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Email

john.murphy@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
School of Social and Political Sciences
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Melbourne
Masters (Research)
Monash University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-7042-3971

Prof John Murphy

Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
School of Social and Political Sciences

47 Scholarly works
9 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2023

    Book

    Contesting Social Welfare in Southeast Asia
    DOI: 10.1017/9781108886642
  • 2021

    Book Chapter

    SOCIAL PROTECTION AND VULNERABILITY: Australia’s Distinctive Public Policy Profile
    DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.9
  • 2020

    Book Chapter

    Social protection and vulnerability: Australia's distinctive public policy profile
    DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.10
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State: A Critical Analysis of Australian Social Policy Since 1972
  • 2019

    Journal article

    The Historical Development of Indonesian Social Security
    DOI: 10.1163/15685314-04702005
  • 2019

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Fatherhood: An Australian History, 1919-2019
  • 2019

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Australian Welfare Policy, 1950 to 2007: Continuity and Disruption
John Murphy

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2011
Awarded for Half a Citizen: Life on Welfare in Australia (Allen and Unwin, 2011); joint author Australian Human Rights Commission Literature / non-fiction Award
2003
The Centre for Applied Social Research, of which I was Director, won the RMIT Research Team Award in 2003 RMIT University

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2019

    Book

    Harvest of fear: A history of Australia's Vietnam war
    DOI: 10.4324/9780429039362
  • 2016

    Book

    Evatt: A Life
  • 2016

    Book

    A decent provision: Australian welfare policy, 1870 to 1949
    DOI: 10.4324/9781315564647
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Conditional inclusion: Aborigines and welfare rights in Australia, 1900-47
    DOI: 10.1080/1031461X.2013.791707
  • 2011

    Book

    A decent provision: Australian welfare policy, 1870 to 1949
    DOI: 10.1093/es/kht061

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2012

    Research Grant

    Evatt: A Biography
  • 2007

    Research Grant

    The Face of the Poor: A History of Poverty Through the Eyes of the St Vincent De Paul Society
  • 2007

    Research Grant

    150 Low Income Australians: A Group Biography Over Time

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