Staff Profiles

Jo Barraket PhD, BA (Hons), PG Cert in University Teaching Phone: 8344 3533 Email: barraket@unimelb.edu.au Location: Room 510, John Medley Building, Parkville Campus

Background

Jo Barraket joined the Department in January 2003, and teaches primarily into the Public Policy and Management programs. Jo holds a PhD in applied sociology from the University of New South Wales, and has worked variously as a policy coordinator, research fellow and academic on postgraduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Technology, Sydney and UNSW. She specializes in social policy, with a particular focus on the nexus between state and civil society in social policy development. In recent years, Jo has worked on commissioned projects in a range of policy areas including: social and community enterprise development; wellbeing and community festivals; and the sustainability of the Victorian community sector. With colleagues Mark Considine, Jenny M Lewis and Damon Alexander, Jo is involved in the studying the relationships between individual and inter-organisational networks and local governance. 

Research

Jo’s research interests include: social enterprise and the social economy; network governance at the local level; third sector organisations and social policy; social inclusion and community development.

Virtual Connections? Exploring Intimacies in Cyberspace
(with Millsom Henry-Waring)

Social connectedness and policy development: modelling strategies and measures (with Jenny Lewis and Mark Considine)

Subjects Taught

• 4th year Contemporary Issues in Governance
• 5th year Community and Public Policy

Supervision

• Social enterprise and the social economy
• Third sector, theory and practice
• Social policy and network governance
• Community capacity building

Recent Publications - 2004-2008

Books

Barraket, J. (ed) (2008) Strategic Issues in the Not for Profit Sector UNSW Press, Sydney (in press)

Book Chapters

Barraket, J. (2005) “Enabling Structures for Co-ordinated Action:  Community Organisations, Social Capital and Rural Community Sustainability” in Dale, A. & Onyx, J. (eds) A Dynamic Balance? Social Capital and Sustainable Development: Vancouver. University of British Columbia Press: pp 71-85

Barraket, J. (2004) “E-Learning and Access: Getting Behind the Hype” in Osborne, M., Gallacher, J. & McCrossin, B. (eds) Researching Widening Access to Lifelong Learning: Issues and Approaches in International Research. London. Routledge Falmer: pp 93 - 102

Refereed Journal Articles

Barraket, J. & Henry-Waring, M. S. (2008) ‘Getting it [On]line: Sociological Implications of E-Dating’, Journal of Sociology (forthcoming)

Barraket, J. (2005) ‘Teaching Research Methods Using a Student-centred Approach? Critical Reflections on Practice’ in Journal of University Teaching and Learning in Practice Vol 2 (2): pp 65-74

Barraket, J. (2005) “Online Opportunities for Civic Engagement? An Examination of Australian Third Sector Organisations on the Internet” in Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society Vol 3 (1): pp 18-30

Refereed Conference Papers

Barraket, J. & Henry-Waring, M. S. (2006) ‘Online Dating and Intimacy in a Mobile World’ refereed paper presented to The Australian Sociological Association Conference: Sociology for a Mobile World, University of Western Australia, December 4-7, 2006: pp1-10 [90% contribution]

Barraket, J. (2006) ‘Risky Business: Community Enterprise in a Risk Society’ refereed paper presented to Community Development in a ‘Global Risk Society’ Conference, Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University, Melbourne, April 20-22, 2006: pp 1-12

Barraket, J. (2004) “Mobilising Citizen Engagement? The Use of Online Technologies by Australian Third Sector Organisations” In J Louth (ed), Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004. 1-18. Adelaide, Australia: Australasian Political Studies Association.

Barraket JP & Henry-Waring MS. 2004. ‘‘Everybody’s doing it’: examining the impacts of online
dating’. In K Richmond (ed), The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Conference proceedings. Pp 1-14. Sydney,Australia: The University ofSydney/The AustralianSociological Association. [90% contribution]

Henry-Waring MS & Barraket JP. (2004). ‘Exploring virtual connections? Sociological perspectives of intimacy in cyberspace’. In K Richmond (ed), The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Conference proceedings. Pp 1-14. Sydney, Australia: The University of Sydney/The Australian Sociological Association. [10% contribution]

Barraket, J. & Kaiser, A. (2007) Evaluating the Mental Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Community-Based Festivals: Awakenings Festival and Braybrook’s Big Day Out, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (in press) [80% contribution, 54pp]

Barraket, J. (2006) Community Sector Sustainability: Research Evidence and Public Policy Implications, Sector Sustainability Taskgroup online at <http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00002320/01/Sector_Sustainability.pdf> (30pp)

Barraket, J. (2004) Community and Social Enterprise: What Role for Government Discussion Paper, Department for Victorian Communities online at http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/doc/Lit%20Review%20Final%20JBarraket%20July04.pdf (22pp)

Current Grants

Barraket, J., Melville, R., Scott, M., & Wright, S. (with S. Richards and G. Carey) ‘Engaging with Learning: Examining the impacts of practice-based learning exchange’ Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Competitive Grants

Barraket, J. ‘Health, Wellbeing and Community Enterprise: the role of local government’, Dept of Human Services Public Health Research Grant

Considine, M., Lewis, J.M., Barraket, J. & Alexander, D. ‘Connecting Communities to Government’ ARC Linkage Grant