Professor Mark Western
Professor of Sociology (CPF) and Research Director with The Queensland Commitment
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Researcher biography
Mark Western is Research Director, The Queensland Commitment, UQ, and Professor of Sociology in the Centre for Policy Futures in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Queensland Academy of the Arts and Sciences. From 2009 to March 2022 he was Founding Director of the Institute for Social Science Research, UQ's university research institute for the social sciences. He has previously worked at the Australian National University and the University of Tasmania, and held visiting appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Manchester, and the Institute of Education, London.
Mark is an International Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University, and a former Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families Over the Life course and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security.
Mark is also a member of the Boards of the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research at the University of Manchester, the Leeds Social Sciences Institute, and the Stretton Institute at the University of Adelaide. In recent years Mark Western's external appointments include:
- 2023-2024 Member, National Research Infrastructure Advisory Group, providing long term and strategic advice to the Federal Government on National Research Infrastructure
- 2023- Chair, Group of Eight Equity Working Group, advising the Group of Eight on student equity in higher education.
- 2022- Member, Steering Committee, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Research Infrastructure Decadal Plan
- 2021-2022 Chair, Expert Working Group reviewing the ERA Rating Scale and Benchmarking for the ARC
- 2020-2021 Chair, Steering Committee for the State of the Social Sciences Report 2021 for the Academy of Social Sciences
- 2019 Member, Advisory Group to the Academy of Humanities Project, Mapping International Research Infrastructures for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- 2014-2015 Deputy Chair, Review of the Australian Research Training System, Australian Council of Learned Academies.
Mark has also served as Chair and Deputy Chair of ARC ERA and Engagement and Impact Evaluation Committees, and on the ARC College of Experts and various ARC Selection Advisory Committees for other ARC Research Funding schemes.
He has edited and authored 7 books, and over 100 book chapters, journal articles and commissioned reports and held research grants and contracts worth approximately $120 million.
Research Interests
- Social Science Research Methods
My interests in research methods are both technical and more broadly methodological. I am interested in how to improve quantitative methods like social surveys and statistical analyses to generate more valid and reliable conclusions from these kinds of data. I am also interested in how to use new computational methods like machine learning on very large social science datasets, to identify patterns, classify observations, and make better predictions. At the more methodological level, I am interested in how to design research projects and analyse data to produce useful information in real settings where we need certain kinds of good answers - for instance, knowing if a social program works in a real community that is subject to many overlapping programs, where we have too much information, but too few observations for conventional methods to work well. I am also increasingly interested in how working closely with stakeholder communities can enrich social science research and help social scientists avoid making errors, including harmful errors, that come from being too theoretical and abstract, and not sufficiently grounded in the realities they are studying. - Solution-oriented social science
This work focuses on how to strengthen connections between social science research and "real-world" problems in order to develop better solutions, enhance the relevance and public value of university research, and improve research quality. The key to better "solution-oriented" social science is to build strong partnerships between university researchers, government, industry, not-for-profits and civil society. I am interested in doing solution-oriented social science to address specific problems and also in researching how to do it better. - Social and economic inequality
This work focuses on understanding the dimensions and causes of social and economic inequality in rich countries, and what to do about it. - Social and economic mobility
This work focuses on understanding how people's opportunities for social and economic mobility are shaped by factors they don't control, such as the family they are born into and the associated advantages and disadvantages that flow from this, and factors that may be partly controllable, such as effort and motivation. I am also interested in how useful it is to talk about equal opportunities when individual success and lack of success come from a complex tangle of factors we can and cannot control, including factors we do not choose. - Class analysis
Social class remains one powerful way of explaining inequalities in desired rewards, and differences in certain kinds of sociopolitical behaviour and attitudes. I am interested in understanding how class "works" in countries like Australia to shape inequality, attitudes and behaviour, and whether it is becoming more or less important over time.
Research Impacts
Mark has led or contributed to projects which have had direct impacts on policy and practice. In 2001 he led the team which produced one of the first national studies of General Practitioners' use of information technology for the Australian Department of Health. In 2005- 2006 he led a team which produced estimates of international students' non-tuition fee expenditure which were used in the Australian National Accounts to help quantify the export value of Australian education. He also led the first national study of the employment outcomes of graduates of Australian PhD training programs. More recently, he has also worked on major evaluations of government policies and programs, such as the national Paid Parental Leave Scheme, and developed evaluation frameworks for major policy initiatives such as the Health and Hospitals Fund, which supported national health infrastructure, and the Queensland Government's 10 year Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy. Mark also sits on a number of Advisory and Expert Reference Groups for non-government organisations, and State and Federal Government Departments. Mark particularly enjoys working with partners in government, industry and the not-for-profit sector on problems that matter to them and have real-world relevance and impact.
Qualifications
- Fellow, Academy Social Sciences in Australia
- PhD, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Art (Honours), The University of Queensland
Publications
Book Chapters
Western, Mark and Huang, Xianbi (2024). Social mobility and social capital. Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital. (pp. 351-365) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802202373.00032
Western, Mark, Baxter, Janeen and Germov, John (2023). Class and inequality in Australia. Public Sociology. (pp. 232-256) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003193791-14
Baxter, Janeen, Van Egmond, Marcel, Buchler, Sandra and Western, Mark (2023). Gender role attitudes in Australia 1986–2005. Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research. (pp. 2702-2705) edited by Filomena Maggino. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_4087
Povey, Jenny, Plage, Stefanie, Huang, Yanshu, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Cook, Stephanie, Austerberry, Sophie and Western, Mark (2022). Adolescence a period of vulnerability and risk for adverse outcomes across the life course: the role of parent engagement in learning. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 97-131) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_6
Western, Mark (2022). Some comments on class analysis. Class in Australia. (pp. 58-74) edited by Steven Threadgold and Jessica Gerrard. Clayton, VIC Australia: Monash University Publishing.
Western, Mark, Baxter, Janeen and Germov, John (2020). Class and inequality in Australia. Public Socology. (pp. 238-264) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003116974-14
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark (2015). Social capital and life satisfaction in Australia. Handbook of research methods and applications in social capital. (pp. 225-241) edited by Yaojun Li. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9780857935854.00017
Western, Mark (2014). Using quantitative data in the social sciences. Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Spatially Integrated Social Science. (pp. 150-176) edited by Robert J. Stimson. Cheltenham, Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9780857932976.00017
Baxter, Janeen, Van Egmond, Marcel, Buchler, Sandra and Western, Mark (2014). Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986-2005. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. (pp. 2458-2461) edited by Alex C. Michalos. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda, Haynes, Michele and Western, Mark (2013). Pathways through the life course: The effect of relationship and parenthood transitions on domestic labour. Negotiating the Life Course: Stability and change in life pathways. (pp. 145-160) edited by Ann Evans and Janeen Baxter. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-8912-0_8
Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Clarke, Andrew, Go-Sam, Carroll, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Harvey-Jones, William, Corunna, Vanessa and Western, Mark (2012). NATSISS crowding data: what does it assume and how can we challenge the orthodoxy?. Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia: Social Science Perspectives. (pp. 241-279) edited by Boyd Hunter and Nicholas Biddle. Canberra, Australia: ANU E Press.
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark (2012). How do Australians search for jobs?. Australia: Identity, Fear and Governance in the 21St Century. (pp. 171-191) edited by Juliet Pietsch and Haydn Aarons. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press.
