Mr Phil Clark

Phil is a Lecturer in Social Work (Field Education) at ACU. A major focus of his work at ACU is managing the field education unit on the Brisbane campus. He also teaches into the Bachelor and Master of Social Work degrees offered at ACU. Phil holds a Bachelor of Social Work, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, and a Master of Social Planning and Development from the University of Queensland, Australia. 

His social work practice experience includes working for the Queensland Government in disability services, as a social work clinician, as well as a student counsellor in the tertiary education sector.

Prior to joining ACU he held a Research Manager position at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining at the University of Queensland, Australia. Phil's geographical experience in this field covers, Armenia, Australia, Fiji, Ghana, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. 

One of Phil's early career highlights was spending six months, as part of the Commonwealth Government's Australian Youth Ambassador for Development program, in the Republic of Kiribati as a training advisor within the Office of the Kiribati President.

Lawson, L., and Clark, P (2015). KRED Enterprises: Building and sustaining independent Aboriginal economic development. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland, Australia. 

Tapia Rivera, R., Kirsch, P and Clark, P (2014). Challenging perceptions? Sustainability reporting, the media and mining. In: Life-of-Mine 2014: Delivering sustainable legacies through integrated life-of-mine planning. Life-of-Mine 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, (413-426). 16-18 July 2014.

Hill, T., Clark, P. and Everingham, J. (2012). There's an emptiness for Maori here in Waihi - understanding indigenous perspectives on post-mine land uses in closure planning. In: Life-of-Mine 2012: Conference Proceedings. Life of Mine Conference (AusIMM), Brisbane, Australia, (143-152). 10-12 July 2012.

Bourke, Pam and Clark, Phil (2011). Training for transformation. In: David Brereton, Dante Pesceand Ximena Abogabir, Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Social Responsibility in Mining. SRMINING 2011: First International Seminar on Social Responsibility in Mining, Santiago, Chile, (1-8). 19-21 October 2011.

Franks, D, Fidler, C, Brereton, D, Vanclay, F and P, Clark. (2009). Leading Practice Strategies for Addressing the Social Impacts of Resource Developments. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. Briefing paper for the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland Government. November. Brisbane.

Kemp, D., Clark, P., and Zhang, T (2008). Estimating Socio-Economic Impacts of Mine Closure. Research Paper 8. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland. 

Clark, P (2004). The economic impact of contracted labour upon the livelihoods of small Pacific Island States: an examination of the expenditure patterns of I-Kiribati and Tuvaluan seafarers and their dependents, unpub. Master of Social Planning and Development thesis, University of Queensland, Australia. 

Clark, P (2003). Economic Tracer Study for Pacific Islands Seafarers Expenditure. Suva: SPC Regional Maritime Programme.

Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers