Professor Greg Marston
Director, Centre for Policy Futures & Centre Director of Centre for Policy Futures
Centre for Policy Futures
Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
Researcher biography
I am Director of Centre for Policy Futures and Coordinator for the Queensland Decarbonisation Hub. Previously I was the Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, a former Head of School for the School of Social Science and Acting Associate Dean Research. My research interests include work and employment, poverty and economic security and the social dimensions of climate change. I am a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and was a member of the ARC College of Experts from 2014-2016. Prior to entering academy I worked in the non-profit sector at the state, national and international level. I am the Australian representative for the Basic Income Earth Network.
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Publications
Books
Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand: more harm than good?. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.46692/9781447361510
Brodkin, Evelyn Z. and Marston, Gregory (2013). Work and the welfare State: Street-level organizations and workfare politics. United States of America: Georgetown University Press.
Murphy, John, Murray, Suellen, Chalmers, Jennifer, Martin, Sonia and Marston, Greg (2011). Half a Citizen: Life on welfare in Australia. Crows Nest, N.S.W. Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Marston, G., Moss, J. and Quiggin, J. (2010). Risk, Responsibility and the Australian Welfare State.. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Marston, G. and McDonald, C. (2009). Analysing Social Policy: A Governmental Analysis (paperback edition, first published 2006).. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Marston, Greg (2004). Social policy and discourse analysis: Policy change in public housing. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing.
Book Chapters
Campbell, Matthew, Liu, Gloria, Marston, Greg and Harpur, Paul (2025). Supporting students with disabilities to transition to work. The Universitas 21 Disability Inclusion Policy Mapping Report: Partnering globally to champion change. (pp. 96-100) edited by Paul Harpur. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: Universitas 21.
Holtum, Peter James (PJ), Lata, Lutfun and Marston, Greg (2023). Be your own boss: the role of digital labour platforms in producing migrant masculinity(ies). Migratory men: place, transnationalism and masculinities. (pp. 123-138) edited by Garth Stahl and Yang Zhao. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003353232-12
Worsoe, Hanne and Marston, Greg (2023). Navigating the threat of refoulement arising from the trifecta of welfare conditionality, behavioural codes, and short-term visas. Regulating refugee protection through social welfare. (pp. 163-180) edited by Peter Billings. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003298595-12
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2022). Subjectification, suffering and emotional resistance: life on the Cashless Debit Card. Social suffering in the neoliberal age: state power, logics and resistance. (pp. 149-165) edited by Karen Soldatic and Louise St Guillaume. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003131779-12
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2021). Losing sight: social security policy in Australia. Social policy in Australia: understanding for action. (pp. 214-237) edited by Alison McLelland, Paul Smyth and Greg Marston. Docklands, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Marston, Greg and Davidson, Danielle (2020). Discretion and empowerment. Discretion and the Quest for Controlled Freedom. (pp. 93-110) edited by Tony Evans and Peter Hupe. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-19566-3_7
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2019). Social policy. Australian politics and policy. (pp. 687-706) edited by Peter Chen, Nicholas Barry, John Butcher, David Clune, Ian Cook, Adele Garnier, Yvonne Haigh, Sara C. Motta and Marija Taflaga. Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press. doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743326671
Marston, Greg and Staines, Zoe (2019). Social policy. Australian politics and policy. (pp. 547-559) edited by Chen, Peter, Barry, Nicholas, Butcher, John, Clune, David, Cook, Ian, Garnier, Adele, Haigh, Yvonne, Motta, Sara and Taflaga, Marija. Sydney, NSW Australia: Sydney University Press.
