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Director:
Professor Peter Dixon
COPS/IMPACT is concerned with economic modelling. The principal research focus
is the development of a general equilibrium forecasting model of the Australian
economy, called the MONASH model, emphasising interactions between
technical change, the economy and the environment. The model has a dynamic
structure. It includes a regional dimension and a detailed representation of
the demand for labour by occupation.
The research staff of the COPS/IMPACT group includes three professors, an
associate professor, eight senior research fellows, two research fellows, one
research assistant and one computer specialist.
The centre is funded by Monash University, the Industry Commission, competitive
research grants and contract research. The centre publishes research reports
and discussion papers. For more information telephone (03) 9905 2398.
Directors:
Professor Jeffrey Richardson (Monash University) and Associate Professor David
Dunt (University of Melbourne)
The mission of the centre is to develop its role as a centre of excellence in
Australia in both health program evaluation and health economics, and to
contribute to an enlargement of the Australian capacity to undertake evaluative
research and teaching. Its specific objectives are to: research and develop
appropriate methodologies for health services evaluation and health economics;
undertake postgraduate training in health services evaluation and health
economics; undertake education programs for health practitioners and the
community in aspects of health services evaluation; undertake evaluations of
specific health services in Australia as well as research into broader health
systems issues; and stimulate activity in health services evaluation by
publishing research results, conducting seminars and other appropriate
activities.
The centre has been developed as a cooperative venture between the University
of Melbourne and Monash University with staff undertaking collaborative
research and teaching activities as the Centre for Health Program Evaluation.
The two units making up the centre operate independently as the Health
Economics Unit (Monash University) and the Program Evaluation Unit (the
University of Melbourne).
The CHPE currently has forty-two staff. It publishes a series of research
reports, working papers and technical reports which encapsulate much of its
research. It offers a graduate diploma/masters in health economics and
evaluation, and a Health Program Evaluation Certificate by distance education,
through Monash University. A Graduate Certificate in Pharmacoeconomics will be
offered for the first time in 1999, through Monash. CHPE is also involved,
through the University of Melbourne, in the Master of Public Health Program
administered by the Four Victorian University Consortium. It offers a number of
tailored workshops in health program evaluation, health economics, priority
setting and pharmaeconomics and organises a twice monthly public seminar
series.
For further information and details of the centre's programs and publications,
telephone (03) 9496 4433.
Director:
Professor Gerry Griffin
The centre, located at the city premises, 30 Collins Street, was established in
1989 with core funding provided by the Commonwealth Government. Its aims are to
conduct research on industrial relations, particularly aspects of workplace
industrial relations such as enterprise bargaining and best practice; provide
advice and assistance to industry on a fee-for-service basis, utilising the
expertise of the centre's full-time staff; offer a quality graduate studies
program in industrial and employee relations with a strong emphasis on current
issues facing practitioners at the workplace; and liaise with employer and
employee organisations to determine issues for research on the development of
Australian industrial relations.
The staff of the centre offer a wide range of expertise including labour law,
labour economics, human resource management and training, highly developed
skills in quantitative and qualitative research methods, as well as the core
industrial and employee relations skills. Current research projects include
enterprise bargaining and non-English speaking background workers;
privatisation and industrial relations, the operation of the Workplace
Relations Act; occupational health and safety management systems; union
membership; industrial relations in non-union environments; legislative reforms
and industrial relations in Victoria; and training and industrial relations.
The centre sees its contribution to teaching and training as: development of a
range of postgraduate courses catering for the varying needs of industrial
relations and human resources practitioners; presentation of public seminars
and academic conferences; meeting needs of professionals and developing links
between industrial relations academics.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 8700.
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