Senior Lecturer, Health Social Science
Dr Charles Livingstone
PhD (Melbourne), MEc (UNE) GradDipEconHist (UNE), BA (ANU)
Office Location
Building F, Room 5.27, Caulfied Campus
Monash University
Phone: +61 3 9903 1679
Fax: +61 3 9903 1658
Email: charles.livingstone@monash.edu
Dr Charles Livingstone is Deputy Head of the Department of Health Social Science,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. His background is in health program evaluation, health program funding system development and implementation, and in critical gambling studies. Charles’s main research interests are in critical analysis of equity in health care funding systems, and of technological and other systemic aspects of electronic gambling machine (EGM) gambling. His critique of existing regimes of gambling regulation and the public health impact of EGMs in the Australasian context has resulted in significant media interest. He is very interested in the application of continental social theory as a perspective to develop better understanding of political processes and their relationship to public health policy.
Charles is a co-convenor of the annual Dangerous Consumption colloquia, having inaugurated the event in 2001. He has undertaken numerous research projects and consultancies for state and federal government departments and non-government organisations, and is an International Editorial Board member of the journal International Gambling Studies. Charles is a regular contributor to public debate via popular media, in particular around issues such as the social impact of EGMs, and on private health insurance.
Research interests
- Development of a public health model for gambling regulation
- Obesogenesis
- Development of service integration models for health care systems
Teaching
Teaching areas include the health and social care systems, and contemporary health issues.
Recent publications
- Livingstone, C. and Woolley, R. (2007), Risky Business: A few provocations on the regulation of electronic gaming machines, International Gambling Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 361-76.
- Livingstone, C., Woolley, R. and Borrell, J. (2006) The Changing EGM Industry and Technology, Gambling Research Panel /Department of Justice Victoria, Melbourne
- Livingstone, C. (2005). Desire and the Consumption of Danger: electronic gaming machines and the commodification of interiority. Addiction Research and Theory, 13(6):p523-534
- Livingstone, C. (2005). Pubs, clubs, pokies and other suburban spaces. In C. Long, K. Shaw, & C. Merlo. (Eds). SubUrban Fantasies – Melbourne unmasked, Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
- Ford, G., and Livingstone, C. (2004). Medicare: equity and access at risk? Dissent, 14.
- Livingstone, C. (2003). Dealing with class: Orthodox public discourse and Australian Trade Unionism. Australian Economic History Review, 43(1):66-82.
- Livingstone, C. (2001). The Social Economy of Poker Machine Gambling in Victoria. International Gambling Studies, 1.
