Research
The School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy conduct research that is applied and relevant to contemporary social needs within and across disciplines of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy. The School has a history of undertaking research collaboratively with industry, non-government and government partners and with its high quality doctoral scholars and honours students.
The School covers a range of research problems in the following research areas:
- Aboriginal social issues and learning
- Workplace stress and health
- Bullying and harassment
- Social exclusion from work
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Gendered violence
- Rural, Regional and Remote Communities
- Cognition and health
- Development of fields of practice, research, policy and teaching and learning
- Responsible interactions with wildlife
- Evaluation of community conservation and citizen science
- Applied animal behaviour, cognition and welfare
Welcome to the School's Research Concentrations and Groups
Areas of study and research
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Health
SciencesResearch institutes
- Health Research
Research centres
- Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA)
- Centre for Cancer Biology
- Centre for Drug Discovery and Development
- Centre for Population Health Research
- Centre of Research Excellence for the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote High Risk Populations
- International Centre for Allied Health Evidence
- Medicine and Device Surveillance CRE
- Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre
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UniSA
Business School
School
- Commerce
- Law
- Management
- Marketing
Research institutes
- Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science
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Education, Arts
and Social SciencesSchool
- Art, Architecture and Design
- Communication, International Studies and Languages
- Education
- Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
Research institutes
- Hawke Research Institute
Research centres
- Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health and Safety
- Australian Centre for Child Protection
- Barbara Hardy Institute
- Centre for Research in Education
- Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
- Centre for Islamic Thought and Education
- International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding
- Research Centre for Languages and Cultures
- Zero Waste SA Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour (sd+b)
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IT, Engineering and
the EnvironmentResearch institutes
- Future Industries Institute
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UniSA
College