Stafford, Lisa and Marston, Greg (2019). Using Interpretive Policy Analysis To Uncover Meanings About Disability Employment and Income Policy Regarding Young Adults and Education–Employment Pathways. SAGE Research Methods Cases. (pp. 1-17) London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781526486080
Marston, Greg (2019). Basic income in Australia: implementation challenges. Implementing a Basic Income in Australia: Pathways Forward. (pp. 23-43) edited by Elise Klein, Jennifer Mays and Tim Dunlop. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_2
Lonne, Bob, McColl, Graeme and Marston, Greg (2017). Community recovery. Disaster health management: a primer for students and practitioners. (pp. 229-242) edited by Gerry FitzGerald, Mike Tarrant, Peter Aitken and Marie Fredriksen. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Marston, Greg (2016). Greening the Australian welfare state: can basic income play a role?. Basic income in Australia and New Zealand: perspectives from the neoliberal frontier. (pp. 157-178) edited by Jennifer Mays, Greg Marston and John Tomlinson. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave MacMillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137535320_8
Mays, Jennifer, Marston, Greg and Tomlinson, John (2016). Neoliberal frontiers and economic insecurity: is basic income a solution?. Basic income in Australia and New Zealand: perspectives from the neoliberal frontier. (pp. 1-25) edited by Jennifer Mays, Greg Marston and John Tomlinson. Houndmills, Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137535320_1
Marston, Greg (2016). Exploring the complexity and contradictions of contemporary poverty governance: the case of payday lending in Australia. Governing practices: neoliberalism, governmentality, and the ethnographic imaginary. (pp. 245-266) edited by Michelle Brady and Randy K. Lippert. Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Banks, M. and Marston, G. (2015). On Neoliberalism and Welfare: Payday Lending and Commodifying Social Provisioning.. Narratives of Globalisation: Reflections on the Global Condition. (pp. 56-79) edited by Julian Lee. London: Rowman and Littlefield.
Marston, Greg (2015). Public health and social policy. Introduction to public health. (pp. 66-84) edited by Mary Louise Fleming. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: Elsevier Australia.
Marston, Greg (2015). From being a fish out of water to swimming with the school: notes from a class traveller in Australian higher education. Bread and roses: voices of Australian academics from the working class. (pp. 171-179) edited by Dee Michell, Jacqueline Z. Wilson and Verity Archer. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6300-127-4_18
Marston, Greg (2014). Social justice and income support policies. Routledge international handbook of social justice. (pp. 237-248) edited by Michael Reisch. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routhledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315857534
Marston, G. and McClelland, A. (2014). A framework for Understanding and Action: Understanding Policy and Practice. Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action. (pp. 44-62) edited by Alison McClelland and Paul Smyth. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Marston, Gregory (2013). Frontline workers as intermediaries: the changing landscape of disability and employment services in Australia. Work and the welfare state: street-level organizations and workfare politics. (pp. 209-225) edited by Evelyn Z. Brodkin and Gregory Marston. Washington, DC, United States: Georgetown University Press.
Marston, G. (2013). Critical Discourse Analysis and Policy Change. Social work theories and methods. (pp. ---) Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
Marston, Greg, Moss, Jeremy and Quiggin, John (2010). Introduction: Shifting risk?. Risk, welfare and work. (pp. vii-xvi) edited by Greg Marston, Jeremy Moss and John Quiggin. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
McClelland, Alison and Marston, Gregory (2009). A framework for understanding social policy analysis and action. Social policy in Australia: Understanding for action. (pp. 39-69) edited by Alison McClelland and Paul Smyth. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Humpage, Louise and Marston, Greg (2006). Recognition, respect and rights: Refugees living on temporary protection visas (TPVs) in Australia. The Situated Politics of Belonging. (pp. 113-126) edited by Nira Yuval-Davis, Kalpana Kannabiran and Ulrike Vieten. London, United Kingdom: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781446213490.n9
Marston, G J and McDonald, C. (2006). Introduction: Reframing social policy analysis. Analysing Social Policy: A Governmental Approach. (pp. 1-15) edited by G. Marston and C. McDonald. Albingdon, UK: Edward Elgar.
Marston, G J and McDonald, C. (2006). Conclusion: A conversation worth continuing?. Analysing Social Policy: A Governmental Approach. (pp. 223-229) edited by G. Marston and C. McDonald. Albingdon, UK: Edward Elgar.
