The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Professor Marilyn Gray
Preferred name: Mel
School: School of Humanities and Social Science
Commenced with Institution: 01-SEP-1999
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Professor Marilyn Gray 2008 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant International Association of schools of social work, 34th Global Social Work Congress (IASSW 2008 Congress), International Convention Centre (ICC), Durban, South Africa, 20/7/2008 - 24/7/2008   2500  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2008 1 University of Newcastle Project - Pilot Grant Mapping the Human Services Sector   6666  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2007 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 15 Symposium of the International Consortium on Social Development, Hong Kong, 16/7/2007 - 20/7/2007   1640  
Dr Jill Gibbons;Professor Marilyn Gray 2005 1 University of Newcastle Collaborative - Collaborative Research Grant Map Your Future: An intervention research project aimed at assisting women to achieve their potential through mentoring relationships   10000  
Professor Marilyn Gray;Dr Jill Gibbons 2005 1 NSW Department of Housing Project - Project Grant Map your future   24000  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2005 1 University of Newcastle Equipment/Infrastructure - Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) 2005 RIBG allocation   8500  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2004 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Transforming Social Work Practice, Education and Inquiry, 16-19 October 2004   2400  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2004 1 University of Newcastle Visit(or)/Exchange - Visitor Grant Visit of A/Prof John Coates 1/10/2004 to 31/11/2004   1200  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant A study of the difference between indigenous and Western models of social work in South Africa   5000  
Professor Marilyn Gray;Ms Judith Geggie 2003 1 NSW Department of Community Services Project - Hunter Families First Integrated Service Centre   75000  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2003 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Transforming Social Work Practice, Education and Inquiry 16/10 to 19/10/03   2500  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2003 1 University of Newcastle Visit(or)/Exchange - Visitor Grant Visit of Prof Stanley L Witkin, from 1 July 2003 to 10 August 2003   5000  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2003 2 NSW Office of the Children`s Guardian Project - Research Grant Preparing a range of policies and procedures to be used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander agencies providing out-of-home care services in NSW   79991  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Not-for-profits running for-profit enterprises: Case studies in social entrepreneurship   10000  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2002 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work France, 15-18 July 2002   2500  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Towards a development model for business social investment in the Hunter Region.   5000  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2001 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Annual Program Meeting of the Council for Social Work Education, USA 8-11 March 2001   2400  
Professor Marilyn Gray 2000 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Joint (Biannual) Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers Canada 29 July - 2 August 2000.   2400  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Education) Principal Supervisor Pedagogy within Christian Youth Groups
PhD (Social Work) Sole Supervisor Cross-Cultural study between Australia and Canada on Indigenous Social Work.
PhD (Social Work) Sole Supervisor Map Your Future: A Study of a Mentoring Program for Women from Disadvantaged Communities
PhD (Social Work) Sole Supervisor The Effects of Estrangement on Quality of Later Life
PhD (Social Work) Principal Supervisor Family Support for Parents and Children Living with a Family Member with Mental Illness
PhD (Social Work) Principal Supervisor Art, Social Work and Social Change
PhD (Politics) Principal Supervisor Social Work Engaging with Economics
PhD (Sociology & Anthropology) Principal Supervisor A Critical Analysis of Counselling in Non-Government Organisations
PhD (Sociology & Anthropology) Co-Supervisor When Power Networks Collide

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
PhD 4.300

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
M Social Work [R] 2003 The Wellbeing of Older Men: An Exploratory Study
PhD (Social Work) 2003 Nonviolence and Youth Work Practice in Australia

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Guest Editorial’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 17 110-113 (2008) [C3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Lovat Terence John, ’Practical mysticism, habermas, and social work praxis’, Journal of Social Work, 8 149-162 (2008) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Crofts Penelope Jean, ’Social development and its relevance to Australian social work’, Australian Social Work, 61 88-103 (2008) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Webb Stephen Andrew, ’Social work as art revisited’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 17 182-193 (2008) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Webb Stephen Andrew, ’The myth of global social work: Double standards and the local-global divide’, Journal of Progressive Human Services, 19 61-66 (2008) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Lombard Antoinette, ’The post-1994 transformation of social work in South Africa’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 17 132-145 (2008) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Viewing spirituality in social work through the lens of contemporary social theory’, British Journal of Social Work, 38 175-196 (2008) [C1]

