The Social Research Centre Employee Directory
Research ServicesVictoria, Australia51-200 Employees
The Social Research Centre is a Melbourne-based research services organization that provides social science research capabilities across Australia, including survey design, data management, analytics, and qualitative expertise. Its work supports federal, state, and local government, not-for-profit groups, academia, and mission-aligned commercial clients by producing rigorous quantitative and qualitative insights to inform decision-making and understand Australian society, with particular focus on marginalised and vulnerable communities and service experiences and outcomes. Founded in Australia and owned by the Australian National University, the centre operates autonomously with a management team and an independent board, linking to ANU researchers and its research environment while maintaining its own commercial operations. The company has a substantial data collection capacity, employing a large field workforce capable of online, mail, and mixed-mode surveys in multiple languages, and conducts work across a wide range of domains from education and health to employment and social cohesion. A notable development includes the launch of Life in Australia, Australia's first probability online panel, introduced to provide a scientifically sampled cross-section of the community for researchers and policymakers.