Organisation

Institute for Social Science Research

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Report

Pillar 3 report: what can be done to maximise educational outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage?

In response to COVID-19, most of the world’s student population was impacted by transitions to remote learning. This report presents evidence-based options for action to inform policy and programmatic solutions.
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Australian homelessness monitor 2020

The Australian Homelessness Monitor examines the changes in the scale and nature of homelessness in Australia, as well as how social, economic and policy drivers influence these changes. Recent research shows that the national homelessness rate is set to surge, as short-term coronavirus and housing...
Working paper

Digital contact tracing for COVID-19: a primer for policymakers

In this working paper, Australasian researchers use a simple graphical model of infection transmissions to illustrate why COVID-19 is particularly challenging to manage with traditional manual contact tracing.
Report

Australian homelessness monitor 2018

This report outlines the findings from an independent, longitudinal analysis, examining the changes in the scale and nature of homelessness in Australia, as well as how social, economic and policy drivers influence these changes.
Report

Indigenous homelessness in regional Australia

The overall aim of this project was to examine the phenomenon of Indigenous homelessness in Australian regional cities and to explore a range of service responses that have been developed for homeless and public-place dwelling Indigenous people in selected regional centres, so as to assess...