Adjunct Profess Peter Norden

Position

Adjunct Professor

School /
Work Unit

Design & Social Context Office

Contact Details

+(61 3) 9925 2305

peter.norden@rmit.edu.au

Location

Building: 37
Level: 4
Room: 12

City Campus

College/Portfolio

Design & Social Context Office

 

Key Activities

Peter Norden, A.O., is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Global, Social and Urban Studies.

Peter has recently resigned from the National Board of ACOSS (Australian Council of Social Services) and the National Board of Catholic Social Services Australia. He also served until recently on the Federal Health Minister’s Advisory Council on Infectious Diseases.

Peter has been teaching in various areas at RMIT in recent years including Advanced Mental Health and Values and Social Policy to Masters students, and this semester will be coordinating the subject: Influencing Policy in the social science area.

Qualifications

B.A. (Melb), Dip.Soc.Studs. (Melb), M.S.W. (La Trobe)

Professional interests/links to industry

Peter’s previous experience includes having worked as Chaplain to the infamous Pentridge Prison (1985-1992); he was the founder of the Brosnan Centre (1977) which continues today to assist young offenders aged 18-25 upon their release from custody; he worked as the Policy Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria (1992-1996), as Executive Director and Policy Director of Jesuit Social Services (1996-2006), and as the Convenor of the Victorian Criminal Justice Coalition (1993-current).

Peter has a consultancy service Norden Directions, providing consultancy to government and community sector organisations.

Peter is currently completed a consultancy with Victorian Department of Health, in the area of mental health promotion. He is assessing the ways in which existing Victorian government policies impact positively or negatively on mental health promotion. IN particular he is focusing on the government's plans to construct a further 600,000 extra dwellings in the coming years and how that can be achieved with the development of "liveable communities".

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