Makofane M D M, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Factors hindering the successful outcome of rural community projects’, Social Work, 43 201-208 (2007) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Coates J, Hetherington Tiani Jayne, ’Hearing indigenous voices in mainstream social work’, Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 88 55-66 (2007) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Lovat Terence John, ’Horse and Carriage: Why Habermas's Discourse Ethics Gives Virtue a Praxis in Social Work’, Ethics and Social Welfare, 1 310 - 328 (2007) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Rennie Gavin, ’International social work: Bodies with organs’, Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 19 42-58 (2007) [C2]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Postcards from the West: Mapping the vicissitudes of western social work’, Australian Social Work, 61 1-6 (2007) [C3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Schubert Leanne, ’Space, Place and Spirit: Imagining the Everyday’, International Journal of the Arts in Society, 1 157-168 (2007) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’The not so critical 'critical reflection'’, Australian Social Work, 60 131-135 (2007) [C3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Gibbons Jill Lorraine, ’There are no answers, only choices: Teaching ethical decision making in social work’, Australian Social Work, 60 222-238 (2007) [C1]

Lovat Terence John, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Towards a Proportionist Social Work Ethics: A Habermasian Perspective’, British Journal of Social Work, 1-15 (2007) [C1]

Coates J, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Hetherington Tiani Jayne, ’An 'ecospiritual' perspective: Finally, a place for indigenous approaches’, British Journal of Social Work, 36 381-399 (2006) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Editorial: The Diversity of 'Backyard Social Work' and Lessons From Afar’, Australian Social Work, 59 361-364 (2006) [C2]

Valentine B, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Keeping them home: Aboriginal out-of-home care in Australia’, Families in Society - The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 87 537-545 (2006) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, McDonald C, ’Pursuing good practice? The limits of evidence-based practice’, Journal of Social Work, 6 7-20 (2006) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Lovat Terence John, ’The Shaky High Moral Ground of Postmodernist 'Ethics'’, Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 42 201-212 (2006) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’The progress of social development in South Africa’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 15 S53-S64 (2006) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Valentine Bruce, ’Devising Practice Standards for Aboriginal Out-of-home Care’, Illinois Child Welfare, 2 1-8 (2005) [C2]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Dilemmas of international social work: paradoxical processes in indigenisation, universalism and imperialism’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 14 231-238 (2005) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Lena Dominelli, Social Work: Theory and Practice for a Changing Profession’, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 32 187-189 (2005) [C3]

Allegritti Inta, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Mamphele Ramphele and Xhosa culture: Some insights on culture, self-determination and human rights for South African social work’, Social Work: A Professional Journal for the Social Worker, 41 131-142 (2005) [C1]

Gibbons Jill Lorraine, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Teaching social work students about social policy’, Australian Social Work, 58 58-75 (2005) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Book Review: Innovation and change in the human services’, Families in Society: The journal of contemporary social services, 85 595-596 (2004) [C3]

Gibbons Jill Lorraine, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Critical Thinking as Integral to Social Work Practice’, Journal of Teaching in Social Work: innovations in instruction, training and educational practice, 24 19-38 (2004) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Elisabeth Reichert, Social work and human rights: A foundation for policy and practice Book Review’, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 31 179-181 (2004) [C3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Crofts Penelope Jean, ’Partnerships: Marrying the strengths and resources of diverse interest groups’, Social Work: a professional journal for the social worker, 40 246-259 (2004) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Fikile Mazibuko, ’Social work professional associations in South Africa’, International Social Work, 47 129-142 (2004) [C1]

