg Marston is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Tourism Frontliners in the Philippines¿ Last Frontier: A Critical Study on the Lived Experiences of Informal Workers in Palawan

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    How Gig Economy Workers Cope With Job Ambiguity

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

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