The Academy leads landmark research and policy projects a broad range of research and social policy issues. We draw on our experts and build diverse partnerships to develop and advance shared agendas that promote the conduct, translation and implementation of social science research in ways that improve the lives of people and society, now and in the future.

Current and recent projects focus on social science research infrastructure, Australian education research, and the complex and cross-cutting challenges facing researchers, educators and broader society in the coming decade.

The impact of our completed projects is captured in our reports and publications.

For more information, please contact the Academy’s Policy and Projects Manager, Dr Honae Cuffe at honae.cuffe@socialsciences.org.au.

Info Resilience

The role of cultural and community institutions in building resilience to mis- and dis-information

A new report prepared by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for Australia’s Chief Scientist and the National Science and Technology Council has been released. The report was commissioned by Government and overseen by an Expert Working Group of Fellows and other leading scholars. It found that cultural and community institutions and structures,

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Federal Election Series

The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia’s Federal Election Series holds up a mirror to Australia’s evolving democratic system and the unique electoral landscape resulting from compulsory voting and preferential ballots. By convening leading researchers and political practitioners, the Academy has helped foster a collaborative space for in-depth analysis of the past 10 Federal elections, from 1996

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Decadal Plan for Australian Education Research

Decadal Plan for Australian Education Research

In August 2024, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (the Academy) and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) convened a Roundtable discussion of priorities and future directions for education research. The roundtable was attended by more than thirty representatives from universities, peak bodies and professional organisations, education unions and education research agencies. Attendees

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Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure 2024-33

The Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure 2024-33 is a forward-looking blueprint for transforming Australia’s social science research infrastructure over the coming decade, so it can effectively support researchers working at the forefront of their fields and equip the social sciences to address Australia’s most pressing and evolving societal challenges. The Academy extends a

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Data enabled reseach future

Australia’s Data-Enabled Research Future:The Social Sciences The aim of this project was to identify recent developments, opportunities, and priority gaps in Australia’s social science research data ecosystem. This ecosystems includes Research Data Commons (large-scale data storage and computation infrastructure along with analytic tools and interoperability protocols) as well as the workforce andgovernance arrangements required to

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Climate Change

Academy statement on Australian action needed to address climate change Statement on the need for a price on greenhouse gas emissions Principles of Effective Policy Reform: Lessons for Australia’s Climate Change Policy Impasse The second report from the Academy’s climate change program follows a roundtable discussion in early 2021 in which research and policy experts

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Australian Bushfires

The devestating bushfires over the summer of 2019/2020 have brought into sharp focus the need for the whole of Australian society to proactively mitigate, manage and prepare for the impacts of climate change. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has some of our countries leading researchers and policy makers working on these pressing

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