Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Research impact

Professor Jane Millar at the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Professor Jane Millar at the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Dr Jason Hart working with a Bedouin community in the Jordan valley

Dr Jason Hart working with a Bedouin community in the Jordan valley

Children, Young People and Families

Over the past thirty years, we have been engaged in original research on sustainable livelihoods for families and children. We investigate how they make ends meet, when they have limited control and few options.

We have focused in particular on the most vulnerable families, including lone-mother families and children living in poverty. In doing so, we have given a voice to the needs of those least able to speak up for themselves.

This research has involved collaboration between two of our research centres:

 

 
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