Phillip AblettPhillip Ablett BA (Hons), MSW, Ph.D., has taught into social and community work programs at the University of the Sunshine Coast and the Queensland University of Technology, where he is currently Coordinator of the BSW program, for over two decades. oming from a working-class background in Victoria during a period of social reform in the 1970s, he was the first in his family to attend university. Initially studying sociology, he earned a doctorate focused on political repression in the Philippines and the social movements (including many church-based, social and community workers) aiming to eliminate oppression and institute conditions under which people might flourish. This has led to a lifelong engagement in social activism, human rights advocacy and fact-finding, leading interfaith and cultural diversity programs, and various community development projects, amid which he completed a Master of Social Work. His social work practice and research involve linking critical theory to transformative social work education and macro-practice, particularly in community development and in the social work contribution to 'policy-practice'. He is currently working on a collaborative project, entitled Real Utopias for Social Work, concerning the role of social workers in formulating, and promoting, social policies to address the issues faced by their service user constituencies. Read More Read Less