Steve Garlick

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

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:

PASCAL