Ian Shirley, New Zealand social policy academic, Died at 78

Ian Francis Shirley died on January 20, 2019

 

He was New Zealand's first professor of public policy and an advocate for social justice.

 

He founded the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology.

 

He was appointed as a lecturer in the Social Work Unit at Massey University in 1977, and promoted to senior lecturer in 1980.

He retired from Auckland University of Technology in 2016, and was accorded the titile of professor emeritus.

Ian Francis Shirley passed away at 78 years old.