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Lynn, M, Bursian, O. Building family and Community Resilience in the Cardinia Growth Corridor: A case study of a New Estate Officer.  (2008 – 2013)            $60,000

Publications

Bursian, O (2012),” Reflecting on the value of standpoint epistemologies for exploring the agency of migrant women”, New Community Quarterly, Vol 10 (1), Autumn, 32-38. Bursian, O (2012), “ A life course approach to policy’, Mosaic, Newsletter of the Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia, Issue 30, May. http://www.fecca.org.au/mosaic/features/tag/26-mosaic-archive Bursian, O (2011)   Migrant Women [...]

Conference Papers

Bursian, O 2010, “Social Inclusion: Constructive & Destructive Notions’, paper presented to the International Federation of Social Work, International Council of Social Services &  International Federation of Social Work Education: Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda.  10-14 June, Hong Kong. Bursian, O 2009, “ Australian Government  Uses and Misuses of [...]

Master of Social Word Minor Thesis topic

“ The Policy  Formation Process of the Youth Guarantee” literature analysis of dynamics of unemployment;  interviews with 4 senior government leaders with key roles  in the design and implementation of a Victorian Cain Labor Government education, employment and training initiative for young people . 

PhD Thesis

 “Uncovering the Agency of Migrant Women: Connecting with Australian Public Infrastructure”  In depth  interviews with women from 5 non-Western regions of the world.  Exploring women’s creative and ingenious agency beginning with childhood lifeworlds and dislocation processes linked to international geo-political events. Women’s narratives occupy central textual space.  In  Melbourne,  women speak of their agency in [...]

Research & Teaching Interests

1. Public and social policies for equality, rights and sustainable living systems.  The study of comparative welfare states and the nature and quality of publicly funded infrastructure typical of modern wealthy democracies to enable people to flourish in self determination.  Research into the impact of specific policy repertoires on people’s daily lives, with a focus [...]

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Olga Bursian joined the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences’  Community Welfare & Counselling team in 2005 to teach social policy, welfare law, rights and ethics in the Bachelor of Community Welfare & Counselling and Masters of Human Services Management. She was a co-designer with Dr Marg Lynn ( SAMSS) and Professor Margaret Sommerville( [...]

Biography

Olga Bursian joined the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences’  Community Welfare & Counselling team in 2005 to teach social policy, welfare law, rights and ethics in the Bachelor of Community Welfare & Counselling and Masters of Human Services Management. She was a co-designer with Dr Marg Lynn ( SAMSS) and Professor Margaret Sommerville( [...]