PolicyLink
PolicyLink strengthens existing Faculty of Arts leadership in policy‐related research and external engagement through enhanced visibility, support, and coordination
PolicyLink aims to cultivate and support strong links between high‐quality academic expertise and a diverse set of policy‐relevant partners and processes in ways that directly inform policy improvements across a wide range of substantive policy areas.
It does this by fostering robust, visible, and accessible networks of policy‐oriented researchers and their external partners, providing those networks with tailored institutional support.
Researchers benefit from specialised skills training, mentoring, small grant opportunities, and new forms of professional recognition.
External partners benefit from user‐friendly ways to locate, and liaise with, wide‐ranging policy‐oriented research expertise across the Faculty.
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Enlisting the support of trusted sources to tackle policy problems: the case of anti-microbial resistance
This project tests the effects of trusted sources on citizens' trust in governments and policy.
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Enhancing sleep and well-being in working families
This research project investigates the role of sleep on individuals' health.
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World Values Survey – Indonesia
This research project seeks to understand Indonesians’ attitudes to social, cultural and political issues through the World Values Survey.
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The Future of Women @ Work
Using the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) data, this report benchmarks Australian organisations and provides evidence-based policy advice to better integrate caregivers into employment.
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Joblessness: The Power of the Family in Australia and Internationally
This project unpacks the mechanisms, channels and factors that drive joblessness from one generation to the next in Australia and across Europe, Asia and the United States.
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Evaluation of Pre-Employment Card Implementation
This research project evaluates the implementation of Re-employment Card program – a major shift in the Indonesian government’s approach to helping jobseekers.
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Korean Australian Survey
This project is a series of longitudinal surveys and interviews of Korean-born populations in Australia.
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International Digital Policy Initiative
The International Digital Policy Initiative considers the role of digital policy in the age of global interdependence.
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Asian Australian COVID-19 Surveys
This project is composed of a series of online surveys and interviews targeting Asian-heritage populations in Australia to understand the challenges and strategies going through COVID-19.
PolicyLink is led by Associate Professor Matthew Nelson and Professor Dan Woodman, with support from the Faculty of Arts Research Team. For further information and to engage with PolicyLink, please contact us: arts-staffresearch@unimelb.edu.au