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Presented by. JEREMY NOTT Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy & Knowledge Branch. Key FaCS Research Activities. Data Production HILDA, LSAC, LSIC, LDS, specific surveys Research under specific Agreements Eg. Disabilities, Housing Social Policy Research Agreements
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Presented by JEREMY NOTT Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy & Knowledge Branch
Key FaCS Research Activities • Data Production • HILDA, LSAC, LSIC, LDS, specific surveys • Research under specific Agreements • Eg. Disabilities, Housing • Social Policy Research Agreements • Wide variety of topics of importance to FaCS • ARC linkage projects • Eg. Savings behaviour, youth • Evaluation • Eg. AWT, SFCS
Social Policy Research Services • Strong partnership flavour • Joint oversight • $1.5 million per annum • Leverage over topics being studied by researchers • Around 60 projects commissioned since 2001
Importance of Data • FaCS heavily involved in commissioning new data and using existing data • Longitudinal survey data • Longitudinal administrative data • Great way to get the research community interested • Chance to break new ground • Easy pathway to publication • Many SPRS projects explore policy implications of these data