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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2018
Other Outputs
Summative evaluation of multidisciplinary street to home model: Cairns
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron, Vorsina, Margo and Ambrey, Christopher (2018). Summative evaluation of multidisciplinary street to home model: Cairns. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
2018
Other Outputs
Australian Homelessness Monitor 2018
Pawson, Hal, Parsell, Cameron, Saunders, Peter, Hill, Trish and Liu, Edgar (2018). Australian Homelessness Monitor 2018. Australian Homelessness Monitor Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Launch Housing.
2018
Other Outputs
Homelessness: Australia’s shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues
Pawson, Hal and Parsell, Cameron (2018, 05 14). Homelessness: Australia’s shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues The Conversation
2018
Other Outputs
Service delivery models and repeat requests for emergency relief
Ambrey, Christopher, Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard and Ball, Sarah (2018). Service delivery models and repeat requests for emergency relief. ISSR021235 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2018
Book
The homeless person in contemporary society
Parsell, Cameron (2018). The homeless person in contemporary society. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315145877
2017
Other Outputs
Evidence for the Mental Health Demonstration Project: A Mixed Methods Study
Walter, Zoe, Parsell, Cameron and Cheshire, Lynda (2017). Evidence for the Mental Health Demonstration Project: A Mixed Methods Study. The University of Queensland.
2017
Journal Article
Charity and justice: a reflection on new forms of homelessness provision in Australia
Parsell, Cameron and Watts, Beth (2017). Charity and justice: a reflection on new forms of homelessness provision in Australia. European Journal of Homelessness, 11 (2).
2017
Other Outputs
Don't respond to injustice by bringing in the cops to Martin Place
Parsell, Cameron (2017, 08 08). Don't respond to injustice by bringing in the cops to Martin Place Sydney Morning Herald
2017
Journal Article
Rejecting wraparound support: An ethnographic study of social service provision
Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose and Baxter, Janeen (2017). Rejecting wraparound support: An ethnographic study of social service provision. The British Journal of Social Work, 48 (2), 302-320. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcx045
2017
Other Outputs
SOL Data Analysis Report: Taking time to disrupt dependency on emergency relief assistance
Ambrey, C., Parsell, C., Spallek, M. and Robinson, R. (2017). SOL Data Analysis Report: Taking time to disrupt dependency on emergency relief assistance. Brisbane, Australia: St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland.
2017
Other Outputs
What’s in the name ‘homeless’? How people see themselves and the labels we apply matter
Walter, Zoe, Parsell, Cameron, Dingle, Genevieve and Jetten, Jolanda (2017, 05 23). What’s in the name ‘homeless’? How people see themselves and the labels we apply matter The Conversation
2017
Other Outputs
Formative Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Street to Home Model: Cairns
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2017). Formative Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Street to Home Model: Cairns. Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works.
2017
Other Outputs
SOL Data Report
Ambrey, C., Parsell, C., Spallek, M. and Robinson, R. (2017). SOL Data Report. Brisbane, Australia: St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland.
2017
Journal Article
Self-management of health care: multimethod study of using integrated health care and supportive housing to address systematic barriers for people experiencing homelessness
Parsell, Cameron , ten Have, Charlotte , Denton, Michelle and Walter, Zoe (2017). Self-management of health care: multimethod study of using integrated health care and supportive housing to address systematic barriers for people experiencing homelessness. Australian Health Review, 42 (3), 303-308. doi: 10.1071/AH16277
2017
Journal Article
Do we have the knowledge to address homelessness?
Parsell, Cameron (2017). Do we have the knowledge to address homelessness?. Social Service Review, 91 (1), 134-153. doi: 10.1086/691102
2017
Other Outputs
What homeless people really need is a home, not a clean shirt or bowl of soup
Parsell, Cameron (2017, 02 28). What homeless people really need is a home, not a clean shirt or bowl of soup The Sydney Morning Herald
2017
Journal Article
Housing first and the reassembling of permanent supportive housing: The limits and opportunities of private rental
Parkinson, Sharon and Parsell, Cameron (2017). Housing first and the reassembling of permanent supportive housing: The limits and opportunities of private rental. Housing, Theory and Society, 35 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2017.1281163
2017
Other Outputs
Analysis of the Pindari Model. A Report for The Salvation Army
Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, ten Have, Charlotte and Walter, Zoe (2017). Analysis of the Pindari Model. A Report for The Salvation Army. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2016
Other Outputs
Integrated Healthcare and Supportive Housing. A Report for Micah Projects.
Parsell, Cameron, ten Have, Charlotte, Denton, Michelle and Walter, Zoe (2016). Integrated Healthcare and Supportive Housing. A Report for Micah Projects.. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2016
Journal Article
Young, anchored and free? Examining the dynamics of early housing pathways in Australia
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Smith, Jonathan F., Parsell, Cameron, Tranter, Bruce, Laughland-Booÿ, Jacqueline and Skrbiš, Zlatko (2016). Young, anchored and free? Examining the dynamics of early housing pathways in Australia. Journal of Youth Studies, 20 (7), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2016.1273520
Funding
Current funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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
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
Media
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- social services
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