Hugh Mackay (social researcher)

Hugh Mackay (social researcher)

Hugh Mackay is the founder of the Australian quarterly research series The Ipsos Mackay Report (previously The Mackay Report). He is a psychologist, social researcher and writer. He is a regular columnist in The Age and regularly commentator appearing on radio and television. He is a graduate of Sydney Grammar School, the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. He is one of the founders of the St James Ethics Centre.

Positions

He is an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (a joint project of the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne and Charles Sturt University), a former honorary professorial fellow in the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Chairman of the Board of Management for the Constable Education Program for the NSW Police, a former Chairman of Trustees of Sydney Grammar School, a former Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council, a member of the advisory committee for the Sydney Peace Prize and a former Chairman of the ACT Government’s [http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/communityinclusion/ Community Inclusion Board] .

He is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and has been awarded honorary doctorates by The University of New South Wales, Charles Sturt University and Macquarie University.

Publications

*"Advance Australia...Where?" (2007)
*"The Ipsos Mackay Report" quarterly research series (previously The Mackay Report).
*"Right and Wrong: How to Decide for Yourself" (2004).
*"Media Mania: Why Our Fear of Modern Media is Misplaced" (2002)
*"Turning Point" (1999)
*" Generations: Baby Boomers, their Parents & their Children" (1997)
*"The Good Listener" (originally "Why Don't People Listen?", 1994)
*" Reinventing Australia" (1993) drew on 60 individual reports
*"Better Communication" with Caroline Jones (audio tapes, 1982)

Fiction

*Little Lies
*House Guest
*Winter Close (2002)
*The Spin

References

External links

* [http://www.ipsos.com.au/(jysdcm55lddixz55exlalb45)/page.aspx?id=26 Hugh Mackay at Ipsos Australia]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s1217354.htm Hugh Mackay, On Right or Wrong] on Compass, Australian Broadcasting Corporation broadcast on 10 October 2004 A case study in values and ethics
* [http://www.hughmackay.com.au HughMackay.com.au]


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