Community Researcher
Community-Based, Action Research Work Opportunities
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld

The University of Queensland's Community Service & Research Centre (CSRC) is urgently seeking expressions of interest from community-based, action researchers committed to undertaking collaborative, team-oriented research on a casual, part-time, or full-time basis.

With the CSRC's research budget now over $1M and an increasing profile of the Centre's research activity, we are currently unable to satisfactorily respond to the frequent requests for undertaking a variety of local, statewide, and national community-based research (CBR) projects. In particular, the Queensland Department of Families' requirement for action
research to be built into any proposal seeking funding for its new multi-million dollar early intervention initiatives, has seen many prospective applicants approach the CSRC for direct assistance and an intention to actively include the CSRC in its proposal.

The community-based emphasis in the Centre's research is a deliberate and purposeful approach to not only embedding community participation in all the Centre's research projects but also ensuring that the CSRC is strategically addressing issues of disadvantage in communities. Core work of the CSRC has involved grassroots research projects designed to assess needs and map existing resources and services, to identify gaps in service delivery, and develop strategies to address community concerns. In practice, this has seen a number of core research areas emerge including place
management, social capital analysis, human service planning and evaluation, community capacity building measurement and modelling, learning communities, youth research, community informatics, and culture and diversity studies. Although the Centre is based in The University of Queensland's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, our work is not confined to these disciplines and straddles many multidisciplinary areas. CBR project work is being carried out through the Centre at a number of levels, including full-time CSRC-based researchers, postgraduate and graduate student researchers, Faculty staff, and external consultants eager to apply these methodologies.

To Apply:
Please send - via e-mail or hard copy - a copy of your CV and a brief statement outlining your interests and experience in undertaking community-based research to Lorraine Chamberlain [l.chamberlain@mailbox.uq.edu.au].

For Further Information:
Please contact either Bruce
Muirhead [ bruce.muirhead@mailbox.uq.edu.au] or Geoff Woolcock
[ g.woolcock@mailbox.uq.edu.au] regarding any further details. Further information about the CSRC can be found on www.uq.edu.au/csrc or
www.uq.edu.au/insideout or by contacting (07) 33811532.

Apply now (posted 27 August 2002)
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