Youth identity and educational change in Australia since 1950: digital archiving, re-using qualitative data and histories of the present. This is an historical and longitudinal study of Australian youth and education since the 1950s. It creates a digital archive of the study for future researchers and re-examines earlier qualitative studies to better understand generational changes in youth pathways and educational inequalities.
Enhancing social research in Australia using dual-frame telephone surveys. The growing surge in mobile phones and mobile-phone only households has had a significant impact on the representativeness of social surveys and accuracy of social outcome measures. This project will develop methods for generating sampling lists of both types of telephone numbers to improve population coverage and accuracy of outcome measures.
Experiences of addiction, treatment and recovery: An online resource for members of the public, health professionals and policymakers. Alcohol and other drug addiction is a major health and social issue in Australia. Treatment success rates are modest and little is known about how people experience and manage addiction and the stigma that accompanies it. This project will generate new knowledge on alcohol and other drug addiction by applying a proven qualitative methodology to these issues for t ....Experiences of addiction, treatment and recovery: An online resource for members of the public, health professionals and policymakers. Alcohol and other drug addiction is a major health and social issue in Australia. Treatment success rates are modest and little is known about how people experience and manage addiction and the stigma that accompanies it. This project will generate new knowledge on alcohol and other drug addiction by applying a proven qualitative methodology to these issues for the first time. It will produce an effective, innovative online resource for affected Australians, their family and friends, and the wider Australian community including health professionals and policymakers.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100228
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$372,000.00
Summary
Family Well-Being: The Role of Public Policy. For many parents, balancing work and family demands is extremely stressful, affecting work, relationships and parent and infant health. In response, governments around the world have instituted family policies, which have not yet been systematically evaluated for their effectiveness This project aims to address this limitation by systematically evaluating family policies to maximise the health and well-being of Australian families. Applying cutting-e ....Family Well-Being: The Role of Public Policy. For many parents, balancing work and family demands is extremely stressful, affecting work, relationships and parent and infant health. In response, governments around the world have instituted family policies, which have not yet been systematically evaluated for their effectiveness This project aims to address this limitation by systematically evaluating family policies to maximise the health and well-being of Australian families. Applying cutting-edge methods and recently released data, this project also aims to provide specific policy suggestions to guide Australian family policy and to improve the future well-being of Australian families.Read moreRead less
Linked Lives: Antisocial Behaviour Across Three Generations. Antisocial behaviour involves about 10 per cent of children and/or adolescents. It has a substantial impact on many life outcomes including education, employment, family life, and offending. The costs of providing services to an antisocial child are 10 times higher than other children. Antisocial offspring are often children of antisocial parents and grandparents. The proposed project aims to assess antisocial behaviour transmitted acr ....Linked Lives: Antisocial Behaviour Across Three Generations. Antisocial behaviour involves about 10 per cent of children and/or adolescents. It has a substantial impact on many life outcomes including education, employment, family life, and offending. The costs of providing services to an antisocial child are 10 times higher than other children. Antisocial offspring are often children of antisocial parents and grandparents. The proposed project aims to assess antisocial behaviour transmitted across three generations, to document the predictors of this intergenerational transmission, and to describe how antisocial behaviour is changing over generations. This project aims to provide data to enable a more focussed delivery of services to antisocial families.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100471
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$373,500.00
Summary
Advancing network statistical models for social and economic behaviour. This project aims to improve our understanding of how social networks affect social and economic behaviour. Social networks underpin our everyday lives and are fundamental to issues such as disease transmission and healthcare system design. It has long been recognised that existing models of social and economic behaviour are missing critical unmeasured elements. In many instances, these are the invisible connections between ....Advancing network statistical models for social and economic behaviour. This project aims to improve our understanding of how social networks affect social and economic behaviour. Social networks underpin our everyday lives and are fundamental to issues such as disease transmission and healthcare system design. It has long been recognised that existing models of social and economic behaviour are missing critical unmeasured elements. In many instances, these are the invisible connections between people and organisations that allow bonds of trust to form and informal information to flow. Network analysis can elucidate these hidden channels. This project aims to develop a statistical co-evolution modelling framework for social networks for both cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. Further, the project aims to deliver advanced network modelling software.Read moreRead less
Protecting Australia’s food future: shared responsibility for biosecurity. This project aims to investigate whether Australia’s ‘shared responsibility’ approach to biosecurity is capable of facing the growing threat from exotic pests and diseases. Through the analysis of policy documents and the use of semi-structured interviews, this project intends to contribute to a deeper understanding of the inter- and intra-organisational characteristics that influence implementation of biosecurity. Expect ....Protecting Australia’s food future: shared responsibility for biosecurity. This project aims to investigate whether Australia’s ‘shared responsibility’ approach to biosecurity is capable of facing the growing threat from exotic pests and diseases. Through the analysis of policy documents and the use of semi-structured interviews, this project intends to contribute to a deeper understanding of the inter- and intra-organisational characteristics that influence implementation of biosecurity. Expected outcomes include crucial insights into the capacity of a shared responsibility approach to protect agri-food production against biological threats, and the forms of institutional change that may be needed to enhance responsiveness to those threats. This in turn will benefit Australia's biosecurity system.Read moreRead less
Social networks and subjective wellbeing in Australia, China and the United Kingdom. Governments, industry and the community increasingly recognise that people's networks matter for health and wellbeing. For the first time this project compares developed and developing societies, Australia, China and the United Kingdom, to see how social networks affect well-being in different cultural and societal contexts.
Residents’ voices: advantage, disadvantage, community and place. Community renewal and redevelopment of concentrated public housing areas represents a significant public investment aimed at improving the life chances of residents, yet the way in which place factors influence social outcomes is not well understood. This research will enhance the potential for successful outcomes by creating opportunities for residents to develop and express their own knowledge and understanding of the links betwe ....Residents’ voices: advantage, disadvantage, community and place. Community renewal and redevelopment of concentrated public housing areas represents a significant public investment aimed at improving the life chances of residents, yet the way in which place factors influence social outcomes is not well understood. This research will enhance the potential for successful outcomes by creating opportunities for residents to develop and express their own knowledge and understanding of the links between place and disadvantage, in an international context. The emergence of a theorised, contextualised and well articulated set of explanations about poverty and place from the tenant perspective will also improve public understanding and reduce the social division and stigma currently associated with public housing.Read moreRead less
Analysing and comparing concepts of addiction for improved social and health outcomes in Australia. Australia invests heavily in responding to alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. This project will analyse a key concept shaping AOD responses, namely addiction. The analysis will help develop new, more productive approaches to AOD prevention, education and treatment, contributing to improved AOD-related social and health outcomes.