Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Year elected: 2006
Panel: A
Discipline: Sociology

Professor Allan Borowski has held  the Chair in Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University in Melbourne since 2000. He was Head of School between 2001 and 2003. Professor Borowski's major areas of research interest are the social, economic  and political impacts of international population movements and population ageing. He has also had a long-standing interest in juvenile crime, justice and corrections. In the latter area, he is currently focusing on the institution of the Children's Court.  He has been a Visiting Professor at Oxford University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Jonkoping University (Sweden)  and Monash University.

• Senior Policy Analyst, Policy Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, Toronto, Canada.
• Foundation Research Manager, Social and Demographic Research Branch, Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
• Associate Professor, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Professor of Social Work, University of New South Wales.

• Allan Borowski and Peter McDonald (2007) The Dimensions and Implications of Population Ageing, In Longevity and Social Change: Australia in the 21st Century. Allan Borowski, Sol Encel and Elizabeth Ozanne (eds.). Sydney: UNSW.
• Allan Borowski and Mimi Ajzenstadt (2007) Achieving Justice for Children: The Impacts of the Introduction of Public Defenders on Israel's Juvenile Courts, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
• Alan Borowski and Diana Olsberg (2007) Retirement Income Policy for a Long-Lived Society, In Longevity and Social Change: Australia in the 21st Century. Alan Borowski, Sole Encel and Elizabeth Ozanne (eds.). Sydney: UNSW Press.
• James H Schulz and Allan Borowski (2006) Economic Security in Retiremen: Reshaping the Public-Private Pension Mix, In The Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (6th edition) pp. 360-379. Robert H Binstock and Linda K George (eds.). New York: Academic Press.
• Allan Borowski (2005) The Revolution that Faltered: Two Decades of Reform of Australia's Retirement Income System, International Social Security Review (58: No. 4: 45-65).
• Allan Borowski (2000) Creating a Virtuous Society: Immigration and Australia's Policies of Multiculturalism, Journal of Social Policy (29: Part 3: 459-475).

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