Dr Neil Hall
Dr Neil Hall
Lecturer, Social Work, Welfare and Therapy Studies
- Biography
- Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
- Grants / Current Projects
- Selected Publications
- Affiliations
Biography
Neil Hall is an early career researcher, and has been a lecturer at UWS since 1997 where he is Course Advisor and teaches in the Bachelor of Social Work. He worked as a social work practitioner in street work, adolescent health, drug and alcohol, sport, and as a sessional group work specialist in prisons and juvenile justice centres. He has conducted numerous youth-related research projects both individually and collaboratively with other academics. In 2010, he completed his PhD on sport, civic engagement and young males.
Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
Social Work, Group work, youth work, young males, field education
Grants / Current Projects
2011 Nepean Regional Homelessness Task Force - collaborative scoping research into vulnerabilities and housing stability
2006-07 Katoomba Youth Tobacco Uptake/Cessation Pilot Research Project
2000-01 St Clair Erskine Park Youth and Community Safety (SCEPtiCS) Research Project
Selected Publications
Book Chapters
Hall, N, 2011 “Sport’s me life”. The role of sport in developing core, gender and civic identity in Australian young males. In Hughson J, Skillen F & Palmer C (eds) , Sport and Identity, Edwin Mellen Press, (in print).
Conference papers
Hall, N, 2008, Young Australians using local sport for local transformation, Local sport in Europe. 4th EASS Conference, (opens in a new window) pp 130-138.
Hall, N, 2007, 'Play hard, play fair'. Using sport to engage young males in social action, National Youth Affairs Conference, (opens in a new window) pp 85-91.
Journal Articles
Hall, N, 2011 “Give it everything you’ve got”. Resilience for Young Males through sport, International Journal of Men’s Health, Winter 2011, 10 (1), (in print).
Hall, N, 2007, Finding touch: Young males, sport and civic engagement in Australia, Scottish Youth Issues Journal, (opens in a new window) vol 9, pp 23-40.
Hall, N, 2004, 'Safety in Numbers'. Young people's perspectives on community safety in a suburban context, Scottish Youth Issues Journal, (opens in a new window) 8 (8), pp 71-86.
Report
Hall, N and Banno, J 2001, ‘Safety in Numbers’. The Research Report of the St Clair Erskine Park Youth and Community Safety (SCEPtiCS) Project, Childhood and Youth Policy and Research Unit, University of Western Sydney.
Thesis
Hall, N., 2010, "Pick up the ball and run. Sport, civic engagement and young males", (opens in a new window) Phd Thesis, UWS.
Affiliations
Neil is a current member of the
- Sustainability and Social Research Centre
- Australian Association of Social Work (opens in a new window) (AASW)
- NSW & ACT Combined Universities Field Education Group
- Reference group for UWS Mens Health Information and Research Centre (opens in a new window) (MHIRC)
