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Project titleClient/Funder
Research Organisation
Completion Date 
Exploring the Impact of an Ageing Workforce on the SA Workers’ Compensation Scheme [Summary]  WorkCover SA Australian Institute for Social Research  May 2008
Provision of research into the role of the workplace in return to work [Summary]  WorkCover SA Australian Institute for Social Research March 2008
Demographic change, ageing and the workforce: An integrated model to inform workforce development and planning in Australia. [Summary]  ARC Linkage grant Australian Institute for Social Research March 2008

 DECS Workforce Planning Research Project  [Summary]

Dept of Education and Children’s Services, SA Australian Institute for Social Research March 2008
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector [Summary]  Don Dunstan Foundation  Australian Institute for Social Research February 2008 

 

Work-Life Balance: Creating a Culture of Shared Responsibility [Summary] SA Dept of Further Education Employment Science and Technology (DFEEST)  Australian Institute for Social Research

February 2008

 

Aboriginal Employment Policy and Action Plan 2008-2011 [Summary]  City of Adelaide  Australian Institute for Social Research February 2008
Complex not simple: the VET
pathway from welfare to work [Summary]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Australian Institute for Social Research February 2008
The Economic Contribution of the Health Sector to the South Australian Economy [Summary]  SA Dept of Health Australian Institute for Social Research February 2008
The Future at Work – A Strategic Framework for Workforce Development in Southern Adelaide [Summary] Southern Metropolitan Employment and Skills Formation Network and the Cities of Onkaparinga and Marion Australian Institute for Social Research  July 2007
Workforce Impact SA (WISA) – A Model for the Assessment of the Workforce Implications of Major Projects in South Australia [Summary] Industry Skills Boards of SA via State Government Workforce Development Fund Australian Institute for Social Research May 2007 
High Performance Workplaces: Developing Standards and Reporting Tools [Summary] Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) Australian Institute for Social Research  April 2007
Workforce Planning Tools and Practitioners: Prevalence, Scope and Quality [Summary] Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) Australian Institute for Social Research  April 2007
Identification of workforce core competencies required for the care of older Australians: the transition care workforce [Summary] Dept of Health and Ageing, Canberra  Australian Institute for Social Research

Completed 2007

 

Parents at Work: Review of the Parents Return to Work Program [Summary] SA Dept of Trade and Economic Development Australian Institute for Social Research

Completed 2007

 

 

Social Development Framework for the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters  [Summary] City of Norwood Payneham St Peters Australian Institute for Social Research Completed 2007 

 

Analysis of Retirement-related Information available to South Australians [Summary]  SA Office for the Ageing Australian Institute for Social Research Completed 2007

Social Inclusion in South Australia – building an information and evidence base to inform practice[Summary]

SA Dept of Health, HSRIP Large Grant, with in-kind support from the Office of the North and the Social Inclusion Unit.  Australian Institute for Social Research Completed 2006

A gender disaggregated data management resource

Office for Women, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  

A model for the measurement of social inclusion and social exclusion in Northern Adelaide

Department of Health, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  

A model to investigate the relationship between social capital, social inclusion and industrial development

Australian Research Council/City of Playford

Centre for Labour Research  

A model to investigate the relationship between social capital, social inclusion and industrial development

Australian Research Council/City of Playford

Centre for Labour Research  

A Population Policy for the City of Playford

City of Playford

Centre for Labour Research

 
GISCA

A spatially sensitive approach to understanding the impact of public expenditure on social inclusion

Australian Research Council/Social Inclusion Unit/Office for the North

Centre for Labour Research

 
GISCA

Analysis of the Public Sector Workforce Perspectives Survey

Office for the Commissioner of Public Employment, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  

Anti-Poverty Project

SA Council of Social Service

Centre for Labour Research

 
PHIDU

ARC Spatial Social Sciences Online

Australian Research Council

Centre for Labour Research  

Assistance with State Budget Submission

Public Service Association

Centre for Labour Research  

Barriers to E-Learning in South Australia

Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  

Demographic change, ageing and the workforce

Australian Research Council/Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology/Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment

Centre for Labour Research  

Employment Programs Evaluation Support

Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  
Exploring Relationships between Material Culture and Language, Propinquity, Population, Subsistence and Environment in the Upper Sepik-Central New Guinea Regions [Summary] Australian Research Council Linkage Grant GISCA Summary

Gender Data Online

Office for Women, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  

Measuring the triple bottom line

Australian Research Council/SA Council of Social Service

Centre for Labour Research  
Obesity, Health, Social Disadvantage and Environment in Australia : Relationships and Policy Implications [Summary] Australian Research Council Linkage Grant GISCA Summary

SA Policy Online

Department of Premier and Cabinet, SA Government/University of Adelaide/University of South Australia/Flinders University/Don Dunstan Foundation

Centre for Labour Research

 
Don Dunstan Foundation

Student Growth in the City of Adelaide

Adelaide City Council

Centre for Labour Research  

Sustainability Online

Local Government Association of South Australia

Centre for Labour Research  

Survey of volunteering in the not for profit sector

Office for Volunteers, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  
Temporary Migration To and From Australia: Changing Patterns, Causes and Implications [Summary] Australian Research Council Discovery Grant GISCA Summary

Termination, Change and Redundancy

SA Unions

Centre for Labour Research  
The New Paradigm of International Migration To and From Australia : Dimensions, Causes and Implications [Summary] ARC Federation Fellowship GISCA Summary
The significance of family business closures in SA   Centre for Labour Research  

Towards a predictive model of homelessness

Social Inclusion Unit, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research  

Towards an understanding of the relationship between creative capital and regional economic and employment development

Australian Research Council/Department of Premier and Cabinet

Centre for Labour Research  

Trends in Womens Employment in South Australia

Office for Women, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research