McRea, Rod, Western, Mark and Shyy, Tung-Kai (2011). Subjective quality of life in Queensland: Comparing metropolitan, regional and rural areas. Investigating quality of urban life: Theory, methods, and empirical research. (pp. 295-313) edited by Robert W. Marans and Robert J. Stimson. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-1742-8_13
Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2011). Class and inequality in Australia. Public sociology. An introduction to Australian society. (pp. 206-229) edited by John Germov and Marilyn Poole. Crows Nest, Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Western, Mark (2010). Class. Encyclopedia of identity. (pp. 86-91) edited by Ronald L. Jackson, II, Michael A. Hogg, Ronald C. Arnett, Jacqueline Imani Bryant, James Haywood Rolling Jr., Corey D. B. Walker, Mark Western, Danielle L. Blaylock, Stephen Hocker, Amanda G. McKendree, Celeste Grayson Seymour and Algernon Williams. Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.: Sage Publications.
Western, M., Baxter, J. and Chesters, J. (2007). How are families managing?. Australian social Attitudes 2: Citzenship, Work and Aspirations. (pp. 241-261) edited by D. Denemark, G. Meagher, S. Wilson, M. C. Western and T. Phillips. Sydney, NSW: UNSW Press.
Western, M. C. and Baxter, J. H. (2007). Class and Inequality in Australia. Public sociology: an Introduction to Australia Society. (pp. 215-236) edited by J. Germov and M. Poole. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Gibson, Rachel, Wilson, Shanu, Meagher, Gabrielle, Denemark, David and Western, Mark (2005). Introduction. Australian Social Attitudes: The First Report. (pp. 1-11) edited by Shaun Wilson, Gabrielle Meagher, Rachel Gibson, David Denemark and Mark Western. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.
Phillips, T. and Western, M. C. (2005). Social Change and Social Identity: Postmodernity, Reflexive modernisation and the Transformation of Social Identities in Australia. Rethinking Class: Culture, Identities and Lifestyle. (pp. 163-185) edited by F. Devine, M. Savage, J. Scott and R. Crompton. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Western, M. C. and Tranter, B. K. (2005). Engaged Citizens: Are Post Materialists Making a Difference?. Australian Social Attitudes : The First Report. (pp. 82-100) edited by Shaun Wilson, Gabrielle Meagher, Rachel Gibson, David Denemark and Mark Western. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
Western, M. C. and Baxter, J. H. (2001). Introduction. Reconfigurations of Class and Gender. (pp. 1-13) edited by J Baxter; M Western. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Baxter, J. H. and Western, M. C. (2001). The links between paid and unpaid work: Australia and Sweden in the 1980s and 1990s. Reconfigurations of Class and Gender. (pp. 81-104) edited by Baxter, J. and Western, M.. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Western, M. C. (2000). Competition education and class formation. Beyond nostalgia: Reshaping Australian education. (pp. 91-104) edited by Lawrence Angus and Terri Seddon. Melbourne: ACER Press.
Journal Articles
Sanders, Matthew R., Clague, Denise, Zając, Tomasz, Baxter, Janeen, Western, Mark, Chainey, Carys, Morawska, Alina, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Prinz, Ronald J. and Burke, Kylie (2024). Parenting, child maltreatment, and social disadvantage: a population-based implementation and evaluation of the Triple P system of evidence-based parenting support. Child Maltreatment, 10775595241259994. doi: 10.1177/10775595241259994
Coles, Laetitia, Johnstone, Melissa, Pattinson, Cassandra, Thorpe, Karen, Van Halen, Olivia, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Bayliss, Olivia, Lakeman, Nicole, Western, Mark, Povey, Jenny and Staton, Sally (2022). Identifying factors for poorer educational outcomes that may be exacerbated by
COVID
‐19: A systematic review focussing on at‐risk school children and adolescents. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58 (1), 13-40. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.236
Plage, Stefanie, Cook, Stephanie, Povey, Jenny, Rudling, Emily, te Riele, Kitty, McDaid, Lisa and Western, Mark (2022). Connection, connectivity and choice: Learning during
COVID
‐19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programmes in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00 (1), 212-231. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.228
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Zajac, Tomasz, Rudling, Emily, Riele, Kitty, McDaid, Lisa and Western, Mark (2022). Uneven impacts of
COVID
‐19 on the attendance rates of secondary school students from different socioeconomic backgrounds in Australia: A quasi‐experimental analysis of administrative data. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00 (1), 111-130. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.219
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Xiang, Ning, Huang, Yangtao, Western, Mark, McCourt, Brianna and McCarthy, Ian (2022). The impact of effective teaching practices on academic achievement when mediated by student engagement: evidence from Australian high schools. Education Sciences, 12 (5) 358, 358. doi: 10.3390/educsci12050358
Ablaza, Christine, Western, Mark and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2021). Good jobs and bad jobs for Indonesia's informal workers. International Labour Review, 160 (1), 143-168. doi: 10.1111/ilr.12167
Huang, Yangtao, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2021). The long arm of parental advantage: socio-economic background and parental financial transfers over adult children's life courses. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 71 100582, 100582. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100582
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Xiang, Ning and Western, Mark (2020). Student engagement as a mediator of the effects of socio‐economic status on academic performance among secondary school students in Australia. British Educational Research Journal, 46 (3) berj.3599, 610-630. doi: 10.1002/berj.3599
Blunch, Niels-Hugo, Ribar, David C. and Western, Mark (2020). Under pressure? Assessing the roles of skills and other personal resources for work-life strains. Review of Economics of the Household, 18 (3), 883-906. doi: 10.1007/s11150-019-09477-8
Graham, Anne, Truscott, Julia, O’Byrne, Catherine, Considine, Gillian, Hampshire, Anne, Creagh, Susan and Western, Mark (2019). Disadvantaged families’ experiences of home-school partnerships: navigating agency, expectations and stigma. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 25 (11), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2019.1607913
Huang, Yangtao, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2019). To pool or not to pool? Trends and predictors of banking arrangements within Australian couples. PLoS One, 14 (4) e0214019, e0214019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214019
Western, Mark (2019). How to increase the relevance and use of social and behavioral science: Lessons for policy-makers, researchers and others. Justice Evaluation Journal, 2 (1), 18-34. doi: 10.1080/24751979.2019.1600381
Côté, Rochelle R, Huang, Xianbi, Huang, Yangtao and Western, Mark (2018). Immigrant network diversity in the land of the fair go. Journal of Sociology, 55 (2), 199-218. doi: 10.1177/1440783318817684
Huang, Xianbi, Western, Mark, Bian, Yanjie, Li, Yaojun, Côté, Rochelle and Huang, Yangtao (2018). Social networks and subjective wellbeing in Australia: new evidence from a national survey. Sociology, 53 (2), 003803851876021-421. doi: 10.1177/0038038518760211
Martinez, Arturo Jr., Rampino, Tina, Western, Mark, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Roque, Jude David (2017). Estimating the contribution of circumstances that reflect inequality of opportunities. Economic Papers, 36 (4), 380-400. doi: 10.1111/1759-3441.12184
Baffour, Bernard, Roselli, Tim, Haynes, Michele, Bon, Joshua J., Western, Mark and Clemens, Susan (2017). Including mobile-only telephone users in a statewide preventive health survey—Differences in the prevalence of health risk factors and impact on trends. Preventive Medicine Reports, 7, 91-98. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.009
Mazerolle, Lorraine, Baxter, Janeen, Cobb-Clark, David, Hayne, Michele, Lawernce, David and Western, Mark (2017). From bench to curbside: considering the role of simulations in scaling-up justice interventions. Criminology and Public Policy, 16 (2), 501-510. doi: 10.1111/1745-9133.12287
Western, Mark and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2016). Subjective wellbeing, objective wellbeing and inequality in Australia. PLoS ONE, 11 (10) e0163345, e0163345. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163345
Baffour, Bernard, Haynes, Michele, Dinsdale, Shane, Western, Mark and Pennay, Darren (2016). Profiling the mobile-only population in Australia: insights from the Australian National Health Survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (5), 443-447. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12549
Huang, Yangtao, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2016). A land of the 'fair go'?: Intergenerational earnings elasticity in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 51 (3), 361-381. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb01236.x
Baffour, Bernard, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark, Pennay, Darren, Mission, Sebastian and Martinez, Arturo (2016). Weighting strategies for combining data from dual-frame telephone surveys: emerging evidence from Australia. Journal of Official Statistics, 32 (3), 549-578. doi: 10.1515/jos-2016-0029
Povey, Jenny, Campbell, Alice Kate, Willis, Linda-Dianne, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark, Bennett, Sarah, Antrobus, Emma and Pedde, Charley (2016). Engaging parents in schools and building parent-school partnerships: the role of school and parent organisation leadership. International Journal of Educational Research, 79 (1), 128-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2016.07.005
Martinez, Arturo, Western, Mark, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Haynes, Michele, Manalo, Maria Kristine and Sebastian, Iva (2016). Drivers of household income distribution dynamics in the Philippines. Philippine Statistician, 65 (1), 53-84.
