David McDonald
The Director of Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd is David McDonald. Although he generally undertakes smaller consultancies alone, he conducts larger projects in collaboration with associates from academia and other consultancy firms.
David is a social scientist with research interests in public health and criminology, particularly alcohol and other drugs policy and better understanding the research-policy nexus. As well as being a Consultant in Social Research and Evaluation, he is a Campus Visitor at the Australian National University’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health.
David’s academic qualifications are BA, DipSocWork (Sydney), MA (Alberta), Grad DipPopulationHealth (ANU).
He is a Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia (FPHAA).
He has wide experience in research, policy & program development and evaluations in the alcohol and other drugs, criminal justice and related fields, as revealed by his CV/resumé.
Other positions he has held include;
- Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Heatth, The Australian National University
- Senior Criminologist, Australian Institute of Criminology
- Deputy Head of Research, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Director of the National Drug Abuse Information Centre, Australian Commonwealth Government Department of Health
- Director of the Northern Territory Drug and Alcohol Bureau
- Senior Training Officer (Social Development), Government of Papua New Guinea
- Community Development Officer, Government of Papua New Guinea
- Child Welfare Officer, Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, Government of NSW