Marston, G (2004). Constructing the Meaning of Social Exclusion as a Policy Metaphor. Social Contructionism in Housing Research. (pp. 71-92) edited by Keith Jacobs, Jim Kemeny and Tony Manzi. UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Journal Articles
Muñoz, Kyrie Eleison (Kyle), Robinson, Richard N.S. and Marston, Greg (2025). Reframing tourism labour: Alterity and the global south. Annals of Tourism Research, 112 103950, 103950. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2025.103950
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Marston, Greg, Snell, Darryn and Moss, Jeremy (2025). Jobs aren't enough: Redefining just transitions in Australia with community voices. Energy Research and Social Science, 122 103999, 103999. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103999
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Mai, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2025). Digital platforms and hybridized social sector accountability: a critical discourse analysis of promotional material. Public Management Review, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2469237
Casey, Bridget, Marston, Greg and Vyas, Dhaval (2025). Self-Care Practices in the Context of Older Adults Living Independently. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9 (GROUP) 1205, 1-26. doi: 10.1145/3701205
Ablaza, Christine, Gatta, Arianna, Stambe, Rose and Marston, Greg (2025). Non-Standard Contingent Employment and Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Job Characteristics. British Journal of Industrial Relations. doi: 10.1111/bjir.12890
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Mendes, Philip and Roche, Steven (2024). An intersectional feminist analysis of compulsory income management in Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 1-19. doi: 10.1017/s0047279424000205
Humpage, Louise, Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe, Peterie, Michelle and Mendes, Philip (2022). Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand. Critical Social Policy, 43 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/02610183221106923
Stambe, Rose and Marston, Greg (2022). Checking Activation at the Door: Rethinking the Welfare-Work Nexus in Light of Australia’s Covid-19 Response. Social Policy and Society, 22 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/s1474746421000944
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia. Children and Youth Services Review, 131 106254, 106254. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106254
Stark, Alastair, Thomson, N. K. and Marston, Greg (2021). Public deliberation and policy design. Policy Design and Practice, 4 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2021.1912906
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2021). The trope of the vulnerable child in conditional welfare discourses: an Australian case study. Journal of Sociology, 58 (4), 517-534. doi: 10.1177/14407833211008984
Roche, Steven, Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). Examining the adverse consequences of welfare conditionality: a case study of compulsory income management in the regional community of Ceduna, Australia. Social Policy and Society, 21 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/S1474746421000063
Mendes, Philip, Roche, Steven, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2021). Is conditional welfare an effective means for reducing alcohol and drug abuse? An exploration of compulsory income management across four Australian trial sites. Australian Journal of Political Science, 56 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2021.1884646
Bainton, Nicholas, Kemp, Deanna, Lèbre, Eleonore, Owen, John R. and Marston, Greg (2021). The energy‐extractives nexus and the just transition. Sustainable Development, 29 (4) sd.2163, 624-634. doi: 10.1002/sd.2163
Holtum, Peter James, Irannezhad, Elnaz, Marston, Greg and Mahadevan, Renuka (2021). Business or pleasure? A comparison of migrant and non-migrant uber drivers in Australia. Work, Employment and Society, 36 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.1177/09500170211034741
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Bielefeld, Shelley, Humpage, Louise, Mendes, Philip and Peterie, Michelle (2020). Governing poverty: compulsory income management and crime in Australia. Critical Criminology, 29 (4), 745-761. doi: 10.1007/s10612-020-09532-2
Mendes, Philip, Roche, Steven, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Humpage, Louise (2020). The social harms outweigh the benefits: a study of compulsory income management in Greater Shepparton and Playford. Australian Social Work, 76 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/0312407x.2020.1820536
Ramia, Gaby, Peterie, Michelle, Patulny, Roger and Marston, Greg (2020). Networks, case managers, and the job‐search experiences of unemployed people. Social Policy and Administration, 54 (5) spol.12575, 765-776. doi: 10.1111/spol.12575
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2020). Big data and poverty governance under Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand's "social investment" policies. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56 (2) ajs4.129, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.129
Humpage, Louise, Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip and Bielefeld, Shelley (2020). The complexity of convergence: a multi-dimensional analysis of compulsory income management and social investment in New Zealand and Australia. Policy Studies, 43 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2020.1783439
Marston, Greg and Peterie, Michelle (2020). Is universal basic income a desirable alternative to conditional welfare?. Social Alternatives, 39 (1), 39-46.
