Public Transport Accessibility in the City of Port Phillip

2015

Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS)

Selandra Rise: Researching planning for health and wellbeing

2015

This project explored how the planning and design of a new residential community can influence the health and wellbeing of future residents.

Southern Slopes Climate Change Adaptation Research Partnership (SCARP)

2015

SCARP was collaboration between eight natural resource management (NRM) organisations and several interdisciplinary scientists that supported development of NRM climate change plans.

Where do the Children Play? Facilities and Venues for Community Playgroups

2015

This project analyses trends in the provision and management of community facilities impacting on the organisation of community playgroups in Australia.

Housing markets, economic productivity, and risk: international evidence and policy implications for Australia

2014–2015

This paper proposes a policy-relevant definition of housing market efficiency and a set of indicators for measuring the responsiveness of housing supply.

Disconnections case studies, Consumer Action Law Centre

2015

The Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC) engaged the Beyond Behaviour Change research team to interview householders who have been disconnected from their energy supply.

The rise of ethical consumption in Australia: from the margins to the mainstream

2013–2015

This nationwide project is the first of its kind to examine the rise and impact of ethical consumption in Australia.

Horsham Catalyst Housing Evaluation

2013–2015

The Victorian Government’s Department of Human Services has engaged the Beyond Behaviour Change research team to undertake an evaluation of a sustainable housing project in Horsham .

Changing demand: the flexibility of energy practices in larger households with dependent children

2014

Researchers from the Beyond Behaviour Change research team investigated changing household energy demand.

EPA approaches to behaviour change

2013

In partnership with BehaviourWorks at Monash University, Beyond Behaviour Change researchers conducted interviews and site visits with EPA field officers.

Kildonan Uniting Care: Sustainable Families Project

2010–2012

RMIT’s Beyond Behaviour Change group assisted Kildonan Uniting Care in developing a social practices approach to project design and evaluation.

Airline travel at ANZ Bank

2011–2012

The globalisation of comfort practices: A study of international students

2012

This project sought to understand the carriage, (dis)integration and transferral of international students’ comfort practices on arrival to Australia.

Lifestyle audit

2012

As part of the Australian Government's Smart Grid, Smart City demonstration project, Ausgrid engaged the Beyond Behaviour Change team to develop a home energy audit for households.

Co-managing home energy demand

2012

This project investigated a range of issues concerning home energy demand.

Lower effort energy demand reduction, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

2012

This UK based interdisciplinary project integrated energy monitoring with design and social anthropological understanding of household energy use.

Assessing resilient urban systems to support long term adaptation to climate change

2010–2011

The Resilient Urban Systems project aimed to assess the capacity of community-level urban energy and water systems to support long term adaptation to climate change.

Adapting aspirations & expectations on the coastal suburban & regional fringe

2011

This Think Tank established a dialogue between local and state government, academic experts and the housing sector.

Towards Carbon Neutral Communities: Making the Transition

2006–2010

This project focused on the role of behaviour change initiatives and other non-technical interventions in transitioning towards carbon neutrality.

Exploring the influence of cultural background on first and second generation migrants’ use of energy and water in the home

2010

This project explored how established migrant families in Melbourne and Sydney conceptualise waste, energy and water consumption in the context of their everyday lives.