Research Excellence through Partnership
Winner
Safe and Well Online
- Dr Philippa Collins, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society
- Dr Teresa Swist, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society
Young people's digital practices provide a key point of intervention to support mental health and wellbeing. The Safe and Well Online team has established and fostered wide-ranging partnerships leading to involvement of more than 500 young people and 25 public, community and industry partners, exemplifying the WSU ethos of engagement and impact. The research has established a framework for social campaigns to promote positive mental health. New evidence of the desires, behaviours and media modalities that promote youth mental health, four social campaigns and a knowledge network have boosted the capacity of services, government agencies and industries seeking a coordinated approach to the promotion of youth safety and wellbeing.
Nominated
- Dr Tara Hamilton, Senior Research Lecturer, MARCS Institute
- Dr Shameran Slewa-Younan, Senior Lecturer, Mental Health, School of Medicine
Award Criteria
- Alignment with the Western Sydney University Research Plan 2015-2017 and with at least one of the Western Sydney University Research themes.
- Evidence of the quality of research, i.e. evidence that the research has been peer-reviewed, cited.
- Demonstrated evidence of building peer and external collaboration networks, as well as evidence of community outreach as it relates to your research discipline.
- Outline the impact, or potential impact, and benefits of research.
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