The authors of this paper recommend that the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) and others involved in the policy, research and practice sectors support increased collaboration across these sectors in the child and youth services areas by contributing to an environment that supports cross-sector relationships and networks.

This CHASS report details the benefits to Australia of encouraging big collaborative research projects, to provide solutions to the big problems the country faces. These 'big issues' include caring for an ageing population, maintaining water supply, cyber crime, and aboriginal health and welfare. This CHASS report details the benefits to Australia of encouraging big collaborative...

Executive summary This report describes the commercial activities and examines the impediments and incentives facing humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) researchers and educators at the tertiary level in Australia. It is a snapshot of who is commercialising research and how they approach this task, based on the findings of focus groups and questionnaires.