CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Peter Robert SAUNDERS

Date of birth: 30 August 1950 (London)

Nationality: Dual British and Australian citizenship

Current position: Social Research DirectorCentre for Independent StudiesPO Box 92, St Leonards, 1590, Australia

Telephone: +61 2 9438 4377Fax: +61 2 9439 7310Email: psaunders@cis.org.au

Home address: 123/67 Carabella Street, Kirribilli, NSW 2061, Australia

Telephone: +61 2 9929 9835Personal Email: saunderspeter@yahoo.co.uk

CAREER HISTORY

2001-date: Social Research Director, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, Australia

1999-2000: Research Manager, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, Australia (two year secondment from University of Sussex)

1988-2001: Professor of Sociology (personal chair), University of Sussex (Professor Emeritus from 2002)

1984-88: Reader in Sociology and Urban Studies, University of Sussex

1976-84: Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sussex, England

1973-76: Research Officer, Dept of Sociology, University of Essex, England

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1971-73: Chelsea College, University of London: Ph.D in Sociology 1975

1968-71: University of Kent, Canterbury, England Upper second class BA (Hons) in Sociology 1971

1961-68: Selhurst Grammar School, Croydon, England (3 ‘A’ levels, 10 ‘O’ Levels)

VISITING ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1996: Visiting Professor, Dept of Sociology, Brown University, USA (4 months)

1992: Visiting Fellow, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology/Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (1 month)

Visiting Professor, ZWE (Arbeit und Region), Universitaet Bremen, Germany (3 months)

1982: Visiting Lecturer, Dept of Sociology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (2 months)

Visiting Research Fellow, Urban Research Unit, Australian National

University (3 months)

1981: Visiting Research Fellow, Dept of Environmental Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia (3 months)

HONORARY POSITIONS

2004: Adjunct Professor, Australian Graduate School of Management

2002: Elected as Member of Mont Pelerin Society

2002: Professor Emeritus, University of Sussex

2001-03 Honorary Associate, Macquarie University

1986: Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

RESEARCH GRANTS

NB: All research undertaken in my present post at the Centre for Independent Studies is independently funded by charitable foundations and corporate and individual donations.

1999: A$75,000 contract ‘Transgenerational income support dependency’ (Commonwealth Government of Australia)

1994: £8,000 'Social mobility and meritocracy' (ESRC)

1988: £84,000 'Privatisation and popular capitalism' (ESRC)

1985: £150,000 'Social change and the locality' (ESRC, joint programme with four others)

1983: £20,000 'The local and regional state in England' (ESRC, joint project with S.Duncan)

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SUMMARY OF RESEARCH (Chronological)

2001-date: Working mainly on issues of poverty, inequality, tax and welfare reform in Australia. Output published in many papers plus 4 monographs: Poverty in Australia: Beyond the Rhetoric (2002), Australia’s Welfare Habit – and how to kick it (2004); Taxploitation: The case for Income Tax Reform (ed) (2006); The Government Giveth and the Government Taketh Away (2007)

1999-2000: Transgenerational income support dependencyContract research for the Department of Family and Community Services, Australia, using focus groups and interviews to discover whether a ‘culture of dependency’ exists among unemployed young people and how far this may have been transmitted from welfare-dependent parents. Written up as a report to the Department, and as an article in my Reforming the Australian Welfare State (2000)

1993-1998: Social mobility and meritocracyAnalysis of UK National Child Development Survey longitudinal data to evaluate the relative significance of class background, schooling, ability and motivation in influencing occupational destinations at age 33. Initial funding by an ESRC personal research grant. Results published in 1996 as Unequal but Fair? and in Sociology (1995 and 1997) and British Journal of Sociology (1999 and 2002).

1988-92: Privatisation and popular capitalismAn ESRC grant of £84,000 funded a large-scale panel survey on the effects of privatising the UK water industry for its customers, its employees and those who bought shares. Published in 1994 as Privatization and Popular Capitalism

1985-8: Home ownership in EnglandOne of five linked projects in a £150,000 ESRC programme. Based on a survey of home owners and council tenants in 3 towns charting the economic, political and cultural impact of the growth of home ownership in the UK. Published in 1990 as A Nation of Home Owners

1983-4: The regional state in EnglandESRC-funded project looking at processes of policy-making in non-elected regional health and water authorities. Results published in two articles in 1985 and another in 1987

1981-2: Urban politics in AustraliaTwo linked projects, one tracing the events leading to the dismissal from office of the Melbourne City Council, and the other analysing the administration of the Australian Capital Territory in the absence of elected local government. Published in two articles in Australian collections in 1984

1976-81: Urban social theoryTheoretical writing on issues concerning the state, welfare, social class and housing tenure. Culminated in publication in 1981 of Social Theory and the Urban Question (revised 1986)

1973-6: Capitalist farming in East Anglia Research, led by Colin Bell and Howard Newby, investigating large-scale farmers and landowners in Eastern England. I worked mainly on the agricultural interest in local politics, and on property relations. Published in 1978 as Property Paternalism and Power

1971-4: Urban politics and planning in a London borough (doctoral research)

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Based mainly on interviews with local politicians, business leaders, pressure group activists, etc., Published in 1979 as Urban Politics: A Sociological Interpretation

