Organisation

Social Innovation Research Institute

Briefing paper

Tech capable 2025


This briefing is for boards and senior leaders, government, advocates and thought leaders. It was co-created with sector leaders during February to June 2020, following Swinburne’s Society 4.0 Forum in Nov 2019.
Report

Everyday humanitarianism during the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire crisis


The specific purpose of this rapid scoping project is to identify, describe and, where possible, map the location of the humanitarian behaviours enacted by individuals and community groups in response to the bushfire crisis. This focus of this study is on the activities and initiatives enacted by individuals and community groups independently of established humanitarian...
Report

Improving the mental health of rural Australians: a review


This report summarises insights from research undertaken to understand how to improve help for rural Australians, in addressing their mental health and wellbeing needs.
Report

Community responses to family violence


For public policies to achieve social change, they must increase awareness, community engagement and uptake of information about the target social issue. This project aimed to assess the extent to which changes in public awareness and engagement could be detected in response to Victorian Family Violence policy.

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