Aims and Objectives

The aims of the centre are to institutionalise research outcomes by formalising the work already underway by the Not-for-profits UWA Research Group and to increase outputs and impact by increasing research and engagement activities. To achieve this, the centre will pursue the following objectives:

• Create a theme of research focused on the systemic evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Australasian human services sector.

• Incorporate current activities, and develop additional activities, into the theme of research focused on achieving systemic governance, accountability and transparency.

• Incorporate current activities, and develop additional activities, into the theme of research focused on establishing necessary high quality data assets and linking extant data assets to facilitate the development of high-quality research outcomes and to encourage HDR students to pursue studies in this area within the UWA Business School.

• Incorporate current activities, and develop additional activities, into the theme of research focused on the economics of the Australasian human services sector.

Members and associates

Director

• Professor David Gilchrist

Centre for Public Value Research Team

• Dr Prerana Agrawal
• Dr Lyndie Bayne
• Dr Abhijit Das
• Thomas Emery
• Clare Feenan
• Hailee Katsamakis
• Dr Frank Liu
• Ben Perks
• Xavier Reader
• Han Wen
• Dr Warrick Van Zyl

UWA Associates

• Associate Professor Helen Fordham
• Professor Julie Lee
• Dee Roche
• Associate Professor Joanne Sneddon

Research Students

• Penny Knight
• Penny York

Associated Scholars

• Professor Satish Chand, University of New South Wales / ADFA
• Dr Vien Chu, Newcastle University
• Dr Dane Etheridge, Curtin Business School
• Dr Craig Furneaux, Australian Centre for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies, QUT
• Dr Ushi Ghoorah, University of Western Sydney
• Dr Sarah Jefferson,  Edith Cowan University
• Professor Christine Jubb, Swinburne University
• Professor Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University
• Dr Mark Shying, Swinburne University (former AASB)
• Dr Rok Spruk, Ljubljana University
• Dr Andrew West, Queensland University of Technology
• Dr Yitang Yang, Queensland University of Technology
• Dr Yuyu Zhang,  Queensland University of Technology

UWA Adjunct Personnel

• Adj Prof Susan Pascoe AM (former ACNC Commissioner. Currently: Vatican Commissioner on Church Governance; Co-chair, Victorian Government Taskforce on Social Services Regulation; Chair ACFID)
• Adj Prof Robert Fitzgerald (former member Australian Productivity Commission; former Royal Commissioner, Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse; currently: NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner)

UWA Honorary Research Fellows

• Mr Andrew Pickford (former CEO, Mannkal foundation; currently: Strategic Advisor & External Affairs, Atlas Iron)
• Mr Craig Fisher (former Chairman, RSM New Zealand Group; currently: Member NZ Auditing and Assurance Standards Board)

Links to Related Research Centres and Institutes

• Centre for Social Impact UWA
• UWA Public Policy Institute
• Not-for-profits UWA Law
• Not-for-profits UWA