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Social Services/Poverty

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Professor Amanda Barusch (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Aging and the elderly; Interpersonal relationships in later life; Social policy generally and as related to older adults ; Poverty
Work: 64 3 479 5479 or 7951 (messages)
Email: amanda.barusch@otago.ac.nz

Professor Peter Crampton

Deprivation and health; Poverty; Primary health care policy; Health care funding
Work: 64 3 479 7413
Email: peter.crampton@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Anita Gibbs (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Criminal justice; Home Detention; Research methods in social work; Inter-country adoption
Work: 64 3 479 5677
Email: anita.gibbs@otago.ac.nz

Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman (Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences)

Housing and health; Social and economic determinants of health; Sustainable cities
Work: 64 4 918 6047 | Mobile: 64 27 220 1620
Email: philippa.howden-chapman@otago.ac.nz

Ms Emily Keddell (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Social policy, esp. as it affects children and families; Child welfare/child protection; Multiple ethnic identities
Work: 64 3 479 5867
Email: emily.keddell@otago.ac.nz

Dr Peter Walker (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Organisation analysis within the social services; Colonialism; Community development; Community law centres; Community social service organisations
Work: 64 3 479 7651
Email: peter.walker@otago.ac.nz

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