Indigenous Population

This project has its genesis in a CAEPR report commissioned by the Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (MCATSIA) in 2005. The aim of the paper (published as CAEPR Discussion Paper No. 283) was to synthesise findings from a wide variety of regional and community-based demographic studies.

People On Country

CAEPR is undertaking a 3-5 year applied research project focusing on Aboriginal land and sea management in the tropical savannah of Top End and Gulf Country of the Northern Territory. The research is called 'People on Country: Healthy landscapes and Indigenous economic futures', and it is largely sponsored by the Sidney Myer Fund, but also by the Australian National University (ANU) and the Australian Research Council.

Indigenous Governance

The Indigenous Community Governance Project (ICGP) is supported under the Australian Research Council's Linkage funding scheme (Project No. 0348744). The project is also funded by the Northern Territory and West Australian governments, and the Australian Government through the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (formerly the Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs), each of whom also collaborate with the research.
The Project is a partnership between the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and Reconciliation Australia, to undertake research on Indigenous community governance with participating Indigenous communities, regional Indigenous organisations, and leaders across Australia.

Education Futures

During 2007 the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), through the Australian Education Systems Officials Committee (AESOC), commissioned a review of research undertaken by CAEPR staff and CAEPR Research Associates over the period 1990-2007.

ARC Mining

This three-year ARC Linkage project has Rio Tinto and the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) as Industry Partners and a number of Indigenous representatives and community organisations as project collaborators. The project team has established a collaborative and complementary focus on development and sustainability, the role of Indigenous regional organisations, Indigenous community perspectives, and company perspectives especially relating to corporate social responsibility. Fieldwork in 2004 was undertaken in the Pilbara in Western Australia, the Gulf Region in Queensland, and Kakadu National Park and with three mining companies