Ross Parsons
Biographic Data
| ID | 187975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ross Parsons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ross |
| FAMILY NAME | Parsons |
| SIGNATURE | PARSONS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0020-8819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring equity in social impact assessment
Social impact assessment as a concept and practice is generally framed as a process for delivering socially equitable outcomes, and in particular, a vehicle for improving the lives of society's most vulnerable and marginalised people. For example, the International Association for Impact Assessment 2015 guidance document makes the normative statement that projects should benefit local communities and be a 'force for positive social change and ben…
Forces for change in social impact assessment
Social impact assessment (SIA) is experiencing both evolutionary and revolutionary forces for change. Using the example of New South Wales, Australia, forces for change include community pressure and shifting expectations, industry desire for clarity and certainty, departmental leadership, a collaborative approach to policy development, and perceived legitimacy of the guideline itself. Inhibiting these forces are general resistance to change, a c…
Comparing reflexive and assertive approaches to social licence and social impact assessment
Developing social impact assessment guidelines in a pre-existing policy context
Few jurisdictions have translated internationally agreed social impact assessment (SIA) principles into statutory provisions. Governments and regulatory bodies tend to provide developers with high-level frameworks, or require that social impacts be ‘considered’, without specifying how this is to be done. In Australia, this lack of clarity leaves all parties uncertain about requirements for SIA. The New South Wales (NSW) Government’s 2017 release …
Maintaining legitimacy of a contested practice
Integrating impact and relational dimensions of social licence and social impact assessment
Impact assessment and social licence both derive from the discourse of business and society, following related concepts such as corporate social responsibility. However, they have different emphases, implying an organisational focus on impacts and relationships respectively. Using a case study of a large coal-seam gas project in Australia, this paper considers prospects for better integration of these concepts in practice. We interviewed 37 stake…
Eating in Mouthfuls while Facing the Door
Following one child referred to as Priscilla, the article explores the fluid nature of childhood and parenthood within the complexities and losses of contemporary Zimbabwean chaos while also noting the historical precursors of current social forms. The extreme hardships faced by Zimbabwean children are thrown into relief by the exigencies of living with HIV, and further dramatized by being marginal actors in the failing state. The article argues …
We are all stakeholders now
Purpose – In recent years, Australian minerals companies have increasingly considered Aboriginal communities to be "stakeholders", suggesting that new practices of respect have superseded past colonial practices of dispossession, and apparently challenging neoliberal ideology. The increasing pervasiveness of the term "community engagement" exemplifies this apparent transformation. However, in common with the similar interdiscursive notions, "sust…
HIV disclosure and discussions about grief with Shona children
Grief-stricken
The essay approaches ethics and research through a description of the beginnings of a study of children's lives under extreme adversity in the Manicaland province of contemporary Zimbabwe. An encounter with an orphaned child is described, highlighting the presence of her grief. The child's sorrow and its effects on the researcher are explored in the context of a theoretical examination of grief and mourning. The counter-transferential nature of e…
Comparing reflexive and assertive approaches to social licence and social impact assessment
Eating in Mouthfuls while Facing the Door
Following one child referred to as Priscilla, the article explores the fluid nature of childhood and parenthood within the complexities and losses of contemporary Zimbabwean chaos while also noting the historical precursors of current social forms. The extreme hardships faced by Zimbabwean children are thrown into relief by the exigencies of living with HIV, and further dramatized by being marginal actors in the failing state. The article argues …
HIV disclosure and discussions about grief with Shona children
Grief-stricken
The essay approaches ethics and research through a description of the beginnings of a study of children's lives under extreme adversity in the Manicaland province of contemporary Zimbabwe. An encounter with an orphaned child is described, highlighting the presence of her grief. The child's sorrow and its effects on the researcher are explored in the context of a theoretical examination of grief and mourning. The counter-transferential nature of e…
Grief-stricken
The essay approaches ethics and research through a description of the beginnings of a study of children's lives under extreme adversity in the Manicaland province of contemporary Zimbabwe. An encounter with an orphaned child is described, highlighting the presence of her grief. The child's sorrow and its effects on the researcher are explored in the context of a theoretical examination of grief and mourning. The counter-transferential nature of e…
HIV disclosure and discussions about grief with Shona children
We are all stakeholders now
Purpose – In recent years, Australian minerals companies have increasingly considered Aboriginal communities to be "stakeholders", suggesting that new practices of respect have superseded past colonial practices of dispossession, and apparently challenging neoliberal ideology. The increasing pervasiveness of the term "community engagement" exemplifies this apparent transformation. However, in common with the similar interdiscursive notions, "sust…
Eating in Mouthfuls while Facing the Door
Following one child referred to as Priscilla, the article explores the fluid nature of childhood and parenthood within the complexities and losses of contemporary Zimbabwean chaos while also noting the historical precursors of current social forms. The extreme hardships faced by Zimbabwean children are thrown into relief by the exigencies of living with HIV, and further dramatized by being marginal actors in the failing state. The article argues …
Maintaining legitimacy of a contested practice
Integrating impact and relational dimensions of social licence and social impact assessment
Impact assessment and social licence both derive from the discourse of business and society, following related concepts such as corporate social responsibility. However, they have different emphases, implying an organisational focus on impacts and relationships respectively. Using a case study of a large coal-seam gas project in Australia, this paper considers prospects for better integration of these concepts in practice. We interviewed 37 stake…
Developing social impact assessment guidelines in a pre-existing policy context
Few jurisdictions have translated internationally agreed social impact assessment (SIA) principles into statutory provisions. Governments and regulatory bodies tend to provide developers with high-level frameworks, or require that social impacts be ‘considered’, without specifying how this is to be done. In Australia, this lack of clarity leaves all parties uncertain about requirements for SIA. The New South Wales (NSW) Government’s 2017 release …
Forces for change in social impact assessment
Social impact assessment (SIA) is experiencing both evolutionary and revolutionary forces for change. Using the example of New South Wales, Australia, forces for change include community pressure and shifting expectations, industry desire for clarity and certainty, departmental leadership, a collaborative approach to policy development, and perceived legitimacy of the guideline itself. Inhibiting these forces are general resistance to change, a c…
Comparing reflexive and assertive approaches to social licence and social impact assessment
Exploring equity in social impact assessment
Social impact assessment as a concept and practice is generally framed as a process for delivering socially equitable outcomes, and in particular, a vehicle for improving the lives of society's most vulnerable and marginalised people. For example, the International Association for Impact Assessment 2015 guidance document makes the normative statement that projects should benefit local communities and be a 'force for positive social change and ben…
Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Mining and Resource Management (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Community Development and Social Impact (3 works) · Corporate social responsibility (3 works)