EDITORSHIPS AND ADVISORY BOARDS

Associate editor, Local Government Studies, 1982-90Editorial advisor, Society and Space 1983-89Reviews editor, Sociology 1984-87Editorial advisor, Housing Studies 1986-92Editorial advisor, Institute of Economic Affairs Health and Welfare Unit 1991-2000 Editorial Board, Institute for the Study of Civil Society (Civitas) 2000-dateEditorial advisor, Journal of Family Studies 1999-2000Editorial Board, Family Matters 1999-2000Founder member of Australian Marriage and Family Council 1999-2000Australian Bureau of Statistics Income and Expenditure Statistics Advisory Group 2002-2004Advisory Board member, ‘Housing, Income & Labour Dynamics in Australia’ National Panel Survey 2004-06

RESEARCH STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Colin Evans, 'The politics of urban service provision' - PhD awarded 1986Paul Bagguley, 'Organising the unemployed' - PhD awarded 1989 (thesis published 1991 as From Protest to Acquiesence?, Macmillan)Rob Shields, 'Images of spaces and places' - PhD awarded 1989 (thesis published 1992 as Beyond the Margin, Routledge)Michal Lyons, 'Gentrification in London' - PhD awarded 1995Ritsuko Ozaki, 'Housing form in Britain and Japan' – PhD awarded 1999 Alan Buckingham, 'Social mobility and the underclass' – PhD awarded 2001 Theo Papaioannou, ‘The moral dimension of Hayek’s political theory’ – PhD awarded 2001

CONSULTANCIES & EXPERT SUBMISSIONS

Consultant and author of report on survey for UK National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (1992)Consultant on NHS study of ethnic minority nurses (1994)Consultant and author of report on the teaching of history in UK universities (1998) Expert witness for The Daily Mail in libel case involving news report on poverty (1997/8)Author of report on trans-generational income support dependency in Australia for the Dept of Family and Community Services, Canberra (1999-2000) Consultant to New Zealand Dept of Social Policy evaluating research on family in NZ (2000)Expert witness, Senate Inquiry into Poverty in Australia (2003)Expert witness, Commonwealth Inquiry into Reform of Income Support (2003)Expert witness, House of Representatives Inquiry into Increasing Participation in Paid Work (2004)Consultant to Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry on minimum wage case (2005)Expert witness, House of Representatives Inquiry into Work-Family Balance (2006)Author of report on the Australian Job Network for Policy Exchange (2008)

PRACTICAL RESEARCH SKILLS

Computer literate in SPSS, EQS, Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint and various WP programs including Word for Windows.

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Completed specialist courses in multivariate statistical analysis (1994); structural linear equations modelling (1995); and advanced logistic regression (1997).

MEDIA

Television appearances:

UK: 1986: TV-AM Good Morning (on the housing market); 1990: TVS Green and Pleasant Land (on planning and housing) 1991: BBC-1 Money Programme (on the future of the housing market) 1994: BBC-2 Late Night Show (on class in Britain) 1995: Meridian South Today (on the housing market) 1997: TVS programme on single mothers

Australia/NZ: 2002: Channel 9 Today; Sky News; ABC News; ABC Seven-thirty Report; Channel 9 A Current Affair; Sky Australian Agenda

2003: ABC Sunday Spectrum; ABC Lateline; Channel 7 Sunrise; Channel 10 News; Sky News New Zealand2004: Channel 9 Today; SBS Insight; ABC Lateline2005: ABC 7-30 Report; Channel 9 Current Affair; SBS TV news2006: Channel 9 Business Report2007: ABC-TV News; Channel 9 Mornings with Kerri-Anne; Channel 9 News

Radio:

UK: Open University/BBC Radio 1984; BBC Radio 4 Analysis 1991, 1998; BBC Radio 4 Womens Hour 1991; BBC Radio 4 Start the Week 1994;

BBC Radio 4 Special assignment 1994; BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight 1996;National Talk Radio phone-in 1996; BBC Radio 4 The Moral Maze 2001; BBC Radio 4 You and Yours 2003

Australia: Extensive appearances on ABC National (Australia talks Back, Perspective, Life Matters, Late Night Live, Drive Time, Counterpoint, Breakfast,

Background Briefing, World Today). Regular participant on ABC702 Political Forum.

Numerous local/regional commercial and public broadcasting radio interviews in Britain and Australia/New Zealand. Since 2001 I have averaged around 2 radio appearances per week.

Newspapers:

UK: Articles in The Independent (1994), The Daily Express (1996), The Financial Times (1996). Research has been featured in The Independent, The Economist, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Daily Mail, THES, New Statesman, The Guardian

Australia/New Zealand: More than 70 ‘op-ed’ articles published since 2001 in The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, Melbourne Age, Newcastle Herald, Canberra Times, New Zealand Herald, Adelaide Advertiser, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Courier Mail (all recent articles are available at: www.cis.org.au/executive_highlights/eh_contlist_all.html)

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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

University administration (Sussex):

Sociology Department: Chair, Sociology Department 1985-88 and 1991-96 (As Head of Sociology at Sussex I instigated a reorganization of syllabus and teaching methods in the run-up to the 1997 National Teaching Quality Assessment at which Sussex Sociology scored a maximum 24/24. I was also responsible for the Department’s National Research Assessment Exercise submissions in 1991 and 1996 when Sussex Sociology was rated 4 out of 5).

