Membership engagement with research

Members and CEDA research

CEDA members can contribute to targeted policy discussion throughout all stages of our research. Members are invited to attend our roundtables and working groups, provide valuable case studies to support our reports and advise as part of our Member Advisory Committees on CEDA's core research areas.

Our recent reports...

Powering the transition

Dynamic capabilities

Disrupting disadvantage

Aged care sector in crisis

How can members engage with CEDA research?

Roundtables

CEDA regularly conducts roundtables and Co-Labs that bring together a cross section of government, industry and academia to discuss pertinent research topics relevant to our members. We use these Chatham-house discussions to bring diverse perspectives and insights that then inform our research agenda and policy recommendations.

MACs

CEDA draws on the expertise from our Member Advisory Committees (MACs) at every stage of our research development. MACs assist CEDA to inform our research thinking and insights, including the practical policy impacts and lessons for implementation.

Case studies

Our members form a core part of our research reports, providing real-life case studies that illustrate the challenges and opportunities facing Australia today. By sharing their expertise and insights, members are able to shape future outcomes through policy.

Media

Members who have featured as case studies in our reports have been approached by the media to tell their story as part of our report releases. As a trusted, independent think-tank, we drive the policy debate and development in the national interest.

Grant Fuller | Regional Health & Safety Manager - Victoria / Tasmania

McConnell Dowell

I am incredibly grateful for the support received from CEDA and the opportunities they have provided. Their dedication to driving positive change on crucial societal issues is truly remarkable. Through participating in their Mental Health in the Workplace Research, presenting at CEDA Roundtables, and contributing to CEDA Opinion articles, I have been given various opportunities to raise awareness and promote my cause. I cannot express my gratitude enough for their continual support.

Jill Hannaford | General Manager Technical Services APAC & Aus, Executive Sponsor Reconciliation and Indigenous Services

GHD

CEDA’s focus on advancing economic and social development aligns with GHD’s purpose to create lasting community benefit, together with our clients. The issues that CEDA investigates through its research and thought-leadership are also key issues for our clients and the communities they serve.

Jill Hannaford | General Manager Technical Services APAC & Aus, Executive Sponsor Reconciliation and Indigenous Services

GHD

Laurence Street | Director, Commercial CSIRO

CSIRO

CSIRO has been a long standing member of CEDA. We have an affinity with CEDA’s purpose and seek to participate in inclusive debate and discussion, based on evidence and economic modelling to improve outcomes from Australia.

Examples of member case studies

Dynamic capabilities | Google case study

From day one, Google has recruited staff with strong ordinary and dynamic capabilities. It prioritised dynamic individuals early on and fostered specific ordinary capabilities later as the business grew. Google has demonstrated that dynamic capabilities do not always follow the standard sequence of sensing, then seizing and finally transforming. Instead, it has created feedback loops between capabilities. For example, Google seizes opportunities by making internal technological innovations. It then considers how to make money from them, rather than the standard process of sensing customer demand for a product as a first step.

Justice | Workskil case study

In South Australia, Workskil Australia is the sole provider of the Work Ready, Release Ready (WRRR) program which is funded by the South Australian Department for Corrections and commenced in 2018. This program was part of an overarching ‘10by20’ strategy to reduce reoffending by 10 per cent in South Australia by 2020, which has now been achieved. The WRRR program has reduced recidivism by women in South Australia since it has commenced. The program goes a long way to addressing many systematic issues and continues to be successful. A lack of affordable housing options is now emerging as a critical issue for women on release and will be the next challenge to work through.

Dynamic capabilities | Google case study

Justice | Workskil case study

Mental health and the workplace | McConnell Dowell case study

WorkSafe Victoria’s “Integrated Approach to Wellness” is an example of a successful state level mental health improvement program. The program was developed in response to the elevated levels of depression, anxiety and stress experienced by white collar professionals in the infrastructure construction industry. The project was developed by leadership and culture consultant Lysander and piloted at the Mordialloc Bypass freeway project with employees from construction companies McConnell Dowell and Decmil. The program was considered successful and is being rolled out across the industry. For example, McConnell Dowell reported that their client Major Road Projects Victoria has continued to support the program’s rollout across their road infrastructure projects.

Powering the Transition | Hastings Deering case study

The skills required in key energy-using industries such as transport, construction and mining mobile-plant equipment will change as electrification becomes widespread. Hastings Deering is at the forefront of these changes, as a firm that supplies and services mining and construction equipment. As part of Sime Darby Berhad, it is targeting a 30 per cent reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030. It has begun transitioning towards battery-electric mobile-plant equipment, through selling and servicing diesel/electric hybrid machines. Current regulations reduce opportunities to develop an appropriate workforce. Hastings Deering has a large workforce of qualified mobile-plant technicians trained to work on diesel-powered machines. Across the industry, they face licensing limitations that can prevent upskilling to work on electrified mobile plant.

Mental health and the workplace | McConnell Dowell case study

Powering the Transition | Hastings Deering case study

Media coverage

CEDA regularly garners national media coverage on
our report releases and broader economic issues.

See CEDA's media coverage

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