Dr Rodney Fopp

Dr Rodney Fopp

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Political philosophy (absolutism and relativism, cross cultural understanding human rights, tolerance),Social theory (Marx Weber, Emile Durkheim, The Frankfurt School, Hannah Arendt, Karl Mannheim, Sandra Harding; the nature of science and social science, standpoint epistemologies),Sociology of religion (including secularization and its implications),Public Policy and Analysis (housing, homelessness and shelter),Getting out and staying out. Pathways to independent living: best practice, critical interventions and strategies for addressing homelessness in South Australia,Sustainable housing project,Vulnerable Adults Study

Year Citation
2015 Fopp, R. J. (2015). Problematising aspects of evidence-based policy: an analysis illustrated by an Australian homelessness policy 1985-2008. Australian journal of social issues, 50(3), 297-317.
2014 Fopp, R. (2014). Ending homelessness: questioning outputs for better outcomes. Parity, 27(7), 4-6.
2013 Fopp, R. (2013). 'Chipping away' at 'churning' and recycling!: homelessness sector reform?. Parity, 26(8), 9-10.
2012 Fopp, R. (2012). Policing the homeless: analysing the role of custodians of the state. Parity, 25(2), 7-8.
2011 Fopp, R. (2011). The national homelessness research agenda: questioning state-sponsored homelessness research. Parity, 24(9), 52-53.
2010 Fopp, R. J. (2010). "Repressive tolerance" : Herbert Marcuse's exercise in social epistemology. Social epistemology: a journal of knowledge, culture and policy, 24(2), 105-122.
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2009 Fopp, R. J. (2009). Metaphors in homelessness discourse and research : exploring pathways, careers and safety nets. Housing, theory and society, 26(4), 271-291.
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2009 Fopp, R. J. (2009). A long way from home?: some comments on 'the road home: a national approach to reducing homelessness'. Parity, 22(1), 33-34.
2009 Fopp, R. (2009). Confronting perspectives of people who are homeless. Parity, 22(7), 8-9.
2008 Fopp, R. J. (2008). Which way home? Too many gatekeepers to circuitous and craggy paths?. Parity, 21(5), 26-27.
2008 Fopp, R. J. (2008). Social constructionism and housing studies : a critical reflection. Urban policy and research, 26(2), 159-175.
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2007 Fopp, R. J. (2007). The Last 20 Years - SAAP, Identity and Language. Parity.
2007 Fopp, R. J. (2007). Researching Homeless 1982-2007: some questions. Parity.
2007 Fopp, R. (2007). Herbert Marcuse's 'Repressive Tolerance' and his critics. Borderlands e-journal, 6(1), 1-10.
2007 Fopp, R. J. (2007). The standpoint of the homeless: the starting point of research?. Parity.
2006 Fopp, R. J. (2006). Employment and Homelessness: Is it Code for the Labour and Housing Markets?. Parity - working it out : employment , unemployment and homelessness.
2005 Parker, S. M., & Fopp, R. J. (2005). Mutual obligation? Regulating by supervision and surveillance in Australian income support policy. Surveillance and society.
2005 Fopp, R. J. (2005). Risk and everyday life. Health Sociology Review, 14(2), 187-202.
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2004 Parker, S. M., & Fopp, R. J. (2004). 'I'm the slice of pie that's ostracised...'. Foucault's technologies, and personal agency, in the voice of women who are homeless, Adelaide, South Australia. Housing, theory and society, 21(4), 145-154.
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2004 Parker, S. M., & Fopp, R. J. (2004). The mutual obligation policy in Australia : the rhetoric and reasoning of recent social security policy. Contemporary politics, 10(3-4), 257-269.
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2004 Fopp, R. J. (2004). Official statistics': a brief analysis of the SAAP national data collection. Parity.
2004 Fopp, R. J., & Parker, S. M. (2004). Attempting to hear the excluded: the voice of homeless people and policy implications. Parity.
2003 Fopp, R. J. (2003). After Burdekin - a brief evaluation 14 years on. Parity.
2003 Fopp, R. J., & Parker, S. M. (2003). Children in SAAP: a brief analysis of the national data collection. Parity, 16(6), 7-9.
2002 Fopp, R. J. (2002). SAAP is one program with no gatekeepers-exit points in SAAP. Parity.
2002 Fopp, R. J. (2002). Increasing the potential for gaze, surveillance and normalisation : the transformation of an Australian policy for people who are homeless. Surveillance and society.
2002 Fopp, R. J. (2002). The causes of homelessness - An unpopular account of popular causes. Parity.
1996 Fopp, R. (1996). No where to go - an analysis of supported accommodation assistance program.. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 31(2), 209-222.