University-wide: Member of Vice-Chancellor’s Working Party on Reform of University Structures (1997-8); Chair of BA Examinations Misconduct Panel 1993-95; Member of Enterprise in Higher Education Steering Group 1993-96; Member of University Disciplinary Panel 1993-95; Member of Social Sciences Academic Audit sub-committee 1993-96; Member of University Senate 1983-4, 1993-96. Also served as member of numerous tenure, promotions and appointments committees; organised university residential conferences; and served on undergraduate and postgraduate examination boards

Graduate & research: Chair, Sociology Graduate Division 1988-90; Founding Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Research 1989-92; Chair, Urban & Regional Studies graduate division 1980-83 & 1990-92; Convenor graduate/faculty seminars, Urban & Regional studies (1978-9, 1988-9) and sociology (1988-9)

External examining:

Urban Studies BA, Rolle College Exeter, 1980-82Sociology BSc, Kingston Polytechnic, 1981-86Urban Studies BA, Sheffield Polytechnic, 1982-85State Policy & Social Change MA, Portsmouth Polytechnic, 1985-89Policy Studies MA, University of Bristol, 1992-95Urban Studies B.Sc, University of North London validation panel, 1993Extensive experience as PhD external examiner

Other administrative experience:

As Research Manager at the Australian Institute of Family Studies (1999-2000) I was responsible for developing the research strategy of the Institute and for managing all projects, as well as directly conducting research. Development of the new Research Plan involved a restructuring of both organisation and staffing. I liaised directly with stakeholders in the Commonwealth and state governments, the wider policy community, the voluntary sector, the media and the academic world. I was also responsible for staff development and appraisal, for tendering for contracts, and for monitoring and approving all research output. My performance was rated “Superior” in my 1999 appraisal.

As Social Research Director at the Centre for Independent Studies (2001-date) I devised a new research program (‘Social Foundations of a free society’) which I now manage. I manage

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a small research team and I represent CIS in the media and at various meetings and conferences in Australia and abroad.

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PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

Property Paternalism and Power Hutchinson 1978 (with C.Bell, H.Newby and D.Rose), 300pp

Urban Politics: A Sociological Interpretation Hutchinson 1979, 382pp- Penguin edition 1980

Social Theory and the Urban Question Hutchinson 1981, 309pp- American edition published 1981 by Holmes & Meier- translated & published in Germany in 1987 by Campus Stadium- translated & published in Italy in 1988 by Edizioni Lavoro- translated & published in South Korea in 1990

Social Theory and the Urban Question revised edition (three new chapters) Hutchinson 1986, 394pp

An Introduction to British Politics Polity Press 1984 (with J.Dearlove), 458pp - revised second edition, Polity Press 1991, 561pp

- revised third edition, Polity Press 2000, 803pp

Social Class and Stratification Routledge 1990, 120pp

A Nation of Home Owners Unwin Hyman 1990, 418pp

Privatization and Popular Capitalism Open University Press 1994 (with C.Harris), 200pp - translated & published in Portugal in 1995 by Instituto Piaget (Lisbon)

Capitalism: A Social Audit Open University Press 1995, 108pp- translated & published in Romania in 1997 by Dustyle- translated & published in Chinese in 2006 by McGraw-Hill Education Asia

Unequal But Fair? A Study of Class Barriers in Britain Institute of Economic Affairs 1996, 96pp

Reforming the Australian Welfare State (Ed) Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2000, 300pp

Poverty in Australia: Beyond the Rhetoric Centre for Independent Studies, 2002 (with K.Tsumori) 120pp

Australia’s Welfare Habit – and how to break it Duffy & Snellgrove, Sydney, 2004, 258 pp

The Survey Methods Workbook Polity Press, 2004 (with A.Buckingham), 309pp

Taxploitation: The case for income tax reform (Ed) Centre for Independent Studies 2006, 225pp

The Government Giveth, and the Government Taketh Away Centre for Independent Studies 2007, 165pp

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PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES

1975: 'They make the rules: political routines and the generation of political bias' Policy & Politics vol.4

1976: 'Ideologies of property: a case study' Sociological Review vol.24 (co-author)

1977: 'Worlds apart: notes on the social reality of corruption' British Journal of sociology vol.28 (co-author)

1977: 'Rural community and rural community power' in H.Newby (ed) International perspectives in rural sociology Wiley (co-author)

1978: 'Domestic property and social class' International journal of urban and regional research vol.2

1980: 'Local government and the state' New Society vol.51

1982: 'Why study central-local relations?' Local government studies vol.8

1982: 'Community power, urban managerialism and the local state' in M.Harloe (ed) New perspectives in urban change and conflict Heinemann

1982: 'The state as investor' in Open University D202 course book, State intervention Open University Press

1982: 'Urban politics: a rejoinder to Hooper and Duncan & Goodwin' Political geography quarterly vol.1

1982: 'Landed property: challenge and response' in P.Hollowell (ed) Property and social relations Heinemann (co-author)

1983: 'Corporatism, competitive politics and class struggle' in R.King (ed) Capital and politics Routledge (co-author)

1983: 'On the shoulders of which giant? The case for a Weberian urban sociology' in P.Williams (ed) Social process and the city Allen & Unwin

1983: 'Social theory and the urban question: a response to Paris and Kirby' Society and space vol.1

1984: 'The day they sacked the city council' in C.Paris and J.Halligan (eds) Australian urban politics Longman

1984: 'Rethinking local politics' in M.Boddy and C.Fudge (eds) Local socialism Macmillan

1984: 'The Canberra tea party: bureaucracy, corporatism and pluralism in the administration of the A.C.T.' in P.Williams (ed) Conflict and development Allen and Unwin

1984: 'Literature, politics and society' in A.Sinfield (ed) Society and literature 1945-1970 Methuen (co-author)

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1984: 'Beyong housing classes: the sociological significance of private property rights in means of consumption' International journal of urban and regional research vol.9

1985: 'The forgotten dimension of central-local relations: theorising the regional state' Government and policy vol.3

1985: 'The new right is half right' in A.Seldon (ed) The new right enlightenment Economic and Literary Books