Martinez, Arturo, Western, Mark, Haynes, Michele and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2015). How Income Segmentation Affects Income Mobility: Evidence from Panel Data in the Philippines. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2 (3), 590-608. doi: 10.1002/app5.96
Haynes, Michele, Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2015). Time on housework and selection into and out of relationships in Australia: a multiprocess, multilevel approach. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 6 (3), 245-263. doi: 10.14301/llcs.v6i3.303
Baxter, Janeen, Buchler, Sandra, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2014). A life-changing event: first births and men's and women's attitudes to mothering and gender divisions of labor. Social Forces, 93 (3) sou103, 989-1014. doi: 10.1093/sf/sou103
Martinez, Arturo, Western, Mark, Haynes, Michele and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2014). Is there income mobility in the Philippines?. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 28 (1), 96-115. doi: 10.1111/apel.12047
Martinez Jr, Arturo, Western, Mark, Haynes, Michele, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Macarayan, Erlyn (2014). Multiple job holding and income mobility in Indonesia. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 37, 91-104. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.09.008
Kellett, Jon, Balston, Jacqueline and Western, Mark (2014). Sea-level rise and planning: Retrospect and prospect. Australian Planner, 51 (3), 203-211. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2013.808681
Fay-Ramirez, Suzanna, Western, Mark, Mazerolle, Lorraine and Wiedlitzka, Susann (2013). National security and preparedness survey technical report. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2594567
Smith, Jonathan, Skrbis, Zlatko and Western, Mark (2013). Beneath the 'Digital Native' myth: understanding young Australians' online time use. Journal of Sociology, 49 (1), 97-118. doi: 10.1177/1440783311434856
Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark and Hewitt, Belinda (2013). Gender, justice and domestic work: life course transitions and perceptions of fairness. Longtitudinal and Life Course Studies, 4 (1), 78-85.
Martinez Jr., Arturo, Western, Mark, Haynes, Michele and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2013). Measuring income mobility using pseudo-panel data. Philippine Statistician, 62 (2), 71-99.
Fielding, Kelly S., Head, Brian W., Laffan, Warren, Western, Mark and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2012). Australian politicians’ beliefs about climate change: political partisanship and political ideology. Environmental Politics, 21 (5), 712-733. doi: 10.1080/09644016.2012.698887
Skrbis, Zlatko, Western, Mark, Tranter, Bruce, Hogan, David, Coates, Rebecca, Smith, Jonathan, Hewitt, Belinda and Mayall, Margery (2012). Expecting the unexpected: Young people's expectations about marriage and family. Journal of Sociology, 48 (1), 63-83. doi: 10.1177/1440783311408968
Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Haynes, Michele, Clarke, Andrew and Western, Mark (2011). The challenge of monitoring regional Indigenous homelessness. Parity, 24 (9), 31-34.
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark (2011). Social networks and occupational attainment in Australia. Sociology, 45 (2), 269-286. doi: 10.1177/0038038510394029
Khan, Asaduzzaman and Western, Mark (2011). Does attitude matter in computer use in Australian general practice? A zero-inflated Poisson regression analysis. Health Information Management Journal, 40 (2), 23-29. doi: 10.1177/183335831104000204
Tranter, Bruce and Western, Mark (2010). Overstating value change: Question ordering in the postmaterial values index. European Sociological Review, 26 (5), 571-583. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcp040
van Egmond, Marcel, Baxter, Janeen, Buchler, Sandra and Western, Mark (2010). A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986–2005. Journal of Population Research, 27 (3), 147-168. doi: 10.1007/s12546-010-9039-9
Tranter, Bruce and Western, Mark (2009). The influence of Green parties on postmaterialist values. British Journal of Sociology, 60 (1), 145-167. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.01222.x
Chesters, Jenny, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2009). Paid and unpaid work in Australian households: Trends in the gender division of labour, 1986-2005. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 12 (1), 89-108.
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2009). Who uses paid domestic labor in Australia? Choice and constraint in hiring household help. Feminist Economics, 15 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/13545700802248989
Buchler, Sandra, Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele and Western, Mark (2009). The social and demographic characteristics of cohabiters in Australia: Towards a typology of cohabitating couples. Family Matters, 82 (82), 22-29.
Seelig, Tim, Han, Jung Hoon, O’Flaherty, Martin, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark, Short, Trisch, Baum, Scott and Jones, Andrew (2008). What are the housing tenure pathways of income support recipients over time?. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Research and Policy Bulletin (103), 1-4.
Hosking, Amanda and Western, Mark C. (2008). The effects of non-standard employment on work-family conflict. Journal of Sociology, 44 (1), 5-27. doi: 10.1177/1440783307085803
van Gellecum, Yolanda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2008). Neoliberalism, gender inequality and the Australian labour market. Journal of Sociology, 44 (1), 45-63. doi: 10.1177/1440783307085842
Nguyen, D. and Western, M.C. (2007). Socio-structural correlates of online news and information adoption/use: Implications for the digital divide. Journal of Sociology, 43 (2), 167-185. doi: 10.1177/1440783307076894
Western, Mark C., Baxter, Janeen H., Pakulski, J, Tranter, Bruce, Western, John S., Van Egmond, Marcellinus H., Jennifer Chesters, Amanda Hosking, Martin O'Flaherty and Yolanda Van Gellecum (2007). Neoliberalism, inequality and politics: The changing face of Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 42 (3), 401-418. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00066.x
Hewitt, Belinda, Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2006). Who Decides? The Social Characteristics of Who Initiates Marital Separation. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68 (5), 1165-1177. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00321.x
Nguyen, An and Western, Mark (2006). The complementary relationship between the Internet and traditional mass media: The case of online news and information. Information Research, 11 (3), 151-183.
