
Sophie Yates is over at Bluesky now
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Do you work across the boundaries of policy research and practice? Are you doing a PhD while working in or with government? Submit an abstract to the Practice Panel for IRSPM 2025 irspm.org/panels-pages-2… Faculty of Arts Melbourne Social Equity Institute SRW Foundation ANZSOG Garth Britton John Diamond

THE BIG QUESTION: How can we help end child poverty in Australia? New on the blog for Anti-Poverty Week from Life Course Centre & featuring Dr Ella Kuskoff Cameron Parsell, Guyonne Kalb, Barbara Broadway & Alice Campbell powertopersuade.org.au/blog/the-big-q…


How food insecurity is biting: Australians are going hungry - new on the blog from Chandana Maitra Life Course Centre University of Sydney powertopersuade.org.au/blog/how-food-…




Never seen a bigger effort to kill one of my reports. NDIS agency refused comment for 8 days, demanded details of individuals I'd spoken to, provided one answer on 'background only' which I've quoted. Scheme eligibility reassessments wrongly cut support. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime…

Exploring ‘better, safer and more sustainable’ options for NDIS housing and support. Thanks to Hannah Orban from the Grattan Institute, and Rob Donnelly from the Canberra Disability Review, Advocacy for Inclusion - Incorporating PWDACT, for this week's blog post! powertopersuade.org.au/blog/home-choi…

Caregiving can be a rich and complex experience. @EnricoPfeifer1, University College London, knows this first-hand. Read about his PhD research on the impact that caregiving can have on people’s health, and how we can support caregivers to stay healthy. powertopersuade.org.au/blog/unseen-im…




Very excited to see this paper in Policy and Internet with @MaxHalupka out in the world. It deals with the fluid nature of digital objects, and outlines two new techniques which this enables that can change the politicality of digital objects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

📣🆕Early View❗️ 🎅Are you looking for a Season's reading❓ Ellie Malbon (she/her) & Jeremiah Brown study the relationship between administrative burden and the Capabilities Approach to human freedom👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467-8…



New post from Simone Casey on digital employment service about automated compliance and how it raises concerns about power dynamics, transparency, and fairness as digital technologies become central to enforcing conditional welfare policies: powertopersuade.org.au/blog/robo-comp…

🌹 Prof Gemma Carey, PhD MMedSci, a valued author & a member of our Editorial Board, passed away on 17 November 2024. Helen Dickinson, Sophie Yates is over at Bluesky now, Jeremiah Brown & Ellie Malbon (she/her) reflect on Gemma's academic work & engagement in public discussion on social justice issues👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467-8…


Mant thanks Prof Janine O’Flynn for the inspiring Donald C. Stone Lecture!! Much needed perspective in today's challenging times. #aspa2025



🚨 Blog post w Power to Persuade 🚨 I summarise my recent paper (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...). BUT: I really wanted to highlight how people with disability co-produce policy successes despite gov inaction. Pls share widely 🙏 powertopersuade.org.au/blog/navigatin…