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Participatory Research Partnerships

The Regional Development in Global Context Program works closely with a broad range of organisations, industries, and academic units on collaborative research with practical outcomes for regional communities in Australia and abroad.

Our goal is to carry out relevant research with active participation and input from development practitioners, industry partners, and community members.

Our list of research projects is continually evolving, and many of our projects are shared with regional organisations and/ or other academic units within RMIT University. We also collaborate actively with the Victorian Universities Regional Research Network (VURRN)

Some of our recent or current projects are:

  • Leveraging Remittances with Microfinance – a Cross-Country Study (ARC Linkage 2005-2007), with co-investigator Judith Shaw of RMIT’s International Development Program, the Foundation for Development Cooperation, AusAID, and six international partner organisations.
  • The Potter Farmland Project: Past, Present and Future – with Kaye Scholfield of RMIT’s Learning Community Partnerships Unit and the Friends of Potter Farmland Project Group; funded by the Ian Potter Foundation. Film archiving project funded by local philanthropist Geoff Handbury. PhD project funded by Land & Water Australia.
  • Consumers, Communities and Counselling – Increasing the Contribution (Consumer Participation Project) – with Sue Brumby and Evelyn Jack of the Western District Health Service; funded by the Department of Human Services (2006).
  • 10MMM Youth Multimedia Project – with the Western District Health Service, RMIT Learning Community Partnerships, and other community partners, funded by VicHealth (2006-2009).
  • Towns in Time – the Victorian Small Towns Study Revised – with John Henshaw and colleagues from the Victorian Universities Regional Research Network, funded by the Department of Sustainability and the Environment (2005).
  • After the Microfinance Revolution: Retrospective on Microenterprise Development in Bolivia – with the Sucre Chamber of Commerce and SNV Sucre Office (2006).
  • Assessing the Triple-bottom-line Impact of Mineral Resource Developments in Established Communities: Western District Stage One Study – with Iluka Resources, Ltd. and the Shire of the Southern Grampians (2005).
  • Modelling Fertilizer Application in the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment – Chief investigator Sergei Schreider, Maths and Geospatial Sciences, Funded by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA (2006).