Settling Well
Project Details
Regional humanitarian settlement is a key priority across all levels of government in Australia. This study aims to provide the first longitudinal assessment of the impacts of the settlement of people from refugee backgrounds in regional Australia, for both people from refugee backgrounds themselves and the communities in which they settle.
The study will provide an important insight into the enablers and barriers to regional settlement of humanitarian entrants, and the important role and perspectives of the community in which they have settled.
Researchers
Associate Professor Karen Block
Salsawi Feleke Debela
Collaborators
Project Lead
University of Wollongong
Associate Professor Natascha Klocker
Dr Eliza Crosbie
Collaborators
University of Newcastle: Dr Paul Hodge
Western Sydney University: Dr Melissa Philips, Margaret Piper AM
University of Melbourne Associate Professor Celia McMichael, Dr Ankur Singh
AMES Australia
Multicultural Australia
Multicultural NSW
Australian Red Cross Society
Graduate Researchers
John Idriss Lahai, University of Wollongong
Talia Stump, Western Sydney University
Funding
This is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project. The Settling Well project is also supported with funding from the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs.