Mental health and wellbeing
Dynamics of loneliness and social isolation
This project aims to provide new insights into the socioeconomic dynamics of loneliness and social isolation using advanced econometric modelling techniques.
Economics of mental wellbeing
Bringing together leading national and international economists who are passionate about undertaking and promoting much-needed mental health research.
Fire To Flourish
This 5 year program brings together the University’s transdisciplinary research capabilities to work with bushfire-affected communities to advance community-led resilience/
Inequalities in health and wellbeing
This project will provide new knowledge on the causes of ill health, and help explain observed inequalities in health.
Insecure Work and the Mental Health of Workers and their Families
Mental illness constitutes a major burden on labour market productivity, with sickness absence, reduced work performance and long-term incapacity due to associated costs.
Mental Health Modelling
The Australian Government has engaged a consortium to develop an analytical simulation model capable of predicting the impact of COVID-19 on rates of mental health.
Microeconometric Analysis of Socioeconomic Inequity in Mental Healthcare
Resources for mental healthcare are distributed inequitably in Australia; across households and across neighbourhoods.