Industry reports and surveys
Each research project has led to a series of Industry Reports, written to brief our Project Partners on the Research Team’s findings. For more information see our Research Projects.
Evaluation of Geared4Careers Youth Employment Program
- Moran, M., Hart, A., Lasater, Z., & Quilliam, C. (2026). Evaluation of Geared4Careers Youth Employment Program. The University of Melbourne.
Formal Relational Contracts
- Considine, M., & Bonyhady, B. (2025). Collaborative Commissioning and Formal Relational Contracting: What’s the difference and what are the likely benefits? University of Melbourne.
- Considine, M. (2024) Formal Relational Contracts and the Commissioning of Complex Public Services. The University of Melbourne.
SDET Model: Best practices in placing DES jobseekers into work
- Nguyen, P. & Considine, M. (2024), SDET Model: Best practices in placing DES jobseekers into work: Report to CVGT, the University of Melbourne.
Best practice models in employment services provision
- Corbett, E., McGann, M., Considine, M., & Rejón, R. (2025). Trauma‐Informed Practice in Welfare‐to‐Work and Employment Services: A Scoping Review. Australian Journal of Social Issues.
- Corbett, E., McGann, M., Considine, M. and Rejón, R. (2024), Trauma-informed practice in welfare-to-work and employment services: A scoping review (563 KB pdf) Melbourne: Australian Welfare and Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
- Hart, A., McGann, M., & Corbett, E., (2025). Understanding holistic approaches to employment support for people who have been incarcerated in Victorian men’s prisons. University of Melbourne.
The New Digital Governance of Welfare-to-Work
- Carter, C., McGann, M., Ball, S., Nguyen, P., Considine, M., Lewis, J.M., (2025), The New Digital Governance of Welfare-to-Work: Report on Interviews with Workforce Australia Online Participants. University of Melbourne.
- Ball, S., Carter, C., Considine, M., Lewis, J.M., McGann, M., and Nguyen, P., (2023), Industry Report on Survey of Workforce Australia Frontline Staff (1.14MB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Ball, S., Considine, M., Lewis, J.M., McGann, M., Nguyen, P., and O’Sullivan, S. (2022), Industry report from focus groups (587KB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Ball, S., McGann, M., Considine, M., Lewis, J.M., O’Sullivan, S., and Nguyen, P. (2022), Digital Governance of Welfare to Work: Industry report on interviews with international expert (939KB pdf), the University of Melbourne
Entitlement to Experiment: The New Governance of Welfare-to-Work
- Lewis, J.M., Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., Nguyen, P. and McGann, M. (2018), From Entitlement to Experiment: Industry report on case studies of high providing providers (1.1MB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Lewis, J.M., Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., Nguyen, P. and McGann, M. (2017), From Entitlement to Experiment: The new governance of welfare to work – UK Report back to Industry Partners (585KB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Lewis, J.M., Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., Nguyen, P. and McGann, M. (2016), From Entitlement to Experiment: The new governance of welfare to work – Australian Report back to Industry Partners (680KB pdf), the University of Melbourne
Employment Services, Increasing Innovation and Flexibility in Social Service Delivery
- Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., Nguyen, P. and Toso, F (2013), Increasing Innovation and Flexibility in Social Service Delivery: A Comparison of the Australian and UK 2012 Frontline Employment Services Survey Results (1.1MB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., Nguyen, P. and Toso, F (2013), Increasing Innovation and Flexibility in Social Service Delivery: UK Report back to Industry Partners (1.1MB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., Nguyen, P. and Toso, F (2013), Increasing Innovation and Flexibility in Social Service Delivery: Australian Report back to Industry Partners (1.2MB pdf), the University of Melbourne
Employment Services, Activating States
- Considine, M., Lewis, J.M. and O’Sullivan, S. (2009), Activating States: transforming the delivery of ‘welfare to work’ services in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands – UK report back to Industry Partners (325KB pdf), the University of Melbourne
- Considine, M., Lewis, J.M. and O’Sullivan, S. (2008), Activating States: transforming the delivery of ‘welfare to work’ services in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands – Australian report back to Industry Partners (330KB pdf), the University of Melbourne