The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Life Course Centre or LCC) is investigating the critical factors underlying disadvantage to provide life-changing solutions for policy and service delivery.
We aim to identify the drivers of disadvantage, characterised by the spread of social and economic poverty within families and across generations, and to develop innovative solutions to reduce disadvantage.
The Life Course Centre is a national centre funded by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Scheme. Hosted through the University of Queensland, the University of Western Australia is one of the collaborating Universities that comprise the centre. Staff at The Kids Research Institute Australia and UWA participate in a range of funded projects with the Life Course Centre.
The Kids staff:
Cate Taylor, Daniel Christensen, Emma Adams, Francis Mitrou, Gursimran Dhamrait, Ha Nguyen, Kirsten Hancock, Leah Cave, Leanne Scott, Sarah Johnson, Stephen Zubrick
The Kids LCC Projects
Understanding the reasons behind student absences
Time investment and child development
The Effects of Interpregnancy Intervals, Family Size & Sociodemographic Factors on Child Development Outcomes at Age 5
The effectiveness of a Consumer Centred Tobacco Management (CCTM) approach in enabling mental health consumers to reduce or quit smoking
Student achievement against national minimum standards for reading and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9
Pathways between racial discrimination and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
NEET in Australia: Characteristics of Social Security Payment Recipients who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)
Multigenerational disadvantage in Australia
LCC Flagship in Educational Equity. Using integrated administrative data to improve educational equity over the life course. UWA component - Evaluation of the Adult Migrant English Program
Data for policy
August 2020
Bilingualism, Parental English Skills and Child and Adolescent Development
A data infrastructure for improving Aboriginal life pathways: the influence of health, education, child protection and justice systems over time and across generations