Social isolation
Fact sheet
Loneliness, social connection and COVID-19: CSI response
This fact sheet highlights some short-term tips on how Australians can be healthy social humans in these unusual times.
Briefing paper
Most of our social interactions are already digital – so will physical isolation change anything?
This briefing paper suggests that many Australians won‘t have to change much to adapt to new ways of online socialising. Data from the 2017 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes show that for about 45% of Australians, all or most of their communication with family members and close friends is through text messages, mobile phones, or...
Report
Disrupting disadvantage: setting the scene
Entrenched disadvantage is unfortunately a well-known feature of the Australian socio-economic landscape. CEDA’s primary focus in this paper is on people who become stuck or are at risk of becoming stuck in disadvantage.
Report
The practice of kindness: learning from the Kindness Innovation Network and North Ayrshire
This publication brings together practical examples of things that can be done to create the conditions for kindness. It also highlights the barriers to relationships within organisations, and posits kindness as a radical concept that demands challenging the systems and structures that currently govern our institutions.
Report
Making the connection: transportation and youth disconnection
This report presents youth disconnection rates for the United States as a whole - by gender, by race and ethnicity, by region, by state, and by metro area. It explores factors associated with youth disconnection and makes recommendations for addressing them.