Centre for Social Impact

The Centre for Social Impact is an Australian research and education body created in 2008.[1][2] It assesses[3] and promotes[4] integrated social change across a range of issues[5] including health, children and young people, ageing and disability,[6] financial inclusion[7] and employment, population diversity and mobility, education and housing.

CSI was founded to meet the main recommendation of a Global Access Partners taskforce on philanthropy in higher education co-chaired by Peter Fritz AO and Professor Ian Young (academic) AO. Its inaugural CEO was Peter Shergold AC. As of 2020 the centre is headed[8] by Professor Kristy Muir.[9] It is a collaboration of academics and researchers based at four universities: UNSW Sydney, New South Wales; Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Victoria; The University of Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia; and (since 2022) Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.[10]

CSI is funded by an Australian Government endowment of A$12.5 million and matching funds from private partners, including the Macquarie Group Foundation, AMP, National Australia Bank and PwC.

CSI has worked with government agencies, commercial firms and not-for-profit organisations on over 30 research projects[11] and has developed an extensive post-graduate program as part of its work in assessing the social impact of government and philanthropic activities.[12] Its projects include a map of Australia's "Social Pulse" to assess national progress on social issues.[13]

References
  1. "Home | CSI". www.csi.edu.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Centre For Social Impact". www.globalaccesspartners.org. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. z3524969 (28 February 2020). "New index ranks Australian states and territories on social performance". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. "CSI announces bold $12M project to catalyse social change on a national scale". Inside UNSW. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. "Centre for Social Impact". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. Soldatic, Karen; van Toorn, Georgia; Dowse, Leanne; Muir, Kristy (2 January 2014). "Intellectual Disability and Complex Intersections: Marginalisation under the National Disability Insurance Scheme". Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 1 (1): 6–16. doi:10.1080/23297018.2014.906050. ISSN 2329-7018.
  7. "Measuring Financial Exclusion in Australia 2013". www.csi.edu.au. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. "Leading policy expert to head Centre for Social Impact". UNSW Newsroom. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. "Professor Kristy Muir". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. "Centre for Social Impact arrives at Flinders – News". News. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  11. "Social Purpose Sector | CSI". www.csi.edu.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  12. "Charities struggle to measure outcomes". The University Of Western Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  13. "Australia's Social Pulse". amplify.csi.edu.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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