Regional Australia' skills shortages and high-skill refugees' employment . Regional Australia loses to cities thousands of professional and trade-related people whose skills cannot be replaced. Focusing on small and medium-size enterprises producing food and beverages, this project aims to determine whether refugee employment (i) is a strategic resource (ii) can alleviate these chronic regional skill shortages, and (iii) can be integrated in immigration policy. In doing so, it will for the firs ....Regional Australia' skills shortages and high-skill refugees' employment . Regional Australia loses to cities thousands of professional and trade-related people whose skills cannot be replaced. Focusing on small and medium-size enterprises producing food and beverages, this project aims to determine whether refugee employment (i) is a strategic resource (ii) can alleviate these chronic regional skill shortages, and (iii) can be integrated in immigration policy. In doing so, it will for the first time provide critical empirical evidence on the possible need to separate policy measures aimed at rural vs. urban employers. The outcomes will contribute to reducing the problem of critical skill shortages and wastage at once and do so with an eye to the needs to rural Australia – a key driver of the country’s exports. Read moreRead less
Mobility Shocks: Understanding disruptions to Australian migration. This Fellowship aims to generate new knowledge about the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on human migration and mobility, in order to advance understanding of major disruptive changes to population movement more broadly. Fellowship outcomes will include designing innovative geospatial research methods, linking and analysing cutting-edge datasets, and building cross-sector collaborations, in order to develop a new theory of ‘Mob ....Mobility Shocks: Understanding disruptions to Australian migration. This Fellowship aims to generate new knowledge about the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on human migration and mobility, in order to advance understanding of major disruptive changes to population movement more broadly. Fellowship outcomes will include designing innovative geospatial research methods, linking and analysing cutting-edge datasets, and building cross-sector collaborations, in order to develop a new theory of ‘Mobility Shocks’. This will benefit Australia and its migration partners with new ideas, tools, evidence and expertise to help scholars, policy makers and practitioners to understand, anticipate, and manage future disruptive changes to human migration and mobility in the Australian context and beyond.Read moreRead less
Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement in Australia. The proposed research will assess the relative importance of labour market conditions, income-support policy, and immigrant selection criteria in facilitating the settlement of recent immigrants in Australia. The project will be the first major academic study to make use of the complete data from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to compare two cohorts of recent immigrants who arrived under different policy settings and econom ....Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement in Australia. The proposed research will assess the relative importance of labour market conditions, income-support policy, and immigrant selection criteria in facilitating the settlement of recent immigrants in Australia. The project will be the first major academic study to make use of the complete data from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to compare two cohorts of recent immigrants who arrived under different policy settings and economic conditions and whose initial settlement outcomes varied dramatically. The results will advance our understanding of how immigrants adjust to Australia and will be useful for future policy development.
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Determinants, Motives and Channels of Pacific Island Workers' Remittances from Australia. This research will inform current policy debate on the benefits to migrant-sending communities of expanding migration opportunities for migrants from the Pacific islands through targeted worker schemes. Australian industry and agricultural employers are experiencing acute labour shortages while Pacific island governments are urging Australia and New Zealand to open their labour markets to low-skilled worker ....Determinants, Motives and Channels of Pacific Island Workers' Remittances from Australia. This research will inform current policy debate on the benefits to migrant-sending communities of expanding migration opportunities for migrants from the Pacific islands through targeted worker schemes. Australian industry and agricultural employers are experiencing acute labour shortages while Pacific island governments are urging Australia and New Zealand to open their labour markets to low-skilled workers in the face of growing unemployment and political instability. The findings will also provide Australian foreign aid organisations with a better understanding of the way in which migrants' remittances are determined and migrant's interaction with money transfer agencies.Read moreRead less
Do New Migrants move from Bad Jobs to Good Jobs: The Dynamics of Immigrant Settlement in Australia. This research investigates the dynamics of immigrant settlement in Australia. It studies the extent to which tightening up of the selection procedure for migrants and limiting access to social security has led to improved labour market success. It analyses the extent to which different groups of migrants who come from different countries and enter under different visa categories go through a phase ....Do New Migrants move from Bad Jobs to Good Jobs: The Dynamics of Immigrant Settlement in Australia. This research investigates the dynamics of immigrant settlement in Australia. It studies the extent to which tightening up of the selection procedure for migrants and limiting access to social security has led to improved labour market success. It analyses the extent to which different groups of migrants who come from different countries and enter under different visa categories go through a phase of unemployment, followed by a ?bad job? (in terms of their previous qualifications, wage levels, satisfaction with the job, etc.) before moving into a ?good job?. The research uses modern econometric techniques on recent panel data.Read moreRead less
Humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises. The project aims to provide, for the first time, a detailed understanding of the experiences of male and female humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises in urban and regional Australia, and critically evaluate how these entrepreneurs help redress the settlement problems and socio-economic disadvantage of humanitarian immigrants and contribute to economic growth and social cohesion in Australia. ....Humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises. The project aims to provide, for the first time, a detailed understanding of the experiences of male and female humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises in urban and regional Australia, and critically evaluate how these entrepreneurs help redress the settlement problems and socio-economic disadvantage of humanitarian immigrants and contribute to economic growth and social cohesion in Australia. One key aim will be to further develop the theory of Diasporic entrepreneurship. The benefits are expected to include an evaluation of effective strategies and policies to improve existing humanitarian immigrant enterprises and to stimulate the creation of new humanitarian immigrant enterprises.Read moreRead less
Evaluation Of Circulating Endothelial Cells In Prostate Cancer Detection, Prognosis And Treatment Response
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$32,628.00
Summary
A current shortfall in clinical medicine is tests which discriminate different forms and severity of cancers. The project will aim to identify useful strategies based on blood factors of angiogenesis, a fundamental process in tumour growth and dissemination. Development of such tests may permit better delineation of prognosis, act as a surrogate marker of treatment efficacy and aid in developing and optimizing new treatments, key areas of need in prostate cancer.
I am a developmental neurobiologist interested in finding out how neurons in the brain are assembled and wired together. I am also interested in finding a cure for patients who have brain damage from trauma or stroke by preventing damaged neurons from dea
Precariousness in law and labour markets: the case of temporary migrant workers. This project examines the situation of temporary migrant workers in Australia, focusing on the nature and extent of their precariousness both in law and in labour market practice. It offers a major contribution to current research and policy debates on the implications of temporary migrant labour.
The Functional Role Of Slit-Robo Signaling In Interneuron Migration.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$172,500.00
Summary
In the developing brain of vertebrates interneurons undergo directed migration to form complex networks that result in the regulation of neuronal processes. Failure or imbalance of these neuronal networks is known to cause pilepsy and mental retardation. The aim of this project is to investigate the guidance cues, specifically Slit-Robo signalling, that direct the migration of interneurons within the brain.