David Rose

Associate Professor David Rose serves as Interim Head of the Department of Social Work and Director of Learning and Teaching in the Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His academic career at the University includes a progression from Senior Lecturer in Social Work, holding the position from 2015 to 2020, to Associate Professor from 2021 onwards. Rose holds qualifications including a BA, BSW, MSW, MAE, and PhD. He teaches courses on program planning and evaluation within the Master of Social Work program and supervises PhD candidates in social work.

Rose's research interests focus on the impact of drug use on families and sibling drug use, as well as supporting carers, particularly those providing unpaid care for loved ones with mental ill health. His work extends to socio-legal collaborations in social work, program evaluation in human services, social work theorising, and practice education in the Asia-Pacific region. He contributes to the Trauma Recovery and Resilience Research Program and has been involved in projects such as the Family Violence Evaluation Capacity Building Project and evaluations related to disaster recovery. Key publications include "Social Workers in Socio-Legal Collaborations: Re-Asserting a Pivotal Role of Influence and Leadership" (British Journal of Social Work, 2024), "Social Work Practice Education in Asia Pacific: Recent History, Responding to the Pandemic and Future Perspectives" (2023), "A Crisis of Identity: Social Work Theorising at a Time of Change" (British Journal of Social Work, 2017), "Social Work in a Globalizing World" (Child & Family Social Work, 2011), "Developing Evaluation Cultures in Human Service Organisations" (Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 2013), and the "Literature Review of Prison-based Mothers and Children Programs" (2016). Internationally, Rose has served as President of the Asian and Pacific Association for Social Work Education (APASWE), now Immediate Past President, and Vice-President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. He delivered the 2023 Len Tierney Lecture on social work topics.

Professional Email: drose@unimelb.edu.au