Doctor Neil Hall

Doctor Neil Hall

ACADEMIC COURSE ADVISOR (Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Community Welfare),
Social Work and Community Welfare Studies(SoSSP)

LECTURER,
Social Work and Community Welfare Studies(SoSSP)

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney
  • BSc University of Sydney
  • BSocWk University of Sydney
  • MHlthSc University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Social Work and Community Welfare Studies(SoSSP)
  • Social Work and Community Welfare Studies(SoSSP)

Contact

Email:N.Hall@uws.edu.au
Extension:6591
Mobile:0417278645
Location:1.G.41
Bankstown
Website:

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.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Hall.

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Hall, N. (2012), 'Sport's Me Life: The Role of Sport in Developing Core Gender and Civic Identity in Australian Young Males', The Role of Sports in the Formation of Personal Identities: Studies in Community Loyalties, Edwin Mellen Press 9780773426665.
  • Hall, N. (2012), ''Sport's me life' : the role of sport in developing core, gender and civic identity in Australian young males', The Role of Sports in the Formation of Personal Identities: Studies in Community Loyalties, Edwin Mellen Press 9780773426665.

Journal Articles

  • Darcy, M., Blunden, H. and Hall, N. (2011), 'Unintended Consequences: the impact of delivery systems on homelessness', Parity, 1.
  • Hall, N. (2011), '"Give it everything you've got". Resilience for Young Males through sport', International Journal of Men's Health, 17.
  • Hall, N. (2007), 'Finding touch: Young males, sport and civic engagement in Australia', Scottish Youth Issues Journal, 18.
  • Hall, N. (2004), ''Safety in Numbers'. Young people's perspectives on community safety in a suburban context', Scottish Youth Issues Journal, 16.

Conference Papers

  • Hall, N. (2012), 'Disengaged young males and the role of sport in addressing marginalisation', Emerging and Enduring Inequalities. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association 2012, Brisbane.
  • Hall, N. (2012), 'Disengaged young males and the role of sport in addressing marginalisation', Australian Sociological Association. Conference, St Lucia, Qld..
  • Hall, N. (2008), 'Young Australians using local sport for local transformation', Local sport in Europe. 4th EASS Conference, Munster, Germany.
  • Hall, N. (2007), ''Play hard, play fair'. Using sport to engage young males in social action', National Youth Affairs Conference, Melbourne.

Research

Social Work, Group work, youth work, young males, field education.

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Current Projects

Title:Service delivery systems and the unintentional causation and perpetuation of homelessness in the Nepean/Blacktown Region
Years:2011-11-03 - 2013-06-30
ID:P00020298
UWS Researchers:Michael Darcy and Neil Hall
Funding:
  • Blue Mountains City Council
  • Hawkesbury City Council
  • Blacktown City Council
  • Penrith City Council
  • University of Western Sydney
  • Wentworth Community Housing

Previous Projects

Title:Youth Community Safety Project
Years:2000-06-01 - 2001-06-30
ID:P0012300
UWS Researchers:Neil Hall
Funding:
  • Neighbourhood Development Team Erskine Park
Title:Youth Tobacco Uptake/Cessation Pilot Research Project
Years:2006-01-10 - 2007-01-31
ID:P0014932
UWS Researchers:Natalie Bolzan and Neil Hall
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • Sydney West Area Health Service
Title:Nepean Regional Taskforce on Homelessness Scoping Project
Years:2011-03-01 - 2011-04-30
ID:P00020079
UWS Researchers:Michael Darcy and Neil Hall
Funding:
  • Wentworth Community Housing

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