Achieving international excellence
Since 2004, we have completed 19 regional economic and social analysis projects and are continuing with another three.
Current projects
- Attraction of industrial skilled labour to the Avon Valley, Wheatbelt Regional Development Scheme, 2009-2010. (Completed.)
- A Social, Economic and Governance Analysis of Metropolitan Perth (FactBase), Committee for Perth, 2009 –
- Central Coast Employment Strategy, Wheatbelt Regional Development Scheme, 2009-2010.
- The Arts and Social Wellbeing in Australian Rural Communities, Australian Research Council, Country Arts WA, Department of Culture and the Arts, 2007-2010.
Completed 2009
- Australia's Rural Workforce: An analysis of Labour Shortages in Rural Australia, Rural Industries Research and Devlopment Corporation, 2006-2009.
- What makes a Rural Community Resilient, Rural Industries Research and Devlopment Corporation, 2007-2009.
- The Geography of Ageing in Australia's Rural Labour Force, UWA Grants Scheme, 2008-2009.
- Addressing Current and Future Skilled Labour Requirements in the Great Southern, Great Southern Development Commission/ Department of Transport and Regional Services, 2006-2009.
Completed 2008
- Workforce Futures for the Goldfields-Esperance Region – Background report and Workforce Plan, Department of Education and Training/ State Training Board, 2007-2008.
- New Regionalism and the Dynamics of Local Economies, Australian Research Council, 2006-2008.
- Regional Workforce Futures: An analysis of the Great Southern, South West and Wheatbelt Regions, Western Australian Regional Initiatives Scheme, 2006-2008.
Completed 2007
- A Socio-economic Overview of the Coastal Communities Adjacent to the North West Marine Region, Department of Environment,Water Heritage and the Arts/ National Oceans Office, 2007.
- Patterns of Future Development in the South-west Marine Region, Department of Environment,Water Heritage and the Arts/ National Oceans Office, 2007.
- An Assessment of the Key Marine Focussed Industries in the North-west Marine Region, Department of Environment,Water Heritage and the Arts/ National Oceans Office, 2007.
- Addressing Current and Future Skilled Labour Requirements in the Wheatbelt Region, Wheatbelt Regional Development Scheme, 2006-2007.
- Youth Education, Employment and Locational Choices and the West Australian Wheatbelt, Wheatbelt Regional Development Scheme, 2006-2007.
- Applying Participatory Prospective Analysis to the Development of Strategic Responses to Skilled Labour Shortages in Regional Australia, Department of Transport and Regional Services/ Great Southern Development Commission/ Great Southern Area Consultative Committee, 2006-2008.
- A Scenario Analysis Of The Social Impact Of The Western Rock Lobster Industry Management Options On Fleet Hosting Communities, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, 2004-2007.
Completed 2006
- Income Generation and Distribution Impacts of Contract Farming Systems on Rural Communities in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, UWA Grants Scheme, 2006.
- Indigenous Personal, Business and Industry Survey in the Narrogin Region, Small Business Enterprise Centre - Wheatbelt South, 2006.
Completed 2005
- A Socio-Economic Analysis and Description of the Marine Industries of Austrlaia's South West Marine Region, National Oceans Office, 2005.
Completed 2004
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