Ian Francis Shirley (28 February 1940 – 20 January 2019) was New Zealand's first professor of public policy and an advocate for social justice. He established the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology.

Academic career

Shirley was appointed as a lecturer in the Social Work Unit at

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

in 1977, and promoted to senior lecturer in 1980. In 1982, he succeeded Merv Hancock as the director of the unit. In Shirley completed a PhD through Massey, on social practice within a capitalist state. He moved to the Auckland University of Technology in 2000, where he established the Institute of Public Policy, and also served as pro vice-chancellor.

Social policy

Shirley advised on the Auckland super city.

Later life and death

Shirley retired from Auckland University of Technology in 2016, and was accorded the title of professor emeritus. He died aged 78 on 20 January 2019.

References

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