Beatson, Amanda, Riedel, Aimee, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Marston, Greg and Stafford, Lisa (2020). Increasing the independence of vulnerable consumers through social support. Journal of Services Marketing, 34 (2), 223-237. doi: 10.1108/JSM-09-2019-0327
Beatson, Amanda, Riedel, Aimee, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Marston, Greg and Stafford, Lisa (2020). Encouraging young adults with a disability to be independent in their journey to work: a segmentation and application of Theory of Planned Behaviour approach. Heliyon, 6 (2) e03420, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03420
Beatson, Amanda, Riedel, Aimee, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Marston, Greg and Stafford, Lisa (2019). Factors influencing the journey to work for young people with physical and/or neurological conditions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43 (9), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1655804
Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip and Humpage, Louise (2019). Compulsory income management: combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (1), 61-72. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.79
Marston, Greg, Zhang, Juan, Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Patulny, Roger and Cooke, Emma (2019). To move or not to move: mobility decision-making in the context of welfare conditionality and paid employment. Mobilities, 14 (5), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/17450101.2019.1611016
Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Marston, Greg and Patulny, Roger (2019). Social isolation as stigma-management: explaining long-term unemployed people’s ‘failure’ to network. Sociology, 53 (6), 003803851985681-1060. doi: 10.1177/0038038519856813
Matthews, Tony and Marston, Gregory (2019). How environmental storylines shaped regional planning policies in South East Queensland, Australia: a long-term analysis. Land Use Policy, 85, 476-484. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.042
McDonald, Paula, Grant-Smith, Deanna, Moore, Katherine and Marston, Greg (2019). Navigating employability from the bottom up. Journal of Youth Studies, 23 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1620925
Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Marston, Greg and Patulny, Roger (2019). Emotional compliance and emotion as resistance: Shame and anger among the long-term unemployed. Work, Employment and Society, 33 (5), 095001701984577-811. doi: 10.1177/0950017019845775
Patulny, Roger, Ramia, Gaby, Feng, Zhuqin, Peterie, Michelle and Marston, Greg (2019). The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get “any” job, or “meaningful” work?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 39 (5/6) IJSSP-11-2018-0193, 376-394. doi: 10.1108/ijssp-11-2018-0193
Stafford, Lisa, Marston, Greg, Beatson, Amanda, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella and Drennan, Judy (2019). Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities. Disability and Society, 34 (6), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2018.1561356
Marston, Greg, Stark, Alastair, Matthews, Tony and Baker, Douglas (2019). Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 78 (1), 3-16. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12339
Ramia, Gaby, Patulny, Roger, Marston, Greg and Cassells, Kyla (2018). The relationship between governance networks and social networks: progress, problems and prospects. Political Studies Review, 16 (4), 331-341. doi: 10.1177/1478929917713952
Davidson, Danielle, Marston, Greg, Mays, Jennifer and Johnson-Abdelmalik, Jeffery (2017). Role of Relational Case Management in Transitioning from Poverty. Australian Social Work, 71 (1), 58-70. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2017.1376102
Stafford, Lisa, Marston, Gregory, Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Beatson, Amanda and Drennan, Judy (2017). Why one size fits all approach to transition in Disability Employment Services hinders employability of young people with physical and neurological disabilities in Australia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 59 (5), 631-651. doi: 10.1177/0022185617723379
Marston, Greg, Banks, Marcus and Zhang, Juan (2017). The role of human emotion in decisions about credit: policy and practice considerations. Critical Policy Studies, 12 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2017.1323655
Marston, Greg, Cowling, Sally and Bielefeld, Shelley (2016). Tensions and contradictions in Australian social policy reform: compulsory income management and the national disability insurance scheme. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 51 (4), 399-417. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb01240.x
Mendes, Philip, Marston, Greg and Katz, Ilan (2016). Introduction for Special Issue on Income Management:. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 51 (4), 393-397. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb01239.x
Johnstone, Eleesa, Brough, Mark, Crane, Phil, Marston, Greg and Correa-Velez, Ignacio (2016). Field placement and the impact of financial stress on social work and human service students. Australian Social Work, 69 (4), 481-494. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2016.1181769
Mays, Jennifer and Marston, Greg (2016). Reimagining equity and egalitarianism: The basic income debate in Australia. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 43 (3) 3, 9-25.
Davidson, Danielle, King, Julie and Marston, Gregory (2016). Enhancing the social dimension of development: interconnecting the Capability Approach and applied knowledge of social workers. International Social Work, 61 (4), 600-612. doi: 10.1177/0020872816651703
Parsell, Cameron and Marston, Greg (2016). Supportive housing: justifiable paternalism?. Housing, Theory and Society, 33 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2015.1135188
Parsell, Cameron, Eggins, Elizabeth and Marston, Greg (2016). Human agency and social work research: a systematic search and synthesis of social work literature. British Journal of Social Work, 47 (1), 238-255. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv145
Marston, Greg and Dee, Mike (2015). Old wine in new bottles: a critical appraisal of the social inclusion agenda in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50 (2), 119-138. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2015.tb00340.x
Ulmestig, Rickard and Marston, Greg (2015). Street-level perceptions of procedural rights for young unemployed people: a comparative study between Sweden and Australia. Social Policy and Administration, 49 (3), 394-411. doi: 10.1111/spol.12085
Marston, Greg and Johnson-Abdelmalik, Jeffrey (2015). "He was learning to read, but he wasn’t learning to live": studies of numeracy and literacy programs in a community setting. Literacy and Numeracy Studies, 1 (23), 6-19. doi: 10.5130/lns.v23i1.4422
Marston, Gregory (2014). Queensland’s budget austerity and its impact on social welfare: is the cure worse than the disease?. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XLI (2), 147-164.
