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 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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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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Farms are among the most dangerous workplaces in Victoria. The agriculture industry employs about 2% of the Victorian workforce whilst accounting for approximately 30% of workplace deaths across the state. The VEG Education Victorian Fresh Produce Network, a program funded...
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In September, four of our researchers (above) attended the Australian Evaluation Society’s International Evaluation Conference in Melbourne, where they explored powerful insights relevant to ISCRR, especially in the areas of organisational strategy models, cultural safety, trauma-informed evaluation, lived experience and...
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Olivia Crivari

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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