Understanding the Impact of the Roadmap for Achieving Dignity without Restraint

Practical approaches to reduce the use of restrictive practices on people with disabilities within the disability service provider sector

Reaching Out – Exploring the role and impact of Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) Community Visitors Program for People with Disabilities

Gender-based Violence in Inpatient Mental Health Units

Have you or someone you know experienced gender violence in a mental health unit as a female patient?

Responding to cybercrime crime: Perceptions and needs of Australian police and the general community

Australian first study examining the policing of cybercrime.

Women and the Japanese state

Exploring the contemporary relationship between women and the Japanese state

Revenge pornography: The implications for law reform

This project aims to investigate prevalence, nature and effects of revenge pornography in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

International Policing and Civilian Protection in UN Peace Operations (DECRA)

From the Ground Up: Being and Working Together in Remote Papua New Guinea

Humour in social interactions in French and English

The main aim of the project is to analyse the functions of humour in French and Australian social visits within the framework of a larger joint project on social interaction.

Missing people, missing stories in the aftermath of genocide

Housing Establishment Fund: Does financial assistance help secure permanent accomodation?

Originally, intended to assist disadvantaged household’s secure permanent housing, the Housing Establishment Fund (HEF) is increasingly used to assist people experiencing homeessness into temporary accommodation.

Transitional Housing

Utilising administrative data held by Unison and the AIHW this project will provide insights into who gets into transitional accommodation, and whether they successfully exit the homelessness service system

Private Rental Access Program

This project will examine what works, and what does not and for whom.

Understanding social housing tenants better

This project will examine if it is possible to use existing tenancy data to create a meaningful tenancy typology based upon tenancy duration.

Homeless and ‘at risk’ households: The IAP Study

The project will examine the IAP administrative database to develop a clearer understanding of who presents to the IAP service, the different needs of various cohorts, and trends in demand over time.

Education and Employment

To examine the experience of looking for work, and of engaging in education and learning, for disadvantaged job seekers living in social housing.

Making Home

This PhD project is a qualitative study of how formerly homeless individuals make the transition into permanent housing.

A tale of two communities: An ethnographic study of two mixed tenure communities

Maximising Impact: A longitudinal study of public, community, affordable and social housing

Unison Housing Research Lab

The Union Housing Research Lab (UHRL) is a unique education and research collaboration between RMIT University and Unison Housing, Victoria’s largest social housing provider.

Emotional Experiences of Early Parenthood in Australian Families

An exploration of the emotional experiences of becoming a parent in Australia, from conception through to early parenthood, in all kinds of families.

Knowledge is Power in Reducing Youth Suicide Risk

First of its kind study looking at the levels of depression, anxiety, stress and suicidal ideation among ReachOut.com users

The Intersection of Cancer & Culture: A Sociological Study

The purpose of this study is to examine what living with cancer means for individuals, communities and families from a migrant background

Early Menopause: Perspectives of women and health professionals

A project exploring the experiences of women with early menopause and the perspectives of health professionals who care for women with this condition.