Professor Cameron Parsell
ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellow
School of Social Science
+61 7 336 52765
Researcher biography
Cameron is an Australian Research Council Industry Fellow in partnership with Micah Projects.
His work examines multiple forms of exclusion and social harms. Cameron's research focuses on the nature and experience of poverty, homelessness, and domestic and family violence. He is interested in understanding what societies do to respond to these problems, and what societies ought to do differently to address them. In collaboration with researchers and partners from not-for-profit organisations, Cameron's program of research seeks to identify how citizens experiencing exclusion and practitioners working with them can work with governments to bring about systematic societal change.
In his first book, The Homeless Person in Contemporary Society, Cameron sought to highlight how the representation of people who are homeless as distinct informs a policy and practice agenda that he characterised as a poverty of ambition. Cameron's second book with Andrew Clarke and Francisco (Paco) Perales, Charity and Poverty in Advanced Welfare States, takes on the question how can we be just by soothing the consequences of poverty without addressing the causes of poverty.
Cameron's most recent book published by Polity Press, Homelessness, demonstrates that homelessness is a punishing, predictable, yet solvable social problem.https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=9781509554492
Publications
Books
Parsell, Cameron (2023). Homelessness: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew and Perales, Francisco (2022). Charity and poverty in advanced welfare states. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003150572
Parsell, Cameron (2018). The homeless person in contemporary society. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315145877
Book Chapters
Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Watts-Cobbe, Beth (2024). The endurance, limitations and potential opportunities of charitable responses to homelessness. Research Handbook on Homelessness. (pp. 212-222) Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800883413.00025
Parsell, Cameron (2014). Chronic homelessness: a political and moral priority. Homelessness in Australia, an introduction. (pp. 233-252) edited by Chris Chamberlain, Guy Johnson and Catherine Robinson. Sydney, NSW, Australia: NewSouth Publishing.
Journal Articles
Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Global expectations for bystander intervention in domestic violence: a scoping review of governmental policies and community resources in eight countries. Journal of Family Violence, 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10896-024-00759-z
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Perales, Francisco and Ablaza, Christine (2024). Of good mothers and violent fathers: negotiating child protection interventions in abusive relationships. Violence Against Women, 30 (10), 2531-2548. doi: 10.1177/10778012231158107
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice. Evaluation, 30 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1177/13563890241267729
Kuskoff, Ella, Sharma, Nikita, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2024). ‘Moving, moving, moving’: the social forces that perpetuate housing instability for women experiencing intimate partner violence. Housing Studies, 1-22. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2024.2367650
Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Constantine, Skye (2024). What is the scope and contribution of lived experience in social work? A scoping review. The British Journal of Social Work. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae106
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Wagland, Edwina (2024). A shelter by any other name? Delivering homeless crisis accommodation services in a hotel. Housing Policy Debate, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/10511482.2024.2362633
Clarke, Andrew, Pawson, Hal and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Allocating housing assistance after the decentring of social housing: from rationing to social sorting. Housing, Theory and Society, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2024.2362205
Plage, Stefanie, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Parsell, Cameron and Kuskoff, Ella (2024). Climbing, stalling, falling: how people experiencing housing instability anticipate their futures. Journal of Sociology. doi: 10.1177/14407833241255151
Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron, Ablaza, Christine, Kuskoff, Ella, Plage, Stefanie and Stambe, Rose (2024). Re(de)fining success: tenancy issues, provider supports, and tenancy outcomes in an Australian Permanent Supportive Housing programme. Housing Studies, 1-25. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2024.2339915
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2024). “There’s not much I can do about it”: violence and control in marginal(izing) spaces. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/10530789.2024.2308495
Kithulgoda, Chamari I., Vaithianathan, Rhema and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Racial and gender bias in self-reported needs when using a homelessness triaging tool. Housing Studies, 39 (8), 1951-1973. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2151986
Parsell, Cameron and Stambe, Rose (2023). Christianity, helping people in poverty, and embodied relationships. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 63 (2), 350-367. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12899
