Rate My Professor Kylie Hosking

Kylie Hosking is a Lecturer in Community Development in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Murdoch University. She holds the position of Academic Chair for the Community Development major and minor in the Bachelor of Arts program, overseeing a structure of 24 credit points that includes core units on community engagement, development theory, and practical skills. Her teaching responsibilities encompass units such as COD201 Stories of Doing Community Work and COD303 Community Development Placement, where students undertake fieldwork placements and reflect on community-based interventions. Hosking's contributions extend to course planning for the Bachelor of Arts Community Development major, with documented plans for semesters in 2025 and 2026. Located in office 450.2.013A, she identifies with she/her pronouns and serves as a representative in the university's Ally Network, promoting inclusivity.

Hosking's research specializations and academic interests focus on community development, social justice, poverty alleviation, and sustainability education. She co-authored the book 'What Matters Most?: Exploring Poverty with Upper Primary Students' (2013, One World Centre, 40 pages), a classroom resource addressing global poverty challenges facing over a billion people. She also contributed to 'All's Well?: Exploring the World of Water with Upper Primary Students' (2012, Global Education Project (Vic.)), an educational book exploring water issues for upper primary audiences. In recent years, she has been a key member of the research team for the 'Living Realities: Understanding Life on Low Income in WA' project, a collaboration between Murdoch University's Community Development staff and the WA Council of Social Service (WACOSS). This initiative produced three reports—Parts One, Two, and Three (2024-2025)—utilizing approved qualitative methodologies including interviews to document the experiences of low-income households in areas like employment, housing, and health. The findings supported submissions to the WA Industrial Relations Commission's 2025 State Wage Case. Prior to her current appointment at Murdoch, Hosking worked at Little Green Steps WA, progressing from Education Officer (circa 2016-2017) to Program Manager (2018-2019), delivering sustainability presentations to pre-service early years educators and managing environmental education programs through SERCUL and AAEE WA. She has also acted as a contact for the WA Teaching and Learning Forum.