About us

The Australian Social Policy Association (ASPA) is a non-profit association of social policy researchers, educators, practitioners and policymakers.

ASPA is run by a Management Committee who are committed to promoting social policy as a discipline and a practice concerned with social justice, inequalities, and individual and collective wellbeing.

Management Committee 2025

Sue Regan (President)
Australian National University
sue.regan@anu.edu.au

Katie Curchin (Vice President)
Australian National University
katherine.curchin@anu.edu.au

Gaby Ramia (Secretary)
University of Sydney
gaby.ramia@sydney.edu.au

Ben Edwards (Treasurer)
Australian National University
ben.edwards@anu.edu.au

Bingqin Li (Public Officer)
University of New South Wales
bingqin.li@unsw.edu.au

Kelly Hand
kellyruthhand@gmail.com

Gerry Redmond
Flinders University
gerry.redmond@flinders.edu.au