Digital economy
Briefing paper
Standards for the digital economy: creating an architecture for data collection, access and analytics
This policy brief outlines the key recommendations from Canada’s Economic Strategy Tables and other think tanks pertaining to digitization and data interoperability standards.
Briefing paper
World Trade Organization 2.0: reforming multilateral trade rules for the digital age
This paper argues that the rules-based framework, as instantiated in rules established under the World Trade Organization (WTO), is not equipped to address the issues that are emerging under the technological conditions generated by the digital transformation.
Survey Report
Australian Community Managers (ACM) career survey
This annual career survey of professional online community management in Australia is the only vocational research into professional online community management in the Asia Pacific region, providing an illuminating view of an emerging international discipline through a local lens.
Report
Digital platform work in Australia: preliminary findings from a national survey
The objectives of this research were to explore the prevalence and characteristics of digital platform work in Australia, gain insight into the characteristics and experiences of those participating in digital platform work, and understand the extent to which they combine digital platform work with other forms of paid work.
Report
Peak human potential: preparing Australia's workforce for the digital future
Swinburne University’s Centre for the New Workforce surveyed 1,000 working Australians across the economy, to understand how they expect to succeed in the future of work. This report provides expert analysis and recommendations on how policy makers, educators and employers can help pave the way for a successful future for Australia’s workforce.