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Chief Investigator secures $5 million in NHMRC funding

23 December 2025

Life Course Centre Chief Investigator Professor Abdullah Mamun, an NHMRC Leadership Fellow at The University of Queensland Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, and his team have been awarded a $5…

Health
Indigenous health

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What’s working from home doing to your mental health? We tracked 16,000 Australians to find out

3 December 2025

Working from home has become a fixture of Australian work culture, but its effect on mental health is still widely debated. Can working from home boost your mental health? If…

Mental Health
Work

Centre Achievements

Centre researcher awarded funding

25 November 2025

Centre Research Fellow, Dr Stefanie Plage, has secured an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) grant to help drive Australia’s future innovation. The ARC’s DECRA projects foster…

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New study unveils benefits of blue and green spaces for boosting child wellbeing

27 October 2025

Preschool children with more backyard space and those who live closer to parks and water do more active play than children from other neighbourhoods, according to a new study led…

Children
Early Childhood
Wellbeing

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Gender Inequality and Satisfaction with Marriage

17 October 2025

The Life Course Centre continues the conversation on social and economic disadvantage as part of Anti-Poverty Week 2025 (@AntiPovertyWeek). Gender inequality extends beyond income and employment into the structures of…

Gender

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Better Sleep Starts at Home

15 October 2025

This year, Anti-Poverty Week 2025 (12-18 October) continues its campaign to raise awareness and understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty in Australia, and to encourage action to end…

Sleep

Centre Achievements

University recognition for Centre researcher

15 September 2025

Centre Research Fellow Dr Stefanie Plage has received a prestigious University of Queensland Foundation Research Excellence Award, which celebrates the exceptional research achievements and leadership potential of individual early and…

Housing

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Tenancy at risk: What keeps people housed

25 August 2025

The complex and often overlapping challenges that people face trying to hold onto their housing have been revealed by Life Course Centre researchers. In the report What Does it Take…

Homelessness
Housing

Centre Events

International Life Course Conference: charting a roadmap for change

11 August 2025

In July, the Life Course Centre played host to a powerful gathering of experts and voices committed to addressing deep and persistent disadvantage over the life course and across generations….

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Researchers awarded ARC Industry Fellowships

21 July 2025

Two researchers from the Life Course Centre community have secured Australia Research Council (ARC) grants to advance research with impact. The ARC announced more than $52.8 million in funding to…

Children
Early Childhood
Youth

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Centre members take leading roles in new Social Science Research Infrastructure Network

7 July 2025

Australia’s social science research capacity is set to be boosted with the launch of a new initiative designed to improve research infrastructure, leading to better outcomes for the community. The…

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Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns

26 May 2025

People who’ve lived through natural disasters, such as floods or cyclones, often re-assess their priorities. But for Australians who’ve lived through a severe cyclone, this can affect them in a…

Health Insurance
Natural Disasters

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