As the year draws to a close, we wish everyone a safe and restful holiday season. For those who will be working over this period, we hope it is one that supports the right balance of safety, satisfaction and wellbeing....
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Dr Faye Forbes and Dr Sarah Oxford were invited to present at the Migrant Workers’ Symposium on 2 December, 2025, hosted by the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH) at Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventative...
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On 24 October 2025, ISCRR’s Dr Sarah Oxford and Carmen Schroder conducted a workshop at our new premises on psychologically safe research for both researchers and participants. ISCRR’s Dr Sarah Oxford (left) and Carmen Schroder (right) In particular, they looked...
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In October, Professor Sarah Anderson took the stage at the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) Congress 2025 to deliver her presentation “Managing Psychosocial Hazards in the Prosthetics and Orthotics Workplace: Meeting Proactive Legislative Requirements”. The talk addressed how workplaces in...
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In September, Dr Sarah Oxford and Professor Sarah Anderson attended the Safe Work Australia Research Summit. Professor Anderson also contributed as a speaker in the workshop, “Translating evidence into action to improve injured worker outcomes” with Karen Walker-Bone, Mary Wyatt,...
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We are proud to share a new publication authored by ISCRR’s Olivia Crivari in Frontiers in Education, the first published paper of her career as a researcher: “It’s something you can’t wash off; you carry it with you”: A qualitative...
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Since 1 December 2025, WorkSafe Victoria’s new Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations came into effect, marking an important step in recognising psychological health as integral to workplace safety. For those working in occupational health and safety, this reform...
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ISCRR is partnering with Safe Work Australia to update the Taking Action Framework: a key resource to guide insurers and claims managers to provide a supportive approach to workers experiencing mental illness and those at risk. As part of this...
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Does your research expose your participants or researchers to psychological trauma? At ISCRR, our journey toward safer research practices began with the realisation that the work we do can be traumatic for both the people we study, and for us...
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ISCRR recently partnered with Comcare to deliver two workshops on preventing and managing vicarious trauma in the workplace, as part of Comcare’s Mental Health Community of Practice. Over 90 participants were involved across Canberra and Melbourne. ISCRR’s collaboration with Comcare...
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