Narayan Gopalkrishnan holds the position of Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the College of Arts, Society and Education. Narayan has a thirty year career in Australia and overseas, working in universities, NGOs and the private sector.  This has included major development projects and large corporate entities in India and work in the not-for-profit sector and academia in Australia. Narayan brings extensive experience in international development in Asia and has managed significant research projects in rural development. Narayan has expertise in Participatory Methodologies and has used these in studies at village and district levels in Asia.

 

In Australia, Narayan has held senior leading roles in research and sector development.   He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Multicultural and Community Development, at the University of the Sunshine Coast, unique in Australia in bringing together the dual focus on cultural diversity and community development and undertaking groundbreaking work in research, development and training.  Narayan has also coordinated and taught in courses in community development, mental health, counselling, health, globalisation, social disadvantage, human rights and social justice, communication and thought, and social policy.  He has been a visiting scholar in different universities around the world including Africa and Asia.

 

Narayan is recognised nationally and internationally and is called upon to give keynote presentations at conferences and events.  He has extensive publications in scholarly journals relating to his research interests including publications for bodies such as UNESCO and UNU. Narayan is an engaged scholar.  He has worked in different settings in Australia such as the Australian Red Cross and other NGOs as well as in academia.   He has been one of the founding members of a major NGO, the Multicultural Development Association, the primary provider of settlement services in Brisbane and Toowoomba. He was a member of the Multicultural Community Ministerial Advisory Committee to the Minister of Disability Services and Multiculturalism, Queensland. He has written industry peer reviewed documents such as guides for community development workers on structural change and how government can better engage with citizens. 

 

Narayan has a deep passion for social justice and integrated and holistic approaches to human development and participation.   

Teaching

• WS2513: Community Work (Level 2; CNS)
• WS4503: Social Work and Mental Health (Level 4; CNS & TSV)

Interests

Research

• Community Development Social Enterprise Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Mental Health Social Determinants of Health and Well Being Integrated Medicine Community and Ecological Sustainability

Research Disciplines

• Social work (4409)
• Health services and systems (4203)

Awards

• 2019 - Inclusive Practice Award, James Cook University
• 2015 - Community Service Award: Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research

Fellowships

• 2013 - The Cairns Institute, James Cook University

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Journal Articles

• Gopalkrishnan N (2019) Cultural competence and beyond: working across cultures in culturally dynamic partnerships. International Journal of Community and Social Development, 1 (1), pp. 28-41, DOI:10.1177/2516602619826712.
• Gopalkrishnan N (2018) Cultural diversity and mental health: considerations for policy and practice. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, Article: 179, DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2018.00179.
• Heyeres M, Kinchin I, Whatley E, Brophy L, Jago J, Wintzloff T, Morton T, Mosby V, Gopalkrishnan N and Tsey K (2018) Evaluation of a residential mental health recovery service in north Queensland. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, Article: 123, DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2018.00123.
• Harris N, Miles D, Howard E, Zuchowski I, King J, Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya P, Jones P, Francis A, Gopalkrishnan N and Puthantharayil G (2017) International student exchange in Australian social work education. Australian Social Work, 70 (4), pp. 429-440, DOI:10.1080/0312407X.2017.1309671.
• Zuchowski I, Gopalkrishnan N, King J and Francis A (2017) Reciprocity in international student exchange: challenges posed by neo-colonialism and the dominance of the Western voice. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 29 (1), pp. 77-87, DOI:10.11157/anzswj-vol29iss1id235.

Books

• Collins J, Krivokapic-Skoko B, Jordan K, Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2020) Cosmopolitan place making in Australia: immigrant minorities and the built environment in cities, regional and rural areas. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore

Book Chapters

• Gopalkrishnan N (2020) Culture, diversity, and global health: challenges and opportunities. In: Handbook of Global Health. Springer International Publishing, Cham
• Gopalkrishnan N (2019) Working with community groups. In: Critical Multicultural Practice in Social Work: new perpectives and practices. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 207-222
• Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2017) Prevailing paradigms: enforced settlement, control and fear in Australian national discourse. In: Disciplinary Spaces: spatial control, forced assimilation and narratives of progress since the 19th century. Sozial und Kulturgeographie, 14. Transcript Verlag, Blelefeld, Germany, pp. 189-219
• Babacan H and Gopalkrishnan N (2016) Public policy, immigrant experiences, and health outcomes in Australia. In: Immigration, Public Policy, and Health: newcomer experiences in developed nations. Canadian Scholars' Press, Toronto, Canada, pp. 59-95
• Gopalkrishnan N and Pulla V (2016) Beyond cultural competence: working across cultures in a globalized world. In: The Lhotsampa People of Bhutan: resilience and survival. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, USA, pp. 121-143

Conference Papers

• Miles D, Jones P, Gopalkrishnan N, Francis A, Harris N, Howard E, King J, Zuchowski I, Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya P and Puthantharayil G (2016) Contested concepts of 'partnership' in international student exchange programs. Proceedings of the 37th HERDSA Annual International Conference. In: HERSDA 2016: 39th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual International Conference: the shape of higher education, 4-7 July 2016, Freemantle, WA, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 45+ research outputs authored by Dr Narayan Gopalkrishnan from 2006 onwards.

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Current

• The Rise and Demise of the Mining Community in Australia: A Socio-cultural and Economic Investigation. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• A Student Agency Approach to Classroom Engagement (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Familial suicides; learnings from families and kinship about the healing journey. (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Understanding small business entrepreneurship among migrant African-Australian women in North Queensland: A feminist study of lived experience and learning. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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