1985: 'The sociology of the state' Social studies review preview edition

1985: 'Space, the city and urban sociology' in D.Gregory and J.Urry (eds) Social relations and spatial structures Macmillan

1985: 'Corporatism and urban service provision' in M.Grant (ed) The political economy of corporatism Macmillan

1985: 'What is happening to local government?' Local government studies vol.11

1986: 'The dual politics thesis: The argument, its origins and its critics' in M.Goldsmith and S.Villadsen (ed) Urban political theory and the management of fiscal stress Methuen

1986: 'Consumption sector cleavages: comment on Preteceille and Dunleavy' Society and space vol.4

1986: 'Tax subsidies to home buyers' in C.Bazlington (ed) Inquiry into British housing: Supplement National Federation of Housing Associations

1986: 'The new conservatism: Some thoughts on recent and future developments in urban studies' Society and space vol.4 (co-author)

1987: 'Urban service provision and the regional state in England' City and Region vol.13

1987: 'Locality research: The Sussex programme on economic restructuring, social change and the locality' Quarterly journal of social affairs vol.3 (co-author)

1987: 'Urban sociology' in M.Haralambos (ed) Developments in sociology volume 3 Causeway Press

1987: 'For an emancipated social science' Society and space vol.5 (co-author)

1988: 'The sociology of consumption: A new research agenda' in P.Otnes (ed) The sociology of consumption Humanities Press

1988: 'The constitution of the home' Housing Studies vol.3 (co-author)

1988: 'La nouvelle droit: Une perspective incomplete' Les cahiers de la recherche sur le travail social, vol.14

1989: 'The significance of the home in contemporary English social life' Housing Studies vol.4

1989: 'Popular attitudes to state welfare services' Social Affairs Unit Research Report no.11 (co-author)

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1989: 'Space, urbanism and the created environment in the social theory of Anthony Giddens' in D.Held and J.Thompson (eds) Social theory of modern societies: Anthony Giddens and his critics Cambridge University Press

1989: 'The limits to liberation: Hugh Stretton on housing' in L.Orchard and R.Dare (eds) Markets, morals and public policy Federation Press

1989: 'Left-write in sociology' Network no.44

1989: 'The question of equality' Social Studies review vol.5

1990: 'The end of the home owner revolution? Chartered Institute of Building Societies Journal vol.44

1990: 'Housing: From the right to buy to the right to choose' in Social Affairs Unit, Social policy in the last and next decade SAU

1990: 'Privatisation and the consumer' Sociology vol.24 (co-author)

1992: 'The paradox of prosperity' in A.Tomlinson and S.Parker (eds) Life in the south Chelsea School Research Centre Report

1993: 'When prophecy fails: A critique of Luke Martell's "New ideas of socialism"' Economy and Society vol.22

1993: 'Citizenship in a liberal society' in B.Turner (ed) Citizenship and social theory Sage

1994: 'Social mobility and meritocracy' in D.Marsland (ed) Work and employment in liberal democratic societies Paragon House

1995: 'Privatisation, share ownership and voting' British Journal of Political Science, vol.25

1995: 'Could Britain be a meritocracy?' Sociology, vol. 29

1996: 'A British Bell Curve?' Sociology Review, vol. 6

1997: 'Social mobility in Britain: An empirical evaluation of two competing explanations' Sociology, vol. 31

1999: ‘Routes of success: Influences on the occupational attainment of young British males’ British Journal of Sociology, vol.50 (co-author)

1999: ‘Explaining gender differences in achievement in higher education’ in P.Fogelberg, J.Hearn, L.Husu and T.Mankkinen (eds), Hardwork in the Academy, Helsinki University Press (co-author)

1999: ‘In defence of progress’ Family Matters, no. 52

1999: ‘What is a fair divorce settlement?’ Family Matters, no. 53

1999: ‘Families, welfare and social policy’ Family Matters no.54

1999: ‘The New Right, New Labour and the problem of social cohesion’ In G. Andrews, R. Cockett, A. Hooper and M. Williams (eds) New Left, New Right and Beyond Macmillan

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2000: ‘Australian youth and the dependency culture’ In P. Saunders (ed) Reforming the Australian welfare state Australian Institute of Family Studies (co-author)

2000: ‘Issues in the reform of the Australian welfare state’ In P. Saunders (ed) Reforming the Australian welfare state Australian Institute of Family Studies

2000: ‘Family research and family policy since 1992’ – afterword to N.Dennis, Families without Fatherhood 3rd edn, Institute for the Study of Civil Society (Civitas)

2001: ‘Explaining the social structure of the city’ in R.Paddison (ed), Handbook of Urban Studies, Sage

2001: ‘Loosening the nuclear ties’ in J.Healey (ed), Family Values (Issues in Society, vol.150), The Spinney Press

2001: ‘Australia is not Sweden: The welfare state and national cultures’ Policy vol.17 (Spring)

2001: ‘Comments on Peter King: Was Conservative housing policy really conservative?’ Housing, Theory and Society vol.18

2001: ‘Social class’ in N. Smelser and P. Baltes (eds) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Pergamon

2002: ‘Poor arguments: A response to the Smith Family report on poverty in Australia’ (co-author) Issue Analysis no.21, Centre for Independent Studies

2002: ‘Poor statistics: Getting the facts right about poverty in Australia’ Issue Analysis no.23, Centre for Independent Studies

2002: ‘The cuckoo in the nest’ In I. Salusinszky and G. Melleuish, eds., Blaming Ourselves: September 11th and the Agony of the Left Duffy and Snellgrove

