Our Research
Our research is undertaken by a diverse multidisciplinary team.
Researchers bring different disciplinary understandings to the Centre from sociology, psychology, social policy, economics, education, law, health, business, and environmental science.
Our research covers a wide range of issues that impact on children and young people's rights and wellbeing. These include disability, family law, loss and grief, teacher learning, out of home care, consumerism, technology, relationships, belonging and connection, abuse and neglect, childhood cultures, play, the transition to school, climate change and environment.
Respecting the human dignity of children and young people is central to our work. This calls for constant attention to ethics, not only in regard to the research we conduct but also through our overall engagement with children and young people and with the different contexts in which they live their lives.
Ethical Research and Practice
Schools
Wellbeing in Schools
Family
Understanding Change, Loss and Grief
Community
Building Inclusion
- Growing Together through Gardening
- Relationships and Recognition: Support Relationships between Young People with Cognitive Disability and Support Workers
- Preventing Abuse, Promoting Personal Safety for Young People with Disability
- Space, Place and Relationships: Belonging and Connection in Regional Communities
- Employment Model Outcomes for People with Intellectual Disability
- Evaluation of the CREATE Ability 2 Project (TAP2)
- Telling Your Story: Evaluation of the Community Inclusion Initiative
- Evaluation of My Choice Matters
Growing up with Tourism
- Our Home Holiday Town - Project description
- Our Home Holiday Town - Flyer
- Doofing and the Politics of Survival in the Byron Shire Project Description
- Doofing and the Politics of Survival in the Byron Shire Summary Findings Summary of Findings
- Voices from the Margin: Youth, Identity and Belonging in a Tourist Destination