Steve Garlick

University of the Sunshine Coast

Centre for Sustainable Regional Engagement and Faculty of Science, Health and Education

Biography:
Steve is a professor in the Centre for Sustainable Regional Engagement at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.  Previously he has been Professor of Regional Development at Swinburne University of Technology (part-time, concurrent) and Professor of Regional Development at Southern Cross University. He is the Vice-President of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA), a coalition of 35 Australian universities.  In 2008 he was awarded the inaugural AUCEA Fellow (FAUCEA) in recognition of his academic services to university/ community engagement.  He is on the editorial committee for the Australasian Journal for University Community Engagement, co-chair AUCEA Scholarship Committee, a Board Member of the international academic network Pascal Observatory, and an advisor to the OECD/ IMHE on regional development, higher education and sustainability. He is involved in IMHE/ OECD projects on evaluating higher education and regional development and has led projects in Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, and Canada.   He is a member of the National Research Advisory Group for the Australian Research Council funded initiative Cultural Awareness Mapping in Regional Australia (CAMRA) and a Board Member of the national Innovative Regions Centre Advisory Board.  

His research interest is in regional development theory and policy, applied ethics, the human/ nature divide, wildlife welfare, higher education management, institutional performance assessment, and university engagement with regions and communities.

Steve has rehabilitated injured Australian wildlife for the past nine years. He has cared for over 200 macropods (kangaroos, wallaroos and wallabies) as well as wombats with a variety of injuries.  He has rescued more than one thousand native animals in distress from accident or attack. He is a member of the St James Ethics Centre, chair of the ethics committee of the Wombat Protection Society of Australia and scientific advisor for the Australian Wildlife Protection Council.

Expertise: Regional development theory and policy, higher education management, institutional performance assessment, university engagement with regions and communities, the ethics of place, and wildlife ethics and welfare

Years of Relevant Experience: 30 years in regional development theory, policy and practice; 10 years in higher education and community engagement; five years in applied and animal ethics.

Relevant Publications:

Matthews, J and Garlick, S. “Relational Learning, Sustainability and Wildlife in the Ecoversity”, chapter in forthcoming book (2009) All our Futures: Waking to Threat, Hope and Possibility.

Garlick, S. and Palmer, V. “A relational ethic in university and community engagement: Sp-ethics, human capital and enterprising scholarship”, International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, Vol.1 2008.

Garlick, S., Matthews, J., Carter, J. “Beyond the divide: University and community engagement, wildlife and relational ethics”, The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, Autumn 2008.

Garlick, S. “Human capital, innovation and the productive ageing: The role of the HEI in stimulating growth in the ‘lifestyle’ region through learning in a senior population”, The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, Autumn 2008.

Garlick, S., and Langworthy, A. “The challenge of benchmarking community engagement: The AUCEA pilot project”, The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, Autumn 2008.

Garlick, S., and Langworthy, A. “Benchmarking university community engagement: Developing a national approach in Australia”, Higher Education Management and Policy, vol 2, no.2, 2008.

Garlick, S and Palmer, V. “Universities and their regional communities: Towards a theory of engagement based on human capital, ethics and the public good”, AUCEA National Conference, Sunshine Coast, July 2008.

Taylor, M, Plummer, P, Bryson, J., and Garlick, S. “The role of universities in building local economic capacities”, Journal of Politics and Policy, vol 36, No.2, 2008.

Garlick, S. and Palmer, V. “Connecting scholarship to places: human capital, learning, enterprising and an ethical approach to communities”.  The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, Vol 2, No1.2007.

Garlick, S. and Soar, G. “Human capital, innovation and the productive ageing: Fostering growth and senior aged health in the regional community through higher education learning engagement”.  The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, Vol 2, No1.2007.

Garlick, S. “Building a sea change knowledge community”. National Sea Change Conference, Sunshine Coast, 2007.

Garlick, S., Taylor, M., and Plummer, P. An Enterprising Approach to Regional Growth: Implications for policy and the role of vocational education and training, NCVER, Adelaide, August 2007. [isbn: 978 1 921170 69 0]

Garlick, S., OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Atlantic Canada Region. 2007. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment

Garlick, S., OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Oresund Science Region, Sweden and Denmark. 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment

van Vaught, F., Garlick, S., Norstrom, L., and Yelland, R. OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Varmland Region, Sweden. 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment

Garlick, S., Benneworth, P., Vaesson, P., and Pukka, J. OECD Peer Review Evaluation Report for the Twente Region , Netherlands. 2006. www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment

Garlick, S., and Waterman, P.  “Regional growth, enterprising human capital and community engagement”, paper to the International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, August 2005

Garlick, S. “AUCEA Benchmarking Project: A workshop to develop a framework for university-community engagement benchmarking”, AUCEA Conference, Melbourne, July 2005.

Garlick, S., and Langworthy, A. “Building a culture of improvement through evaluation in university/ regional engagement”, paper  to the AUCEA Conference, Bathurst, July, 2004.

Garlick, S. "Universities and their regional communities: Is the connection myth or reality?", paper to Australian University Alumni Council Conference: A Bridge to the Community, November 2003.

Garlick, S. "Benchmarking ‘good practice’ university-region engagement", paper to the Inside-Out Conference on higher Education and Community Engagement, University of Queensland, July 2003.

Garlick, S. "Creative Regional Development: Knowledge Based Associations between Universities and their Places", paper to the Universities and Community Engagement Forum, University of Western Sydney, September 2002.

Garlick, S., and Pryor, G. Universities and their Communities: Creative Regional Development through Knowledge-based Engagement.  A report prepared for the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services, August 2002.

Garlick, S., and Pryor, G. A Compendium of ‘Good Practice’ University – Regional Development Engagement Initiatives.  A Report prepared for the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services, August 2002.

Charles, D., Garlick, S. et al Universities and Regional Development: A Report to the European Commission, 2001

Cumpston, A., Blakers, R.,  Evans, C, Maclachlan, M.Tom Karmel., and Garlick, S. Atlas of Higher Education: A community focus, DETYA Occasional Paper Series 01/A (with), DETYA, Canberra 2001.

Garlick, S. ‘Engaging Universities and Regions’: Knowledge Contributions to Regional Economic Development in Australia, EIP Report 00/15, DETYA, 2000.

Garlick, S. "The Role of Universities in the Economic Development of Regional Communities – An Overview of Changing Relationships in Australia", chapter 4 in University Engagement in Regional Development, edited by Zbys Klich, Southern Cross University Press, Lismore, 1999.

Garlick, S. ‘Creative Associations in Special Places’: Enhancing the Partnership Role of Universities in Building Competitive Regional Economies, EIP Report No. 98/ 4, DEETYA, April 1998.

Contact Information:
E-mail:  sgarlick@msn.com.au
Telephone: 02 62381533
Mobile: 0428880564