
Bachelor of Education (Hons), University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Dr Fiona Hilferty (BEd Hons, PhD USyd) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC), UNSW Sydney. Fiona has expertise in applied social policy research. Her work explores multiple social policy domains including mental health, child protection and homelessness. She has a particular interest in programs that seek to change long term outcomes for disadvantaged people through early intervention, and evaluation methodologies suitable for these distinct program types.
Current and recent projects include:
My Research Supervision
Fiona is currently supervising Valeriia Kasatkina (with Natasha Cortis) who is exploring collaborative practice within the community services sector.
My Teaching
Convenor of SRAP5019, Changing Social Policy