【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 |