2002: ‘The social foundations of a free society’ Occasional Paper No.79, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney

2002: ‘What future for welfare?’ Occasional Paper No 11, Free Market Foundation, Johannesburg

2002: ‘For richer or poorer’ in J.Healey (ed), Poverty (Issues in Society, vol.170), The Spinney Press

2002: ‘Reflections on the meritocracy debate in Britain’ British Journal of Sociology vol.53 (4), 559-74

2002: ‘Six questions about civility’ CIS Occasional Paper No.82 (co-author)

2002: ‘What future for welfare?’ Australian Social Policy Journal, 2001-02, 21-42

2002: ‘Poor concepts: Social exclusion, poverty and the politics of guilt’ Policy vol 18, no 2, Winter (co-author)

2003: ‘Does prison work?’ Policy vol. 18 no. 4, Summer 2002/3 (co-author)

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2003: ‘Turning Back the Tide. Welfare Lessons from America’ Policy vol. 18, no.3 Autumn

2003: ‘Help and hassle: Do people on welfare really want to work? Policy vol. 19, no.2 Winter

2003: ‘What role for government?’ Policy vol. 19, no.3 Spring

2003: ‘The Tender Trap. Reducing Long-Term Welfare Dependency by Reforming the Parenting Payment System’ Issue Analysis No. 36, June (co-author)

2003: ‘How to reduce long-term unemployment’ Issue Analysis No. 40, September (co-author)

2003: ‘A Self-Reliant Australia: Welfare policy for the 21st century’ CIS Occasional Paper No.86 (December 2003)

2004: ‘What is fair about a fair go?’ Policy vol.20,no.1 Autumn

2004: ‘Lies, damned lies and the Senate poverty inquiry report’ Issue Analysis No. 46, April

2004: ‘Why we must reform the Disability Support Pension’ Issue Analysis No. 47, April

2004: ‘Only 18%? Why ACOSS is wrong to be complacent about welfare dependency’ Issue Analysis No.51, September

2004: Tax reform to make work pay CIS Policy Monograph No.62 (co-author)

2004: ‘Be inventive with incentives’ and ‘The problem of long-term unemployment’ both in J.Healey, Unemployment (Issues in Society, vol.210), Spinney Press

2004: ‘Principle and pragmatism’ in P.Dawkins and M.Steketee, Reforming Australia Melbourne University Press

2005: ‘Reform of the social security system’ Tax Policy Journal vol.1

2005: ‘’After the house price boom’ Policy vol.21, no.1, Autumn

2005: “War of the words” (review article) Policy vol.21, no.4, Summer

2005: ‘Restoring self-reliance through tax, welfare and labour market reform’ Brisbane Line (on-line journal: http://www.brisinst.org.au/resources/saunders_peter_welfare.html)

2005: ‘The $85 billion tax-welfare churn’ Issue Analysis No. 57, April

2005: ‘A headlong dash into the chasm of hyperbole’ Issue Analysis No. 59, June

2005: ‘Clearing muddy waters: Why Vinnies are wrong on inequality’’ Issue Analysis No. 60, June

2005: ‘Six arguments in favour of self-funding’ Issue Analysis No. 61, July

2005: ‘Twenty million future funds’ Issue Analysis No. 66, December

2006: ‘Citizenship in a liberal society’ In Hans-Peter Mueller and Juergen Mackert (eds) Citizenship. Institutionen und Dynamiken moderner Staatsbürgerschaft.

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2006: ‘The rise of the Opinionators’ Policy vol.22 no.2 Winter

2006: ‘Surf for the rest of your lives…’ (review essay) Policy vol.22 no.4 Summer

2006: ‘The politics of Frank Furedi’ Policy vol.22 no.3 Spring

2007: ‘A welfare state for those who want one, opt outs for those who don’t’ Issue Analysis No.79, January

2007: ‘Reinventing New Zealand’s welfare state’ Issue Analysis No.85, March

2007: ‘What are low ability workers to do when unskilled jobs disappear? Part I: Why more education and training isn’t the answer’ Issue Analysis No.91, December

2007: ‘Does capitalism threaten the family? Policy vol.23 no.1, Autumn

2007: ‘The limits to meritocracy’ In G. Dench (ed), The Rise and Rise of Meritocracy (London, Young Foundation)

Forthcoming:

2008: ‘What are low ability workers to do when unskilled jobs disappear? Part II: Expanding low skilled employment’ Issue Analysis January

2008: ‘Comment on “The truth about class inequality”’ Czech Sociological Review vol.44

2008: ‘Contracting out employment services in Australia’ In David Freud and Oliver Hartwich (eds), Contracting out employment services (London, Policy Exchange)

CONFERENCE PAPERS DELIVERED (international conferences in italics)

1975: SSRC conference on questionnaire design, Aberystwyth1976: World Congress of Rural Sociology, Torun, Poland1978: SSRC political geography conference, Glasgow1979: Centre for Environmental Studies urban change & conflict conference, Nottingham

International Political Science Association inter-governmental relations conference, OxfordBritish Sociological Association urban sociology conference, WarwickUrban planning conference, University College London

1980: Political Science Association territorial dimension in UK politics conference, CardiffInternational Political Science Association intergovernmental relations conference, OxfordBritish Sociological Association conference on power in towns and cities, GlasgowSchool for Advanced Urban Studies conference on the local state, Bristol

1981: British Sociological Association capital ideology & politics conference, Sheffield1982: Institute of British Geographers annual conference, Southampton1983: Inter-governmental relations conference, Copenhagen

