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The University of Adelaide
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AUSTRALIA
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Current Research

For more information on a particular project, please contact the Institute office.

Project titleClient
Completion Date 
WorkCover SA Return to Work Fund Evaluation [Summary]WorkCover SAJune 2012
Gender and Governance [Summary]Asian Development BankDecember 2010
Workforce Planning for the South Australian Minerals Industry [Summary]Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources (IMER)October 2010
Provision of Evaluation of the Budget Measure Demonstration Sites for Day Respite in Residential Aged Care Facilities [Summary]Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth)October 2010
Sustainable Community Project [Summary]Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources (IMER)April 2010
Community Wellbeing - Enhancing the Policy and Planning Capacity of Local Government (Social Development Framework Implementation Stage 2) [Summary]City of Norwood, Payneham and St PetersApril 2010
Survey of Teachers on Employable Teacher Register [Summary]Dept of Education and Children’s Services, SAFebruary 2010
Career Intentions Survey [Summary]Dept of Education and Children’s Services, SAFebruary 2010
Economic Impact of International Education in South Australia [Summary]Education AdelaideDecember 2009
Research on the Nursing Workforce [Summary]Australian Nursing Federation (SA Branch)December 2009
Provision of Research into the Role of the Workplace in Return to Work Manufacturing Sector [Summary]WorkCover SADecember 2009
Evaluation of the VET to Work: Disability Support and Transition Pilot [Summary]Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and TechnologyNovember 2009
Towards an Understanding of Aged Care Planning Parameters as Influenced by Future Workforce Trends [Summary]Helping Hand Aged CareNovember 2009

Project TitleClient

Research
Organisation

Completion
Date
South Australian Youth Statistics Linked to South Australia's Strategic Plan [Summary]Office of YouthAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Evaluation of the Mental Health Nurses Incentive Program - Private Hospital Pilot [Summary]Departmernt of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth)Australian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Developing a Framework for Core Competencies in Aged Care National Health Workforce Taskforce (Acute-Aged Care Competencies, Part 2) [Summary]National Health Workforce TaskforceAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Office of Community Housing Data Collection [Summary]Office of Community HousingAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Analysis of the Employment of Young People in the City of Adelaide [Summary]Adelaide City CouncilAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Investigation of the Characteristics and Successful Strategies of Australian and World Cities that Attract and Retain Young People [Summary]Adelaide City CouncilAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Sustainable Workforce Participation of Mature Age Australians [Summary]National SeniorsAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
The Role of the Social Sciences in Innovation [Summary]Department for Further Education, Employment, Science and TechnologyAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Public Housing in South Australia and the Wider Impact of the Australian Government's Stimulus Package [Summary]Public Service AssociationAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2009
Exploring the Impact of an Ageing Workforce on the SA Workers’ Compensation Scheme [Summary]WorkCover SAAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2008
Provision of research into the role of the workplace in return to work [Summary]WorkCover SAAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2008
Demographic change, ageing and the workforce: An integrated model to inform workforce development and planning in Australia [Summary]ARC Linkage grantAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2008

DECS Workforce Planning Research Project  [Summary]

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

Completed 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

Completed 2008

 

Aboriginal Employment Policy and Action Plan 2008-2011 [Summary]City of AdelaideAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2008
Complex not simple: the VET
pathway from welfare to work [Summary]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)Australian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2008
The Economic Contribution of the Health Sector to the South Australian Economy [Summary]SA Dept of HealthAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 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 MarionAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 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 FundAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2007 
High Performance Workplaces: Developing Standards and Reporting Tools [Summary]Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST)Australian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2007
Workforce Planning Tools and Practitioners: Prevalence, Scope and Quality [Summary]Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST)Australian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 2007
Identification of workforce core competencies required for the care of older Australians: the transition care workforce [Summary]Dept of Health and Ageing, CanberraAustralian Institute for Social Research

Completed 2007

 

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

 

Completed 2007

 

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

 

Completed 2007

 

Analysis of Retirement-related Information available to South Australians [Summary]SA Office for the AgeingAustralian Institute for Social ResearchCompleted 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 ResearchCompleted 2006

A gender disaggregated data management resource

Office for Women, SA Government

Centre for Labour Research 

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 

Barriers to E-Learning in South Australia

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

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

Gender Data Online

Office for Women, SA Government

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

Student Growth in the City of Adelaide

Adelaide City Council

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

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