Current Projects
Child-centred evidence to drive meaningful social change for children
In Australia and the Pacific, children under 18 face increasingly uncertain futures, negatively impacting their capacity to claim their rights (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) OHCHR 1989). However, there is a shortage of robust, child-centred research on cross-cutting child rights issues to drive effective, evidence-based systemic change initiatives in Australia and the Pacific.
This project will explore how we can decolonise digital design to foster an inclusive, just and safe internet that empowers, values, and represents diverse children and young people.
Examining Youth Digital Wellbeing in Australia and the Philippines.
This project examines young people’s experiences of digital health interventions across Australia and the Philippines. By working closely with professional stakeholders and young people in each country, the project will co-design and co-develop targeted public health messaging, practitioner guidance and support as well as policy frameworks that enable youth health and wellbeing.
From Participation to Accountability in Health Care for young people.
This project partners with young people in NSW to investigate what accountability in health means and to develop youth-centred evidence and mechanisms to support constructive change.
New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal.
This project examines the way student leadership, organisation and participation occurs across online and offline spaces, shaping Australia’s political and democratic culture, during a time of global, social and political change.
The batyr programs: Promoting Young People's Wellbeing.
Our team has designed an appropriate and exciting approach to rigorously evaluate the batyr mental health support and prevention programs for schools and universities. The aim of this project is to provide the best quality data and insights to provide the basis for a sustainable plan for longer term evaluation.
The Development of Global Child and Adolescent-Centred Nutrition Indicators (CAN_I).
The overarching aim of this project is to collaborate with children and adolescents to co-develop child and adolescent-centred nutrition indicators for implementation in policy and public health programs across the globe. The collection of indicator data will take place via a global digital platform.
The Digital Experiences of Australian Youth.
This project will build upon Telstra Foundation’s Australian Youth Digital Index survey to capture children and young people’s engagement with digital technology.
Youth Voices on AI: Shaping a Safer Digital Future.
This project uses generative AI to engage children and young people in shaping the design, implementation and evaluation of generative AI technologies, to help keep them safe from digital harms, including online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA).