The team at CSI Flinders is delighted to share that the ARC Centre of Excellence for Prisoner Reintegration has been shortlisted and invited to submit a full application. The ARC received over 100 Centres of Excellence expressions of interest and has invited 18 through to the next stage.<\/p>\n
The collaborative application boasts 19 Chief Investigators (of which 9 are Flinders academics), 22 Partner Investigators, and 43 Partner Organisations, including Monash University, the University of Western Australia, the University of Technology Sydney, key Australian Government agencies, Indigenous and non-Indigenous NGO\u2019s and community organisations, and international stakeholders including some of the world\u2019s leading universities.<\/p>\n
Title:<\/strong> Centre of Excellence for Prisoner Reintegration<\/p>\n Flinders University Chief Investigators:<\/strong> Professor Mark Halsey, Professor Ian Goodwin-Smith, Professor Svetlana Bogomolova, Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes, Dr Simone Deegan, Dr Melissa de Vel-Palumbo, Professor James Smith, Associate Professor Selina Tually and Professor Gerry Redmond.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ARC Linkage Grant \u2018Social prescribing: linking Australian social, health and community sectors\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n We are excited to announce that a new cross-college collaboration led by Professor Svetlana Bogomolova (Centre for Social Impact) and Dr Candice Oster (Caring Futures Institute) has been funded by an Australian Government ARC Linkage grant. The project will involve working with social, health and community sectors to develop a new \u2018social prescribing\u2019 model to \u201ctackle growing unmet social needs of people experiencing disadvantage\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are delighted to team with six partners, including at federal, state and local government levels, to co-design, implement and evaluate a better way to connect Australians experiencing vulnerabilities to essential social and community services. The project tackles silos and high fragmentation in health and social sectors, by co-designing referral systems that work in coordination,\u201d says Professor Bogomolova.<\/p>\n \u201cThe project is an important step in the advancement of social prescribing in Australia\u201d, says Dr Oster, \u201cleveraging technology to facilitate cross-sector collaboration to address social determinants of health.<\/p>\n Title:<\/strong> \u2018Social prescribing: linking Australian social, health and community sectors\u2019 Chief Investigators: Professor Svetlana Bogomolova, Dr Candice Oster and Dr Ashleigh Powell.<\/p>\n University:<\/strong> Flinders University<\/p>\n Partner organisations:<\/strong> the Department of Human Services SA, AnglicareSA (in partnership with MarionLife, Baptist Care and Uniting Communities), Adelaide Primary Health Network, City of Onkaparinga, City of Marion, Semantic Consulting.<\/p>\n Duration:<\/strong> 3 years<\/p>\n Funding:<\/strong> $650K ARC + $255K Partner cash and $818K Partner in-kind<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Beyond Bars\u2019 report launch<\/strong><\/p>\n In partnership with Centacare Catholic Country SA, researchers at CSI Flinders proudly launched their \u2018Beyond Bars\u2019 report at the end of last year. The report, written by Jenna Mizzi, Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes, Professor Mark Halsey, Professor Jen Cleary, Dr Simone Deegan and Professor Ian Goodwin-Smith, explores challenges and solutions to the problem of short custodial stays in regional South Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cUnderstanding the needs of those on short custodial stays upon their subsequent exit from prison to regional communities is critical if we are to meet those needs. The Beyond Bars research helps us to understand the scale of releases from the two prisons, and provides insights into the service environments in which people need to be supported.\u201d Says Professor Jen Cleary, CEO of Centacare Catholic Country SA.<\/p>\n The report won the prestigious Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology David Biles Correctional Award for Research Excellence, and the College of Business, Government and Law Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research.<\/p>\n Read the report and find out more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Diversity Pathways Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Researchers from CSI Flinders have launched a Disability Employment Action Toolkit as part of their inaugural \u2018Employment for All\u2019 Diversity Pathways Conference. The research team, Dr Jung Yoon, Professor Ian Goodwin-Smith, Associate Professor Janice Jones, Dr Claire Hutchinson and Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan, facilitated a conference that highlighted case studies from various hotels across Adelaide.<\/p>\n Diversity Pathways is a Department for Social Services funded project, aiming to build employer confidence in employing people with cognitive disability. So far, the project has mentored 5 businesses to facilitate the employment of 10 people with cognitive disability in hotels including Sofitel Adelaide, SkyCity Adelaide, Mantra Hotel, ibis Hotel and Pullman Adelaide.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cbgl-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2025\/02\/Candice-1024x768.jpg\")
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