Steve Garlick
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AUSTRALIA
Recent Positions:
- Conjoint Professor, Urban and Regional Studies, University of Newcastle (NSW), Australia
- Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Regions, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Areas and Length of Expertise:
- Regional Development Theory &Policy;
- University – Regional Engagement,
- Regional Development & Applied Ethics, University-regional community engagement benchmarking,
- University evaluation studies
- Learning and community engagement
Recent research, development and consultancy and organisations:
- Advisor to IMHE/ OECD on higher education and regional development
- Higher education evaluations in Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands and Canada
- Consultancies for the Australian Government in regional development and higher education.
Recent research/consultancy:
Injured wildlife rehabilitation
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Applied ethics
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- Masters degree and PhD in regional economics (awarded thesis medal by the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association)
- British Council Award Scholarship
- Former senior executive and ministerial advisor with the Australian Government
- Vice-President of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA).
- Member of the St James Ethics Centre at the University of Sydney
Selected publications:
Regional development theory & policy:
- An Enterprising Human Capital Approach to Regional Growth: Implications for policy and the role of Vocational Education and Training. NCVER, Adelaide. 2007(with M. Taylor and P. Plummer), ISBN pending
University-regional and community engagement:
- Creative Associations in Special Places: Enhancing the partnership role of universities in building competitive regional economies. DEST EIP No: 98/4. Canberra. 1998
- Engaging Universities and Regions: Knowledge contribution to regional economic development in Australia. DEST EIP No: 00/15. Canberra 2000.
- OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Atlantic Canada Region. 2007. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
- OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Sunshine and Fraser Coast Region, Australia, 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
- OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Oresund Science Region, Sweden and Denmark. 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
- OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Varmland Region, Sweden. 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
- OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Twente Region , Netherlands. 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
Ethics of regional development and university engagement:
- “Connecting scholarship to places: human capital, learning, enterprising and an ethical approach to communities”. AUCEA Annual Conference, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, July, 2007
University benchmarking:
- Benchmarking the University: Learning about improvement, DEST, Canberra, 2004
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