Hewitt, B, Baxter, J and Western, M (2006). Family, work and health - The impact of marriage, parenthood and employment on self-reported health of Australian men and women. Journal of Sociology, 42 (1), 61-78. doi: 10.1177/1440783306061353
Nguyen, An, Ferrier, Elizabeth, Western, Mark and McKay, Susan (2005). Online News in Australia: Patterns of Use and Gratification. Australian Studies in Journalism (15), 5-34.
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2005). Post-Familial Families and the Domestic Division of Labour. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36 (4), 583-600. doi: 10.3138/jcfs.36.4.583
Western, Mark, Hewitt, Belinda and Baxter, Janeen (2005). Marriage and money: Variations across the earnings distribution. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 8 (2), 163-179.
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2005). Marriage breakdown in Australia - The social correlates of separation and divorce. Journal of Sociology, 41 (2), 163-183. doi: 10.1177/1440783305053235
Baxter, J, Hewitt, B and Western, M (2005). Post-familial families and the domestic division of labour. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36 (4), 583-604.
Western, M (2005). The experience of middle Australia: The dark side of economic reform. British Journal of Sociology, 56 (3), 510-512. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00080_11.x
Teixeira, S. R., Chamala, S. A., Cowan, R. T. and Western, M. (2004). Participatory approach for the identification of dairy industry needs in the design of research, development and extension actions: Australian and Brazilian case studies. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 44 (6), 521-530. doi: 10.1071/EA01187
Tranter, B. and Western, M. C. (2003). Postmaterial values and age: The case of Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 38 (2), 239-257. doi: 10.1080/1036114032000092701
Western, M. C., Dwan, K. M., Western, J. S., Makkai, T. and Del Mar, C. B. (2003). Computerisation in Australian general practice. Australian Family Physician, 32 (3), 2-7.
Western, Mark and Tranter, Bruce (2001). Postmaterialist and economic voting in Australia, 1990-98. Australian Journal of Political Science, 36 (3), 439-458. doi: 10.1080/10361140120100659
Weakliem, DL and Western, M (1999). Class voting, social change, and the left in Australia, 1943-96. British Journal of Sociology, 50 (4), 609-630. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00609.x
Western, M (1999). Who thinks what about capitalism? Class consciousness and attitudes to economic institutions. Journal of Sociology, 35 (3), 351-370. doi: 10.1177/144078339903500306
Western, M (1999). Class attainment among British men - A multivariate extension of the CASMIN model of intergenerational class mobility. European Sociological Review, 15 (4), 431-454.
Baxter, J. and Western, M. (1998). Satisfaction with housework: Examining the paradox. (vol 32, pg 101, 1998). Sociology, 32 (3), U3-U3.
Baxter, J and Western, M (1998). Satisfaction with housework: Examining the paradox. Sociology-the Journal of The British Sociological Association, 32 (1), 101-120. doi: 10.1177/0038038598032001007
Western, M (1997). Social change and the middle classes - Butler,T, Savage,M. American Journal of Sociology, 102 (6), 1779-1781. doi: 10.1086/231161
Western, M (1996). Intergenerational mobility and class theory: A reply to Kingston. Social Forces, 75 (1), 329-334. doi: 10.2307/2580768
Western, M and Wright, EO (1994). The Permeability of Class Boundaries to Intergenerational Mobility Among Men in the United-States, Canada, Norway, and Sweden (vol 59, Pg 624, 1994). American Sociological Review, 59 (6), 937-937.
Western, M (1994). Intergenerational Class Mobility Among Women and Men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 30 (3), 303-321. doi: 10.1177/144078339403000305
Western, M and Wright, EO (1994). The Permeability of Class Boundaries to Intergenerational Mobility Among Men in the United-States, Canada, Norway and Sweden. American Sociological Review, 59 (4), 606-629. doi: 10.2307/2095934
Western, M (1992). Choice, Rationality, and Social-Theory - Hindess,b. Australian Journal of Political Science, 27 (2), 393-394.
Chant, D and Western, M (1991). The Analysis of Mobility Regimes - Implementation Using Sas Procedures and An Australian Case-Study. Sociological Methods & Research, 20 (2), 256-286. doi: 10.1177/0049124191020002004
Western, M (1991). Class and Stratification - Arrangements for Socioeconomic Inequality Under Capitalism - Waters,m. Australian Journal of Political Science, 26 (2), 378-380.
Western, M (1990). The Debate On Classes - Wright,eo, Becker,u, Brenner,j, Burawoy,m, Burris,v, Carchedi,g, Marshall,g, Meiksins,p, Rose,d, Stinchcombe,a, Vanparijs,p. Australian Journal of Political Science, 25 (2), 385-386.
Emmison, Mike and Western, Mark (1990). Social class and social identity: A comment on Marshall et.al. Sociology, 24 (2), 241-253. doi: 10.1177/0038038590024002005
Marks, Gary N., Western, John S. and Western, Mark C. (1989). Class and income in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 25 (3), 410-427. doi: 10.1177/144078338902500304
Baxter, J. H., Boreham, P. R., Clegg, S. R., Emmison, J. M., Gibson, D. M., Marks, G. N., Western, J. S. and Western, M. C. (1989). The Australian Class Structure - Some Preliminary-Results From the Australian Class Project. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 25 (1), 100-120. doi: 10.1177/144078338902500106
Conference Papers
Zajac, Tomasz, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Sharma, Nikita and Western, Mark (2023). The effects of educational capital, cultural and linguistic proximity, and age of arrival on the labour market outcomes of foreign-born university graduates in Australia. RC28 Spring Meeting 2023 'Education and Social Inequality across the Life Course', Paris, France, 24-26 May 2023.
Zajac, Tomasz, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Sharma, Nikita and Western, Mark (2023). The effects of educational capital, cultural and linguistic proximity, and age of arrival on the labour market outcomes of foreign-born university graduates in Australia. ISA RC28 Spring Meeting, Paris, France, 23-26 May 2023.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Zając, Tomasz, Western, Mark and Sharma, Nikita (2023). Labour market outcomes of university graduates of migrant background in australia: the relevance of cultural, linguistic, and educational capital in the country of origin. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 25 June-1 July 2023.
Tran, Nam, Western, Mark, Creagh, Susan, Clague, Denis and Baxter, Janeen (2019). How non-cognitive skill profiles associated with educational outcomes among disadvantaged students. The 2019 International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris, France, 7-9 March 2019.
Povey, Jenny, Baxter, Janeen, Ambrey, Christopher, Kalb, Guyonne, Ribar, David and Western, Mark (2018). The power of linked data: evaluating diverse multi-program projects designed to reduce welfare dependence. ADRF Network Research Conference: Innovations in Administrative Data for Social Science, Washington, D.C., USA, 12-14 November 2018. Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom: Swansea University. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i5.1079
Tran, Nam, Western, Mark, Creagh, Sue, Clague, Denise and Baxter, Janeen (2018). Non-cognitive skills profiles and academic outcomes among Australian disadvantaged students. The 14th Asia-Pacific Sociological Association Conference, Hakone, Japan, 5-7 October 2018.
Huang, Y., Perales, F. and Western, M. (2017). Towards Togetherness: Change in Financial Organisation within Couples with Transitions towards Marriage and Parenthood. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, Melbourne, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2017.
