Diversity Pathways

Professor Goodwin-Smith is the Director of CSI Flinders. He is a researcher in the fields of social policy and social service with extensive experience in research and evaluation relating to social service improvement, systems reform and social policy. He has experience in co-designing and administering large-scale research and evaluation projects and in working across sectors and disciplines with a range of stakeholder groups nationally and internationally.

Dr Janice (Jane) Jones is an Associate Professor and focuses on the interfaces between innovation and its impact on society and diversity and inclusion (D&I), including the careers of culturally and linguistically diverse workers, First Nations Australians, and people with intellectual disability. She has extensive experience in collaborating with public and private sector organisations at the national and state level.

Dr Ashokkumar (Ashok) Manoharan is a Senior Lecturer and Research Affiliate of the Centre for Social Impact, Flinders University. He focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion in hospitality, focusing on people with intellectual disabilities and migrant workers. His project includes the open employment of people with disabilities and employers’ attitudes toward employing people with disabilities in the hospitality and fashion sector.

Dr Claire Hutchinson is a Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University and an Associate Member of the Centre for Social Impact. She is a mixed-method social scientist with research interests in social return on investment analysis and employment pathways for people with disabilities. In her pre-academic life, Claire was an organisational psychologist and project manager working in organisational and workforce development.

Dr Jung Yoon is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact Flinders. Jung has focused on person-centred organisational management models to enable meaningful socio-economic engagement for people with cognitive disability in various industries. Jung's research interests include disability employment, social enterprise management, inclusive corporate culture, and social and disability-related policies under the jurisdiction of other countries.

Michelle is a Project Officer at the Centre for Social Impact. She leverages her background in Speech Pathology and industry experience in the disability sector to facilitate the project with the steering committees and project partners. She is currently working alongside community researchers who have lived experience with cognitive disability and have a work history in hospitality and retail to co-design disability employment approaches.

Alistair is a Co-Design Support Officer at The Centre For Social Impact (CSI) Flinders. He has experience working with people living with a disability in the education setting, focusing on post-school transition pathways. More recently he has been supporting young adults to explore and manifest their life goals and visions through mentoring. Alistair brings a capacity for understanding and communication. He is an advocate of the application of deconstruction, to demonstrate the interdependence of all of us and the way we exist.

Lachlan is a Community Researcher at the Centre for Social Impact Flinders. Lachlan brings his lived experience as a person with Autism to the Diversity Pathways project. Lachlan has various experiences engaging with Disability Employment Services through working in a small toy store and Coles and volunteering at an RSPCA op-shop. Lachlan has a desire to influence change in the disability employment sector to achieve better outcomes for everyone.

Benjamin is a Community Researcher at the Centre for Social Impact Flinders. He draws on his lived experience as a creative individual with Down Syndrome and Autism to inform his work. He has experience with volunteering and working in a number of advisory groups, including the NDIS Participant Reference Group and SA Health Youth Advisory Group. His employment experience at JR’s Surf and Ski as a retail assistant led to the development of his microenterprise clothing business, Hazzah Apparel.

Sarah is a Community Researcher at the Centre for Social Impact, Flinders. Sarah shares her experiences as a Deaf and Autistic individual to create more opportunities in open employment for other people with disability. In her spare time, Sarah enjoys bowling, listening to music and spending time with friends. Sarah has a range of previous employment experiences, including packing shelves in a supermarket, sealing and packaging food supplies in a warehouse and working in a cafe. One day, Sarah hopes to become a qualified barista.

Thomas is a Community Researcher at the Centre for Social Impact, Flinders. Thomas is an outgoing individual who brings his lived experience as a person with intellectual disability to inform the project. Thomas leverages his experience as an inclusion advisor at the South Australian Council on Intellectual Disability as well as his experience in both the retail and hospitality environments. Thomas is passionate about people with cognitive disability having access to open employment opportunities.