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walkerBA MCApSc DipSocS (Otago)

Associate Professor in Social Work

Contact details

Room 102, 280 Leith Walk
Tel +64 3 479 5271
Email shayne.walker@otago.ac.nz

Teaching areas

  • SOWK 111 Working with People: The New Zealand Context
  • SOWK 236 The Treaty and Social Services

Research interests

  • Māori social services development; alternative care; social service agencies.
  • Care and protection.

Publications

Walker, S., Lewis, L., King, P. T., Mackay, H., Pakipaki, N., & Kemp, S. (2024). He aha te korero o to puku! Proceedings of the Joint Symposium of the National Field Education Network (NFEN) and the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER). 113. Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/symposium/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Keddell, E., Walker, S., & Rudolph, A. (2024). Protecting whakapapa: Collaboration, power and prevention in initial child protection decision-making. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paki Paki, N., King, P. T., Lewis, L., Walker, S., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Anderson, D., … Kemp, S. P. (2024). Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review. Child & Family Social Work, 29, 465-481. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13100 Journal - Research Article

Ballantyne, N., Beddoe, L., Cleaver, K., Crichton-Hill, Y., Hyslop, I., Joy, E., Keddell, E., Stanfield, D., & Walker, S. (2023). Justice for Palestine. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(4), 13, 15. Retrieved from https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/1143 Journal - Research Other

Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio: See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: Courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 12(1), 3-27. Journal - Research Article

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