Stambe, Rose, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2023). Seeing, sharing and supporting: assertive outreach as a partial solution to rough sleeping. The British Journal of Social Work, 54 (2), 723-740. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad251
Plage, Stefanie, Baker, Kirsten, Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Kuskoff, Ella and Mansuri, Arif (2023). Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: how spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness centre. Health Expectations, 26 (6), 2620-2629. doi: 10.1111/hex.13858
Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Bystander intervention in intimate partner violence: a scoping review of experiences and outcomes. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 25 (3), 15248380231195886-1813. doi: 10.1177/15248380231195886
Stambe, Rose-Marie and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Shame, anger and hope: The messy relations of charitable help within the welfare state. Sociology, 58 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1177/00380385231195790
Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron, Middlebrook, Nathan, Robinson, Richard N. S., Kuskoff, Ella and Plage, Stefanie (2023). Increases in income-support payments reduce the demand for charity: A difference-in-difference analysis of charitable-assistance data from Australia over the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One, 18 (7) e0287533, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287533
Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2023). Longing for a Forever Home: Ontological insecurity is collectively produced in fixed-term supportive housing for families. Housing, Theory and Society, 40 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2023.2173287
Parsell, Cameron and Pawson, Hal (2022). COVID-19 and the meaning of home: how the pandemic triggered new thinking on housing. Housing Studies, 38 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2148337
Kuskoff, Ella, Buchanan, Chris, Ablaza, Christine, Parsell, Cameron and Perales, Francisco (2022). Media representations of social housing before and during COVID-19: the changing face of the socially excluded. Housing Studies, 38 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2135173
Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Governing through (an exclusive) community: Limitations of state conceptualisations of ‘the community’ in domestic violence policies. Social Policy and Society, 1-15. doi: 10.1017/s1474746422000495
Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, Perales, Francisco and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Recognition or redistribution? How mainstream media frames charitable responses to people experiencing poverty. Sociology, 57 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1177/00380385221095025
Ablaza, Christine, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Responding to domestic and family violence: the role of non-specialist services and implications for social work. The British Journal of Social Work, 53 (1), 81-99. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac125
Morris, Alan, Clarke, Andrew, Robinson, Catherine, Idle, Jan and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Applying for social housing in Australia – The centrality of cultural, social and emotional capital. Housing, Theory and Society, 40 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2022.2085169
Clarke, Andrew, Cheshire, Lynda, Parsell, Cameron and Morris, Alan (2022). Reified scarcity & the problem space of ‘need’: unpacking Australian social housing policy. Housing Studies, 39 (2), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2057933
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2022). Willing but unable: How resources help low-income mothers care for their children and minimise child protection intervention. The British Journal of Social Work, 52 (7), 3982-3998. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac027
Simpson Reeves, Laura, Clarke, Andrew, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57 (4), 783-797. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.201
Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Access to health for people experiencing homelessness. European Journal of Homelessness, 16 (1), 29-52.
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2021). Resurgent charity and the neoliberalizing social. Economy and Society, 51 (2), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/03085147.2021.1995977
Parsell, Cameron, Hutchins, Marcus, Simpson Reeves, Laura and Deighton, Chris (2021). Created in the image of God? Progressive social services and faith-based organizations. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 36 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1959163
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew and Perales, Francisco (2021). Poverty by design: the role of charity and the cultivated ethical citizen. Social Policy and Society, 21 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1017/s1474746421000312
Baxter, Janeen, Cobb‐Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, Thorpe, Karen, De Silva, Lihini and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2021). Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID‐19. The Australian Economic Review, 54 (3) 1467-8462.12428, 343-358. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12428