Tomaszewski, W., Perales, F., Rampino, T., Xiang, N., Kubler, M. and Western, M. (2017). The Role of Career Guidance in Addressing Barriers to University Participation among Low-SES Students. International Life Course Conference, Sydney, Australia, 24-26 October 2017.
Macarayan, Erlyn, Western, Mark, Curley, Melissa and Gilks, Charles (2016). Cambodia’s health systems performance and the need for systems thinking approach. Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-31 January 2016. Bangkok, Thailand: Prince Mahidol Award Conference.
Huang, Y., Perales, F. and Western, M. (2016). On whose Account? Financial Democracy within Heterosexual Couples in Australia. ISA RC28 (Social Stratification and Mobility), Summer Meeting 2016, Bern, Switzerland, 29-31 August 2016.
Huang, Y., Perales, F. and Western, M. (2016). A Land of the “Fair Go”? The Dynamics of Intergenerational Earnings Elasticity in Australia. ISA RC28 (Social Stratification and Mobility), Summer Meeting 2016, Singapore, 26-28 May 2016.
Huang, Y., Perales, F. and Western, M. (2016). On whose Account? Financial Democracy within Heterosexual Couples in Australia. National Longitudinal Data Conference, Canberra, Australia, 25-27 October 2016.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Xiang, Ning, Western, Mark and Rampino, Tina (2016). Socio-economic background, student engagement and academic achievement among secondary school students in Australia. ISA RC28 Meeting, Singapore, 26-28 May 2016.
Macarayan, E., Western, M. and Curley, M. (2015). Assessing health systems performance in low and middle income countries. 6th Annual CUGH Conference, Boston, MA United States, 26-28 March 2015. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.942
Macarayan, E. R. K., Western, M., Curley, M. and Gilks, C. (2015). Healthcare financing and outcomes in low and middle income countries. 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Basel, Switzerland, 6-10 September 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12575
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Western, Mark and Martinez, Arturo Jr (2015). Developments in educational and occupational mobility in Australia: are the chances of young people from low socio-economic backgrounds improving?. ISA RC28 Annual Spring Meeting, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 28-30 May 2015.
Martinez, Arturo, Perales, Francisco, Western, M., Haynes, M. and Tomaszewski, Wojciech (2014). Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Contemporary Australia. Summer School on Advanced Poverty Research, University of Bremen, September 2014.
Macarayan, E., Curley, M. and Western, M. (2014). Using principles of political psychology in health systems performance comparative case studies. Australasian Political Psychology Workshop, Monash University Law Chambers, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Macarayan, E., Curley, M. and Western, M. (2014). Typologies of people-centered health systems in low and middle income countries. Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Cape Town, South Africa, 30 September-3 October 2014.
Macarayan, E., Curley, M. and Western, M. (2014). Ageing and health system reforms: critical assessment of trends and innovations in low and middle income countries. Universitas 21 Graduate Research Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 30 June-4 July 2014.
Macarayan, E, Curley, M and Western, M (2014). Is democracy needed for health systems performance assessments?. APSA 2014: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 28 September - 04 October 2014.
Macarayan, E., Curley, M. and Western, M. (2014). Mapping health systems in low and middle income countries: directions for aid flows. McDonell International Symposium, St Louis, Missouri, United States, 16-19 October 2014.
Macarayan, Erlyn Rachelle, Fernandez, Klein, Curley, Melissa and Western, Mark (2013). Fiscal Decentralization, Health Expenditures, and Public Health Outcomes. Rc28 Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 16 - 20 July 2013. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research.
Macarayan, Erlyn, Curley, Melissa and Western, Mark (2013). Mainstreaming Health Insurance for the Disadvantaged Children. 8th Health Policy and Services Research Conference, Intercontinental Wellington, New Zealand, 2 - 4 December 2013.
Macarayan, Erlyn, Curley, Melissa and Western, Mark (2013). Applying Progress as a Tool to Measure Well-being. 2013 Perspectives on Progress Conference, The University of Queensland, 26 - 29 November 2013. St Lucia, Brisbane QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Macarayan, Erlyn Rachelle K., Curley, Melissa and Western, Mark (2013). The Southeast Asian politics of natural resource use: impacts on food and health inequalities. APSA 2013: Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2013, Perth, WA, Australia, 30 September-1 October, 2013. Parkville, VIC Australia: Australian Political Studies Association.
Martinez, Arturo Jr., Western, Mark, Haynes, Michele and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2012). Moving to higher quality employment: an exploratory study of multiple job holders in Indonesia. Symposium on Asian Perspectives on Social Stratification and Inequality, Sendai, Japan, 27-28 October 2012.
Western, Mark and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2012). Inequalities in objective and subjective social wellbeing. Spring 2012 Meeting of ISA RC28, Hong Kong, 10 - 13 May 2012.
Coates, Rebecca L., Western, Mark C. and Skrbis, Zlatko (2012). Occupational aspirations account for educational aspirations: questioning the Wisconsin model of socioeconomic attainment. TASA 2012: The 17th Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 2012, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, 26-29 November, 2012. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
van Kraayenoord, C. E., Gillies, R., Honan, E., Moni, K., Western, M., Brereton, D. and Muspratt, S. (2012). Support teachers’ self-perceptions of their knowledge and pedagogical practices related to reading comprehension. 36th Annual International Academy for Research In Learning Disabilities Conference, Padua, Italy, 7-9 June 2012.
Western, Mark (2011). Class and Earnings Inequality in the Australian Labor Market. New Understandings of Social Class Conference, Canberra, Australia, 27-29 May 2011.
Western, Mark (2011). Class Inequality in the Australian Labor Market. Spring Meeting of the RC28, Colchester, United Kingdom, 13-16 April 2011.
van Kraayenoord, C. E., Gillies, R., Honan, E., Moni, K., Western, M. and Brereton, D. (2011). Developing teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical practices in rural and mining communities. Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 3-6 July 2011.
Huang, X. and Western, M. (2010). Social support networks and life satisfaction in Queensland. Social Wellbeing in Queensland Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 15 June 2010.
McCrea, R., Western, M. and Shyy, T. (2010). Subjective urban quality of life in Queensland: Comparing cities, towns and rural areas. Social Wellbeing in Queensland Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 15 June 2010.
Western, Mark C. (2010). Adolescent confidence in social aspirations: the effects of social structure, peer and school characteristics. XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology: Sociology on the Move, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-17 July 2010. Ann Arbor, MI, United States: ProQuest.
Haynes, Michele, Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2010). Marital status transitions and domestic labour: A multiprocess, multilevel approach. ASA Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, USA, 13-15 August 2010. Washington, DC, United States: American Sociological Association.
McEachern, Steven, Spallek, Melanie, Haynes, Michele and Western, Mark (2010). Meta data standards for managing and archiving longitudinal data: Achieving best practice. 36th Annual Conference of the International Association for Social Science Information and Technology (IASSIST), Ithaca, New York, U.S.A, 1-4 June 2010.
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark (2010). Getting a job in Australia: Evidence from ASSA2007 and methodological reflections. ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference 2010, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1-3 December 2010. Black Rock, VIC, Australia: Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated.
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark (2010). Social support networks and subjective well-being in Queensland. TASA Conference 2010, Sydney, Australia, 6 - 9 December 2010.
