Mr Waclaw Kurowski

MSW, BSW, BA
Telephone: 61 3 8344 9629
Email: waclawk@unimelb.edu.au
Location: Room 425, Level 4/234 Queensberry Street, Carlton 3053

Background

Waclaw Kurowski MSW (Melbourne), BSW (Melbourne) BA (Monash) has a background in sociology, gerontological social work and social policy research. His research interests include social justice and quality of life, aged care policy development and evaluation, as well as ethnicity/race, gender, health and cultural issues in the contemporary globalised society.

Research

Waclaw has joined the School of Political and Social Science in 2007 as an ARC Linkages Research Fellow to investigate the causes and characteristics of Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers

Bird S, Kurowski W, Feldman S, Browning C, Lau R, Redermacher H, (2008) The influence of the built environment and other factors on the physical activity of older women from different ethnic communities. (Submitted in January 2008 to Ageing and Society)

Bird S, Kurowski W, Dickman G and Kronborg I, (2007) “Integrated care facilitation for older patients with complex health care needs reduces hospital demand”, Australian Health Review, 31 (3): 451-61.

Bird S, Sinnot H, Dickman G, Kurowski W, Teichtahl H, Orkin C, Newman R, Kronborg I (2006) A model of care that promotes self-management and facilitates access to community services reduces hospital demand. Health Outcomes: managing health and disease in today’s society, 9 – 10th August 2006, Canberra. (Conference Presentation)

Bird, S., Kurowski, W., & Dickman, G. (2005). Evaluating a model of service integration for older people with complex needs. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 4(1&2), 34-41.

Feldman S, Browning C, Bird S, Thomas S, Kurowski W, Seedsman T (2005). Physical activity in CALD women: Barriers and facilitators.  Australasian Journal on Ageing, 24 Supplement, pg A31-2.  Symposium: Get Up and Go: Physical Activity and Ageing.  The Australian Association of Gerontology Annual Conference, Surfers Paradise, Nov 9th – 11th, 2005.

Kurowski, W., Binkley, A. L., Feldman, S., Lau, R., & Morse, C. A. (2004). Ageing Well and Quality of Life: Predicting life satisfaction among older adults. In Proceedings of the International Symposium: Ageing Well - Addressing Multicultural Challenge, 9-10 Ocober 2003 (pp. 20-29). Melbourne: The Alma Unit for Research on Ageing (AURA), Victoria University.

Binkley, A. L., & Kurowski, W. (2003). The Experience of Leisure Constraints Among Older Adults in a Multi-Cultural Society. Bulletin of the International Federation of Parks and Recreation Administration (IFPRA), September 2003.