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’. The Sociological Review, 69 (2), 396-413. doi: 10.1177/0038026120954785
Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2021). What about men? The marginalization of men who engage in domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (13-14) ARTN 0886260521997462, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/0886260521997462
Parsell, Cameron and Clarke, Andrew (2020). Charity and shame: towards reciprocity. Social Problems, 69 (2), 436-452. doi: 10.1093/socpro/spaa057
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew and Kuskoff, Ella (2020). Understanding responses to homelessness during COVID-19: an examination of Australia. Housing Studies, 38 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2020.1829564
Simpson Reeves, Laura, Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2020). Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’. Journal of Sociology, 56 (3), 439-454. doi: 10.1177/1440783319851204
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2020). The ambiguities of homelessness governance: disentangling care and revanchism in the neoliberalising city. Antipode, 52 (6) anti.12671, 1624-1646. doi: 10.1111/anti.12671
Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Striving for Gender Equality: Representations of Gender in "Progressive" Domestic Violence Policy. Violence Against Women, 27 (3-4), 1-19. doi: 10.1177/1077801220909892
Couto e Cruz, Camila, Salom, Caroline, Parsell, Cameron, Dietze, Paul, Burns, Lucinda and Alati, Rosa (2020). Social domains of discrimination against people who inject drugs: Links with health and wellbeing. International Journal of Drug Policy, 77 102620, 102620. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102620
Clarke, Andrew, Watts, Beth and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Conditionality in the context of housing‐led homelessness policy: Comparing Australia’s Housing First agenda to Scotland’s “rights‐based” approach. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (1), 88-100. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.97
Parsell, Cameron, Vincent, Eve, Klein, Elise, Clarke, Andrew and Walsh, Tamara (2020). Introduction to the special issue on welfare conditionality in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (1) ajs4.102, 4-12. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.102
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2020). The family relationships of older Australians at risk of homelessness. The British Journal of Social Work, 50 (5), 1440-1456. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa007
Clarke, Andrew, Cheshire, Lynda and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Bureaucratic encounters “after neoliberalism”: examining the supportive turn in social housing governance. The British Journal of Sociology, 71 (2) 1468-4446.12740, 253-268. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12740
Parsell, Cameron (2020). Growing Wealth, Increasing Homelessness, and More Opportunities to Exercise Our Care to the Homeless. European Journal of Homelessness, 13 (2), 13-26.
Parsell, Cameron (2020). Review of The Homelessness Industry: A Critique of U.S. Social Policy. By Elizabeth Beck and Pamela C. Twiss. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2019. American Journal of Sociology, 125 (4), 1141-1143. doi: 10.1086/706750
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew and Vorsina, Margarita (2019). Evidence for an integrated healthcare and psychosocial multidisciplinary model to address rough sleeping. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28 (1) hsc.12835, 34-41. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12835
Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2019). Preventing domestic violence by changing Australian gender relations: issues and considerations. Australian Social Work, 73 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/0312407x.2019.1641529
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Vorsina, Margarita (2019). The role of housing policy in perpetuating conditional forms of homelessness support in the era of housing first: evidence from Australia. Housing Studies, 35 (5), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2019.1642452
Parsell, Cameron, Cheshire, Lynda, Walter, Zoe and Clarke, Andrew (2019). Social housing after neo-liberalism: new forms of state-driven welfare intervention toward social renters. Housing Studies, 37 (7), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1563673
Parsell, Cameron and Clarke, Andrew (2019). Agency in advanced liberal services: grounding sociological knowledge in homeless people's accounts. British Journal of Sociology, 70 (1), 356-376. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12346
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2018). The potential for urban surveillance to help support people who are homeless: evidence from Cairns, Australia. Urban Studies, 56 (10), 004209801878905-1967. doi: 10.1177/0042098018789057
Ambrey, Christopher L., Parsell, Cameron, Spallek, Melanie and Robinson, Richard N. S. (2018). An investigation into repeat requests for charity: evidence from the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland, Australia. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48 (1), 089976401879430-107. doi: 10.1177/0899764018794300
Parsell, Cameron and Watts, Beth (2017). Charity and justice: a reflection on new forms of homelessness provision in Australia. European Journal of Homelessness, 11 (2).
Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose and Baxter, Janeen (2017). Rejecting wraparound support: An ethnographic study of social service provision. The British Journal of Social Work, 48 (2), 302-320. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcx045
Parsell, Cameron (2017). Do we have the knowledge to address homelessness?. Social Service Review, 91 (1), 134-153. doi: 10.1086/691102
Parsell, Cameron , ten Have, Charlotte , Denton, Michelle and Walter, Zoe (2017). Self-management of health care: multimethod study of using integrated health care and supportive housing to address systematic barriers for people experiencing homelessness. Australian Health Review, 42 (3), 303-308. doi: 10.1071/AH16277
Parkinson, Sharon and Parsell, Cameron (2017). Housing first and the reassembling of permanent supportive housing: The limits and opportunities of private rental. Housing, Theory and Society, 35 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2017.1281163
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Smith, Jonathan F., Parsell, Cameron, Tranter, Bruce, Laughland-Booÿ, Jacqueline and Skrbiš, Zlatko (2016). Young, anchored and free? Examining the dynamics of early housing pathways in Australia. Journal of Youth Studies, 20 (7), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2016.1273520
Johnstone, Melissa, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve A., Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe (2016). Enhancing well-being of homeless individuals by building group membership. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 26 (5), 421-438. doi: 10.1002/casp.2272
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
Ferris, Laura J., Jetten, Jolanda, Johnstone, Melissa, Girdham, Elise, Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe C. (2016). The Florence Nightingale effect: Organizational identification explains the peculiar link between others' suffering and workplace functioning in the homelessness sector. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (JAN) 16, 16.1-16.15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00016
Parsell, Cameron, Petersen, Maree and Culhane, Dennis (2016). Cost offsets of supportive housing: evidence for social work. British Journal of Social Work, 47 (5), 1534-1553. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcw115
Johnstone, Melissa, Parsell, Cameron, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve and Walter, Zoe (2015). Breaking the cycle of homelessness: Housing stability and social support as predictors of long-term well-being. Housing Studies, 31 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1092504
Parsell, Cameron (2015). Surveillance in supportive housing: intrusion or autonomy?. Urban Studies, 53 (15), 3189-3205. doi: 10.1177/0042098015613205
Walter, Zoe C., Jetten, Jolanda, Parsell, Cameron and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2015). The impact of self-categorizing as “Homeless” on well-being and service use. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 15 (1), 333-356. doi: 10.1111/asap.12089
Walter, Zoe C., Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve, Parsell, Cameron and Johnstone, Melissa (2015). Two pathways through adversity: predicting well‐being and housing outcomes among homeless service users. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55 (2), 357-374. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12127
Johnstone, Melissa, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve A., Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe C. (2015). Discrimination and well-being amongst the homeless: the role of multiple group membership. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (739) 739, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00739
Parsell, Cameron, Petersen, Maree and Moutou, Ornella (2015). Single-site supportive housing: tenant perspectives. Housing Studies, 30 (8), 1189-1209. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1009874
Parsell, Cameron and Jones, Andrew (2014). Bold reform or policy overreach? Australia's attack on homelessness. International Journal of Housing Policy, 14 (4), 427-443. doi: 10.1080/14616718.2014.967923
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2014). Homeless for the first time in later life: an Australian study. Housing Studies, 30 (3), 368-391. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2014.963522
Parsell, Cameron, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Phillips, Rhonda (2014). Exiting unsheltered homelessness and sustaining housing: a human agency perspective. Social Service Review, 88 (2), 295-321. doi: 10.1086/676318
Parsell, Cameron (2014). Stories from the street: a theology of homelessness. Housing Studies, 29 (3), 461-462. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.830852
Parsell, Cameron and Phillips, Rhonda (2014). Indigenous rough sleeping in Darwin, Australia: 'out of place' in an urban setting. Urban Studies, 51 (1), 185-202. doi: 10.1177/0042098013484541
Parsell, Cameron, Fitzpatrick, Suzanne and Busch-Geertsema, Volker (2014). Common ground in Australia: an object lesson in evidence hierarchies and policy transfer. Housing Studies, 29 (1), 69-87. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.824558
Parsell, Cameron, Jones, Andrew and Head, Brian (2013). Policies and programmes to end homelessness in Australia: learning from international practice. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22 (2), 186-194. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00884.x
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
Parsell, Cameron (2012). Home is where the house is: The meaning of home for people sleeping rough. Housing Studies, 27 (2), 159-173. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2012.632621
Phillips, Rhonda and Parsell, Carmeron (2012). The role of assertive outreach in ending 'rough sleeping'. AHURI Final Report (179), i-75.
Parsell, Cameron and Parsell, Mitch (2012). Homelessness as a choice. Housing Theory and Society, 29 (4), 420-434. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2012.667834
Parsell, Cameron (2012). Response to Ann Coleman: Context, context, context: A commentary on responding to people sleeping rough: Dilemmas and opportunities for social work. Australian Social Work, 65 (2), 280-285. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2012.674540
Parsell, Cameron (2011). Homeless identities: enacted and ascribed. British Journal of Sociology, 62 (3), 442-461. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01373.x
Parsell, Cameron (2011). Responding to people sleeping rough: Dilemmas and opportunities for social work. Australian Social Work, 64 (3), 330-345. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.538705
Short, Patricia , Parsell, Cameron , Phillips, Rhonda and Seage, Nicola (2011). Bridging the Divide: the experiences of low-income households excluded from the private rental sector in Australia. AHURI Positioning Paper, i-28.
