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As a collaboration of four leading Australian universities, the Centre for Social Impact is renowned for the quality of its research. We are practice-led, informed by lived experience, driven by rigorous investigation, and embedded in organizations, communities, and social support systems.
Below, you'll discover a diverse range of purpose-driven research encompassing vital topics such as housing and homelessness, employment, systems reform, financial inclusion, social enterprise, mental health, and domestic violence. Browse our comprehensive studies to gain valuable insights and inspiration to contribute to positive social change.
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A partnership between the Centre for Social Impact UNSW and the Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA) has examined a decade of reforms for the community services sector, scrutinising over 92 Commonwealth-level reviews from the Productivity Commission, Royal Commissions and Senate Enquiries.
Research and resources
- Published December 2020
- Authors : Gemma Carey, Megan Weier, Emma Barnes and Kristy Muir
Throughout 2020 the Centre for Social Impact produced a series of fact sheets to address specific social issue areas in the context of COVID-19.
Research and resources
- Published 2020
- Authors : Viktoria Adler, Mariana Atkins, Loretta Baldassar, Jo Barraket, Catherine Bock, Bruce Bonyhady, Jeremiah Brown, Zoe Callis, Gemma Carey, Tracy De Cotta, Helen Dickinson, Jane Farmer, Paul Flatau, Chris Hartley, Lisette Kaleveld, Anne Kavanagh, Jasmine Knox, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Rebekah Maycock-Sayce, Jack Noone, Isabella Saunders, Ami Seivwright, Phil Usher, Meera Varadharajan, Megan Weier, Chris Wilson and Erin Wilson
The latest Australian Homelessness Monitor shows the national homelessness rate is set to surge as short-term coronavirus and housing protections phase down. It also offers an independent analysis of homelessness in Australia and investigates the changing scale and nature of the problem.
Research and resources
- Published October 2020
- Authors : Hal Pawson, Cameron Parsell, Edgar Liu, Chris Hartley and Sian Thompson
The Centre for Social Impact UWA's 'Increasing and Improving Community Mental Health Supports in Western Australia' presents six models of innovative community mental health support that considers the needs of priority cohorts who are less likely to access support.
Research and resources
- Published November 2020
- Authors : Lisette Kaleveld, Catherine Bock and Ami Seivwright
In partnership with the Centre for Social Impact, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Social Traders and the Foundation for Young Australians, this research investigates how social enterprises affect the social determinants of health (SDOH) equities for young people experiencing disadvantage.
Research and resources
- Published October 2020
- Authors : Jo Barraket, Perri Campbell, Batool Moussa, Roksolana Suchowerska, Jane Farmer, Gemma Carey, Andrew Joyce, Chris Mason and Joanne McNeill
Researchers from the Centre for Social Impact UWA and Swinburne University of Technology have researched the impact and economic evaluations of Sacred Heart Mission's Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program.
Research and resources
- Published August 2020
- Authors : Paul Flatau, Ami Seivwright, Zoe Callis, Monica Thielking, Jessica Mackelprang, Kathryn Taylor, Louise La Sala, Bronte McLeod and Jude Spiers
Market stewardship of the NDIS has been raised as a major concern by multiple levels of government. 'Information sharing as market stewardship in the NDIS' demonstrates how independent information services are already playing essential market stewardship functions.
Research and resources
- Published March 2020
- Authors : Gemma Carey and Eleanor Malbon
The National Disability Services’ (NDS) Annual Market Survey has become one of the most important resources for understanding the state of the Australian disability sector, its challenges and opportunities.
Research and resources
- Published 2019 and 2020
- Authors : Gemma Carey, Megan Weier, Helen Dickinson, Eleanor Malbon, Damon Alexander and Gordon Duff
Markets are important to the success of the National Disability Insurance Scheme as it is through diverse and robust disability markets that participants can exercise choice and control. Our research aims to develop a range of interventions that will help these markets to function effectively.
Research and resources
- Published December 2019
- Authors : Daniel Reeders, Gemma Carey, Eleanor Malbon, Helen Dickinson, David Gilchrist, Gordon Duff, Satish Chand, Anne Kavanaugh and Damon Alexander
100 Families WA was a 3-year collective action research project with a vision to address the issue of entrenched disadvantage or hardship, as experienced by families living in Western Australia.
Research and resources
- Published 2019 - 2021
- Authors : Ami Seivwright, Paul Flatau, Zoe Callis, Carol Orr, Shawn Phillips, Susan Young, Colleen Fisher and Maria Harries
