Throughout 2017 Professor Elaine Stratford of the Institute for the Study of Social Change co-hosted a radio series with Leon Compton for ABC Hobart Mornings on Learning through the life course. The podcast episodes of this fascinating series, featuring experts and everyday Tasmanians, are available below. Elaine Stratford’s research is motivated by trying to understand the conditions […]

Calls for rapid population growth in Tasmania predominantly from migration fail to understand the complexities of population change and how growth occurs, writes Lisa Denny. While Tasmania is currently experiencing its highest rate of population growth since the Global Financial Crisis, expectations that this rate can be maintained or increased are ill-informed and unrealistic (particularly […]

As the debate over poker machines heats up ahead of the 2018 Tasmanian election, it is timely to look back on a paper from 2013, which highlights just how difficult it is to achieve meaningful gambling reform. Five Political Realities of Gaming Regulation by Institute for the Study of Social Change director Professor Richard Eccleston […]