Chui Ernest, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’The political activities of social workers in the context of changing roles and political transition in Hong Kong’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 13 170-180 (2004) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Fook Jan, ’The quest for a universal social work: Some issues and implications’, Social Work Education, 23 625-643 (2004) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Culturally Sensitive Social Work or Plain 'Good Social Work': are they one and the same?’, Social Work Journal (Maatskaplike Werk), 39 xix - xxii (2003) [C4]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Healy Karen, Crofts Penelope Jean, ’Social enterprise: is it the business of social work?’, Australian Social Work, 56 141-154 (2003) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Allegritti Inta, ’Towards Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice: Re-examining Cross-Cultural Social Work’, Social Work, 39 312-325 (2003) [C1]

Gibbons Jill Lorraine, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’An integrated and experience-based approach to social work education: the Newcastle model’, Social Work Education, 21(5) 529-549 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Art, irony & ambiguity: Howard Goldstein and his contribution to scoial work’, Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice, 1(4) 413-433 (2002) [C3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Allegritti Inta, ’Cross-cultural Practice and the indigenisation of African social work’, Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 38 (4) 324-336 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Editorial - Dancing to the beat of our own drum’, Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 38 (4) xx-xxii (2002) [C2]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Gibbons Jill Lorraine, ’Experience-based learning and its relevance to cocial work practice’, The Journal of the Australian Association of Social Workers: Australian Social Work, 55(4) 279-291 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Fook Jan, ’Issues in defining 'social work': Comparing social work in South Africa and Australia’, Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 38 (4) 363-376 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Crofts Penelope Jean, ’Social entrepreneurship and its implications for social work: Preliminary findings of research into business in Newcastle and the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia’, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 12(2) 96-122 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Mazibuko F, ’Social work in South Africa at the dawn of the new millenium’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 11(3) 191-200 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Collett Van Rooyen C, Rennie G, Gaha Jo Shirley, ’The political participation of social workers: a comparative study’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 11(2) 99-110 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Collett Van Rooyen A, ’The strengths perspective in social work: Lessons from practice’, Social Work, 38(3) 193-197 (2002) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Creative Teaching: A case study’, Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 37(2) 206-209 (2001) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Editorial - The Caravan Moves On’, Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 37(1) 1-2 (2001) [C4]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Stofberg Ja, ’Respect for Persons’, Australian Social Work, 53, No 3 55-61 (2000) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Van Rooyen Cajc, ’Social Work Political Participation: A South Africa Study’, Social Work, 36 180-191 (2000) [C1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Social Work and the New Social Service Professions in South Africa’, Social Work, 36 99-109 (2000) [C1]

Chapter in Book

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Pozzuto R, ’A Dialogue: Can a conservative profession like social work have an emancipatory practice?’, Social Work Dialogues: Transforming the Canon in Inquiry, Practice, and Education, Council of Social Work Education Publications, Alexandria, VA, 113-143 (2007) [B1]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Mitchell Bill, ’The road less travelled: Reconstruction, welfare and social development in South Africa’, Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World, Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, 79-94 (2007) [B1]

Conference Publication

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Schubert Leanne, ’Space, Place and Spirit: Imagining the Everyday’, International Journal of Arts in Society, Edinburgh, Scotland (2006) [E3]

Midgley James, Kaseke Edwell, Mehta Kalyani, Gray Marilyn Marjorie, ’Dilemmas of International Social Work: The Indigenisation-Imperialism-Universalism Debate’, Abstracts Global Social Work Congress 2004, Adelaide (2004) [E3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Crofts Penelope Jean, Geggie Judith Bronwyn, Gibbons Jill Lorraine, Stuart Graeme Robert, ’Putting Families First - Towards the Development of a one stop model of service provision for families of young children’, Family and Community Strengths Conference, Newcastle University (2003) [E3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Gibbons Jill Lorraine, Wendy Lawrence, Kylie Aglias, ’The Windale Wisdom Project: Researching Community Strengths’, Family and Community Strengths Conference, Newcastle University (2003) [E3]

Gray Marilyn Marjorie, Fook J, ’Is There a Universal Social Work?’, Does a Universal Model of Social Work Exist?, Monpellier, France (2002) [E3]

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