Biography/ Background
Research Funding
Publications

Dr Andrew Skuse

Telephone	+61 8 8313 4285
Position	Associate Professor
Email	andrew.skuse@adelaide.edu.au
Building	Napier Building
Floor/Room	1 28
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Anthropology

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Biography/ Background

Andrew Skuse is an Associate Professor in Anthropology and Development Studies and is Convenor of the Bachelor of Development Studies at University of Adelaide, South Australia. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from University College London and a BA (First Class Honours) in Anthropology and Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies. His research and teaching addresses how the poor interact with information resources and how these resources affect areas such as livelihoods, health and social welfare. Skuse has researched widely on communication for development and is actively engaged in consultancy for various international development agencies, including AusAID, DFID, UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO. Prior to joining the University of Adelaide, Skuse worked as a Social Development Adviser for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), where he oversaw the specialist area of communications for development. His publications span both applied and academic fields and he is currently active in undertaking research and consultancy in the Pacific, China, Philippines, Nepal and South Africa.

Research Funding

2011-13 ARC Linkage (LP110100405, Category 1, Project Funding A$300,000) E-health communication strategy and design: evaluating the influence of new media interventions on the health of patients from vulnerable populations. The ARC approved this project in November 2010 resulting in the establishment of a research partnership between University of Adelaide and the Lyell McEwin Hospital (Health SA). Research Team: A. Skuse (Lead CI), V. Clifton, M. Wilmore, S. Humphreys & D. Bruton.

2011-2012 AusAID (Category 1, Project Funding A$86,500) Do communication for development interventions lead to social change that supports improved development outcomes (i.e. conflict reduction, peace-building, disaster risk reduction, improved health) in fragile states? This grant was approved by AusAID in February 2011 and establishes a research partnership between the University of Adelaide, ABC International Projects (Melbourne), InterMedia (London) and WanSmal Bag (Vanuatu). Research Team: A. Skuse (Lead CI), G. Power, D. Friguglietti, & M. Taurakoto.

2007-2010 UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (Project Funding A$775,000) Tuning In: Diasporic Contact Zones at the BBC World Service. Funded under the AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities Program this project examined the work of the BBC World Service through a number of different lenses, including drama, news, religion and sport. The work established a research partnership between the University of Adelaide, Open University, School of Oriental and African Studies and Amsterdam University. Research Team: M. Gillespie (Lead CI), A. Skuse, M. Srebreny, J. Toynbee, K. Woodward & G. Bauman.

2007-2010 ARC Linkage (LP0775252, Category 1, Project Funding A$393,000) Assessing Communication for Social Change. This project established participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) systems in the context of a communication intervention established by Equal Access Nepal designed to enhance the life skills of young people and explain political changes resulting from civil war. The project built on an existing research partnership with QUT. Research Team: J. Tacchi (Lead CI), A. Skuse & M. Wilmore.

2005-2007 ARC Linkage (LP0561848, Category 1, Project Funding A$590,000) Finding a Voice: Making Technological Change Socially Effective and Culturally Empowering. This research examined the creation and use of ‘citizen media' in poor communities in South and Southeast Asia (India, Indonesia). The research was built on a partnership between the University of Adelaide, Queensland University of Technology, UNESCO and UNDP. Research Team: J. Tacchi (Lead CI), A. Skuse, S. Cunningham & H. Pillay.

Publications

Recent Books

Skuse, A., Gillespie, M., & Power, G. (2011) Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 352, ISBN: 978-81-321-0591-6 (HB).

Skuse, A., Fildes, J., Tacchi, J., Martin, K. and Baulch, E. (2007) Poverty and Digital Inclusion. UNESCO, New Delhi, pp. 56, ISBN-81-89218-14x.

Skuse, A., Nair, S., & Jennaway, M. (2006) Local Information Networks: social and technological considerations. UNESCO, Paris, pp. 82. ISBN-81-89218-05-5.

Recent Book Chapters

Skuse, A. (2012) ‘Communication for Development and Public Diplomacy: insights from an Afghan radio drama'. In M. Gillespie and A. Webb (eds), Diasporas and Diplomacy: Cosmopolitan Contact Zones at the BBCV World Service (1932-2012). Routledge, London.

