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Dr. Gary Jones

PhD, MA, BA(Hons)
Senior Policy and Project Coordinator - RAP-700893
Office of Indigenous Engagement
0740374701
0448504571 Mobile Phone
About Me

pursuing rights for all

General
Background

Community development

Training, capacity strengthening, mentorship

Operational research

Conflict resolution

Public health, social protection and livelihoods

 

Universities Studied At

Coventry University 

Reading University 

James Cook University 

Universities Worked At

Hamburg University

James Cook University

University of Central Queensland

Previous teaching

Qualitative Research - Nairobi University

Cross-cultural communication - University of the 3rd Age QLD

Migrant Health - Makerere University

Humanitarian Crisis and Response - Wits University 

Health and Rights in Humanitarian Emergencies - Deakin University 

Epidemiology - Hamburg University

Sexual and Reproductive Health / Journal Writing / Qualitative Research - James Cook University

(Secondary School Teacher - Loa, South Sudan & Karima Technical College, Sudan)

 

Professional Experience

Non-governmental Organizations: Lutheran World Federation, ACORD, Norwegian People's Aid

United Nations: UNICEF, UNDP, UNAIDS

Private Sector: North-South Field Studies Safari, Overseas Supply and Service, Green Landscapes

Professional Memberships

Strategic Advisor, inter-communal relations, Africa Association, QLD 
Strategic Advisor, community health and wellbeing, Maisha Bora, QLD
Global Advisor, World Dignity University 
Board member, Women’s Peace Institute, South Sudan 
Board member, Slum Child Foundation, Kenya
Member, Mediators Beyond Borders Oceania 

Responsibilities

Mentorship

Reporting

Consensus negotiation

Research

Professional Interests

All of Health 

Building resilience

Humanitarian-development-peace triple nexus

First Nations Peoples 

Indigenous Rights 

Key Achievements

Sustained public health & education initiatives in crisis settings -conflict zones and natural disasters

Securing access to social services for asylum seekers, refugees, displaced populations and migrants

Intervention research among marginalized and socially excluded groups

Tertiary education curriculum development

Climate change adaptation and community action

Study abroad programming  

Computer Software

Microsoft 

Apple 

Consultancy Work

UNAIDS, July-ongoing 2023 / Tools, advocacy and communication in crisis settings

UNAIDS, April-September 2023 / Fast Track Cities Report

UNAIDS, July-August 2023 / Programme Coordination Board, HIV testing

Advocacy Africa Foundation, September - November 2022 / Facilitation of migrant summit

Atheneum, February 2022 / Conceptualizing NGOs and civil society in the triple nexus

Cairns Institute, September-December 2015 / Evaluation of Yarrabah health services 

Community Housing Fund, January-March 2005 / Health and protection, Darfur, Sudan

Community Housing Fund, October – December 2004 / Evaluation of health interventions and protection policy

Sudan Emergency Operations, July–October 1990 / Communications for peace negotiations in Sudan 

 

 

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Research Interests
Indigenous Studies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education - Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, histories, culture, country, perspectives and ethics in education

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