Ian Shirley
Ian Shirley | |
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Born | Ian Francis Shirley 28 February 1940[2] |
Died | 20 January 2019 | (aged 78)
Academic work | |
Discipline | Social policy |
Institutions | Massey University[1] Auckland University of Technology |
Doctoral students | Anne de Bruin |
Ian Francis Shirley (28 February 1940 – 20 January 2019) was New Zealand's first professor of public policy and an advocate for social justice.[1][3][4] He established the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology.
Academic career
[edit]Shirley was appointed as a lecturer in the Social Work Unit at Massey University in 1977, and promoted to senior lecturer in 1980.[5] In 1982, he succeeded Merv Hancock as the director of the unit.[6] In Shirley completed a PhD through Massey, on social practice within a capitalist state.[7] He moved to the Auckland University of Technology in 2000, where he established the Institute of Public Policy, and also served as pro vice-chancellor.[4] Shirley's notable students include Anne de Bruin.[8]
Social policy
[edit]Shirley advised on the Auckland super city.[9]
Later life and death
[edit]Shirley retired from Auckland University of Technology in 2016, and was accorded the title of professor emeritus.[1][10] He died aged 78 on 20 January 2019.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Policy Observatory - Professor Ian Shirley, founder of The Policy Observatory, dies". thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ a b Easton, Brian (15 April 2019). "Obituary: Ian Francis Shirley". The Policy Observatory. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Shirley, Ian. "The Purpose of Social Policy". briefingpapers.co.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Ian Shirley - Public policy pioneer". RNZ. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Dale, Michael; Mooney, Hannah; O’Donoghue, Kieran (2017). Defining social work in Aotearoa (PDF). Massey University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-9941300-9-9. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Staniforth, Barbara Lynn (2010). Past, present and future perspectives on the role of counselling in social work in Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF) (PhD). Massey University. p. 90. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Shirley, Ian (1986). Social practice within a capitalist state (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3468.
- ^ de Bruin, Anne Marguerite (1997). Transformation of the welfare state in New Zealand with special reference to employment (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University.
- ^ Shirley, Ian (30 June 2017). "National's 'super city' isn't working, but not for the reasons National might think". The Spinoff. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Professor Ian Shirley retires". The Policy Observatory. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "NZ's first professor of social policy dies aged 78". RNZ News. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Ian Shirley death notice". New Zealand Herald. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.