The National Research Retreat is a 2-day event that provides opportunities for Centre Researchers, Chief Investigators, Associate Investigators and other stakeholders to connect and network with colleagues from other nodes. Opportunities include updates about the Centre, First Nations Research, research partnerships, skill developments, research planning, solving the big challenges and identifying research or policy gaps that could be addressed by the Life Course Centre and consolidating research ideas.
Program highlights
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Uncle John Graham
CENTRE UPDATES
Janeen Baxter & Portfolio Leaders
PANEL
FIRST NATIONS RESEARCH
CO-CHAIRS: Sangeetha Chandrashekeran
& Brendan Kennedy
- Andrew Sporle (University of Auckland)
- Natalie Siegel-Brown (Productivity Commission)
- Sharif Deen (NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations)
PANEL
Developing and maintaining Research Partnerships
CHAIR: Mark Western
- Alyssa Milton (USyd)
- Thomas Longden (WSU)
- Hayley Christian (UWA)
- Toni Wren (Single Mother Families Australia)
OUR GRAND CHALLENGES
- Ensuring the Best Human Development for our Children and Young People
- Providing Adequate Housing
- Making our Institutions “Fit for Purpose“
- Working within the Global Context
- Improving our Decision Making
- Restoring Social and Economic Opportunity
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- How to develop the confidence to step up
- How to manage risks
- How to have difficult conversations