Ian Shirley

Ian Shirley
Born	Ian Francis Shirley (1940-02-28)28 February 1940[2] Kaiapoi, New Zealand[2]
Died	20 January 2019(2019-01-20) (aged 78)
Academic work
Discipline	Social policy
Institutions	Massey University[1] 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.[1][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.[1][10] He died aged 78 on 20 January 2019.[11][12]

References

1. "The Policy Observatory - Professor Ian Shirley, founder of The Policy Observatory, dies". thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
2. Easton, Brian (15 April 2019). "Obituary: Ian Francis Shirley". The Policy Observatory. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
3. Shirley, Ian. "The Purpose of Social Policy". briefingpapers.co.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
4. "Ian Shirley - Public policy pioneer". RNZ. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
5. Dale, Michael; Mooney, Hannah; O’Donoghue, Kieran (2017). Defining social work in Aotearoa (PDF). Massey University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-9941300-9-9. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
6. Staniforth, Barbara Lynn (2010). Past, present and future perspectives on the role of counselling in social work in Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF) (PhD). Massey University. p. 90. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
7. Shirley, Ian (1986). Social practice within a capitalist state (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3468.
8. de Bruin, Anne Marguerite (1997). Transformation of the welfare state in New Zealand with special reference to employment (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2715.
9. Shirley, Ian (30 June 2017). "National's 'super city' isn't working, but not for the reasons National might think". The Spinoff. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
10. "Professor Ian Shirley retires". The Policy Observatory. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
11. "NZ's first professor of social policy dies aged 78". RNZ News. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
12. "Ian Shirley death notice". New Zealand Herald. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.