Flinders University
Prof Fiona Verity
Prof
Fiona
Verity
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/fiona.verity
| Position/s: | Dean School of Social and Policy Studies |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012720 |
| Email: | fiona.verity@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Social Sciences South (366) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
A social worker by training, Fiona worked for many years in the SA Community Health sector, in community development and management positions. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology. Her areas of social work practice are community development, social policy and social planning and she is an active researcher and teacher in these areas. She is a Flinders University Representative on the Don Dunstan Foundation Board of Management and an elected member of the Board of Management of SA Council of Social Service.
Qualifications
BA (Adelaide), BSocAdmin (Flinders), PhD (Newcastle)
Key responsibilities
Fiona is the Dean of the School of Social and Policy Studies and teaches into the social work undergraduate program.
Teaching
Teaching interests
- Social policy, community development, integrative social planning and organisational and group relations
Research and consultancy
Research interests
Fiona is working on the following research projects:
- Impacts of risk management and public liability insurance on civic society
- Community development and capacity building in the OPAL Evaluation
- Social quality of life in Australia: a country-specific arm of an International study
Postgraduate research supervision
Fiona is a PhD Research superviser for students working on a range of projects in the areas of social policy, health promotion and empowerment methodologies.
Publications
Books
Verity, F.E., 2006. Healthy ways project (2001-2005) : evaluation report, Adelaide, SA: Department of Health, SA.
Noble, J. & Verity, F.E., 2006. Imagine if : a handbook for activists, Adelaide, SA: Wakefield Press.
Beer, A.P., Delfabbro, P., Oakley, S., Verity, F.E., Natalier, K., Packer, J., & Bass, A.M., 2005. Developing models of good practice in meeting the needs of homeless young people in rural areas: final report, Melbourne, VIC: AHURI.
Book chapters
Verity, F.E. & Bryson, L., 2009. Australia: From wage earners to neo-liberal welfare state. In International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 66-87.
Beer, A.P., Delfabbro, P., Natalier, K., Oakley, S., Packer, J., & Verity, F.E., 2006. Homelessness amongst young people in rural regions of Australia. In International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness. Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 231-246.
Refereed journal articles
Verity, F.E. & King, S., 2008. Responding to intercommunal conflict - what can restorative justice offer?. Community Development Journal, 43(4), 470-482.
Verity, F.E. & Jolley, G.M., 2008. Closure of an automotive plant: transformation of a work-based 'community'. Policy Studies, 29(3), 331-341.
Verity, F.E., 2006. Line dancing...not lion dancing!. Australian Journal on Volunteering, 11(1), 50-58.
Verity, F.E., 2004. Building stronger communities - 'risky' business in an environment of rising public liability insurance. Just Policy, 32, 21-27.
Oakley, S. & Verity, F.E., 2003. Resisting Urban Entrepreneurialism: Place-Based Politics in the Production of Collective Identity. Urban Policy and Research, 21(2), 191-203.
Books
Pettman, T., McAllister, M., Magarey, A.M., Verity, F.E., Dollman, J., Tripptree, M., Stanley, S., Wilson, A., & Mastersson, N., 2010. Eat Well Be Active Community Programs, Adelaide: Government of South Australia.
Pettman, T., McAllister, M., Magarey, A.M., Verity, F.E., Dollman, J., Triptree, M., Stanley, S., Wilson, A., & Mastersson, N., 2010. Eat Well Be Active Final Report, Adelaide: Government of South Australia.
Noble, J. & Verity, F.E., 2006. Imagine if : a handbook for activists, Adelaide, SA: Wakefield Press.
Verity, F.E., 2006. Healthy ways project (2001-2005) : evaluation report, Adelaide, SA: Department of Health, SA.
Beer, A.P., Delfabbro, P., Oakley, S., Verity, F.E., Natalier, K., Packer, J., & Bass, A.M., 2005. Developing models of good practice in meeting the needs of homeless young people in rural areas: final report, Melbourne, VIC: AHURI.
Cooper, L.L., Verity, F.E., & Bull, M.A., 2005. Good practices and pitfalls in community-based capacity building and early interventions projects, Canberra, ACT: Department of Family and Community Services.
Beer, A.P., Delfabbro, P.H., Natalier, K., Oakley, S., & Verity, F.E., 2003. Developing models of good practice in meeting the needs of homeless young people in rural areas, Melbourne, VIC: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Book chapters
Verity, F.E., 2011. Risk Management-In the Insurance Market's Slipstream. In Deliberations in Community Development: Balancing on the Edge. Canada: Nova, pp. 235-247.
Verity, F.E. & Bryson, L., 2009. Australia: From wage earners to neo-liberal welfare state. In International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 66-87.
