REGNET PROGRAM REVIEW 2001-2006

KATHRYN DWAN

Context statement: June 2006

Dr Kathryn Dwan is an early career academic who moved to RegNet from the
University of Queensland in 2005. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, working across
the disciplines of sociology, medicine and public policy. With Emeritus Professor
John Western, she has also made a very important contribution to the field of social
inequality with the publication of "Patterns of Social Inequality" in the Cambridge
Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia.

The four papers presented for review represent work in regulation and governance.
Taken together they demonstrate Dwan's facility with both qualitative and
quantitative research methods, her capacity to work alone and with others, and her
ability to publish internationally and in sources which reach practitioners. This
ensures that her contribution is of relevance beyond academia. For instance, the
article published in Australian Family Physician in 2005 prompted medical readers to
contact Dwan personally, appreciating the quality of her analysis and her handling of
sensitive material. This work has been cited in presentations by medical
practitioners. In further support of the relevance and reach of her work, Dwan's
doctoral research on communication between doctors and bureaucrats was the
subject of an article in Medical Observer (1 April 2005), a weekly magazine sent to
every Australian doctor.

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KATHRYN DWAN

Curriculum Vitae: June 2006

Please Note: This CV has been shortened to comply with the requirements of the
review and omits details of conference papers, employment history, non-refereed
publications, media publications and work, book reviews, editorship of journals etc

Current Position

2005-07 ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Industry (APDI)

Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet)
Research School of Social Science (RSSS)
The Australian National University

Refereed publications

2005 Western JS, M Haynes, D Durrington & KM Dwan. “Characteristics and

benefits of professional work: Assessment of their importance over a 30-
year career” Journal of Sociology 41(4):453-476

Western JS, KM Dwan & Z Kebonang. “The importance of visibility for

social inequality research” Australian Journal of Social Issues 40(1):125-141
Dwan, KM “Another way of thinking about government involvement in
general practice” Australian Family Physician 34(5):384-385

2003 Dwan, KM & JS Western. “Patterns of social inequality” Pp 433-461, in Ian

McAllister, Steve Dowrick & Riaz Hassan (eds) The Cambridge handbook of
social sciences in Australia, Cambridge University Press

Dwan, KM & R Boyce. “Competition policy and intra-profession rivalry”,

International Journal of Public Sector Management, 16(2): 141-152

Western, M, KM Dwan, T Makkai, C del Mar &, JS Western. “Levels of

computerisation throughout Australian general practice” Australian Family
Physician, March 32(3):1-6

2002 Western, JS, T Makkai, J Macmillan & KM Dwan. “The nature and
characteristics of professionals: the professions in Australia project” Pp
33-52 in Smith R (ed) Crime in the professions, Ashgate
1998 Dwan, KM. Australian general practitioners and the government:
Irreconcilable differences?, Pp 250-256in TASA Conference Proceedings,
Refashioning sociology: responses to a new world order, Brisbane (M
Alexander, S Harding, P Harrison, G Kendall, Z Skrbis & J Western Eds)

1993 Reaburn, P; D Jenkins & KM Dwan. Strength and anaerobic performance of

Australian masters track and field athletes: Coaches' report, Australian Sports
Commission. National Sports Research Centre, Canberra, p 13-17

1991 Dwan, KM. and V Kippers. Changes in spinal curvature related to the fifth
position in ballet. In O'Higgins, P. (Ed.): Human Biology: An Integrative
Science. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Australasian Society
for Human Biology 3-5 December 1990, Number 4. Centre for Human
Biology, The University of Western Australia, p 218-219.

Reports

Braithwaite J, J Healy and KM Dwan. 2005. The Governance of Health Safety and
Quality. Commonwealth of Australia.

Dwan, KM, JS Western, J Aloizos, R Pegram (2004) GPs and bureaucrats: the challenge of
communication, General Practice Evaluation Program No 849. Canberra:
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Western, MC, KM Dwan, T Makkai, C Del Mar, and JS Western (2001) Measuring IT
use in Australian General Practice 2001. Commissioned report prepared for
the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and the General
Practice Computing Group. Canberra: General Practice Computing
Group.

Western, JS, T Makkai, J McMillan, and KM Dwan (2000) Issues for rural practice in
Australia. General Practice Evaluation Program No 535. Canberra:
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Grants

$662,499 Phillips, C, C Pearce & KM Dwan (2005-2007) Australian Practice Nursing

Study: A multicentre, qualitative study examining nurses’ workplace roles and
activities with nested change implementation, Australian Primary Health Care
Research Institute
$506,830 Braithwaite, J, P Dugdale, KM Dwan, VA Braithwaite & T Makkai (2005-
2007) Regulatory strategies for improving health sector performance, ARC
 Linkage Grant with ACT Health and the Australian Council for Safety and
Quality in Health Care.
$ 10,000 Pearce, CM, CB Phillips, KM Dwan, B Sibbald & R Yates (2004) Practice
nurses in the new millennium: A multicentre qualitative study, Australian
Primary Health Care Research Institute.