Haynes, Michele, Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2009). Lifecourse pathways and housework time: Australia and the United Kingdom. The British Household Panel Study Research Conference, Essex, England, 9-11 July 2009.
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark (2009). Social networks and occupational attainment in Australia. ISA RC28 2009 Annual Spring Meeting: Social Inequality and Social Change, Beijing, China, 14-16 May 2009.
Buchler, Sandra, Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele and Western, Mark (2008). The social and demographic characteristics of cohabiters in Australia: Towards a typology of cohabiting couples. 10th Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 9 –11 July 2008. Melbourne, Vic., Australia: The Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Chesters, Jennifer, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2008). Paid and unpaid Work in Australian households: Towards an understanding of the new gender division of labour. 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 July 2008. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Baxter, J., Haynes, M., Hewitt, B. and Western, M. (2008). Marriage, parenthood and perceived fairness: Changes over the life course. A Decade of the Life Course, Australian National University, Canberra Australia, 29-30 September, 2008.
Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark, Yu, Laurel and Spallek, Melanie (2008). Analysing nominal data from a panel survey: Employment transitions of Australian women. American Sociological Association 103rd Annual Meeting 2008: Worlds of Work, Boston, M.A. USA, 1 - 4 August 2008. not available: not available.
Khan, Asad and Western, Mark (2008). Utilization of computer technology in general practice: Does attitude matter?. 2008 GP & PHC Research Conference: Health for All?, Hobart, Tas., Australia, 4-6 June 2008.
Hewitt, Belinda, Skrbis, Zlatko and Western, Mark (2008). The relationship between parental divorce and children's expectations of their future family life. 6th Conference of the European Network for the Sociological and Demographic Study of Divorce, Oslo, Norway, 18-19 September 2008.
Skrbis, Zlatko, Western, Mark, Tranter, Bruce and Hogan, David (2008). Young people, future trajectories and expectations: Report on Wave 1 data from a Queensland longitudinal study. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 2-5 December 2008. Sandy Bay, Tasmania: The Australian Sociological Association.
Huang, Xianbi and Western, Mark C. (2008). Social networks and occupational attainment in Australia: A preliminary analysis. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association 2008, Melbourne, Australia, 02 - 05 December 2008. Melbourne Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
Coates, Rebecca, Skrbis, Zlatko and Western, Mark (2008). Second generation Australians and their aspirations: Do gender and ethnic background matter?. The annual conference of The Australian Sociological Association, Melbourne, Vic., 2 - 5 December 2008. Melbourne, Vic.: TASA.
Chesters, J., Baxter, J. and Western, M. (2007). Has the allocation of housework tasks changed between 1986 and 2005?. Annual Meeting of the Australian Sociological Association, Auckland, New Zealand, 5-8 December 2007. Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
Jennifer Chesters, Baxter, Janeen H. and Western, Mark C. (2007). The gender gap in housework hours: Convergence or divergence in Australia, 1986 and 2005?. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) and the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Joint Conference 2007, Auckland, New Zealand, 5-8 December, 2007. Hawthorn, Vic., Australia: The Sociological Association of Australia (TASA).
Hewitt, Belinda, Skrbis, Zlatko and Western, Mark (2007). The association between parental divorce and adolescents' expectations of divorce. Australian Sociological Association & Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Joint Conference 2007, Auckland, N.Z., 4-7 December 2007. Auckland, N.Z.: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Chesters, J., Baxter, J. and Western, M. (2006). Has the decline of the male breadwinner family impacted on the division of domestic labour in Australia?. The Australian Sociological Association 2006 Annual Conference, Perth, Australia, 5-7 December, 2006.
Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark, Spallek, M. and Yu, Laurel (2006). Methods for Categorical Longitudinal Data Analysis: Understanding the Employment Status of Women. Spring Bayes 2006, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 27-29 September 2006.
Hewitt, Belinda, Turrell, Gavin, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2006). Marriage dissolution and health amongst the elderly: the role of social and economic resources. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) : 6th Annual Social Policy Research Workshop, Canberra, Australia, 27- 28th November 2006. Canberra, Australia: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
Western, M. C. and O'Flaherty, M. J. (2005). Changing economic attitudes in Australia: 1987 - 2004. TASA 2005 Conference, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 4-8 December 2005. Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
Van Gellecum, Yolanda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2005). Neoliberalism, gender inequality and the Australian labour market. TASA 2005 Conference, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 4-8 December 2005. Swinburne, Vic., Australia: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
Western, M. C. (2005). More than just a thesis: A holistic approach to postgraduate research studies. TASA 2005 Conference, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 4-8 December 2005. Swinburne, Vic., Australia: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
Van Gellecum, Y. R., Baxter, J. H. and Western, M. C. (2005). Neoliberalism, Gender Inequality and the Australian Labour Market. Community, Place and Change: TASA 2005 Conference - Annual Meeting of the Australian Sociological Association, Hobart, 4-8 December 2005. Tasmania: The Sociological Association of Australia.
Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark and Spallek, Melanie (2005). Methods for Categorical Longitudinal Survey Data: Understanding Employment Status of Australian Women. HILDA Survey Research Conference, University of Melbourne, VIC, 29/09/05 - 30/09/05.
Hewitt, Belinda, Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2005). Who made the final decision?: Social characteristics and initiator status of marriage breakdown. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Seminar Series, Canberra, Australia, 24 August, 2005. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: FaHCSIA.
Hewitt, Belinda, Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2005). Whose decision was it? Social characteristics of initiator status of separation. Annual Meeting of the Australian Sociological Association, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 5-8 December, 2005. Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
Hosking, Amanda and Western, Mark (2005). The effect of non-standard employment on work-family balance. Families Matter: 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9-11 February, 2005. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Phillips, Tim and Western, Mark (2004). Sustaining and Exhausting Grand Narratives: the Consequences of Connectedness to Modern and Postmodern Identity Markers. TASA Conference 2004, La Trobe University, Beechworth, 8-11 December, 2004.
Hewitt, B., Turrell, G., Baxter, J. H. and Western, M. C. (2004). Health impacts of marriage dissolution on older Australians: The role of social and economic resources. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Workshop, Brisbane, Australia, 1-2 July 2004. Canberra, Australia: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Western, M. C. and Tranter, B. K. (2004). Postmaterialism, values and political action. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Workshop, Canberra, ACT, 7-9 June. Canberra: ANU.
Tranter, B. K. and Western, M. C. (2004). Question ordering effects in Inglehart's postmaterial index. Australasian Political Studies Assoc Conference, Adelaide University, 29 Sept-1 Oct., 2004. SA: Adelaide Univ.
Tranter, B. K. and Western, M. C. (2004). Politics and parties: Neglected aspects of postmaterial value change. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, U.S.A., 14-17 August 2004. Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Sociological Association.
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2004). Who gets divorced in Australia? An examination of temporal, life course and socioeconomic determinants of marital dissolution. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Seminar Series, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19 March 2004. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
Tranter, B. K. and Western, M. C. (2003). Postmaterial value shift: Generational replacement or question order effect?. Australian Political Studies Assoc Conference 2003, School of Government, Univ of Tasmania, 29 Sept - 1 Oct., 2003. Hobart: School of Government, Univ Tasmania.
Skrbis, Z. and Western, M. (2003). Future Pathways and New Social Identities. New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, University of New England, Armidale, 4-6 December, 2003. Hawthorn VIC: The Australian Sociological Association and The University of New England.
