Research @ Social Work
Capturing the essence of knowledge-informed practice
Exploring collaborative responses in key practice areas
Responding to local, national and international concerns
Research in social work supports and develops knowledge leadership with a social justice framework across diverse areas of policy and practice.
Our research clusters
Child, Youth and Family
Lead: Professor Cathy Humphreys
Partnership: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Sector Research Partnership
Building on the success of the Child and Family Safety and Wellbeing collaboration through the Sector Research Partnership with the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare and the Alfred Felton Trust.
Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing
Lead: Associate Professor Lou Harms
We have a strong reputation for quality research in the area of health social work. This is achieved through reciprocal partnerships with services across the sector nationally and internationally.
Social Justice and Human Rights
Lead: Professor Marie Connolly
Social justice rests at the heart of social work practice and research. Notions of social justice also rest at the heart of human rights concern and contribute importantly to rights-based practice in social work.