AIFS has  partnerships with a range of Australian and international organisations and government agencies, enhancing its high-quality research into family wellbeing. 

National

AIFS has several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with government departments and agencies,  Australian universities and not-for-profit organisations.  One example is the tripartite MoU with the Department of Social Services  (DSS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

The Institute is also member of the DSS Social Policy Research and Evaluation Panel. There have been six projects developed under this MoU.

International

The Institute also has MoUs  with:

• Norwegian Institute of Public Health
• New Zealand Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (SUPERU).