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2003). Who gets divorced in Australia? A gender comparison of socioeconomic and life course determinants of marital dissolution. TASA 2003 Conference: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 4-6 December, 2003. Armidale, N.S,W.: The Australian Sociological Association.
Western, M. C. (2003). Earnings, enterprises and the Australian labour market. Improving Compensation System in Chinese Enterprises, Beijing, 3-4 November, 2003. Chinese Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
Western, M. C. and Baxter, J. H. (2003). Who are the new two earner households?. Australian Social Policy Conference 2003, Sydney, Australia, 9-11 July 2003. Kensington, NSW, Australia: Social Policy Research Centre.
Tranter, B. and Western, M. C. (2002). Postmaterialism and age: An Australian anomaly?. Jubilee Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Assoc, Australian National University, Canberra, October, 2002. Canberra, Australia: Australian Political Studies Assoc.
Weakliem, D. L. and Western, M. C. (2002). The Structure of Values. XV World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, Australia, 7 - 13 July, 2002.
Hewitt, B., Western, M. and Baxter, J. (2002). Marriage and Money: The Impact of Marriage on Men's and Women's Earnings. The Australian Sociological Association Conference 2002, Brisbane, QUT, July, 2002.
Tranter, B. and Western, M. C. (2000). Postmaterialism and age: Australian anomoly or cross-national pattern?. TASA 2000 Conference, Flinders University, Adelaide, 6-8 December, 2000. Adelaide: Flinders University.
Western, M. C. and Tranter, B. (2000). Postmaterialism and economic voting in Australia 1990-1998. 2000 Conference of the Australian Political Studies Assoc, Canberra, Australian National University, 3-6 October, 2000. Canberra: APSA.
Western, M (1994). Class-Structure and Intergenerational Class Mobility - a Comparative-Analysis of Nation and Gender. 1992 Meeting of the American-Sociological-Association, Pittsburgh Pa, 1992. doi: 10.2307/2579919
Newspaper Articles
Western, Mark (2024, 02 15). Advancing equity in Australian higher education Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Rampino, Tina, Western, Mark and Tomaszewski, Wojciech (2017, 08 15). The inequality you can’t change that lasts a lifetime The Conversation
Working Papers
Plage, Stefanie, Cook, Stephanie, Povey, Jenny, Rudling, Emily, te Riele, Kitty, McDaid, Lisa and Western, Mark (2022). Connection, connectivity, and choice: learning during COVID-19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programs in Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2022-10. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Western, Mark (2018). How to increase the relevance and use of social and behavioral science: lessons for policy-makers, researchers and others. LCC Working Paper Series. 2018-12. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Huang, Yangtao, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2018). The long arm of parental advantage: socio-economic background and parental wealth transfers over adult children’s life courses. LCC Working Paper Series. 2018-05. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Huang, Yangtao, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2016). On whose account? A longitudinal study of financial arrangements within heterosexual couples. LCC Working Paper Series. 2016-30. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Povey, Jenny, Campbell, Alice, Willis, Linda, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark, Bennett, Sarah, Antrobus, Emma and Pedde, Charley (2016). Engaging parents in schools and building parent-school partnerships: the role of school and parent organisation leadership. LCC Working Paper Series. 2016-07. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Martinez, Arturo, Western, Mark, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Rampino, Tina (2015). Should we be concerned about income inequality in Australia? An empirical investigation of inequality of opportunities. LCC Working Paper Series. 2015-19. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Huang, Yangtao, Perales, Francisco and Western, Mark (2015). Intergenerational earnings elasticity revisited: how does Australia fare in income mobility?. LCC Working Paper Series. 2015-14. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Martinez, Arturo, Western, Mark, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Haynes, Michele and Manalo, Maria Kristine (2015). Exploring what drives household income distribution dynamics. LCC Working Paper Series. 2015-17. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Perales, Francisco, Higginson, Angela, Baxter, Janeen, Western, Mark, Zubrick, Stephen R. and Mitrou, Francis (2014). Intergenerational welfare dependency in Australia: a review of the literature. LCC Working Paper Series. 2014-09. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Western, Mark and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2014). Inequalities in objective and subjective social wellbeing. LCC Working Paper Series. 2014-01. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
McDaid, Lisa, Cleary, Anne, Robinson, Mark, Johnstone, Melissa, Curry, Matthew, Ridgway, Tyrone and Western, Mark (2021). Pillar 3 report: What can be done to maximise educational outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage?. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Mamun, A.A., Mayfield, S., Maymann, N., Robinson, M., Salom, C., Fatima, Y., Western, M. and McDaid, L. (2021). Health and wellbeing Queensland health and wellbeing Queensland data governance framework. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Baxter, Janeen , Povey, Jenny , Burger, Sarah-Ann , Cook, Stephanie , Tseng, Yi-Ping , Polidano, Cain , Kalb, Guyonne , Mamun, Abdullah , Ahmad, Shabbir , O'Flaherty, Martin , Borland, Jeff , Plage, Stefanie , Bellotti, Melindy , Kennedy, Elizabeth , Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2021). Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service. Institute for Social Science Research - Publications Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
McDaid, Lisa, Povey, Jenny, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Cleary, Anne, Plage, Stefanie, Cook, Steffi, Xiang, Ning, Zajac, Tomasz, Ridgway, Tyrone and Western, Mark (2021). Learning through COVID-19: What do children, young people and families say about needs, and impact of COVID-19?: Pillar 2 Report. Learning through COVID-19 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Xiang, Ning, Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Vaithianathan, Rhema, Western, Mark, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen and Johnstone, Melissa (2020). Learning through COVID-19: Outcomes and risk factors for children at risk of educational disadvantage: Evidence from secondary data analysis: Pillar 1: Technical Supporting Report 7 of 7. Learning through COVID-19 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Vaithianathan, Rhema, Western, Mark, Thorpe, Karen and Johnstone, Melissa (2020). Learning through COVID-19: The prevalence and geographical distribution of children at risk of educational disadvantage: Pillar 1: Technical Supporting Report 6 of 7. Learning through COVID-19 Brisbane, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Western, Mark, Johnstone, Melissa and Xiang, Ning (2020). Young Achievers Program - future directions. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Emily Verstege, Tim Reddel, Mark Western, Laurel Johnson, Stephanie Wyeth, Elin Charles-Edwards, Jack Lam, Caroline Salom, Dave Porter and Andrew Hawkins (2020). Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
McDaid, Lisa, Cleary, Anne, Fatima, Yaqoot, Inch, Zeb, Reddel, Tim, Smith, Simon, Western, Mark and Mamun, Abdullah (2020). Keep Queenslanders Healthy Evaluation Framework Report. Indooroopilly, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research .
Baxter, Janeen, Povey, Jenny, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Plage, Stefanie, Kennedy, Elizabeth, O'Flaherty, Martin, Tseng, Yi-Ping, Polidano, Cain, Kalb, Guyonne, Borland, Jeff, Ribar, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Ball, Sarah, Gramotnev, Alexandra, Bellotti, Melindy, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2020). Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Kubler, Matthias, Perales, Francisco, Western, Mark, Rampino, Tina and Xiang, Ning (2018). Review of identified equity groups. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Baxter, J., Povey, J., McKay, R., Kalb, G., Ribar, D., Abdullah, M., Borland, J., Ambrey, C., O'Flaherty, M., Tseng, Y., Polidano, C., Western, M. and Tomaszewski, W. (2018). Evaluation of the Try, Test and Learn (TTL) Fund project plan. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Xiang, Ning, Huang, Yangtao , Western, Mark and Bolano, D. (2017). NSW Student Engagement Research and Analysis: Phase 5 Report, prepared for the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Brisbane: Institute for Social Science Research.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Huang, Yangtao, Xiang, Ning, Western, Mark and Bolano, D. (2017). NSW Student Engagement Research and Analysis: Phase 4 Report, prepared for the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Brisbane: Institute for Social Science Research.
