Racial Justice at Work
A lunchtime seminar on Aboriginal queer people at work, revising data from our randomised control trial to improve outcomes for students, public communications, and personal research.
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Interview on My Sociological Practice
I’ve been interviewed for the Lady Science podcast. I talk about what sociology is, my career as an applied sociologist, and how Indigenous and other minority sociologists continue to challenge Western and colonial methods and ideas in sociology and in social policy.
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Spillover Effect in the Real World
On this beautiful morning a few weeks back, I presented our team’s study on vocational training to the public sector. I used a fun example of Star Wars characters to illustrate our data on the importance of communicating learning objectives between teachers, employers and students.
Hop to change
Our presentation of our education research to a training board went really well! They had excellent questions about how to better support on the job training in seasonal jobs, such as in the aquaculture and agricultural sectors.
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Education and training
Our new research shows apprentices who cancel their employment contracts do so because they often feel they are subjected to tough working conditions for little pay (undertaking menial, repetitive tasks and long hours), receiving little guidance about their progress on the job. How can behavioural science help?
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After the results, what comes next?
This was the route to a stakeholder meeting in Western Sydney! We discussed our second project on vocational training and education, focusing on course enrollments.
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Community safety
Yesterday I went to rural New South Wales with a colleague to deliver a workshop. We discussed behavioural science concepts and a framework to eliminate risky behaviour during emergencies.
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Vocational training completions
This was my view waiting to go into a meeting with our partners, to discuss the last phase of our research project on vocational training competitions.
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Education interviews
Our fieldwork was so much fun! Our partner organisation was phenomenal in recruiting a range of participants across the education sector. Almost too efficient – the first day we interviewed 12 people (over half our sample) and my wrists and eyes nearly fell off from notetaking! We studied how peer networks can help or hinder education to work experiences. We also discussed the types of support and encouragement available to students and at work and school. Continue reading Education interviews
Peer Network Support for Students
Day in Applied Sociology 14: Fieldwork was so much fun! Our partner organisation was phenomenal in recruiting a range of participants across the education sector. Almost too efficient – the first day we interviewed 12 people (over half our sample) and … Continue reading Peer Network Support for Students
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