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The latest policy, research and updates from the Sydney Policy Lab's portfolio of multidisciplinary, community-centred projects.
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18 December 2024
2024 at the Sydney Policy Lab
After a big year gathering and sharing diverse expertise at the Sydney Policy Lab, Director Dr Kate Harrison Brennan looks back on the research and policymaking highlights of 2024.
11 December 2024
Answering community calls to reform the carer visa
A Sydney Policy Lab working paper progressing community priorities from the Australia Cares project has made five recommendations to reform the restrictive and overly complex carer visa.
28 November 2024
Campus Collaboration shares first living bibliography
The Policy Lab’s Campus Collaboration has published a living bibliography to provide resources for people at the University of Sydney who are interested in finding out how others are approaching the challenge of creating, retaining and nourishing social cohesion at universities.
27 November 2024
Seven multidisciplinary nodes join Sydney Policy Lab
The Sydney Policy Lab has awarded seed funding to seven multidisciplinary nodes that will nurture connections between researchers and community members to tackle complex policy challenges
12 November 2024
Policy Lab grows advisory group expertise
The Sydney Policy Lab welcomes designer Fred Dust and public servant Dr Frances Foster-Thorpe to the group of leading thinkers and practitioners shaping its strategy and priorities.
11 November 2024
Campus Collaboration to explore campus life and disagreement
The Campus Collaboration, a new initiative of the Sydney Policy Lab, responds to times of heightened disagreement and conflict by engaging the expertise and creativity of staff and students.
25 October 2024
Policy Lab appoints design-focused deputy director
Associate Professor Leigh-Anne Hepburn is joining the Sydney Policy Lab as its first Deputy Director, Design, bringing her focus on design-enabled collaboration to bear on complex policy problems.
17 September 2024
Sydney Policy Lab announces seed funding for nodes
The addition of nodes to the Sydney Policy Lab offers researchers working on public policy and methodology funding and support to collaborate across disciplinary lines.
17 September 2024
Sydney Policy Lab welcomes inaugural Philosopher-in-Residence
Associate Professor in Political Philosophy Luara Ferracioli will contribute her expertise to a range of research and policy projects as the Lab’s first Philosopher-in-Residence.
13 September 2024
Policy bites in new exploratory research seminars
Lunchtime seminars at the Sydney Policy Lab will create space for academics and community members to exchange ideas across disciplines.