Political Science Association territorial dimension in UK politics conference, OxfordInternational Sociological Association urban change & conflict conference, EssexSSRC intergovernmental relations conference, Oxford

1984: British Sociological Association urban sociology conference, LSE14

1985: International Sociological Association conference on spatial structures & social processes, Lesbos (Greece)International Sociological Association urban change & conflict conference, Sussex

1986: Work habitat & leisure conference, OsloBritish Sociological Association conference on issues of the modern state, EdinburghColston symposium on geography & politics, Bristol

1987: Nordic Universities winter symposium, StockholmInternational Sociological Association urban change & conflict conference, Kent

1988: Sociology of consumption inaugural conference, OsloInternational Sociological Association housing policy & innovation conference, AmsterdamInternational Sociological Association conference on urban restructuring, Rio de Janiero

1989: Social change & macroplanning conference, Dubrovnik, YugoslaviaFestschrift for Hugh Stretton, University of AdelaideThe future of cities conference, ViennaBritish Sociological Association conference on environment & behaviour, LSEStudent educational conference, WestminsterConference on the enterprise culture, Lancaster

1990: German Sociological Association Urban Sociology conference, MunichInternational Sociological Association world congress, MadridBritish Sociological Association annual conference, SurreyUniversity of Essex 25th anniversary conference, EssexAssociation of Teachers of Social Science annual conference, BrightonConference on water privatisation, LeicesterLiberty Fund symposium, OxfordStudent educational conference, Westminster

1991: Libertarian Alliance conference on social theory & freedom, London1992: Conference on the future of the water industry, Melbourne1993: ESRC social stratification conference, Cambridge1994: ESRC sociology of consumption conference, Salford1995: ESRC social stratification conference, Cambridge1997: ESRC social stratification conference, Cambridge1998: International Sociological Association world congress, Montreal

Conference on Gender in Higher Education, HelsinkiESRC social polarization conference, Leicester

1999: Australian Institute of Family Studies conference on Social Capital, CanberraSocial Policy Research Centre biennial conference, SydneyNational Marriage & Relationship Education annual conference, SydneyMutuality Australia conference on a Third Way for Australia, Melbourne

2000: International Sociological Association conference on future of welfare, Tilburg (Netherlands)Family Council of Victoria keynote address, Melbourne

2002: Mont Pelerin Society Asian Regional Meeting, Goa, India 2003: Australian Instititute of Family Studies conference (Melbourne);

Keynote address to Second Knowledge Wave Leadership Forum (Auckland); Social Entrepreneurs Network conference on ‘Civic Entrepreneurship’ (Canberra); Social Policy Research Centre conference on social exclusion (Sydney); New Zealand National Party Annual Conference (Wellington); Economic & Social Outlook Conference (Australian Newspaper & Melbourne Institute)

2004: Australian Labor Party conference fringe meeting on ‘poverty wages’ (Sydney); ACT Party forum on welfare reform (Wellington); Taxpayers Australia annual conference (Gold Coast)

2005: Rotary Centenary Conference keynote address (Hobart)

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Department of Employment & Workplace Relations Conference keynote address on welfare reform(Canberra)Social Policy Research Centre conference (Sydney)Housing Income & Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) conference (Melbourne)

2007: Maxim Institute conference on social justice (Auckland)Cape York Institute conference on Rebuilding norms in Indigenous communities(Cairns)

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SEMINAR PAPERS/PUBLIC LECTURES

1977: SSRC stratification seminar, Cambridge1978: research seminars at Kent & Birmingham1979: research seminars at Institute of Local Govt Studies, Warwick, LSE & Birmingham Polytechnic1980: research seminars at Liverpool, Edinburgh, Kent, Nuffield, Open University, Kingston Poly and Bartlett School of Architecture1981: research seminars at Aston, Oxford Poly, Liverpool, Ulster Poly, Melbourne, ANU, New South Wales, Newcastle (NSW) & Swinburne 1982: seminar on Australian urban politics (ANU) & research seminars at Manchester, Leicester Poly, Auckland, NZ Forest Research Institute, Canterbury (NZ), Queensland, Adelaide, Flinders & Swinburne1983: research seminars at LSE & Cardiff1984: research seminars at Sheffield Poly, Oxford Poly, Salford, Portsmouth Poly, Surrey & SAUS (Bristol)1985: research seminars at Hull, Bartlett School of Architecture & Institute of Local Govt Studies1986: ESRC stratification seminar (Cambridge) and research seminar at LSE1987: seminars at Swedish Building Research Institute (Gavle) and research seminars at Brown, Columbia, Rutgers, Sussex & Cambridge1988: seminar at Helsinki City Planning Office and research seminars at University of Helsinki, Helsinki Technical University, Sussex, Bristol Poly, Surrey, Nuffield, Lancaster & NE London Poly1989: research seminars at Monash and Essex1990: AMP seminar (Brands Hatch) plus research seminars at Free University Berlin, Sussex, Leeds & Brighton Poly1991: Professorial inaugural lecture at Sussex, Anglo-Bulgarian seminar Sussex, plus research seminars at Brighton Poly, Sussex and Kent1992: research seminars at Swinburne, Tasmania, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bremen, Essex and Sussex1993: AMP seminar (Croydon)1994: research seminars at Kent, Lancaster1996: public lectures at Humboldt University (Berlin) and the Royal Overseas League Club (London), research seminars at Brown, Edinburgh, Institute of Development Studies, Manchester1997: IEA seminar on state and market, research seminars at Essex and Hertfordshire,