Phillips, Rhonda, Parsell, Cameron, Seage, Nicola and Memmott, Paul (2011). Assertive outreach. AHURI Positioning Paper, 136, i-41.
Parsell, Cameron (2010). "Homeless is what I am, not who I am": Insights from an inner-city Brisbane study. Urban Policy and Research, 28 (2), 181-194. doi: 10.1080/08111141003793966
Parsell, Cameron (2008). Book Review: TOGETHER ALONE: PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN PUBLIC PLACES Calvin Morrill, David A. Snow and Cindy H. White (eds) Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005, 305 pp. Journal of Sociology, 44 (3), 306-307. doi: 10.1177/14407833080440030604
Conference Papers
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2024). An Examination of the Nexus of Institutionalisation, Performance Measurement, Social Services, and New Public Management. International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), Antwerp, Belgium, 16-19 July 2024.
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Tin, Chapman, Cassandra and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Evaluation Accountability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Evaluation of Social Impact Evaluation. 52nd Annual ARNOVA Conference, Orlando, FL United States, 9-11 November 2023.
Stambe, Rose-Marie and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Christianity, helping the poor, and relationships to drive structural transformation. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 25 June-1 July 2023.
Plage, Stefanie, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Parsell, Cameron and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). Climbing, stalling, falling: how people experiencing housing instability anticipate their futures. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, 25 June-1 July 2023.
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Perales, Francisco and Ablaza, Christine (2023). Of good mothers and violent fathers: findings from the keeping families together evaluation. Single parenting, co-parenting, and post-separation families: challenges and opportunities in times of crisis, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 23 June 2023.
Plage, Stefanie, Baker, Kirsten, Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Kuskoff, Ella and Mansuri, Arif (2022). Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: How spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness clinic. TASA Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28 November-2 December 2022.
Parsell, Cameron and Davis, Kristen (2012). Street to home: How to end rough sleeping?. 6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference (AHRC12), Adelaide, Australia, 8-10 February 2012.
Parsell, Cameron and Davis, Kristen (2012). Ending rough sleeping: Sydney's Way2Home and Brisbane's Street to Home programs. Homelessness Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 19-20 April 2012.
Parsell, Cameron (2010). "This is not my home, this is council land": The meaning and aspirations of home for those without one.. 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference (AHRC 2009), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 5-7 August 2009. Kensington, NSW, Australia: City Futures Research Centre.
Cameron Parsell (2009). Problematising the ‘homeless identity’: considering people their homelessness. 3rd Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference, Melbourne, 18-20 June 2008. Melbourne: RMIT.
Thesis
Cameron Parsell (2010). An ethnographic study of the day-to-day lives and identities of people who are homeless in Brisbane. PhD Thesis, School of Social Work and Human Services, The University of Queensland.
Working Papers
Sharma, Nikita, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron and Middlebrook, Nathan (2024). Disasters and Individual Wellbeing: Evidence from Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-35. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/a7a822d
Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose, Sharma, Nikita, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Supportive housing for families in Brisbane: Successes and challenges of the housing model. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-02. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7a4d8f6
Parsell, Cameron, Sharma, Nikita and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). Ending homelessness through permanent supportive housing: a cost offset update. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-27. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/31b3388
Stambe, Rose, Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie, Ablaza, Christine and Perales, Francisco (2023). Assertive outreach as a response to rough sleeping: seeing people, sharing information, and supporting housing access. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-20. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/a370d12
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine, Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). From Hostels to Hotels: An Empirical Study of Brisbane’s Innovative Homelessness Response. LCC Working Paper Series 2. 2023-16. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/5bc9122
Parsell, Cameron, Perales, Francisco, Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose and Plage, Stefanie (2023). Permanent supportive housing: A ten-year study of entries and exits. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-05. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/c46109d
Stefanie Plage, Kirsten Baker, Cameron Parsell, Rose-Marie Stambe, Ella Kuskoff and Arif Mansuri (2023). Staying safe, feeling welcome, being seen: how spatio-temporal configurations affect relations of care at an inclusive health and wellness centre. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-03. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia . doi: 10.14264/1540b42
Plage, Stefanie, Baker, Kirsten, Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Kuskoff, Ella and Mansuri, Arif (2023). Staying Safe, Feeling Welcome, Being Seen: How Spatio-Temporal Configurations Affect Relations of Care at an Inclusive Health and Wellness Centre. LCC Working Paper Series. 2023-03. ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.
