The Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work is home to world-leading research capability and expertise on gender, work and care.
Our research offers nuanced and ‘next-generation’ research to deliver actionable insights that drive progress in gender equality and inclusion at work.
We have extensive expertise in mixed-methods research, including surveys, focus groups, interviews, and analysis of large datasets, which is undertaken by our highly skilled team of multidisciplinary scholars. Outputs include academic peer reviewed papers, rapid literature reviews, thematic reports and policy briefings for industry and government partners. Our research work produces actionable insights for structural change and real-world impact.
Good Flex, Bad Flex: Designing Flexibility for Gender Equality is a research report from the Working for Women Research Partnership, led by the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work. It finds that choice and control over how work is performed can boost gender equality, strengthen economic security, and make work more sustainable. Download the reports below.
'Choice, Voice, and Control: NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Experiences and Aspirations in Hours, Rostering and Flexibility at Work' examines the experience and needs of nurses and midwives in the New South Wales public health system, and the way in which work design can enable or inhibit high quality care, retention of a skilled workforce, and higher job satisfaction among workers. Learn more.
The Gender Equality @ Work Index offers a comprehensive and longitudinal snapshot of gender equality at work. Assessing the gender gap across seven key dimensions, it tracks the current state of gender equality at work and measures changes over time.
This report analyses how women on the Central Coast experience work now, and what they aspire to in their working futures.
