SPARC Research
SPARC has research expertise across a wide range of areas relevant to social policy, including:
Poverty, inequality and social exclusion
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Rights-based approaches to social policy
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Gender
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Children and childhood
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Public sector management
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Third sector service delivery organisations
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Members of SPARC are currently engaged in four ARC Linkage projects which explore some of the themes listed above.
- Sharon Bessell and Amy Liu: Developing better indices of poverty and gender equity.
- Sharon Bessell and Ann Nevile: Developing a framework for analysing community strengthening and social inclusion policies from a child-centred perspective.
- Ann Nevile and Janine O’Flynn: Trust, competition and control in the new generation of employment services in Australia.
- Janine O’Flynn: Whole-of-government approaches to policy-making, implementation and service delivery.