Research Areas

  • Gender Equality

    We investigate how gender equity impacts on health and wellbeing, as well as current approaches to the measurement of gender equality in the workforce.

  • Policy, Services and the NDIS

    Our work in this theme is primarily concerned with linked data, the National Disability Insurance Scheme and major government policy reform.

  • Paid and Unpaid Work

    We conduct research on carers, support workers, working conditions, employment services, unpaid work, mental health outcomes, COVID-19 impacts and young people transitioning into the workforce.

  • Mental health

    This research program focuses on mental health in the workplace, mental health and disability, suicide prevention as well as gender and mental health.

  • Health behaviours

    This research is about understanding behaviour change and investigates behaviour change interventions in people with MS and disability in Australia.

  • Violence and Discrimination

    This theme includes projects on attitudes and marginalisation of people with disability in Australia. We also look at prevalence data on the nature and extent of violence towards people with disability in Australia.

  • COVID-19 and Inequality

    We focus on the impact of COVID-19 in the immediate, adjustment and recovery phases of the pandemic.

    • COVID19
    • coronavirus
    • COVID-19

  • Access to Services

    This research investigates access to social services for people with disability

    • Social services
    • disability
    • access

  • Disability and Healthcare

    This research investigates access to health services for people with disability

    • health services
    • people with disability