A symposium in Launceston tomorrow (20 November) will bring together health researchers and community workers to share ideas to improve services in Northern Tasmania. The day-long event is part of the University’s of Tasmania’s State Government-funded Anticipatory Care Project, which is headed by Dr Susan Banks of the Institute for the Study of Social Change. […]

University of Tasmania's Dr Susan Banks.
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Having a say about the future of work, education and living well on Tasmania’s North-West Coast will be the focus of a community conversation to be held in Devonport on Thursday 21 November. Organised by the University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast campus in partnership with the Devonport City Council and the Devonport Live and Learn […]

The University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast Campus General Manager Danielle Kidd and Cradle Coast Authority CEO Daryl Connelly.
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By Dr Lisa Denny OUR economy, society and political ideologies are geared to increasing consumption to grow our economy rather than focusing on productivity, innovation and the traded sectors. However, with an end to population growth on the horizon threatening future consumption patterns (apart from increasing tourism), it highlights the point that Future Tasmania series […]

Dr Lisa Denny is a demographer and a Research Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of Tasmania. She has had 20 years’ experience in private industry and the public sector in Tasmania. She was at the “Communicating: The Heart of Literacy” symposium at Government House in November.
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By Dr Lisa Denny Society takes time to adjust to new technology, and government policy must keep up. What is fuelling increasing discontent in Australian society? Why is it that we have such social and economic challenges as rising inequality, increasing housing stress, low wage growth, persistent under-employment and economic stagnation facing Australians today? Why […]

Institute for the Study of Social Change Research Fellow Lisa Denny.
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Prepared by Dr Lisa Denny Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania This inaugural Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of quarterly statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) from the perspective of the state of Tasmania. The ABS’ Australian Demographic Statistics publication dated 19 September 2019 is a quarterly […]

Dr Lisa Denny

An international housing expert is in Hobart today to urge policy makers to invest more in housing for the sake of the economy and public health. David E. Jacobs (pictured left with UTAS professor Keith Jacobs) is chief scientist with the National Center for Healthy Housing in the United States and the director of the World […]

Dr David E. Jacobs (left) and Professor Keith Jacobs (head of HACRU at UTAS).

A new app launched today will promote Tasmania’s Huon Valley as a tourist destination and help understand how the 2019 bushfires affected visitation. The University of Tasmania has partnered with the Huon Valley Council and a licence holder for the University’s Tourism Tracer technology, Gulliver, to produce the new app named “Huon Valley”, which has […]

Attending the Huon Valley app launch.
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  Tasmania is experiencing its strongest rate of population growth in almost a decade, but the situation differs substantially for the State’s 29 Local Government Areas (LGAs), the latest report released today by the University of Tasmania’s Institute for the Study of Social Change reveals. The report Insight Nine: Regional population trends in Tasmania: issues […]

University of Tasmania's Institute for the Study of Social Change Researcher and Demographer Dr Lisa Denny (left) and Researcher Nyree Pisanu launched their latest Insight Report on Tasmania's population trends on 17 June 2019.
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This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change demographer and Research Fellow Dr Lisa Denny originally appeared in the Mercury on Thursday 23 May 2019. FOR almost 20 years I have been involved in some form or another in the research or policy development for improving the life outcomes of Tasmanians. In […]

Dr Lisa Denny is a demographer and a Research Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of Tasmania. She has had 20 years’ experience in private industry and the public sector in Tasmania. She was at the “Communicating: The Heart of Literacy” symposium at Government House in November.

This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change Director Professor Richard Eccleston, first appeared in the Mercury newspaper on Monday 20 May 2019. PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has defied the odds and opinion polls to win what appears to be a third term for the Coalition Government. Tasmania, and the northern seats of […]

Institute for the Study for Social Change Professor Richard Eccleston looks at the 2019 Federal Election outcome.