Dr Wayne Hawkins
Over 13 year's experience analysing and researching Australian telecommunications and disability policy with the Australian Communications Consumer Action network (ACCAN), advocating for greater inclusion and access for people with disability. Participated on several Government committees related to communications and media access for people with disability - Digital Switchover Task Force (2011(, Audio Description Working Group (2017), Future of Broadcasting Working Group (2022), NDIA Quality and Safeguards Commission Disability Stakeholder Committee (2021).
Qualifications
- 2020, Doctor of Arts, Sydney University
- 2008, Master Public Policy - Merit, Sydney University
- 2004, Bachelor Business Administration - Magna cum Laude, City University of New York
Research Focus
- Disability and digital inclusion,
- Digital Citizenship,
- Communications and media policy,
- Disability access, emerging digital technologies and human rights.
Selected Publications
Goggin, G., Ellis, K., & Hawkins, W. (2019). Disability at the centre of digital inclusion: Assessing a new moment in technology and rights. Communication Research and Practice, 5(3), 290-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2019.1641061
Goggin, G., Hollier, S., & Hawkins, W. (2017). Internet accessibility and disability policy: Lessons for digital inclusion and equality from Australia. Internet Policy Review, 6(1).
Hawkins, W. (2011). Broadband and the role of standards. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.7790/tja.v61i2.208
Hawkins, W. (2011). Australia's missing accessible information and communications technology procurement policy. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.7790/tja.v61i2.198
Hawkins, W. (2021). Video on demand: Is this Australia's new disability divide? In K. Ellis, G. Goggin, B. Haller, & R. Curtis (Eds.), The Routledge companion to disability and media (pp. 273-287). Routledge.
Fitzgerald, B., Hawkins, W., Denison, T. F., & Kop, T. (2015). Digital inclusion, disability, and public libraries: A summary Australian perspective. In P. T. Jaeger, J. C. Bertot, & K. Kettnich (Eds.), Accessibility for persons with disabilities and the inclusive future of libraries (1st ed., pp. 213-236). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020150000040019
