CCYP Events

Translating research for policy and practice impact

Translating research for policy and practice impact

Presented by Dr Georgina Dimopoulos

This event was held on 28th October 2024.

Research knowledge is key to solving problems, improving services and supporting evidence-informed decisions. This seminar will explore translating research to action in policy and practice, through insights from the judiciary, government policy and academia.

Judge Alexandra Harland (Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – Division 2), Rebecca Mills (Acting Assistant Secretary, Family Law Branch, Attorney-General’s Department) and Dr Georgina Dimopoulos (Southern Cross University) discuss the interactions between research processes, policy development and practice, and how research can be synthesised, disseminated and implemented for innovation, meaningful impact and change.

The conversation was moderated by Dean of Law, Professor David Heilpern (Southern Cross University).

Researching with children and young people on sensitive topics: Voices from therapeutic residential care.

Hosted by Prof Lynne McPherson & Dr Antonia Canosa

This seminar was held on 22nd August 2024.

In this presentation, we discussed learnings from recent research with children and young people living in therapeutic residential care in NSW. We explored how best to involve children who are often ‘gate-kept’ out of research because they are considered ‘too vulnerable’ to participate due to their lived experiences of trauma, abuse and neglect.

While the research focused on exploring relational practices of care that support young people’s development of positive relationships and social connections, in this presentation we focus on how the research team had to embody the principles of relational practice to establish rapport, trust and mutual respect and encourage our young participants to share their lived experiences and discuss sensitive topics to better inform policy and practice in the sector.

Decolonial Research: Creating and maintaining relationships with communities

Presented by Associate Professor Kathomi Gatwiri and Dr Kylie Day.

This seminar was held on 25th July 2024. 

The seminar focused on a form of ‘doing’ anti-racist research that focuses on building and maintaining ethical and safe relationships with racially marginalised communities.

In particular, it delved into the principles and practices of decolonial research that challenge colonial frameworks in knowledge production through centralising community voices.

It was designed for both experienced and emerging researchers and offered valuable insights for conducting research that builds on existing community knowledge and perspectives. This involves thinking about power, time, knowledge circulation and processes of building trust.