National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia - National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia

Scoping a Vision for the Future of Rural & Regional Australia - Discussion Paper Released

* The Discussion Paper and the Collection of Papers are both now available on this page*

For the past 6 months NIRRA has been undertaking a scoping project

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Researchers’ experiences of participating in interdisciplinary collaborative research

Webinar and seminar: Interdisciplinarity and climate change adaptation

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Draft 'Narrabri Statement'

Dear Members, We'd like to invite NIRRA members to provide feedback on the Draft 'Narrabri Statement' we have developed in consutlation with social researchers and community leaders at the recent Sustaining Rural Communities Conference in Narrabri

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Research profile

Current position & organisation: Senior Consultant, Courage Partners Management Consulting

Current research project:Evaluation of the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs’ Youth in Communities Program.

Tell us about your PhD research project?: The study examined ways of governing for coherence and sustainability in a regional context in the Australian Federal Government policy framework. A model of policy coherence was developed which incorporates whole-of and joined up government approaches and offers the potential of a nationally consistent approach to regional governance in Australia.

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About NIRRA

The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA), located in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, was established in 2009 to promote Australian rural and regional social research to relevant audiences. The main focus of the institute's work is:

To enhance collaboration between researchers, policy makers and community groups,
To increase the accessibility, visibility and usability of social research on rural and regional Australia,
To contribute to the production of policy relevant research outputs.