Buchanan, C., Kuskoff, E., Ablaza, C., Parsell, C. and Perales, F. (2022). From 'Deadbeat' to 'Deserving': The Role of Covid-19 in Reshaping Media Representations of Social Housing. LCC Working Paper Series. 2022-14. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Baxter, Janeen, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, Thorpe, Karen, De Silva, Lihini and Zubrick, Steven R. (2020). Never let a crisis go to waste: opportunities to reduce social disadvantage from COVID-19. LCC Working Paper Series. 2020-30. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Parsell, Cameron, Sharma, Nikita, Stambe, Rose, Kuskoff, Ella, Davidraj, Paul and Kozionas, Jade (2024). What does it take and mean to sustain a tenancy and prevent homelessness?. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Sharma, Nikita, Kuskoff, Ella, Hill, Samantha and Parsell, Cameron (2024). A survey of the people contributing to the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose, Sharma, Nikita, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Keeping Families Together: 2023 Study Report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Baker, Kirsten and Mansuri, Arif (2023). Health, home, hope. A research report on Inclusive Health and Wellness Partnerships. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
James, Amity, Dunlop, Patrick D., Gilbert, Catherine, Gilbert, Jess, Gagné, Marylène, Parsell, Cameron, Cawthray, Jenna and Muhammad Farid, Hawa (2023). Investigative panel into building and retaining and effective homelessness sector workforce. AHURI Final Report Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. doi: 10.18408/ahuri8128901
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine (Tin), Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). An empirical study of the Park Hotel Homelessness Response: a report for the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron, Perales, Francisco, Kuskoff, Ella, Robinson, Richard, Ablaza, Christine, Plage, Stefanie and Stambe, Rose (2023). A survey of the people contributing to the St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron, Perales, Francisco, Kuskoff, Ella, Stambe, Rose and Plage, Stefanie (2023). Brisbane Common Ground: analyses of tenancy sustainment and exits. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine, Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco and Parsell, Cameron (2023). An empirical study of Micah Project's Street to Home program. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine, Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2022). Experiences and exits: Living at the Park Hotel and moving out. The Park Hotel Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Pawson, Hal, Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Hartley, Chris (2022). Australian homelessness monitor 2022. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: Launch Housing.
Stambe, Rose, Albaza, Christine, Plage, Stefanie, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco and Parsell, Cameron (2022). Pathways out of homelessness grant program: An evaluation report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Christine (Tin), Parsell, Cameron, Plage, Stefanie and Kuskoff, Ella (2022). Pathways and profiles: getting to know the Park Hotel clients. The Park Hotel Series Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Ablaza, Christine, Parsell, Cameron, Perales, Francisco and Kuskoff, Ella (2022). Ask and you shall receive: exploring the non-take-up of assistance from the community sector. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Stambe, Rose, Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella, Plage, Stefanie and Ablaza, Christine (Tin) (2022). The Park Hotel: understanding the service delivery model. The Park Hotel Series Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard and Kuskoff, Ella (2021). Income support in the Covid-19 era: a case for reform. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Kuskoff, Ella, Parsell, Cameron, Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Clarke, Andrew and Plage, Stefanie (2021). Keeping families together: pilot project study. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron and Robinson, Richard (2021). Income and emergency relief: what we know so far. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Riordan, T., Robinson, R. N. S. and Parsell, C. (2021). The role of research in the society: evidence, advocacy and social justice: audit of St Vincent de Paul Society research and evaluation activities. n St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Ablaza, Christine, Kuskoff, Ella, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron and Robinson, Richard (2021). Domestic and family violence and emergency relief: the who, the what, and the where. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Ablaza, Christine, Perales, Francisco, Parsell, Cameron and Robinson, Richard (2021). The demand for emergency relief: stability and change in the wake of COVID-19. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Pawson, Hal , Parsell, Cameron , Liu, Edgar and Hartley, Chris (2020). Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020. Melbourne, Australia: Launch Housing.
