Our Expertise

We are experts in:

• Workforce and workplace analysis
• Design, administration and analysis of surveys
• Literature and documentation reviews/analysis
• Focus groups and interviews
• Project management and tracking
• Statistical analysis using SPSS and Stata
• Input-output analysis
• Economic and financial modelling
• Disaggregated local, regional and community analysis
• Community engagement methods and processes
• Foresight analysis and environmental scans
• Socio-economic data collection, analysis, storage, interpretation and presentation
• Socio-economic and environmental applications of GIS
• Post graduate research training - Masters and PhDs

Recent projects include:

• socio-economic trends and prospects analysis
• understanding the factors that influence participation in education and training 
• the role of the organisation in the return to work of injured workers 
• holistic approaches to workforce development and planning 
• health, mental health and ageing analysis and policy development 
• disability planning and strategic review 
• characteristics of successful community engagement 
• socio-economic impacts of major investments and disinvestments 
• socio-economic impacts of mineral and energy resource development 
• socio-economic impact of establishing marine parks
• human dimensions of climate change

Membership of National Panels of Preferred Providers

WISeR is a member of the following national Panels of Preferred Providers:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA)

• Panel of Program Reviewers and Evaluators
• Health Economics Panel

Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

• Research, Evaluation and Analysis Panel
• Writers' Panel 
• Economics Panel

Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE), Alustralian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA)

• Research and Consulting Panel

Australian Government Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

• Social Policy Research and Evaluation Panel

Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

• Panel for Expert Standing Offer Services in Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning

We also have membership of the Australian Evaluation Society.