A-level conference Westminster Central Hall 1998: Research seminar UCAS (Cheltenham), research seminars at Sussex and Institute

of Development Studies, two A-level conferences at Central Hall Westminster1999: Centre for Independent Studies Bert Kelly Lecture (Sydney), Papers to Victoria Dept of

Youth and Family Services (Melbourne), CIS Planning Retreat (Sydney), Australian Junior Chamber national convention (Melbourne), Relationships Australia AGM, Productivity Commission; seminars at Swinburne University, RMIT, AIFS public seminar

2000: Department of Family & Community Services seminar (Canberra), seminar on panel surveys (Canberra), NSW research forum on meritocracy and intelligence (Macquarie)

2001: Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit seminar on meritocracy (London), CIS ‘Consilium’ paper on welfare reform (Sydney), NSW Liberal Party seminar on risk (Sydney), CIS public lecture (Sydney)

2002: New Zealand Treasury Guest Lecture (Wellington), CIS public lecture (Wellington), research seminar at University of Auckland, CIS Liberty and Society seminar (Sydney), CIS ‘Consilium’ (Coolum, Qld)

2003: Hugo Group Executive Retreat (Queenstown, NZ), CIS Liberty and Society seminars(Auckland and Sydney), CIS ‘Consilium’ (Coolum, Qld); RMIT University social

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policy seminar2004: Australia Club ‘Dinner Club’ lecture (Sydney); Melbourne Institute Economic Forum

(Canberra); CIS Liberty & Society seminars (Sydney); CIS public lecture (Melbourne);CIS ‘Consilium’ (Coolum, Qld); CIS ‘Big Ideas Forum’ (Sydney); Melbourne Instituteresearch seminar (University of Melbourne); West Australia Council of Social Service public debate (Perth); Edith Cowan University staff-graduate seminar; Liberal Party backbenchers’ forum on tax reform (Canberra); Cape York Institute seminar on Aboriginal welfare (Cairns)

2005: Probus (Sydney); Swinburne University (Melbourne); CIS Liberty & Society seminars; CIS ‘Consilium’ (Coolum, Qld); Economic Society (Canberra); Institute of Public Administration seminar (Melbourne); Wentworth Liberal Party tax forum (Sydney); CIS Tax reform forums (Sydney and Wellington); Melbourne Institute Economic Forums(Canberra and Melbourne); CIS Members Christmas lecture

2007: Australian Institute of Family Studies research seminar (Melbourne); Keynote lecture to Dept of Employment & Workplace Relations Senior Executives retreat (Sydney); Macquarie University public debate (Sydney); CIS ‘Consilium’ (Coolum, Qld); Heritage Foundation/CIS seminar (Sydney); CIS public lecture (Wellington)

TEACHING

Undergraduate courses:

Sociology Research Methods (surveys and quantitative data analysis)Urban sociology (final year option)Neo-liberal perspectives on society (final year option)Principles of Sociological Analysis (philosophy of social science)Social Stratification (interdisciplinary course)Foundations of the social sciences (key theorists)Sociology Themes & Perspectives (second year core course)

Postgraduate courses:

Research Skills in the Social Sciences (methods course for graduate students)MA Urban and Regional StudiesMA Social & Political Thought

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UNSOLICITED COMMENTS ON RECENT ACTIVITIES

The following are taken from unsolicited letters, emails and other communications received from people commenting on my work. All originals are available on file for inspection.

“You can be sure that anything Peter writes works for any page I edit. He is outstanding” (email to CIS Media Officer from Tom Switzer, Opinion Page Editor, ‘The Australian’, 24 October 2007)

“Thank you very much for your participation in the first of what we hope to be many Vice Chancellor’s debates. You have been a great inspiration to many and manage to do so with great humour” (Letter from Prof Steven Schwartz, Vice Chancellor, Macquarie University, 17 August 2007)

“The forum last night was excellent. I thought you did an outstanding job in your introduction and witty conclusion” (email from Professor Rob McLean, formerly head of UNSW Graduate School of Management, 14 August 2007)

“I am writing to thank you for your seminal role in the Cape York Institute’s conference… I had many people comment on their appreciation of your astute presentation” (Letter from Professor Marcia Langton, Chairperson, Cape York Institute)

“Thank you for coming in this morning. I really enjoyed meeting you and found the subject fascinating. I like the way you get the information across” (email from Kelley Shepherd, Channel 9 TV producer, 24 April 2007)

“…which brings me to a brilliant piece of writing recently by Peter Saunders, the social research director of the Centre for Independent Studies who wrote [reads out press article]…” (Alan Jones ‘Comment’, Channel 9 Today programme, repeated on 2GB radio, 16 April 2007)

“The feedback on your session has been phenomenal. Thank you so much for delivering such a clear – and entertaining! – session… You have a clarity of thought and a courage of character that is seldom found yet so much needed… With many thanks and much admiration” (personal letter from Director of the New Zealand Maxim Institute, 3 April 2007)

“I always find my interaction with the CIS to be intellectually stimulating. I think Peter Saunders is doing a great job on the welfare reform matters amongst other things. It is most refreshing to have someone making the case so ably in the public arena” (email to CIS Director from Peter Boxall, Secretary of Dept of Employment & Workplace Relations, 1 March 2006)

“A special thank you for your contributions to the recent Economic Forums… It was valuable to hear your carefully reasoned arguments on the contentious topics of the measurement of poverty and an evaluation of policy options… I am indebted to the balance you brought to the forums” (letter from Prof John Freebairn, Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research, 9 December 2005)