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Responding to rough sleeping in Brisbane: an ethnographic study - summary report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
Cheshire, Lynda, Clarke, Andrew, Fay, Suzanna, Fitzgerald, Robin and Parsell, Cameron (2020). Next step home – Women on parole evaluation: Stage 2. Final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
Cheshire, Lynda, Singh, David, Clarke, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Robin, Fay, Suzanna and Parsell, Cameron (2019). Next Step Home – Women on Parole Evaluation: Interim Report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
Gravelle, Timothy B., Parsell, Cameron and Robinson, Richard N. S. (2019). Predicting and benchmarking charitable assistance delivery: prepared for the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland . Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron , Clarke, Andrew , Ambrey, Christopher and Vorsina, Margarita (2019). Support requirements and accommodation options for people in the ACT with high and complex service needs. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Government of the Australian Capital Territory.
Parsell, Cameron, Clarke, Andrew, Cheshire, Lynda and Shevellar, Lynda (2019). 139 Club (3rd Space) review. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard, ten Have, Charlotte and Ball, Sarah (2019). A convergence study of emergency relief providers and recipients. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Parsell, Cameron, Walter, Zoe, ten Have, Charlotte, Ball, Sarah and Lam, Jack (2018). What happens at Pindari matters: a longitudinal study. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Alati, Rosa, McIlwraith, Fairlie, Salom, Caroline, Maravilla, Joemer and Parsell, Cameron (2018). One person, many stories: Consumer experiences of service integration and referrals in far western Queensland. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Queensland Mental Health Commission.
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron, Vorsina, Margo and Ambrey, Christopher (2018). Summative evaluation of multidisciplinary street to home model: Cairns. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Government.
Pawson, Hal, Parsell, Cameron, Saunders, Peter, Hill, Trish and Liu, Edgar (2018). Australian Homelessness Monitor 2018. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Launch Housing.
Ambrey, Christopher, Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Richard and Ball, Sarah (2018). Service delivery models and repeat requests for emergency relief. ISSR021235 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Walter, Zoe, Parsell, Cameron and Cheshire, Lynda (2017). Evidence for the Mental Health Demonstration Project: A Mixed Methods Study. The University of Queensland.
Ambrey, C., Parsell, C., Spallek, M. and Robinson, R. (2017). SOL Data Analysis Report: Taking time to disrupt dependency on emergency relief assistance. Brisbane, Australia: St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland.
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2017). Formative Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Street to Home Model: Cairns. Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works.
Ambrey, C., Parsell, C., Spallek, M. and Robinson, R. (2017). SOL Data Report. Brisbane, Australia: St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron, Stambe, Rose-Marie, ten Have, Charlotte and Walter, Zoe (2017). Analysis of the Pindari Model. A Report for The Salvation Army. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron, ten Have, Charlotte, Denton, Michelle and Walter, Zoe (2016). Integrated Healthcare and Supportive Housing. A Report for Micah Projects.. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron, Walter, Zoe, Phillips, Rhonda and Cheshire, Lynda A. (2016). Mental health demonstration project evaluation: Interim report. A Report to the Queensland Government. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Walter, Zoe, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve, Parsell, Cameron and Philpot, Catherine (2016). Breaking the cycle of homelessness (Final report for The Salvation Army 2016). Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Parsell, Cameron, Petersen, Maree, Moutou, Ornella, Culhane, Dennis, Lucio, Ed and Dick, Alan (2016). Brisbane Common Ground evaluation: final report. ISSR Research Report Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Department of Housing and Public Works.
Parsell, Cameron, Moutou, Ornella, Lucio, Eduardo and Parkinson, Sharon (2015). Supportive housing to address homelessness. AHURI Final Report Melbourne, VIC Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI ).
Jones, Andrew, Phillips, Rhonda, Parsell, Cameron and Dingle, Genevieve (2014). Review of systemic issues for social housing clients with complex needs. St Lucia QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Jones, Andrew, Phillips, Rhonda, Parsell, Cameron and Dingle, Genevieve (2014). Review of systematic issues for social housing clients with complex needs. St Lucia, Qld Australia: The University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research.
Petersen, Maree, Parsell, Cameron, Phillips, Rhonda and White, Gentry (2014). Preventing first time homelessness amongst older Australians. AHURI Final Report No. 222 Melbourne, VIC, Australia: AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute).