Beer, A.P., Delfabbro, P., Natalier, K., Oakley, S., Packer, J., & Verity, F.E., 2006. Homelessness amongst young people in rural regions of Australia. In International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness. Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 231-246.
Refereed journal articles
Ward, P.R., Coveney, J.D., Verity, F.E., Carter, P., & Schilling, M.J., 2012. Cost and affordability of healthy food in rural South Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 12(1938 (online)), 1-10.
Wong, K.C., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Carter, P., Verity, F.E., & Tsourtos, G., 2011. Availability, affordability and quality of a healthy food basket in Adelaide, South Australia. Nutrition and Dietetics, 68(1), 8-14.
Meyer, S., Ward, P.R., Verity, F.E., Gill, T.K., & Luong, C.N., 2011. Complex problems require complex solutions: the utility of social quality theory for addressing the Social Determinants of Health. BMC Public Health.
Verity, F.E. & Jolley, G.M., 2008. Closure of an automotive plant: transformation of a work-based 'community'. Policy Studies, 29(3), 331-341.
Verity, F.E. & King, S., 2008. Responding to intercommunal conflict - what can restorative justice offer?. Community Development Journal, 43(4), 470-482.
Verity, F.E., 2006. Line dancing...not lion dancing!. Australian Journal on Volunteering, 11(1), 50-58.
Verity, F.E., 2004. Building stronger communities - 'risky' business in an environment of rising public liability insurance. Just Policy, 32, 21-27.
Oakley, S. & Verity, F.E., 2003. Resisting Urban Entrepreneurialism: Place-Based Politics in the Production of Collective Identity. Urban Policy and Research, 21(2), 191-203.
Conference publications
Ward, P.R., Verity, F.E., Gill, T.K., Luong, C.N., & Meyer, S., 2010. Analysing the social quality of life in Australia: results from a national survey. Social Quality in the East.
Muller, R., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P.R., Verity, F.E., Carter, P., & Wong, C.K., 2010. Food Stress in Adelaide: The relationship between low income and food stress. PHAA 40th Annual Conference.
Other public research outputs
Ward, P.R., Coveney, J.D., & Verity, F.E., 2010. Food Access and Health in SA Project Final Report. , 1-155.
Coveney, J.D., Ward, P.R., & Verity, F.E., 2010. Socio Economic Status and Overweight/Obesity: Suppy of and Access to (Un)healthy Food. Food Access and Health in SA Project.
Cosier, P., Flannery, T., Harding, R., Karoly, D., Lindenmayer, D., Possingham, H., Purves, R., Saunders, D., Thom, B., Williams, J., et al., 2009. Building a Future in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Verity, F.E., 2008. Rekindling Indigenous Family Relationships in the Riverland Evaluation Report. , 1-35.
Verity, F.E., 2008. Active engagement - Healthy pathways. Vitality Journal of Volunteering SA and NT Inc., Autumn.
Verity, F.E., Jones, M., Dollman, J., & Magarey, A.M., 2008. Eat Well be Active Evaluation Baseline Report.
Verity, F.E., Johnston, F., & Marlowe, J.M., 2007. Kilburn Blair Athol Community Capacity Building Project 2001-2005. , 1-42.
Verity, F.E., Johnston, F., & Jones, M., 2007. The doors are open: Grenville Seniors Community Connections Hub. , 1-40.
Verity, F.E., 2007. Community Capacity Building - A review of the literature. , 1-31.
Beer, A.P., Baum, F.E., Thomas, H.A., Lowry, D., Cutler, C., Zhang, G., Jolley, G.M., Ziersch, A.M., Verity, F.E., MacDougall, C.J., et al., 2006. An evaluation of the impact of retrenchment at Mitsubishi focussing on affected workers, their families, and communities: implications for human services policies and practices.
Verity, F.E. & Townend, L.M., 2006. A justice based community development initiative to address law and justice issues in Aboriginal communities. Part One.
Verity, F.E., 2005. Insurance and Risk Management: Unravelling Civil Society?.
Beer, A.P., Delfabbro, P.H., Oakley, S., Verity, F.E., Natalier, K., Packer, J.D., & Bass, A.M., 2004. Developing models of good practice in meeting the needs of homeless young people in rural areas.
Verity, F.E., 2003. Aboriginal Youth and Family Links Project Evaluation. , 3-25.
Professional and community engagement
- Ministerial Appointee, OPAL Scientific Committee (Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle Program) South Australian Government.
- Editorial Team member, Health Sociology Review (2010-2013)
- Elected Board Member, South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS)
- Member Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research Incorporated
- Member, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
- Member, Volunteering SA
- Member, SA AIDS Council
- Associate Member, Group Relations Australia