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Year Citation
2012 Fopp, R. (2012). Public rental housing applications and allocations : what official statistics can tell us about allocation ratios. In Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference 2012 (AHRC12) (pp. 1-26). Adelaide: The Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP), University of Adelaide.
2012 Fopp, R. J. (2012). Fallacies and flaws or valid and valorise; problematising Housing Studies and engaging with Chris Allen. In Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference 2012 (pp. 1-16). Adelaide: Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Adelaide.
2009 Ellis, B., & Fopp, R. (2009). Feminist standpoint theory : a case of too much Marx or not enough?. In L. Stewart (Ed.), The future of sociology (pp. 1-15). Canberra, Australia: TASA.
2009 Fopp, R. (2009). From weak social constructionism to critical realism in housing theory - exploring issues. In V. Colic-Peisker (Ed.), 3rd Annual Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference (pp. 1-13). RMIT University, Melbourne: RMIT University.
2009 Fopp, R., & Ellis, B. (2009). The future of sociology and ideological critique : exploring Žižek and tolerance. In L. Stewart (Ed.), The future of sociology (pp. 1-15). Canberra, Australia: TASA.
2009 Fopp, R. J. (2009). The post welfare state and homelessness : few exit points but more extensive and intensive intervention. In 3rd Annual Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference (pp. 1-12). Australia: RMIT University.
2007 Fopp, R. J. (2007). Pathways, careers and revolving doors: an exploration of the social function of metaphors in homelessness discourse and research. In Proceedings of the 2007 Housing Researchers' Conference. Brisbane, Queensland: University of Queensland.
2007 Fopp, R. J. (2007). Can social constructionism go too far?. In 2nd Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference. Brisbane, Queensland.
2007 Fopp, R. J., & Ellis, R. G. (2007). Liberal tolerance and social and political space : a critical examination. In TASA and SAANZ Joint Conference 2007 : public sociologies : lessons and Trans-Tasman comparisons. Auckland, NZ: Department of Sociology, University of Auckland.
2007 Ellis, R. G., & Fopp, R. J. (2007). Karl Mannheim and the political intelligentsia : an alternative reading. In TASA & SAANZ Joint Conference 2007 : public sociologies : lessons and Trans-Tasman comparisons, 4-7 December 2007, Auckland, New Zealand. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Dept. of Sociology, University of Auckland.
2006 Fopp, R. J. (2006). Social constructionism and housing research : exploring issues. In Australasian Housing Researchers Conference 2006 : papers and presentations. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
2005 Ellis, R. G., & Fopp, R. J. (2005). The origins of feminist standpoint epistemologies: Marx or Mannheim?. In TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings. Australia: The Sociological Assocation of Australia.
2005 Fopp, R. J., & Ellis, R. G. (2005). Liberal tolerance : three critical perspectives. In TASA 2005 conference : University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, 5-8 December 2005 : conference proceedings. Australia.
2004 Ellis, R. G., & Fopp, R. J. (2004). Feminist standpoint epistemologies : engaging with criticisms of Sandra Harding's position. In TASA 2004 Conference Proceedings, Revisioning Institutions: Change in the 21st Century. Australia [http://www.tasa.org.au/conferencepapers04/docs/THEORY/ELLIS_FOPP.pdf].
2002 Fopp, R. J., & Ellis, R. G. (2002). War crimes and trials: an outline of Hannah Arendt on Eichmann, thoughtlessness, judging and standpoints. In TASA 2002 Conference.
2001 Ellis, R. G., & Fopp, R. J. (2001). The origins of standpoint epistemologies: feminism, Marx and Lukacs. In TASA 2001 Conference.
2001 Ellis, R. G., & Fopp, R. J. (2001). Repressive tolerance - an analysis. In TASA 2001 Conference.
2000 Fopp, R. J., & Ellis, R. G. (2000). Ideology: From Marx to Mannheim and Postmodernism. In S. Oakley, J. Pudsey, J. Henderson, & D. Boyd (Eds.), Sociological Sites/Sights. Adelaide, SA: The Australian Sociological Association.
1998 Fopp, R. J., & Ellis, R. G. (1998). Can a modified old-fashion epistemology help refashion sociology. In Refashioning Sociology: Responses to a New World Order. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2017 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Richard Hugh Brown
2016 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tim Coventry
2014 Principal Supervisor Robert Kennedy and the evolution of campaigning in post-World War Two American politics Master of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Jade Louise Evans

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