Parsell, Cameron and Moutou, Ornella (2014). An evaluation of the nature and effectiveness of models of supportive housing. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2014). Older women's pathways out of homelessness in Australia: report for the Mercy Foundation. ISSR Research Report St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Petersen, Maree and Parsell, Cameron (2014). Older women's pathways out of homelessness in Australia: report for the Mercy Foundation. ISSR Research Report Sydney, NSW, Australia: Mercy Foundation.
Parsell, Cameron, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Jones, Andrew (2013). An Evaluation of Sydney Way2Home: Final Report. ISSR Research Report Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Parsell, Cameron, Wojtek Tomaszewski and Jones, Andrew (2013). An Evaluation of Brisbane Street to Home: Final Report. ISSR Research Report Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Short, Patricia, Parsell, Cameron, Phillips, Rhonda, Seage, Nicola and James, Amity (2013). Bridging the divide: householder and service provider experiences of forced exits from private rental in Queensland. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Parsell, Cameron, Jones, Andrew and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2012). Service users: a baseline report on Sydney’s Way2Home Program. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The Institute for Social Science Research.
Johnson, Guy, Parkinson, Sharon and Parsell, Cameron (2012). Policy shift or program drift? Implementing housing first in Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Parsell, Cameron, Davis, Kristen and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2011). Service users: a baseline report on Brisbane's Street to Home program. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Newspaper Articles
Parsell, Cameron (2024, 08 08). Australia needs permanent supportive housing to end homelessness – and it will pay for itself The Conversation
Stambe, Rose-Marie and Parsell, Cameron (2023, 09 29). Understanding the feelings of poverty: shame, anger, and hope The Power to Persuade
Pawson, Hal and Parsell, Cameron (2022, 12 05). Homeless numbers have jumped since COVID housing efforts ended – and the problem is spreading beyond the big cities The Conversation
Morris, Alan, Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron, Robinson, Catherine and Idle, Jan (2022, 06 21). ‘Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself’: insiders on what it takes to get social housing The Conversation
Parsell, Cameron , Clarke, Andrew and Perales, Francisco (2021, 10 05). Charity not the best way to help the poor The Australian
Pawson, Hal and Parsell, Cameron (2020, 10 19). COVID spurred action on rough sleepers but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead The Conversation
Parsell, Cameron (2019, 10 28). Beds in car parks don’t solve Australia’s rough sleeping problem The Conversation 1-2.
Clarke, Andrew and Parsell, Cameron (2018, 10 22). Turning ‘big brother’ surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless The Conversation
Pawson, Hal and Parsell, Cameron (2018, 05 14). Homelessness: Australia’s shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues The Conversation
Parsell, Cameron (2017, 08 08). Don't respond to injustice by bringing in the cops to Martin Place Sydney Morning Herald
Walter, Zoe, Parsell, Cameron, Dingle, Genevieve and Jetten, Jolanda (2017, 05 23). What’s in the name ‘homeless’? How people see themselves and the labels we apply matter The Conversation
Parsell, Cameron (2017, 02 28). What homeless people really need is a home, not a clean shirt or bowl of soup The Sydney Morning Herald
Parsell, Cameron (2016, 10 27). Supportive housing is cheaper than chronic homelessness The Conversation
Generic Documents
Sharma, Nikita, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Journey map of a companion: Matching lived experiences with SVdP QLD programs and services. The University of Queensland.
Baxter, Janeen, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Cornish, Alexander, Ho, Tiffany, Kalb, Guyonne, Mazerolle, Lorraine, Parsell, Cameron, Pawson, Hal, De Silva, Lihini, Thorpe, Karen and Zubrick, Steve (2020). Never let a crisis go to waste: social policy opportunities from COVID-19. Life Course Centre, UQ Institute for Social Science Research.
Creative Works
Wood, Leanne, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Plage, Stefanie, Parsell, Cameron, Maddren, Rees, Ledgerwood, Tahnee and Kuskoff, Ella (2023). Hanging by a thread: our search for home. Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia: Anglicare Southern Queensland; The University of Queensland.
Plage, Stefanie, Perrier, Robert, Bubenik, Andrea, Baker, Kirsten, Stambe, Rose-Marie, Kuskoff, Ella and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Health home hope: a photographic exhibition on housing and health. West End, Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.