The Children’s Policy Centre (CPC) undertakes research on issues relating to children and childhood, and is committed to contributing to child-centred and child-inclusive policy. CPC has three key objectives. First, to undertake innovative, inter-disciplinary research on a range of issues relating to children’s policy. Second, to connect researchers, policy makers and practitioners working on a range of issues to promote the human rights, well-being and best interests of children. Third, to communicate the findings of research relating to children and childhood. In defining children, we draw on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and focus on people aged under eighteen years.

The Institute delivers unique sector-level research insights to inform improved community engagement, address cumulative impacts of major infrastructure projects, model poorly defined social risks and shape public policy. I2S provides research evidence to reduce socio-environmental risks, improve community experiences of major infrastructure project delivery, inform best practice industry-government-community engagement and improve policies that govern social impact management. The Institute works in direct partnership with industry, government, civil society and communities to promote the close, effective and meaningful working-together of academics and non-academics to generate new knowledge, products, services, policies and practices throughout the infrastructure sector.