Ian Shirley Explained

Ian Shirley
Birth Name:	Ian Francis Shirley
Birth Date:	28 February 1940^[1]
Birth Place:	Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Discipline:	Social policy
Workplaces:	Massey University Auckland University of Technology
Doctoral Students:	Anne de Bruin

Ian Francis Shirley (28 February 1940 – 20 January 2019) was New Zealand's first professor of public policy and an advocate for social justice.^{[2] [3] [4]} He established the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology.

Academic career

Shirley was appointed as a lecturer in the Social Work Unit at Massey University in 1977, and promoted to senior lecturer in 1980.^[5] In 1982, he succeeded Merv Hancock as the director of the unit.^[6] In Shirley completed a PhD through Massey, on social practice within a capitalist state.^[7] He moved to the Auckland University of Technology in 2000, where he established the Institute of Public Policy, and also served as pro vice-chancellor.^[4] Shirley's notable students include Anne de Bruin.^[8]

Social policy

Shirley advised on the Auckland super city.^[9]

Later life and death

Shirley retired from Auckland University of Technology in 2016, and was accorded the title of professor emeritus.^{[2] [10]} He died aged 78 on 20 January 2019.^{[11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Obituary: Ian Francis Shirley . 15 April 2019 . Brian . Easton . Brian Easton (economist) . The Policy Observatory . 17 June 2019.
2. Web site: The Policy Observatory - Professor Ian Shirley, founder of The Policy Observatory, dies . thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz . 23 January 2019.
3. Web site: Shirley . Ian . The Purpose of Social Policy . briefingpapers.co.nz . 23 January 2019 . en-NZ.
4. News: Ian Shirley - Public policy pioneer . 23 January 2019 . RNZ . 2 September 2017.
5. Book: Michael . Dale . Hannah . Mooney . Kieran . O’Donoghue . Defining social work in Aotearoa . 2017 . Massey University Press . 39 . 978-0-9941300-9-9 . 23 January 2019.
6. Staniforth . Barbara Lynn . Past, present and future perspectives on the role of counselling in social work in Aotearoa New Zealand . 2010 . PhD . 90 . Massey University . 23 January 2019.
7. Shirley . Ian . 1986 . Doctoral thesis . Social practice within a capitalist state . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/3468.
8. de Bruin . Anne Marguerite . Transformation of the welfare state in New Zealand with special reference to employment . 1997 . PhD . .
9. News: Shirley . Ian . National's 'super city' isn't working, but not for the reasons National might think . 23 January 2019 . The Spinoff . 30 June 2017.
10. Web site: Professor Ian Shirley retires . 16 December 2016 . The Policy Observatory . 23 January 2019.
11. News: NZ's first professor of social policy dies aged 78 . RNZ News . 23 January 2019. 21 January 2019.
12. News: Ian Shirley death notice . 23 January 2019 . New Zealand Herald . 23 January 2019.