News and events
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Social participation in aged care
Researchers have investigated the factors that affect social participation for older people living in aged care
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Improving health outcomes for children in out-of-home care
Researchers have evaluated a new area-based intervention model to improve health outcomes for children in out-of-home care
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Victoria's abortions decline overall
Victoria's abortions decline overall, but region reports rise
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Professor Lisa Brophy named Academy Fellow
Social Work and Social Policy leader named Academy Fellow
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Innovations in Allied Health Hospital Workforce National Conference
Monday 18 November 2024
We would like to invite you to attend the Innovations in Allied Health Hospital Workforce National Conference - a La Trobe University School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport Event, supported by the La Trobe University Embedded Allied Health Research Network (LEARN)
John Richards Centre 2024 Oration
Thursday 31 October 2024
This exciting event will be held at La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga campus. Guest speaker Marcus Riley will explore the new stages of ageing through the topic: The Ageing Continuum - Challenge or Opportunity?
Infant Mental Health and Family Violence: How to be Infant Led
Thursday 17 October 2024
The La Trobe University Discipline of Social Work and Social Policy and the Care Economy Research Institute (CERI) invite you to attend an online webinar with Dr Wendy Bunston.
The ADVANCE-D Programme: addressing intimate partner violence
Monday 30 September 2024
This seminar explores the ADVANCE Programme: a targeted perpetrator program for men in the context of substance use.
Industry: Lunch and Latte - Care Economy
Thursday 22 August 2024
Join La Trobe University for ‘Industry: Lunch & Latte - Care Economy’ at the Digital Innovation Hub, located on the University's Melbourne Campus (Bundoora).
First Nations child’s relationality: and what this means for child and family practice
Thursday 27 June 2024
First Nations child’s relationality
Snapshot of Child and Family Research in the discipline of Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University
Thursday 23 May 2024
An opportunity to hear from academics in Social Work and Social Policy discipline talk to how their research applies to practice.
Troubling Care: research perspectives on Womens’ care work
Friday 08 March 2024
The Care Economy Research Institute (CERI) and the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) look forward to welcoming Dr Pat Armstrong, this International Women’s Day for a conversation about the importance that women’s paid, and unpaid work plays in the care economy and how best to use womens' experience of care work to address some of the key challenges post Covid.