Proceedings of an event that brought together people with disability, advocates, policymakers, researchers, and leaders from the sector. The event, comprising short talks and group discussions, built on ideas from earlier events that focus on research led by people with disability, based on real experiences, and aimed at making a difference in policy and practice.

The strategy signals a reinvigorated research and evaluation focus for Safe Work Australia and its drive for coordinated, collaborative national research to improve work health and safety (WHS) outcomes and workers’ compensation arrangements. It sets out the goals, priorities and focus areas governing the agency's collaboration with the wider WHS research community.

This presentation discusses practical strategies for finding and using research evidence in a practice context related to Australian child and family services. It considers different types of research evidence and how to find and assess its quality, as well as insights into how research evidence can be used alongside other forms of evidence, such as...

This video recording is of an event exploring how research led by and with people with disability can be mobilised to influence real change in policy and practice. Key themes include how research leads to impact, best practice in sharing research accessibly and meaningfully, and collaboration between researchers, policymakers, advocates and service providers.

There is a crucial need for practical evidence-based approaches in public policy. This article proposes Bayesian adaptive trials as an efficient method to conduct trials and as a unifying framework for the evaluation of social policy interventions. This approach addresses limitations inherent in traditional methods and recognises the need for evidence-based approaches in public policy.