Jim Ife

'Jim Ife has been active in social work education since the 1970s. He has been Professor of Social Work at The University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Western Sydney University, and was also Handa Professor of Human Rights Education at Curtin, where he is now Emeritus Professor. His main interests have been community development and human rights, and he has published books in both fields. He has also been active in community engagement, and was President of Amnesty International Australia in the 1990s, as well as Secretary of the Human Rights Commission of the International Federation. of Social Workers. His best-known books are Community Development and Human Rights and Social Work (both in multiple editions with Cambridge University Press). He is now retired.'