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Journal article
Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives
Australian social work, Vol.78(2), pp.213-225
21/09/2023
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Abstract
While social work research in Australia is in reasonable shape, it requires a strong research culture promoting rigorous research to enhance its credibility and influence on social policy discourses. This study explored proposals to advance social work research, based on interviews with 20 experienced Australian social work researchers. Strategies identified include improving research culture and training, the development of research infrastructure to promote and stimulate research, and forming new partnerships both among researchers and between researchers and research end-users. Growing and strengthening the research foundations of the discipline is essential to its future relevance.
IMPLICATIONS
The Australian social work community would benefit from a more deliberate and strategic approach to increasing the quality and quantity of research to inform practice and policy.
Opportunities for social work researchers to connect with each other to disseminate, discuss, and plan research could provide a hub for increasing research development and research collaboration.
The responsibility and capacity to lead research development and advocate for social work research is shared between the academy, the human services sector, and representative professional associations.
Details
- Title
- Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives
- Creators
- Clare Tilbury - Griffith UniversityMark Hughes - Southern Cross UniversityChristine Bigby - La Trobe UniversityClarissa Hitchcock - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Australian social work, Vol.78(2), pp.213-225
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- Australian Research Council
- Identifiers
- 991013141813102368
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Social Work; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article