“There is no shortage of good ideas around…There is, most conspicuously, the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney which, under the enthusiastic guidance of Peter Saunders, has produced a stream of tax reform proposals, ranging from the sensible and middle of the road to the radical” (article in The West Australian by Tony Rutherford, 30 November 2005)

“Both my colleague and I enjoyed your presentation enormously – we agreed wholeheartedly so we bought your book as well. Thank you for your dedication and for sharing your knowledge” (email from Ruth Moncrieff, participant at Dept of Employment & Workplace Relations conference for Job Network service providers, 30 June 2005)

“Saunders is the director of social research at the CIS. His piece…may well prove to be a turning point in Australian policy debate because it makes trenchant assertions that just can’t be left unanswered” (article by Christopher Pearson in The Australian 24 June 2005)

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“On behalf of the District Governor and the Conference Committee, I would like to sincerely thank you for presenting at our recent Hobart Centennial Conference. We must compliment you on such an effective speech, which was both extremely informative in content and a most professional delivery. The feedback we received was extremely positive” (letter from Barry Roberts, Chairman, Rotary Conference Committee, 6 April 2005)

“I acknowledge Peter Saunders, the social research director at the Centre for Independent Studies, who has coherently and incisively researched and outlined Australia’s welfare…He makes some exceptional insights into how successive Australian governments have dropped the ball on welfare” (speech by Steve Ciobo, Federal Member for Moncrieff, Factiva 25 January 2005)

“You were about the best guest I had last year” (email from Michael Duffy, ABC Radio National presenter, 24 January 2005)

“As one with a physical disability myself, just a short note to say I have purchased your latest book and along with other writings by yourself (and others) find compelling arguments for reform in the area of disability” (email from Mr Stephen Thornton, student, 22 January 2005)

“I very much enjoyed reading your book, ‘Australia’s Welfare Habit’, over Christmas. The book is well written and well (and moderately) argued” (email from James Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal)

“Thank you again for coming to Cairns and speaking at our seminar. It was very well received and people have repeatedly commended your comments. In fact we were debating the nature of a welfare reform pilot just yesterday and your work was top of our mind. We’ve had a number of requests for copies of your presentation” (email from Melodie Potts, Cape York Institute for Policy & Leadership [Indigenous Australian think tank], 22 December 2004)

“Just a brief note to sincerely thank you for your fabulous contribution to our Welfare Reform Symposium…I thought your address was absolutely fabulous, highly relevant and communicated in a great and understandable style… I can assure you you were most inspiring” (letter from John Sax, CEO of Southpark Corporation, NZ, 17 August 2004)

“There has been no book of the kind that changes a generation of policy thinking. Peter Saunders’ new book, Australia’s Welfare Habit, may be just that book… whatever happens at the next election, welfare reform will be the most interesting question in serious policy for the next few years, and Saunders’ book will be the best guide to it that we can have” (Tony Rutherford, writing in The West Australian 4 August 2004)

“Peter Saunders… I’m greatly respectful of him and I think he’s a great researcher and he tosses some great ideas into the pot” (Senator Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Family & Community Services, speaking on ABC Radio National, 15 September 2003)

In my present job, I teach on week-end ‘Liberty and Society’ courses run by the Centre for Independent Studies and aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in law, philosophy and social sciences. Below are extracts from recent student evaluation forms from participants on these weekend courses:

This seemed to be the most eagerly anticipated lecture of the weekend and it did not disappoint. It proved that if you’re good enough you don’t need to jump all over the room to be entertaining. The lectures have equipped me with greater confidence to participate in debate and motivated me in pursuit of answers

I enjoyed this presentation very much. The background readings were informative, the presentation was lucid and structured and Mr. Saunders, while making a strong argument, also took time to address the counterarguments

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Professor Saunders lecture was by far the most rewarding and thought provoking to me. He was thorough in his empirical research and presentation and built up conclusions based upon indisputable general trends. I felt that his presentation was by far the most convincing of the weekend

I enjoyed his dry analysis of such flammable social issues. During future debates I will recite many of the facts he gave during his presentation.

A thoroughly entertaining experience. His examples give a lot of food for thought on welfare concepts in this nation. It has helped crystalise some of my own opinions on social problems in our world.

Peter was an outstanding presenter – some of the statistics and facts presented were startling, all were well presented and discussed, and this was a fascinating culmination to the weekend

Peter was very charismatic in his mode of delivery particularly in his openness to participants’ questions and the way in which he addressed them. Overall I found Peter’s presentation enjoyable, lively and an excellent way in which to conclude the weekend.

I thought that Peter’s session was by far the best at the conference. What I particularly appreciated was that his sessions seemed the least ideologically driven… He presented some fairly convincing empirically-based arguments. His arguments were also very well researched

Peter’s presentation was excellent. The comprehensive manner in which he presented the information and his view of the current situation was highly effective

Peter’s presentation was open and honest with very useful statistics and policy options. It will certainly be an area which I would like to understand better in the future

I was particularly impressed by the even-handed manner in which Peter controlled the increasingly emotive debate after the break-out group stage

I enjoyed Peter’s presentation most of all – I think the information he provided us with about the welfare state and related social issues was fascinating. It is rare to hear such cogent arguments so it was wonderful to get the opportunity to hear such arguments based on hard facts

The was the most influential lecture for me in terms of changing my perspective

I found Peter Saunders’ presentations to be perhaps the most valuable to me personally because it provided information and provoked discussion about real, contemporary problems facing our government. His lectures presented real issues and allowed us to consider actual solutions, often challenging my previous ideas by supporting his perspective with notable statistics and facts. I greatly appreciated Saunders’ presentations

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