Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Indigenous Population Project

This Project explores the dynamics and regional geography of Indigenous population and socioeconomic change, including detailed regional analyses, assessments of social and spatial mobility and disadvantage.

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People on Country Project

People on Country aims to transfer skills to land and sea management groups that address Indigenous well-being, and the delivery of better natural resource management on Aboriginal land and sea country.

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Visiting Indigenous Fellowship

The CAEPR Visiting Indigenous Fellowship scheme provides opportunities for collaboration between CAEPR research staff and Indigenous researchers and leaders.

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New Media Project

The Connecting, Communicating and Learning through New Media Project is exploring the impact of digital technologies and media practices on the social, cultural and linguistic ecology of remote Indigenous Australia.

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CAEPR Research Plan

CAEPR undertakes multidisciplinary social science research on Indigenous policy and development to inform intellectual understanding, public debate, policy formation and community action.

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Welcome to CAEPR

The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) is Australia’s foremost social science research body focusing on Indigenous economic and social policy from a national perspective. CAEPR aims to undertake social science research on Indigenous policy and development that is excellent by the best international and disciplinary standards and that informs intellectual understanding, public debate, policy formation and community action. Our website offers a number of features including open access to research results and publications, email notification of new content, RSS feeds, and links to CAEPR-related material on other sites.

New publications

Working Paper 89

Aboriginal professionals: Work, class and culture

By Julie Lahn

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Study at CAEPR

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Announcements

May

‘13

New Working Paper on Aboriginal professionals

CAEPR Working Paper No. 89, 'Aboriginal professionals: Work, class and culture' by Julie Lahn is now available for download. The paper examines the increasing representation of Indigenous people in professional occupations.

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May

‘13

2011 Census Paper No. 8 - Education Part 2: School Education

The eighth paper in the Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers series has been released. '» read more

Apr

‘13

Welcome to the new Director of CAEPR

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Gray on his appointment as Director of CAEPR following the retirement of Professor John Taylor at the end of March 2013.

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