Governance

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 (on leave)
• Karen Block, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
• Danny Butt, Victorian college of the Arts
• Shanton Chang, School of Computing and Information Systems
• Inala Cooper, Murrup Barak – Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development
• 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
• 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
• Gyorgy Scrinis, Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
• Victor Sojo, Faculty of Business and Economics
• Helen Stokes, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
• Cathy Vaughan, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
• Michael Zyphur, Department of Management and Marketing

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.

• Robin Banks (Chair), former Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Equal Opportunity Tasmania
• Tom Brunzell, Director – Education, Berry Street
• Paige Burton, 2017 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, UN Youth Australia
• Wesa Chau, Chief Executive Officer, Cultural Intelligence
• Travis Morgan, Algabonyah Regional Coordinator, Kaiela Institute
• Nyadol Nyuon, Lawyer, Arnold Bloch Leibler
• Soo-Lin Quek, Executive Manager – Knowledge, Advocacy and Service Innovation, Centre for Multicultural Youth