【专家姓名】Ilan Katz (伊兰·卡兹)
【所在机构】澳大利亚新南威尔士大学社会政策研究中心 教授兼主任
【专家简历 Biography】
Professor Katz joined the SPRC in January 2005. He has had many years of
policy, practice and research experience in children and family services in the
UK. He started his career as a social worker and manager, working in several
local authorities and NGOs in London. He was head of Evaluation, Practice
development and Research at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children. After spending some time as a civil servant in the Department for
Education and Skills, he returned to research to become Deputy Director of the
Policy Research Bureau. His research experience covers a wide range of issues
relating to children and families and includes child protection, youth justice,
prevention and family support, children, families and communities, children of
parents with mental illness, comparative child welfare systems, race and
ethnicity and adoption. He was an investigator on the National Evaluation of
Sure Start, and the Overarching Evaluation of the Parenting Fund, and is
currently Chief Investigator of the National Evaluation of the Stronger Families
and Communities Strategy and of the NSW DoCS Early Intervention Program.
【研究领域 Research Interests】
Evaluations of government interventions, community and social capital, child
protection, international comparison of child welfare systems, parents with
mental health problems, youth mental health, race and ethnicity, children’s
outcomes, early intervention, and the interface between research, policy and
practice.
【教育经历 Education】
PhD, Government, Brunel University 1994 The Development of Racial
Identity in Children of Mixed Parentage
Ba (Social Work) Witwatersrand University (Johannesburg) 1978
【工作经历 Employment】
2004 - 2005 Policy Research Bureau, London Deputy Director
2003 DfES Section Head Children in Need and Family Support
2001 - 2003 Children and Young People’s Unit (CYPU) Team Leader
Children’s Fund Policy Team
2000 - 2001 NSPCC, Head of Child Protection Research Group
1996 - 2001 NSPCC, Head of Practice Development Unit
1990 - 1996 NSPCC, Evaluation Officer
1988 - 1990 Ravenswood Foundation, Assistant Director of Social Services
1986 - 1988 Norwood Childcare, Principal Social Worker
1984 - 1986 London Borough of Camden, School Health Social Worker
1979 - 1984 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Hospital Social Worker
【现时研究 Current research】
Evaluation of the DoCS Early Intervention Program (NSW DoCS)
Evaluation of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy (FaHCSIA)
Migrant Children in Australia (UNICEF)
Wealth as a Protective Factor for Child Outcomes (FaHCSIA)
Public and Private investment on children of different ages in Australia
(FaHCSIA)
Child Protection in China (ARC Linkage)
Young Carers (ARC Linkage)
Linking Schools with the Early Years (T. E. Ross Foundation and Centre for
Community Child Health)
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children in the Child Protection System in
NSW (Post Doctorate Supervisor)
Kinship Care (ARACY research collaboration)
Evaluation of headspace (Headspace/Dept of Health and Ageing)
Retirement in the business services workforce (FaHCSIA)
International comparison of policies to support Parenting (FaHCSIA)
Evaluation of the Community Technology Skills Program (Microsoft Corporation)
Building the Capacity of the NGO sector in New South Wales (NSW Premiers Department)
【联系信息 Contact information】
Phone: +61 (02) 9385 7810
Email: ilan.katz@unsw.edu.au
