Shane Compton

The Social Research Centre

The Social Research Centre provides all sectors across Australia with access to world-class social science research services, including survey design, data management, analytical and qualitative skills. Our motivation stems from the desire to not only undertake high-quality quantitative and qualitative research that informs decision-making but to also have positive social impact and advance our understanding of Australian society. We are proud of the methodological rigour we infuse across our offerings as it results in the highest quality insights for our clients. Our experts work across Australia, partnering with federal, state and local government; not-for-profit organisations, academia and mission-aligned commercial clients. We help create new knowledge and guide decisions in areas ranging from overall Australian society to education and training, health and wellbeing, employment transitions and the labour market, and social cohesion. We specialise in research with and about marginalised and vulnerable communities and assessing service experiences and outcomes. In 2016, we launched Australia's first probability online panel, Life in Australia TM, giving Australian researchers, policymakers, academics, and business leaders ready access to a scientifically sampled cross-section of the Australian community. The Social Research Centre is owned by the Australian National University (ANU) giving us unprecedented access to ANU researchers and its world-class research environment. In addition to more than 90 professional staff, we have an extensive data collection capacity. This includes more than 300 interviewers working remotely with interviewing capability in 25 languages, as well as the ability to undertake online, mail and mixed-mode surveys.