The main objectives of the Alfred Felton Research Program are to:
- Improve the well-being of vulnerable children, young people
and their families through the development of relevant knowledge to
inform policy and practice.
- Support the development of research-informed practice in the family and domestic violence sector.
- Build
the research capacity of community service organisations through the
development of research projects of relevance to the sector.
- Develop
a 'research into action' project that focuses on the dissemination and
implementation of current research knowledge that contributes to policy
and practice.
- Contribute to the development of knowledge
that recognises and respects diversity across communities, cultures,
gender, class, age, sexuality and different abilities. In particular
the issues for indigenous communities, children and families are
acknowledged and developed wherever possible.
- Recognise
that sources of knowledge are diverse and that empirical research needs
to both draw on and develop work with practitioners, policy workers and
consumers/service users and community members as equal partners in the
development of relevant knowledge for practice and policy.
- Contribute
to innovative agendas in child and family welfare and family violence
that stimulate innovative developments to progress policy and practice.
- Develop a program that addresses issues that are relevant locally, nationally and internationally.