Marston, Greg (2014). Queensland’s budget austerity and its impact on social welfare: Is the cure worse than the disease?. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 41 (2) 10, 146-166. doi: 10.15453/0191-5096.3955
Banks, Marcus, Marston, Gregory, Russell, Roslyn and Karger, Howard (2014). 'In a perfect world it would be great if they didn't exist': how Australians experience payday loans. International Journal of Social Welfare, 24 (1), 37-47. doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12083
McKosker, Laura, Lonne, Bob, Gillespie, Kerri and Marston, Greg (2014). Feature article coverage of Australian out-of-home care: portrayals and policy reform. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84 (3), 257-265. doi: 10.1037/h0099828
Marston, Greg and Shevellar, Lynda (2013). In the shadow of the welfare state: the role of payday lending in poverty survival in Australia. Journal of Social Policy, 43 (1), 155-172. doi: 10.1017/S0047279413000573
Marston, Gregory (2013). On ‘Activation workers’ perceptions’: a reply to Dunn (1). Journal of Social Policy, 42 (04), 819-828. doi: 10.1017/S0047279413000482
Coffey, Brian and Marston, Greg (2013). How neoliberalism and ecological modernisation shaped environmental policy in Australia. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 15 (2), 179-199. doi: 10.1080/1523908X.2012.746868
Lantz, Sarah and Marston, Greg (2012). Policy, citizenship and governance: the case of disability and employment policy in Australia. Disability and Society, 27 (6), 853-867. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.686881
Marston, Greg and McDonald, Catherine (2012). Getting beyond ‘heroic agency’ in conceptualising social workers as policy actors in the twenty-first century. British Journal of Social Work, 42 (6), 1022-1038. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs062
Parsell, Cameron and Marston, Greg (2012). Beyond the 'at risk' individual: Housing and the eradication of poverty to prevent homelessness. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 71 (1), 33-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00758.x
Grahame, Teresa and Marston, Greg (2012). Welfare-to-work Policies and the Experience of Employed Single Mothers on Income Support in Australia: Where are the Benefits?. Australian Social Work, 65 (1), 73-86. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2011.604093
Wright, Sharon, Marston, Greg and McDonald, Catherine (2011). The role of non-profit organisations in the mixed economy of welfare-to-work in the UK and Australia. Social Policy and Administration, 45 (3), 299-318. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00770.x
Shevellar, Lynda and Marston, Gregory (2011). Exploring the role of fringe lenders in the lives of Queenslanders. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 46 (2), 205-222. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2011.tb00214.x
Caswell, Dorte, Marston, Greg and Larsen, Jørgen Elm (2010). Unemployed citizen or ‘at risk’ client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia. Critical Social Policy, 30 (3), 384-404. doi: 10.1177/0261018310367674
Walsh, Tamara K. E. and Marston, Greg (2010). Benefit overpayment, welfare fraud and financial hardship in Australia. Journal of Social Security Law, 17 (2), 100-125.
Moss, J. and Marston, G. (2009). Disability, work and motivation. Monash Bioethics Review, 28 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/bf03351318
Moss, Jeremy and Marston, Greg (2009). Disability, Work and Motivation. Monash Bioethics Review, 28 (4), 13-24. doi: 10.1007/BF03351318
Thornton, Stephen and Marston, Gregory (2009). Who to serve? The ethical dilemma of employment consultants in nonprofit disability employment network organisations. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 44 (1), 73-89. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2009.tb00131.x
Marston, Gregory J. (2008). A war on the poor: Constructing welfare and work in the 21st century. Critical Discourse Studies, 5 (4), 359-370. doi: 10.1080/17405900802405312
Marston, Gregory J. and McDonald, Catherine (2008). Feeling motivated yet? Long-term unemployed people’s perspectives on the implementation of workfare in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43 (2), 255-269.
