Overview
Background
Cameron is an Australian Research Council Industry Fellow in partnership with Micah Projects.
His work examines multiple forms of exclusion and social harms. Cameron's research focuses on the nature and experience of poverty, homelessness, and domestic and family violence. He is interested in understanding what societies do to respond to these problems, and what societies ought to do differently to address them. In collaboration with researchers and partners from not-for-profit organisations, Cameron’s program of research seeks to identify how citizens experiencing exclusion and practitioners working with them can work with governments to bring about systematic societal change.
In his first book, The Homeless Person in Contemporary Society, Cameron sought to highlight how the representation of people who are homeless as distinct informs a policy and practice agenda that he characterised as a poverty of ambition. Cameron's second book with Andrew Clarke and Francisco (Paco) Perales, Charity and Poverty in Advanced Welfare States, takes on the question how can we be just by soothing the consequences of poverty without addressing the causes of poverty.
Cameron's most recent book published by Polity Press, Homelessness, demonstrates that homelessness is a punishing, predictable, yet solvable social problem.https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=9781509554492
Availability
- Professor Cameron Parsell is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Addressing Poverty
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Welfare State
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Charity
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Identity
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Homelessness
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Qualitative and ethnographic research
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Poverty by design: the role of charity and the cultivated ethical citizen
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew and Perales, Francisco (2021). Poverty by design: the role of charity and the cultivated ethical citizen. Social Policy and Society, 21 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1017/s1474746421000312
2021
Journal Article
Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID‐19
Baxter, Janeen, Cobb‐Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, Thorpe, Karen, De Silva, Lihini and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2021). Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID‐19. The Australian Economic Review, 54 (3) 1467-8462.12428, 343-358. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12428
2021
Other Outputs
The role of research in the society: evidence, advocacy and social justice: audit of St Vincent de Paul Society research and evaluation activities
Riordan, T., Robinson, R. N. S. and Parsell, C. (2021). The role of research in the society: evidence, advocacy and social justice: audit of St Vincent de Paul Society research and evaluation activities. n St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Other Outputs
Domestic and family violence and emergency relief: the who, the what, and the where
Ablaza, Christine, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron and Robinson, Richard (2021). Domestic and family violence and emergency relief: the who, the what, and the where. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Other Outputs
The demand for emergency relief: stability and change in the wake of COVID-19
Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron and Robinson, Richard (2021). The demand for emergency relief: stability and change in the wake of COVID-19. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Journal Article
Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’. The Sociological Review, 69 (2), 396-413. doi: 10.1177/0038026120954785
2021
Journal Article
What about men? The marginalization of men who engage in domestic violence
Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2021). What about men? The marginalization of men who engage in domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (13-14) 0886260521997462, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/0886260521997462
2020
Other Outputs
Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID-19
Baxter, Janeen, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, Thorpe, Karen, De Silva, Lihini and Zubrick, Steven R. (2020). Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID-19. LCC Working Paper Series. 2020-30. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2020
Journal Article
Charity and shame: towards reciprocity
Parsell, Cameron and Clarke, Andrew (2020). Charity and shame: towards reciprocity. Social Problems, 69 (2), 436-452. doi: 10.1093/socpro/spaa057
2020
Journal Article
COVID spurred action on rough sleepers but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead
Pawson, Hal and Parsell, Cameron (2020, 10 19). COVID spurred action on rough sleepers but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead The Conversation
2020
Other Outputs
Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020
Pawson, Hal, Parsell, Cameron, Liu, Edgar and Hartley, Chris (2020). Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020. Australian Homelessness Monitor Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Launch Housing.
