User:Ian Hughes

Hi
I'm Ian Hughes, the coordinator of The Evolutionary Potential of Quakerism Wikia project and the Founder/Admin of this Wiki..

My professional background includes social work, community development, face-to-face and on-line teaching and research in community health. My learning path includes professional qualifications in social work and community development, a PhD in community health and learning from Aboriginal and Quaker elders. I recently (2010) retired from research appointments at The University of Sydney, Australia. My research interest is the use of action research and complex adaptive systems theory in practice to improve community wellbeing. This has included work on complex and intractable problems in healthcare systems.

I live north of Sydney, Australia, about 5km from the beach and am a Member of Wahroonga Local Quaker Meeting in NSW Australia.

I hope that others will join me in this project. If you are interested in knowing more or just want to talk about it you can leave a message on my User Talk Page.