Marston, Gregory J. (2008). Technocrats or intellectuals? Reflections on the role of housing researchers as social scientists. Housing, Theory and Society, 25 (3), 177-190. doi: 10.1080/14036090802117630
Henman, Paul and Marston, Greg (2008). The social division of welfare surveillance. Journal of Social Policy, 37 (2), 187-205. doi: 10.1017/S0047279407001705
McDonald, Catherine and Marston, Gregory J. (2008). Revisiting the quasi-market in employment services: Australia’s job Network. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 30 (2), 99-115.
Marston, Gregory J. and Walsh, Tamara K. E. (2008). A case of misrepresentation: social security fraud and the criminal justice system in Australia. Griffith Law Review, 17 (1), 285-300. doi: 10.1080/10383441.2008.10854611
McDonald, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2008). Re-visiting the quasi-market in employment services: Australia’s job network. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 30 (2), 99-115. doi: 10.1080/23276665.2008.10779346
McDonald, Catherine and Marston, Gregory J. (2008). Motivating the unemployed? Attitudes at the front line. Australian Social Work, 61 (4), 315-326. doi: 10.1080/03124070802428167
Marston, G. J. and McDonald, C. (2007). Assessing the policy trajectory of welfare reform in Australia. Benefits, 15 (3), 233-245. doi: 10.51952/ycmz6895
Marston, G J (2006). Employment services in an age of e-government. Information, Communication and Society, 9 (1), 83-103. doi: 10.1080/13691180500519555
McDonald, C. and Marston, G. (2006). Room to move? Professional discretion at the frontline of welfare-to-work. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41 (2), 171-182. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2006.tb00004.x
McDonald, C and Marston, G (2005). Workfare as welfare: governing unemployment in the advanced liberal state. Critical Social Policy, 25 (3), 374-401. doi: 10.1177/0261018305054077
Marston, Greg, Larsen, Jørgen Elm and McDonald, Catherine (2005). The active subjects of welfare reform: A street-level comparison of employment services in Australia and Denmark. Social Work and Society, 3 (2), 141-157.
Humpage, L and Marston, G. J. (2005). Cultural justice, community development and onshore refugees in Australia. Community Development Journal: Special Issue on Refugees, 40 (2), 137-157. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsi022
Marston, G and Watts, R. (2004). The Problem with Neo-conservative Social Policy: Rethinking the Ethics of Citizenship and the Welfare State. Just Policy, 33, 34-44.
Marston, G (2004). Managerialism and Public Housing Reform. Housing Studies, 19 (1), 5-20. doi: 10.1080/0267303042000152140
Humpage, L. and Marston, G (2004). Contested Belonging: Temporary Protection in Australia. Refuge, 22 (2), 67-76.
Jacobs, K., Marston, G and Darcy, M. (2004). Changing the Mix: Contestation Surrounding the Public Housing Stock Transfer Process in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Urban Policy and Research, 22 (3), 249-263. doi: 10.1080/0811114042000269281
Marston, G (2004). A Punitive Policy: Labour Force Participation of Refugees on Temporary Protection Visas (TPV). Labour & Industry, 15 (1), 65-79. doi: 10.1080/10301763.2004.10669305
McDonald, C., Marston, G and Buckley, A. (2003). Risk technology in Australia: The role of the job seeker classification instrument in employment services. Critical Social Policy, 23 (4), 498-525. doi: 10.1177/02610183030234004
Marston, G and McDonald, C. (2003). The psychology, ethics and social relations of unemployment. Australian Journal of Labour Economics: A Journal of Labour Economics and Labour Relations, 6 (2), 293-315.
Marston, G. and Watts, R. (2003). Tampering with the Evidence: A Critical Appraisal of Evidence Based Policy. The Drawing Board: An Australian Review of Public Affairs, 3 (3), 143-163.
Marston, G. and Watts, R. (2003). Just the facts Ma’am: A critical appraisal of evidence-based policy. Just Policy (30), 32-45.
McDonald, C. and Marston, G. (2002). Patterns of governance: The curious case of non-profit community services in Australia. Social Policy and Administration, 36 (4), 376-391. doi: 10.1111/1467-9515.t01-1-00260
Marston, Greg (2002). Critical discourse analysis and policy-orientated housing research. Housing, Theory and Society, 19 (2), 82-91. doi: 10.1080/140360902760385637
McDonald, C. and Marston, G. (2002). Fixing the niche? Rhetorics of the community sector in the neo-liberal welfare regime. Just Policy, 27 (August), 3-10.
Marston, G. (2000). Metaphor, morality and myth: A critical analysis of public housing policy in Queensland. Critical Social Policy, 20 (64), 349-373.
