The @arc_gov_au Centre of Excellence for Children & Families over the Life Course (the Life Course Centre). @UQ_News @uwanews @unimelb @Sydney_Uni
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Better Sleep Starts at Home - research from Dr Shannon Edmed and Professor Simon Smith from @UQ_News and @lifecourseAust on sleep as an indicator and mechanism of disadvantage - Power to Persuade #antipovertyweek powertopersuade.org.au/blog/…
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Gender Inequality and Satisfaction with Marriage. Alysha Gray from The University of Queensland and @lifecourseAust explores the social and economic impacts of unequal relationships - Power to Persuade @AntiPovertyWeek powertopersuade.org.au/blog/…
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IJPDS and The World Health Organization have combined forces for a Special Issue on Linked Data Across the Life Course
Call for papers is open ijpds.org/calls/leveraging-d…
Exploring how routinely collected data can be used to improve health and wellbeing across the life course
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✈️ 🇫🇷Thanks to @lifecourseAust @YangNanyin is taking part in @INSEAD's Neuroeconomics Summer School Program in France, bringing together #Economics, Neuroscience, Psych + related disciplines for advanced studies in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of #Neuroeconomics 🧠
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Excited to share 2 researchers in our Centre community were awarded @arc_gov_au funding! A/Prof Sally Staton received a Mid-Career Industry Fellowship & Dr Rose-marie Stambe received an Early-Career Industry Fellowship. Congrats on the grants to further your important research.
Check out this article written by our Research Fellow Dr Ha Nguyen and CI Professor Francis Mitrou.
A damaged home and the psychological stress that comes with living through a major cyclone can prompt people to buy private health insurance. theconversation.com/cyclones…
Our Centre Director Professor Janeen Baxter joined ABC Radio Evenings with Kelly Higgins-Devine to discuss the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency data on gendered pay gaps in Australia.
Listen now (starting from 28:40)
abc.net.au/listen/programs/b…
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𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧
𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐖𝐇𝐎)
Linked Health Data Across the Life Course: Leveraging Data for Health and Wellbeing
Follow this link for full details and to submit ijpds.org/calls/leveraging-d…
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I'm honoured to be part of a new research project led by Prof @David_J_Hawes, "Innovation in the Assessment of Trauma and Adversity", funded by #MRFF. It's exciting to contribute to such important work towards supporting families. @UQHealth @lifecourseAust @PAFRA_Official
Congratulations to @Sydney_Uni clinical psychology researcher Prof @David_J_Hawes who has been awarded approx. $973,000 in @healthgovau Medical Research Future Fund (#MRFF) Childhood Mental Health Research grant funding to support his trauma research.
Congratulations to our Centre Director!🎉👏
Congratulations Janeen Baxter of @UQ_News, newly inducted NAS international member! #NAS162 #NASmember #sociology
Check out the latest @USydneyEcon #SchoolMagazine below featuring our own @lifecourseAust Deputy Director and CI Prof Deborah Cobb-Clark and PhD student Alexander Svenson!
We are beyond thrilled to share our latest #SchoolMagazine, which offers a snapshot of the dedication, innovation & excellence that defines @USydneyEcon
Explore expert insights, alumni stories, research & teaching wins + real student stories
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university-comms.sydney.edu.…
Super excited for our Director Professor Janeen Baxter.
Newly elected NAS international member Janeen H. Baxter of @UQ_News is a sociologist with research expertise in gender inequality, family dynamics, life course, and longitudinal research. Read more: ow.ly/oQ8550VAf7r #sociology #NASmember
Homelessness in Australia - our Chief Investigator Prof Cameron Parsell explores in this article for @ConversationEDU
More than 120,000 people are homeless in Australia. The problem can be solved, but it will take more than just building more homes @cameronparsell @UQ_News theconversation.com/homeless…
🗓️Is it April already?
We've had a busy start to 2025, publishing 7 new working papers in the @lifecourseAust Working Paper Series.
If you haven't had a chance to explore them, now's the perfect time to catch up! Check them out here 👉👉 lifecoursecentre.org.au/rese…
Gender equality in Australia - how far have we come since 2000, and how much further do we have to go? Our Centre Director @JaneenBaxter7 explores this in an article for @ConversationEDU Link below👇
@UQ_News @arc_gov_au @AcadSocSci
In the first 25 years of the century, Australia elected its first female prime minister and introduced paid parental leave, but how much have things really improved for women? @JaneenBaxter7 @UQ_News theconversation.com/despite-…
🎉Exciting news! A paper by Ruth Steinbring, Francisco Perales, Janeen Baxter & Jack Lam has been recognised as a #TopCitedArticle - highlighting the imapct of our research. Congrats team esp Ruth who was the driver of the work. @wileyinresearch. Read👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
⏰ Last chance to get your abstracts in for the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) Conference 2025 - the submission deadline is this Friday! More info about submitting papers and the conference in Sept 👉slls.org.uk/events/2025-slls…
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Call for Papers: submit for a special Issue of @IJPDS on the theme 'Linked Data Across the Life Course: Leveraging Data for Health and Wellbeing. Our Centre Director @JaneenBaxter7 is a co-editor. More info: ijpds.org/calls/leveraging-d…
Research by Centre member Dr Edmund W. Kanmiki and Chief Investigator Prof Abdullah A. Mamun identifies the importance of culturally appropriate programs in addressing type 2 diabetes among young people.
Read more - bit.ly/4bo4D01
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We were pleased to be a sponsor of @AGEW2025_UOW and have @lifecourseAust members attend and present research, including our Centre Director @JaneenBaxter7
There are many people and organizations to thank. After all, these things don’t just happen on their own. I am deeply grateful. Look out for @MosheHazan6 and the team at Monash for #AGEW2026 For now, @AGEW2025_UOW, signing off. Sincerely, and with thanks, @AlfredoPaloyo.
ALT Podium, Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2025