Associate Professor Max Liddell

Senior Lecturer

Director -- Australian Programs

Profile:

Associate Professor Max Liddell is a highly experienced practitioner and manager of family and children's services in both Australia and North America, with extensive practice in casework, family work, group work, community development and lobbying.

Prior to joining Monash in 1989 he had many years experience in planning and leading successful lobbies in the human services, and a number of years as a private consultant, specialising in program planning and evaluation and management issues. He is one of Australia's most experienced human service program evaluators.

His research interests currently are into policy and legislation developments in child protection and child welfare systems nationally, and into the processes used by local citizens in initiating community development processes.  He is a consultant to a variety of cimmunity development projects. He is most recently a co-author of "Young People Leaving Care and Protection", published by the Australian Clearing House for Youth Studies.