Social inclusion

How can IT build strong and healthy communities, promote social inclusion, and bridge the digital and information divide?

Social inclusion is about participation, and increasing opportunities for people (especially the most disadvantaged) to engage in all aspects of community life. ¹

Information and communication technologies progress social inclusion by:

• improving access to services
• providing connectivity to others through community interaction
• helping people manage their wellbeing and health through access to relevant, timely information.

Projects listed within this research priority are primarily affiliated with the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (COSI).

Enabling IT social inclusion flagship programs

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  Closing the Gap/Bridging the Digital Divide

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  Community and Indigenous Archiving and Knowledge Management

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  Designing IS and Information Infrastructure for All: Inclusive, User Sensitive Design

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  Diversifying the IT and Information Professions

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  ICT for development

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  Doing IT Better in Community Organisations

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  Inclusive Research: Working With Communities as Research Partners

Lead Researchers

Professor Sue McKemmish, Professor Kim Marriott, Associate Professor Julie Fisher, Professor Frada Burstein, and Associate Professor Graeme Johanson.

1. Australian Federal Government (2008) Social Inclusion.