Hugh Mackay (social researcher)

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Hugh Mackay is the founder of the Australian quarterly research series The Ipsos Mackay Report (previously The Mackay Report). He is a psychologist, social researcher and writer. He is a regular columnist in The Age and regularly commentator appearing on radio and television. He is a graduate of Sydney Grammar School, the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. He is one of the founders of the St James Ethics Centre.

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[edit] Positions

He is honorary professorial fellow in the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Chairman of the Board of Management for the Constable Education Program for the NSW Police, a former Chairman of Trustees of Sydney Grammar School, a former Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council, a member of the advisory committee for the Sydney Peace Prize and currently Chairman of the ACT Government’s Community Inclusion Board

He is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and has been awarded honorary doctorates by The University of New South Wales, Charles Sturt University and Macquarie University.

[edit] Publications

  • The Ipsos Mackay Report quarterly research series (previously The Mackay Report).
  • Right and Wrong: How to Decide for Yourself (2004).
  • Media Mania: Why Our Fear of Modern Media is Misplaced (2002)
  • Turning Point (1999)
  • Generations: Baby Boomers, their Parents & their Children (1997)
  • The Good Listener (originally Why Don't People Listen, 1994)
  • Reinventing Australia (1993) drew on 60 individual reports
  • Better Communication with Caroline Jones (audio tapes, 1982)

[edit] Fiction

  • Little Lies
  • House Guest
  • Winter Close (2002)
  • The Spin

[edit] External links

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