Past Research

Our previous research programs from 2014 to 2020 was organised into three interrelated research programs: Disadvantage Systems (how disadvantage occurs); Human Capabilities (who experiences disadvantage and why); and Social Transformation (what to do about it).

The connections between the programs provide an important feedback loop. Testing new solutions to target disadvantage teaches us more about how it happens and who is affected.

Disadvantage Systems

Analysing institutional systems and using data and technology to identify mechanisms of disadvantage Social disadvantage is a complex problem, generated and maintained across the life course and over generations through…

Human Capabilities

Exploring the capacity of families, schools, labour markets, and communities, to build and support human capabilities Socioeconomic disadvantage is a multi-faceted concept reflecting not only people’s lack of economic resources,…

Social Transformations

Piloting social interventions that lead to practical pathways out of disadvantage and transform human capabilities Within the Life Course Centre, our work in the Social Transformations program focuses on building…