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Australia’s high house prices damage economic productivity, financial stability and equity

News & BlogBy adminJune 28, 2021

Article calling for a Royal Commission on Housing in Australia, following research showing how over-expensive housing is likely to weaken financial stability and impair economic productivity.

The Sydney Central business district skyline and the Sydney harbor and the Circular quay on a sunny day in Australia's largest city.

New report – Housing: Taming the Elephant in the Economy

Australia, City Futures Research Centre, Housing, Housing economics, Housing market, Jinqiao Long, Professor Duncan Maclennan, Research project - outputs, Research reportBy adminJune 15, 2021

A new report recommends immediate institutional reform to stabilise Australia’s dysfunctional housing market.

Using Third Sector Research to Influence Policy and Practice

Dr Sarah Weakley, Event report/resources, Knowledge exchange, Scotland’s Third Sector Research Forum, Seminar, Third sectorBy adminJune 7, 2021

This seminar shared the how of policy and practice engagements at all steps in the life of a research project.

View from a beach looking towards the buildings of the Scottish town of Oban including shops and cafes, cars in the streets and boats in the harbour. There is a hill beyond the town with a phone mast.

Report: A Scotland of Better Places

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Coronavirus / COVID-19, David Hume Institute, Economy, Governance, Place-based, Professor Duncan Maclennan, Research report, Sustainability, Tax, Think pieceBy adminJune 2, 2021

How Scotland’s places can play a central role in Scotland’s just and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the actions needed for places to ‘build forward better’.

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Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland Annual Report 2020-2021

Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Education, Children and Families, News, Professor Chris ChapmanBy adminMay 25, 2021

Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland (CNS) has published its 2020-2021 annual report.

Long COVID-19 study at University of Glasgow

Coronavirus / COVID-19, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, News, NHS Health Scotland, Professor Jill Pell, Research project - announcement, Scottish GovernmentBy adminMay 12, 2021

This major study at the University of Glasgow seeks to understand the long-term health of people who have had COVID-19.

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Scotland in Lockdown: Health and social impacts of COVID-19 in Scotland

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Dr Lucy Pickering, Inequalities, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Professor Sarah Armstrong, Research project - outputs, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice ResearchBy adminMay 12, 2021

Findings of a study exploring the impact of lockdown on people in Scotland who may already have been isolated or excluded prior to the pandemic.

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COVID-19 micro briefing 2: Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic – exploring the unequal social and economic burden on women

Employment and labour market, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow Women’s Voluntary Sector Network, Governance, Inequalities, Policy briefing, Research project - outputs, Social Recovery Taskforce, Wise WomenBy adminMay 10, 2021

Briefing that presents a range of evidence of the disproportionate impact of the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women.

View of block of modern flats overlooking the River Clyde with a small boat crossing the river to a mooring point

Democratic Governance through Intermediary Bodies: A Case Study of Third Sector Interfaces in Scotland

Briefing, Dr Jane Cullingworth, Participatory decision-making, Research project - outputs, Scotland, Third sector, What Works ScotlandBy adminApril 26, 2021

Access this summary of research which explores the relationship between the third sector and the state in Scotland.

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Educational researchers launch manifesto for change in Scottish education

Educational equity, Network for Social and Educational Equity, News, Professor Chris Chapman, Professor Mel Ainscow, Robert Owen CentreBy adminMarch 30, 2021

Researchers at the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change call on politicians to enable schools to work together more effectively to break the link between disadvantage and educational attainment.

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