Socio-Economic Innovation
The Socio-Economic Innovation flagship explores innovative approaches to community and regional development that cross ‘social’ and ‘economic’ domains to generate multiple outcomes for communities and regions.IRD Projects and PhD research within the Socio-Economic Innovation flagship focus on the following themes:
Enterprise and Empowerment:
This research aims to document, evaluate and understand local enterprise initiatives in and beyond market settings that empower individuals, communities and regions. We work closely with practitioners to design, accompany, and evaluate innovative projects, and to explore their broader implications for policy and practice.
PhD Projects:
Lea Coates “King Island and a Sustainable Agri-Food Future”
Kiros Hiruy “Transforming the Odds: Bottom-Up Driven Social Empowerment and Inclusion in Regional Australia.”
Robin Krabbe “Investigating the potential of the participatory worldview to support socio-ecological sustainability”
Development Knowledge:
This research focuses on meeting regional development knowledge needs to encourage more innovative policy and practice. The Development Knowledge theme aims to develop tools, resources and approaches to help practitioners and policy makers tackle entrenched issues in new ways.
PhD Projects
Angela Castles, “ Peri Urban Land Use Change”
Clayton Hawkins, “Weak Ties in Leisure: The Role of Local Government”
Ian Locke, “Regional Intellect”
David Henderson, “Climate Change as Regional Competetive Advantage: King Island Case Study”
Lisa Watson, “Socio-economic factors affecting the uptake of ICT in the Tasmanian dairy industry”
Matthew Campbell-Ellis, "Constructing Sustainable Development Platforms for Rural Communities: A case study of Circular Head agri-food communities, Tasmania
