QUT | Staff Profiles | Deanna Grant-Smith

Name

Associate Professor Deanna Grant-Smith

Position(s)

Associate Professor
QUT Business School,
Management

Discipline *

Business and Management, Human Geography, Policy and Administration

Phone

+61 7 3138 2491

Fax

+61 7 3138 1313

Email

deanna.grantsmith@qut.edu.au

Location

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Identifiers and profiles

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosphy (Griffith University), Master of Business (Communication Studies) (Queensland University of Technology), Graduate Diploma of Sciences Communication (Central Queensland University), Graduate Certificate in Management Communication (Other), Bachelor of Science (Australian Environmental Studies) (Griffith University)

Professional memberships and associations

Deputy Director, Work/Industry Futures Research Program, QUT Business School
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Mentor Advisor, QUT Academy of Learning & Teaching
Convenor, SOM HDR Cafe

Keywords

unpaid work, internships, deathscapes, unspeakable policy problems, stakeholder engagement, participatory planning, environmental stewardship, education-to-employment transitions, work-integrated learning, equity and social justice

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

With a PhD in public consultation and policy analysis, I have more than 20 years of experience conducting research and providing policy and strategy advice across the areas of environmental policy, participatory planning, community engagement, and organisational strategy and development. I have extensive experience in developing and delivering consultative approaches for a range of issues including transport and infrastructure planning, and environmental policy review and have conducted and supervised a range of research activities to inform strategic evidence-based decision-making. Within a government setting these include research into: boating activity in high growth areas; indigenous boating safety issues; transport needs and disadvantage; and risk management approaches in regulatory regimes. I currently research public involvement and stakeholder engagement with a focus on marginalised or disadvantaged groups, particularly young people and women, and cultural and political engagements with the environment and sustainability issues particularly those associated with waste. I also explore the potential for exploitation and exclusion presented by unpaid work and emerging forms of unpaid and unconventional internships.

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I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2017 I received an Australian Awards for Univesity Teaching (AAUT) citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

I currently teach:

MGB310 Managing sustainable change
GSZ633 Managing outwards in a networked government (as part of the Public Sector Management Program)
BSN502 Research Methodology
MGN433 Managing High Performance Organisations

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Deanna Grant-Smith.

Unspeakable policy & planning problems • To explain high levels of regulatory resistance to marine pollution policy I theorized a new form of wicked policy problem—unspeakable policy problem—characterized by a high level of psychosocial sensitivity and verbal proscription. The successful management of unspeakable policy problems has potentially significant sustainability, social justice and economic impacts. My research explores a wide range of unspeakable policy problems such as unpaid internships, innovation in death-related industries, planning for deathscapes, public acceptance of recycled water, climate change, and Indigenous disadvantage.

Stakeholder engagement & sustainable governance • Sustainable governance represents one of the major challenges of our times. I research stakeholder engagement within sustainability and social justice contexts such as the regulation and management of heterotopic and ludic spaces, the responsibilisation of environmental management, and participatory approaches to disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation.

Just work and responsible management practices • Just work is concerned with the social, economic and cultural inequalities of paid and unpaid employment. I research the equity considerations of and potential for exploitation and exclusion presented by emerging forms of unpaid and unconventional internships and the institutional and policy responses required to safeguard the wellbeing of all workers.

Gender-sensitive infrastructure and social policy • Gender-sensitive infrastructure and social policy has the potential to increase women’s economic empowerment and promote gender equality. I research gendered mobilities, right to the city, and the potential for radical, grassroots and insurgent planning and gender-sensitive infrastructure and social policy responses to enhance community resilience.

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I supervise critical qualitative research across a wide range of topics. My key areas of supervisory interest are associated with but not limited to:
- education-to-employment transitions and work-integrated learning
- unwaged and unpaid employment including internships and multilevel marketing work
- just work and exploitative work practices
- unspeakable policy problems especially associated with deathscapes, waste disposal or sex work
- gender-sensitive infrastructure and services
- sustainable governance, stakeholder engagement and participatory planning
Please contact me to discuss supervision and potential projects.

Current supervisions

Path dependence and sustainable socio=technical transitions in infrastructure systems in regional planning in Queensland
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Severine Mayere
The influence of leadership, organisational structure and organisational culture on participation in new religious movements
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Bernd Irmer
Spatial Fix, Labour Movement and Chinese Outward Investment in Australia
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Robyn Mayes, Dr Xiaowen Hu
Understanding Mining Governance in Indonesia: A Study of Governmentality
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Robyn Mayes
The Construction of Spaces of Spas and the Identity of the Masseuse in Sri Lanka
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Robyn Mayes
Minding my own business: A multiple capitals perspective exploring Australian small business survival of natural hazards
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Amisha Mehta
Governance and Power in Australian Federalism: The case of independent federal transport regulators
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Robyn Mayes
Shop floor worker voice in the Strategic CSR agenda of the Sri Lankan apparel industry
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Robyn Mayes
Environmental Equifinality: Exploring Predictors of Responsible Environmental Behaviour of Recreational Fishers
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Bernd Irmer

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Maintaining Responsibility to Place: Indigenous Place Values in Statutory Land-Use Planning (2016)

Associate Professor Deanna Grant-Smith

Awards and recognition

Current supervisions

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)