Skuse, A., Gillespie, M., & Power, G. (2011) ‘Introduction - Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change'. In A. Skuse et al. (eds) Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. xi-xxiii.

Skuse, A. (2011) ‘Re-framing Drama for Development'. In A. Skuse et al. (eds), Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 1-22.

Skuse, A. (2011) ‘Creative Tensions: Audience Research and the Representational Challenge of Dramatising Opium Substitution in Afghanistan'. In A. Skuse et al. (eds) Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 71-90.

Skuse, A. & Gillespie, M. (2011) ‘Broadcasting the State: Tribe, Citizenship and the Politics of Radio Production in Afghanistan'. In A. Skuse et al. (eds) Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 135-157.

Skuse, A. & Wilmore, M. (2011) ‘Producing New Nepal, Reproducing the Nation: Radio Drama on Unstable Political Terrain'. In A. Skuse et al. (eds) Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 158-177.

Skuse, A. & Gillespie, M. (2011) ‘Gossiping for Change: Dramatising Blood Debt in Afghanistan'. In A. Skuse et al. (eds) Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 273-294.

Recent Journal Articles

Skuse, A. (2011) ‘Radio Sound and Social Realism: in the terrain of drama for development production'. The International Communication Gazette, Sage Publications.

Skuse, A. & Gillespie, M. (2011) ‘Designs, Devices and Development: Audience Research as Change Agent in the Making of an Afghan Radio Drama'. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies. ‘Special Issue' - Design and Devices: The Social Life of Audience Research Methods at the BBC World Service 1932-2010, Vol. 8: 1(132-153).

Skuse, A. (2010) ‘Sweet Tales of the Sarangi: creative strategies and ‘cosmopolitan' radio drama in Nepal'. South Asian Diasporas. ‘Special Issue' - South Asian Diasporas and the BBC World Services: Contacts, Conflicts, and Contestations. Vol. 2(1): 95-108. Routledge.

Skuse, A. & Cousins, T. (2008) ‘Getting Connected: the Social Dynamics of Urban Telecommunications Use in Khayelitsha, Cape Town'. New Media and Society, Vol. 10(1): 5-22. Sage Publications.

Skuse, A. & Cousins, T. (2007) ‘Managing Distance: the Social Dynamics of Rural Telecommunications Access and Use in the Eastern Cape, South Africa'. Journal of Asian and African Studies. Vol. 42(2): 185-207. Sage Publications.

Skuse, A., Du Toit, A. & Cousins, T. (2007) ‘The Political Economy of Social Capital: Chronic Poverty, Remoteness and Gender in the Rural Eastern Cape'. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture. Vol 13(4): 521-540. Sage Publications.

Skuse, A. (2007) ‘Misreading romance: the BBC World Service, Afghan radio soap opera and the politics of production and consumption'. Southern Review: Communication, Politics and Culture. Vol. 40(1): 52-69. RMIT, School of Applied Communication.

Skuse, A. & Cousins, T. (2007) ‘Spaces of resistance: poverty, information and community organisation in urban settlements'. Urban Studies, Vol. 44(5): 979-996 Taylor and Francis.

Recent Professional Work

Skuse, A. (2011) Pacific Media Benchmarks. ABC International, Melbourne, pp. 1-87.

Skuse, A., Renneberg, R. & Taurakoto, M. (2011) Pacific Media Assistance Scheme Program Design Document. AusAID, Canberra, pp. 1-64.

Skuse, A. (2011) Assessment of the Relevance of UNESCO's Media Development Indicators (2008) to the Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment of the Pacific Media and Communications Facility (2005). ABC International Project, Mebourne, pp. 1-54.

Skuse, A., Renneberg, R. & Taurakoto, M. (2010) Pacific Media Assistance Scheme Program Review. AusAID, Canberra, pp. 1-54.

Skuse, A. (2009) Current Topics in Health Promotion: A Resource Guide for the Development of Certificate and Masters-level Courses in Health Promotion. World Health Organisation (SEARO), New Delhi, pp. 1-45.

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