Marston, Greg (2000). Metaphor, morality and myth: A critical discourse analysis of public housing policy in Queensland. Critical Social Policy, 20 (3), 349-373. doi: 10.1177/026101830002000305
Conference Papers
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Mai, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2023). Digitised Hybrids: Exploring the role of digital technology in the development and management of the hybridised social sector. Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 11-13 September 2023.
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Bielefeld, Shelley, Mendes, Philip and Roche, Steven (2023). Compulsory cashless welfare programs exacerbate inequalities and poverty for women: an intersectional feminist analysis of ‘Compulsory Income Management’ in Australia. Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5-7 July 2023.
Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Beatson, Amanda, Sartori do Amaral, Carla, Tuzovic, Sven, Stafford, Lisa and Marston, Gregory (2020). Seamless Journeys to Work: a multifaceted approach to exploring daily journey to work experiences of young people with disabilities. DRS2020, Brisbane, QLD Australia, September 2020. United Kingdom: Design Research Society. doi: 10.21606/drs.2020.364
Holtum, P.J and Marston, G. (2019). The dark side of flexibility: The case of Uber drivers. TASA, Paramatta, NSW, Australia, 25-28 November 2019.
Holtum, P.J and Marston, G. (2019). 'Identifying as a 'gig-worker': Identity work and the dark side of flexibility for Uber drivers. Automation, Ethics, and Society Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 21 November 2019.
Holtum, P. J. and Marston, G. (2019). Identifying as a gig-worker: Intersectionality and ontological security among Uber drivers in Brisbane, Australia. Reshaping Work 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24-25 October 2019.
Marston, Greg and Holtum, P. J. (2018). Work, Insecurity and the ‘Gig Economy’: policy and political considerations. Inequalities and the Gig Economy: Gender and Generational Challenges, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 29-30 November 2018.
Baker, D., Marston, G. and McClure, L. (2013). Synergies and Goal Conflicts for Climate Change Policy and Spatial Planning. Real Corp, Rome, Italy, 20-23 May 2013.
Marston, G. and Dee, M. (2012). Does the social inclusion discourse add value?. TASA 2012: The 17th Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 2012, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 27-29 November 2012.
Marston, Gregory, Moss, Jeremy and Lantz, Sarah (2009). Disability, employment and the interface with income support policies. Australian Social Policy Conference 2009, Sydney , Australia, 8-10 July, 2009. Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales..
Marston, Greg (2008). Technocrats or intellectuals? Reflections on the role of housing researchers as social scientists. doi: 10.1080/14036090802117630
Marston, G. J. (2007). Losing sight! A diminishing public sphere and the restructuring of the Australian welfare state. TASA & SAANZ Joint Conference 2007, Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-7 December, 2007. Auckland, New Zealand: The University of Auckland.
Marston, G J and McDonald, C. (2006). The political tensions and street-level dimensions of employment services in Australia. Road to Where? The Politics and Practice of Implementing Welfare-to-Work, Brisbane, 17-18 July 2006. Brisbane: School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Marston, G (2004). Take a Number: Employment Services and e-government. Australian Electronic Governance Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 14-15 April 2004. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne.
Marston, G (2004). Rethinking Social Inequality: the Case of 'Illegal Refugees'. 1st Annual Conference of the Centre for Research ..., Macquarie University, 12 November 2003. Australia: Macquarie University.
Audio Document
Peterie, Michelle and Marston, Greg (2019). Understanding the real reasons people are unemployed. ABC Radio National - Radio National.
Thesis
Marston, Greg (Gregory James), 1970- (2001). 'Bad tenants can pack their bags' : a critical discourse analysis of the marketisation and the moralisation of public housing policy. PhD Thesis, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/105698
Research Reports
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Yarnold, Jennifer, Marston, Greg and Moss, Jeremy (2024). Community is key to Queensland’s energy future. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Stambe, Rose, Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Henman, Paul (2023). Submission to the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services. Canberra, ACT Australia: Parliament of Australia.
