Strategic Research Program in Social Change and Wellbeing
The Strategic Research Program for Social Change and Wellbeing (SRP) at Griffith University is a new initiative to bring together nearly 150 researchers to focus on contemporary global challenges to society and community wellbeing.
Rapid social change since the 1950s has created great wealth and improved health and wellbeing for many. However, other indicators suggest deteriorating trends in individual, community and societal wellbeing. This Strategic Research Program explores the nature of ‘societal wellbeing’; examines the impact of social change on wellbeing; and develops interventions that promote positive change.
Our core objectives are to:
- explore the nature of societal and individual ‘wellbeing’;
- understand the reasons for trends and patterns in individual, family,
community and societal wellbeing in post-industrialised societies; and - develop ways of improving wellbeing in Australia and internationally.
Through the Strategic Research Program researchers focus their disciplinary expertise in 4 core themes:
Pathways, Transitions and Interventions for Change is a program focused on the life-course, changing social contexts for human development, and preventative interventions;
Space and Place incorporates spatial analysis into a study of how social change affects people’s lives and the fortunes of places, including local communities;
Causes and Prevention of Violence explores the causes, consequences, and prospects for the control of violence in a period of change and social dislocation; and
Creativity and Social Inclusion addresses the importance of creative pursuits, including music, drama and dance, in personal and social skills development and as key resources in the facilitation of social inclusion and cultural participation.
Latest news
Congratulations to Professor Brendan Gleeson
Congratulations to Professor Brendan Gleeson, Director Urban Research Program, who has been elected a Fellow of The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).
"Raising the Bar", by Kathryn Graham and Ross Homel
This book provides a definitive review of knowledge about bar room environments and their regulation, and provides directions for the prevention of aggression, violence and injury in and around public drinking establishments.
Forum debates international action to protect human rights
Should the responsibility to protect override national sovereignty? This topic will be debated at a free public forum on Thursday, August 21 at Parliament House, Brisbane.
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