Practice guide Aug 2020
How to review the evidence
This short resource provides guidance and links to additional information to step you through a basic literature review.
Practice guide Aug 2020
This short resource provides guidance and links to additional information to step you through a basic literature review.
Short article Apr 2020
This short article discusses key considerations for involving children and young people in research, using an AIFS project as an illustrative example.
Research programs
An information exchange for practitioners, policy-makers and service providers working with children, families and communities.
Media release Jun 2019
The often incompatible demands of work and family life typically have been viewed as a burden for mothers. However new research shows it is also affecting fathers.
Media release Nov 2019
A national study of 16-17 year-olds has found that having even one good friend can make all the difference when it comes to adolescents’ resilience.
Media release Dec 2019
A new national study has found 16 per cent of Australian teenagers aged 16-17 years reported spending money on some form of gambling activity in the previous 12 months, with some gambling illegally because they were underage.
Media release Oct 2020
Young adult men are drinking alcohol at riskier levels than older men, and adolescent males are carrying early drinking habits with them into adulthood, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Webinar Sep 2020
This webinar offered insight into the experience for researchers and participants engaging in research involving children and young people.
Webinar Nov 2020
This webinar brought together a panel of social service providers and evaluators to discuss how to build successful evaluation partnerships.
Submission Jan 2020
Findings from Terms of Reference set out by Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System.