Impact analysis
We’ve conducted a series of five Focus Groups as part of an evaluation process of the Centre’s impact on our members’ research. The Centre’s members highly valued opportunities to collaborate with colleagues they wouldn’t otherwise work with. These collaborations led to co-authored papers, transdisciplinary projects, and new methodological approaches.
Many noted that the Centre’s support directly enabled academic outputs through initial funding, multiple publications, emerging research programs, rich empirical data, literature reviews, and funded research assistance
Our members valued connections facilitated by the Centre, both within the university and internationally. Spaces like the Decolonising Reading Group and On Country days were seen as deeply impactful, offering a sense of community, shared learning, and integrated experiences that shaped their teaching and research.
The Centre pushed participants out of their comfort zones, exposing them to new perspectives, especially decolonial, transdisciplinary, and critical lenses, which broadened their thinking and deepened their research practice. They reported becoming more confident, reflective, capable, and broad in their scholarly identity.
