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New research finds a state of confusion when it comes to Australian government policymaking on housing, despite its huge economic and social significance.
Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.
A new report highlights how little we know about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to publicly-funded Indigenous programs. It’s a similar story in other policy areas – but we can do better.
Researchers and policymakers need to talk to each other. If they don’t, important research will merely gather dust and policies might do more harm than good.
Very few academics do a great deal to share their often important and relevant research with the general public. What’s holding them back?
Politicians and policymakers are at last grappling with the urgent need to generate new ideas and fresh ways of doing things. But in the race to the top, Australia has barely reached base camp.
Governance indicators have become essential for policy formation and political decision-making, helping us make sense of the messy social world, manage and govern it.
Do you consider yourself a rational person? For the most part, you probably are. If something hurts, you’ll stop doing it. If you like something, you’ll buy more of it, but you’ll rethink your decision…
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Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor and Host of ChangeMakers Podcast, University of Sydney
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Assistant professor of public policy, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Manager, Planning & Research, RMIT University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
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Professor of Anthropology, New York University
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Vice Dean and Professor of Business Law, New York University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
