Biography summary
Peter Norden AO FANZSOC is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University. In February 2019 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Deakin University 'for sustained and eminent contributions to the Australian non-government sector in the field of community services'.
Peter is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and has worked in the social policy and public advocacy field throughout Australia for some decades. Peter is a member of the ABC Advisory Council and a member of several advisory boards, including the National Red Cross community services advisory council.
As a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Peter contributes to Deakin University through consultation, guest lecturing, media availability. He is currently consulting on several government and non-government organisations in the social and community services field.
Career highlights
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2007, “for services to community development through social research and programs aimed at assisting marginalised young people and offenders, and to the mental health sector....”
Affiliations
Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology
Awards
Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 2007 'for services to community development through social research and programs aimed at assisting marginalised young people and offenders and to the mental health sector'
Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology in 2016 for services to the criminal justice system over a period of 40 years.