ISCRR Research Fellow Carmen Schroder attended the International Mental Health Conference on the Gold Coast in June, where she presented on practical strategies workplaces can use to address the emotional demands inherent in mental health work. Carmen’s presentation explored the...
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A paper exploring how the design of residential care environments can better support vulnerable young people, and the people who work with them, has recently been published by our ISCRR team. The findings emphasise the importance of creating spaces that...
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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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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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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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ISCRR is proud to share that three of our abstracts have been accepted for the upcoming 2025 Australian Evaluation Society (AES) Conference in September. Dr Sarah Oxford has been selected to speak on the “Growing the Evaluation Workforce in 2025...
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Olivia Crivari At ISCRR, we appreciate our talented team members’ wonderful work by showcasing it. This month, we are putting the spotlight on Olivia Crivari, Research Support Officer. Olivia undertakes a range of high-quality research activities that play a critical...
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Five members of the ISCRR team recently presented ISCRR’s research at the 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Sydney; two speakers and four digital posters. Innovations in OSH for High-Risk Work ISCRR’s Senior Researcher and expert...
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On World Mental Health Day (October 10, 2023), Carmen Schroder, a Research Officer at the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) presented at Comcare’s Psychosocial Health and Safety Forum on approaches to tackling vicarious trauma in the workplace....
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