Yarnold, Jennifer , Marston, Greg , Mackey, Brendan , McVeigh, John , Rolfe, John , Dale, Allan , Babacan, Hurriyet , Lyons, Ben , Deane, Felicity , Molyneaux, Lynette , Plint, Neville , Newlands, Maxine , Keenan-Jones, Duncan , Quiggin, John , Lovelock, Catherine , Birch, Jacob , Ashford, Graham , Maguire, Rowena , Butler, Don and Doran-Browne, Natalie (2022). Decarbonising Queensland: Four pillars toward a resilient and inclusive low-carbon economy. Policy Futures Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Roche, Steven (2020). Hidden costs: an independent study into income management in Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
Humpage, Louise, Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Staines, Zoe (2020). Helping or harming? Compulsory income management in Australia and New Zealand - summary report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
Bielefeld, Shelley, Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle and Staines, Zoe (2020). Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs regarding the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs.
Marston, Greg, Staines, Zoe and Holtum, Peter (2019). Submission to the Second National Youth Commission Inquiry. Collingwood, VIC Australia: National Youth Commission.
Bielefeld, Shelley, Peterie, Michelle, Staines, Zoe and Marston, Greg (2019). Submission No 40 to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs.
Holtum, P. J. and Marston, G. (2019). Flexibility and Insecurity: An Insight into the experiences of Uber drivers in Brisbane. Online: University of Queensland.
Holtum, P. J. and Marston, Greg (2019). Submission: Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Victorian Government.
Marston, G., Mays, J. and Davidson, D. (2015). No wrong door: an evaluation of The Salvation Army Doorways Service (Emergency Relief). Sydney NSW Australia: Salvation Army.
Marston, G. and Johnson-Abdelmalik, J. (2014). He was learning to read, but he wasn’t learning to live, an ethnographic evaluation of a community based literacy and numeracy group. Brisbane QLD Australia: Anglicare.
Banks, M., Marston, G., Russell, R. and Karger, H. (2012). Caught Short: Final Report on the Experience of Payday Lending in Australia. Melbourne VIC Australia: RMIT University.
Marston, Gregory and Shevellar, Lynda (2010). The experience of using fringe lenders in Queensland: a pilot study. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland, School of Social Work & Human Services, Social Policy Unit.
Henman, P., Melville, R., Malcom, F. and Marston, G. (2007). A data framework to assess the impact of the Federal Government’s welfare reforms in Queensland. St Lucia QLD Australia: Social Policy Unit. The University of Queensland.
Jones, A., Reddel, T., Mcauliffe, D. and Marston, G. (2004). Sustainable tenancies in public housing. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Department of Housing.
Marston, G. and Lackner, S. (2003). System Error: Centrelink breaching patterns and Job Network Participation Reports. Melbourne Australia: Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University.
Marston, G. (2003). Temporary Protection, Permanent Uncertainty: The experience of refugees living on temporary protection visas. Melbourne VIC Australia: Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University.
Marston, G., Morgan, L. and Murphy, J. (2003). Human Service Gaps at the Interface between Urban and Rural. Melbourne VIC Australia: Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University.
Marston, G., McDonald, C. and Zetlin, D. (2000). Community Services in Queensland: An Environmental Scan. Brisbane QLD Australia: Queensland Government.
Newspaper Articles
Stambe, Rose and Marston, Greg (2022, 08 18). Rethinking the welfare-work nexus in light of Australia’s COVID-19 response Austaxpolicy
Staines, Zoe, Moore, Charlotte, Marston, Greg and Humpage, Louise (2021, 08 27). Big data as evidence for social investment: a need for critique and caution Australian National University Austaxpolicy: Tax and Transfer Policy Blog
Peterie, Michelle, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley, Staines, Zoe and Roche, Steven (2020, 08 12). The 'hidden costs' of compulsory income management Social Security Rights Review
Staines, Zoe, Marston, Greg, Mendes, Philip, Bielefeld, Shelley and Peterie, Michelle (2020, 03 03). Compulsory cashless welfare programs harm women and children The Power to Persuade
Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Mendes, Philip and Staines, Zoe (2020, 02 26). 'I don't want anybody to see me using it': cashless welfare cards do more harm than good The Conversation
Peterie, Michelle, Ramia, Gaby, Marston, Greg and Patulny, Roger (2019, 08 06). Does Australia have a 'job snob' problem? ABC News
Marston, Greg, Peterie, Michelle, Patulny, Roger and Ramia, Gaby (2019, 08 06). These ‘job snob’ claims don’t match the evidence The Conversation
Marston, Greg, Ramia, Gaby, Peterie, Michelle and Patulny, Roger (2019, 08 06). Job snobs? This News Corp rhetoric is just another way to blame unemployment on the individual The Guardian
Holtum, Peter and Marston, Greg (2019, 05 24). Uber drivers’ experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers The Conversation