2020
Journal Article
Understanding responses to homelessness during COVID-19: an examination of Australia
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew and Kuskoff, Ella (2020). Understanding responses to homelessness during COVID-19: an examination of Australia. Housing Studies, 38 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2020.1829564
2020
Journal Article
Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’
Simpson Reeves, Laura, Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2020). Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’. Journal of Sociology, 56 (3), 439-454. doi: 10.1177/1440783319851204
2020
Journal Article
The ambiguities of homelessness governance: disentangling care and revanchism in the neoliberalising city
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2020). The ambiguities of homelessness governance: disentangling care and revanchism in the neoliberalising city. Antipode, 52 (6) anti.12671, 1624-1646. doi: 10.1111/anti.12671
2020
Other Outputs
Responding to rough sleeping in Brisbane: an ethnographic study - summary report
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Responding to rough sleeping in Brisbane: an ethnographic study - summary report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
2020
Other Outputs
Next step home – Women on parole evaluation: Stage 2. Final report
Cheshire, Lynda, Clarke, Andrew, Fay, Suzanna, Fitzgerald, Robin and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Next step home – Women on parole evaluation: Stage 2. Final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
2020
Journal Article
Striving for Gender Equality: Representations of Gender in "Progressive" Domestic Violence Policy
Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Striving for Gender Equality: Representations of Gender in "Progressive" Domestic Violence Policy. Violence Against Women, 27 (3-4), 1-19. doi: 10.1177/1077801220909892
2020
Journal Article
Social domains of discrimination against people who inject drugs: Links with health and wellbeing
Couto e Cruz, Camila, Salom, Caroline, Parsell, Cameron, Dietze, Paul, Burns, Lucinda and Alati, Rosa (2020). Social domains of discrimination against people who inject drugs: Links with health and wellbeing. International Journal of Drug Policy, 77 102620, 102620. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102620
2020
Journal Article
Conditionality in the context of housing‐led homelessness policy: Comparing Australia’s Housing First agenda to Scotland’s “rights‐based” approach
Clarke, Andrew, Watts, Beth and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Conditionality in the context of housing‐led homelessness policy: Comparing Australia’s Housing First agenda to Scotland’s “rights‐based” approach. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (1), 88-100. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.97
2020
Journal Article
Introduction to the special issue on welfare conditionality in Australia
Parsell, Cameron, Vincent, Eve, Klein, Elise, Clarke, Andrew and Walsh, Tamara (2020). Introduction to the special issue on welfare conditionality in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (1) ajs4.102, 4-12. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.102
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Social Identity in Aotearoa NZ today
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Learning from lived experience: Consumer Participation in Specialist Homelessness Services
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ella Kuskoff
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Doctor Philosophy
Research evidence in the not-for-profit sector and consumer-driven change
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ella Kuskoff
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Doctor Philosophy
Shelter from the Storm? The implementation of trauma informed care in specialist homelessness and mainstream services in NSW
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ella Kuskoff
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Doctor Philosophy
The Social Impact of Social Impact Evaluation: A Meta-Evaluation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cassandra Chapman
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Doctor Philosophy
Shelter from the Storm? The implementation of trauma informed care in specialist homelessness and mainstream services in NSW
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ella Kuskoff
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Doctor Philosophy
Deconstructing the charitable triad: Raising beneficiary voices to be heard alongside donors and fundraisers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cassandra Chapman
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Doctor Philosophy
Hepatitis C Nurse Practitioner led integrated model of care: An innovative response to a chronic health concern
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Karen Healy
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Doctor Philosophy
The Liminal Place: Exploring the experiences of residents in two rural Australian border communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zoe Staines
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Ola Manaia: Exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise the good life
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shuang Liu
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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
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Greg Marston
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Risky transitions: Leaving out-of-home care in South East Queensland
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Behaviour change, rigorous evidence and public policy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus, Professor Brian Head, Associate Professor Sarah Bennett
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The housing security afforded by the later life housing circumstances of ex-service households of Queensland: A life course perspective.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Western, Associate Professor Maree Petersen
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Life Course Events and Trajectories of People Who Have Experienced Homelessness with Their Family as Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jemma Venables
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Discrimination against people who inject drugs: investigating health,wellbeing and coping strategies using a mixed-methods approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Caroline Salom
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
'LIVIN' THE DJ WAY': Aboriginal housing and health in Dajarra
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Memmott
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