Governance
The Melbourne Social Equity Institute is guided by its reference group and advisory board.
Reference Group
The reference group is comprised of academics who champion social equity research across the University of Melbourne. Members of the group give advice on matters of management and strategic focus.
- Hari Bapuji, Department of Management and Marketing
- Karen Block, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
- Shanton Chang, School of Computing and Information Systems
- Jane Dyson, School of Geography
- Karen Farquharson, School of Social and Political Sciences
- Bridget Hamilton, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing
- Kelsey Hegarty, Department of General Practice
- Cathy Humphreys, Department of Social Work
- Susan Kneebone, Melbourne Law School
- Shelley Mallett, Faculty of Arts / Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Celia McMichael, School of Geography
- Kelum Palipane, Melbourne School of Design
- Jeannie Paterson, Melbourne Law School
- Cain Polidano, Faculty of Business and Economics
- Kylie Smith, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
- Victor Sojo, Faculty of Business and Economics
- Helen Stokes, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
- Cathy Vaughan, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Advisory Board
The advisory board is made up of leaders in the business and community sectors and provides guidance to ensure research is aligned to contemporary and emerging social issues.
- Jan Owen AM (Chair), Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Young Australians
- Durkhanai Ayubi, Restaurateur, Freelance Writer and Inaugural Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity
- Robin Banks, former Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Equal Opportunity Tasmania
- Michael Black AC QC, former Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia
- Paige Burton, 2017 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, UN Youth Australia
- Roz Hansen, former Ministerial Advisory Committee for the Metropolitan Planning Strategy
- Ross Honeywill, Executive Director, Centre for Social Economics
- Nyadol Nyuon, Lawyer, Arnold Bloch Leibler
- Paul Ronalds, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children
- Michael Traill AM, Chair, Goodstart Early Learning and Social Ventures Australia Leadership Council; Director MH Carnegie & Co and SunSuper