Haynes, Michele, McKay, Russell, Clague, Denise, Lam, Jack, Chainey, Carys, Povey, Jenny and Western, Mark (2017). Evaluation framework for the domestic and family violence prevention strategy (2016-2026) (2017). Final report. Prepared for Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Xiang, Ning, Huang, Yangtao, Western, Mark, Bolano, D. and Rampino, T. (2017). NSW Student Engagement Research and Analysis: Phase 3 Report, prepared for the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Baffour, Bernard, Povey, Jenny, Stevenson, Sarah, Bon, Joshua, Mangan, John, Boreham, Paul, Western, Mark and Chainey, Carys (2016). The future of manufacturing jobs in Queensland Brisbane, Australia: Final Report: Prepared for the Australian Manufacturing and Workers Union. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Xiang, Ning, Huang, Yangtao, Western, Mark and Bolano, D. (2016). NSW Student Engagement Research and Analysis: Phase 2 Report, prepared for the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Western, Mark, Xiang, Ning, Bolano, D., Huang, Yangtao, Rampino, T. and Haynes, M. (2016). NSW Student Engagement Research and Analysis: Phase 1 Report, prepared for the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
McGagh, John, Marsh, Helene, Western, Mark C., Thomas, Peter, Hastings, Andrew, Mihailova, Milla and Wenham, Matt (2016). Review of Australia's research training system: final report. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Council of Learned Academies.
Western, Mark, Haynes, Michele, Baffour, Bernard and Perales, Francisco (2014). The Case for a New Australian Birth Cohort Study. Australian Government Department of Social Services.
Perales, F., Higginson, A., Baxter, J., Western, M., Zubrick, S. and Mitrou, F. (2013). Intergenerational income support dependency: report to the Federal Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Haynes, Michelle, Clarke, Andrew and Western, Mark (2013). The Challenge of monitoring growth in regional Indigenous homelessness: evidence note no. 23. Brisbane, Australia:
Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Haynes, Michele, Clarke, Andrew and Western, Mark (2012). The challenge of monitoring growth in regional Indigenous homelessness. Canberra, Australia: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Martin, Bill, Hewitt, Belinda, Baird, Marian, Baxter, Janeen, Heron, Alexandra, Whitehouse, Gillian, Zadoroznyj, Maria, Xiang, Ning, Broom, Dorothy, Connelly, Luke, Jones, Andrew, Kalb, Guyonne, McVicar, Duncan, Strazdins, Lyndall, Walter, Margaret, Western, Mark and Wooden, Mark (2012). Paid parental leave evaluation: Phase 1. Occasional Papers Series; 44 Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Dever, Maryanne, Laffan, Warren, Boreham, Paul, Behrens , Karin, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark and Kubler, Matthias (2008). Gender differences in early post-PhD employment in Australian Universities: The influence of PhD experience on women's academic careers: Final report. Action Plan for Women Employed in Universities 2006-10 St Lucia, Qld, Australia: University of Queensland.
Western, Mark, Boreham, Paul, Kubler, Matthias, Laffan, Warren, Western, John, Lawson, Alan and Clague, Denise (2007). PhD graduates 5 to 7 Years out: Employment outcomes, job attributes and the quality of research training: FINAL REPORT (Revised). Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre (UQSRC).
Kubler, M., Toloo, S., Western, M., Boreham, P. and Laffan, W. (2007). Business Satisfaction Survey 2007. Report to Australian Federal Police. St Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Haynes, Michele, Yu, Laurel, Laffan, Warren, Boreham, Paul, Western, Mark and Chesters, Jenny (2007). Employer survey of family friendly working conditions. Report to Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. J5018 St Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Boreham, Paul, Hundt, David, Laffan, Warren, Tighe, Meg, Western, Mark, Arts, Dionne, Pitt, Rachael and Kubler, Matthias (2006). Working Life and social well-being: a survey of QPSU members’ attitudes. Final Report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Western, M C, Laffan, W S, Anderson-Bond, T. W., Burns, H., Arts, D A G, Kubler, M, Tighe, M. A., Robinson, S and Knight, (2006). Pilot Survey of Business Consumers: Final Report Prepared for the Department of Family and Community Services. The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Western, M., Laffan, W., Kubler, M., Pitt, R., Sheedy, G., Yu, L., Mackey, J., Arts, D. and Tighe, M. (2006). 2006 AFP client satisfaction survey: Final report. AFP Research Notes Series St. Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Western, M., Laffan, W., Haynes, M., Southwell, J., Arts, D., Chesters, J. and Tighe, M. (2006). Final Report of the Supplementary Survey of ELICOS Students' Spending. Prepared for the Department of Education, Science and Training. St Lucia, Brisbane: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Seelig, Tim, Han, Jung Hoon, O'Flaherty, Martin, Short, Patricia, Haynes, Michele A., Baum, Scott William, Western, Mark C. and Jones, Andrew (2005). Housing consumption patterns and earnings behaviour of income support recipients over time. AHURI Positioning Papers Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Western, M., Laffan, W., Boreham, P., Haynes, M. and Tighe, M. (2005). Queensland Public Attitudes Survey: Report to the Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland. St. Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Western, M. C., Laffan, W. S., Prangnell, J. M., Bell, S. R., Pettitt, J. and Arts, D.A.G. (2005). Final Combined Report Pre-Feasibility Comparison of the Central Queensland Regional Water Supply Study Options. The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Western, Mark, Boreham, Paul, Laffan, Warren, Haynes, Michele, Chesters, Jenny, Tighe, Meg and Arts, Dionne (2005). Survey of International Students' spending in Australia: Report to the Department of Education, Science & Training. St. Lucia, Qld, Australia: University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Boreham, P., Western, M. and Laffan, W. (2005). The NHMRC research workforce: Training, career paths and research capacity building (1992-2003). Report to National Health and Medical Research Council, Department of Health and Ageing. St Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Brereton, D., Beach, R., Kubler, M., Arts, D., Anderson-Bond, T., Laffan, W. and Western, M. (2005). Final report of the Tarong Community and Community Leaders Survey. St Lucia, Qld, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining; The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Western, M. C., Laffan, W. S., Van Gellecum, Y. R., Haynes, M. A., Cheshire, L. A., Western, J. S., Boreham, P. R. and Brereton, D. J. (2003). Report of the Bowen Basin Communities Residents' Survey: Report to Queensland Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet. St Lucia, Qld, Australia: University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Bush, R., Dwyer, J., Boreham, P. and Western, M. (2003). The state of engagement: Findings about community and government engagement from three Queensland household surveys (2000-2002): Report to Queensland Government Community Engagement Division, Department of Premier and Cabinet. St. Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland Social Research Centre.
Western, M. C., Dwan, K., Makkai, T., Del Mar, C. B. and Western, J. S. (2001). Measuring IT use in Australian General Practice 2001. Brisbane: University of Queensland.