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Professor of Management
Management
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8169-4811
- Professor of ManagementManagement
- Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, Management, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS
PROJECTS
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CONSULTANCY/CONTRACT RESEARCH
ARC Selection Advisory Committee- Industry Laureate
Australian Research Council7 Nov 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
People funded by this grant: Fairbrother P
Project Total: $10,170; Participation of the Appointee (Peter Fairbrother) as a member of the Industry Laureate Fellowships Selection Advisory Committee (IL25). Funded by: Australian Research Council ($10,170); University of Tasmania.
CONSULTANCY/CONTRACT RESEARCH
Saver Plus Impact Report 2024: Savings, wellbeing, and resilience in uncertain times
Brotherhood of St Laurence1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
People funded by this grant: Fairbrother P, Bowman D, Porter E, Banks M, Panchal M
Project Total: $50,000; The project aims to understand the long-term impacts of the ANZ funded Saver Plus Program, updating the previous Saver Plus impact report last conducted in 2018, and before that in 2016. Since then, Australia has faced a range of successive challenges, including a global pandemic, natural disasters and a cost-of-living crisis, with these crises reinforcing the value of a savings buffer to manage financial shocks, while also making it more challenging to maintain a savings habit. In this context, we investigate the impact of the program on developing and maintaining a long-term savings habit and how this influences financial wellbeing across the cohort. In addition, we consider the impact of matched savings on overall wellbeing and educational experiences and the long-term impacts of greater individual investment in education. Funded by: Brotherhood of St Laurence ($50,000); University of Tasmania ($10,000).
CONSULTANCY/CONTRACT RESEARCH
2023 State of Palliative Care Report
Palliative Care Tasmania1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
People funded by this grant: Fairbrother P, Banks M
Project Total: $25,000; The Better Work and Wellbeing Research Group (Professor Peter Fairbrother and Dr Marcus Banks) have been commissioned to provide a ‘State of Palliative Care’ report for Tasmania, 2023. This report will build upon and extend the inaugural report provided in 2021. The researchers will undertake an analysis of the palliative care workforce covering specialist and generalist palliative care and community palliative care. It will include both the paid and the unpaid workforce. The research team will conduct a comprehensive albeit preliminary analysis building on existing reports, and utilising both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, as appropriate. There will be three stages to the investigation: (1) An accurate profile of the Tasmanian palliative care workforce and service providers; (2) An identification of key themes in relation to the state of the workforce; and (3) An analysis and statement of next steps to address and understand the state of the palliative workforce and care provision. The project will run from 2 February 2023 until 31 August 2023. Funded by: Palliative Care Tasmania ($25,000); University of Tasmania.
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Improving return-to-work outcomes for workers experiencing mental health conditions
WorkCover Tasmania1 Aug 2022 - 19 Feb 2024
People funded by this grant: Woods M, Bohle P, Fairbrother P, Butcher T, Brigden C
Project Total: $98,685; The project will co-create two suites of resources (for workers and for managers) to guide workers through the process of returning to work from a mental health condition. These two suites of resources will be developed to complement each other and work in tandem to help workers and their supervisors a) better understand how to navigate and negotiate the return-to-work process, b) develop their skills in working through that process and developing effective supportive and appropriate workplace supports for the returning worker, and c) feel more confident about engaging in the return-to-work process. Funded by: WorkCover Tasmania - Grant ($98,685); University of Tasmania.
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Regions undergoing transition: the roles of unions and their peak bodies
Australian Research Council1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
People funded by this grant: Fairbrother P, Brigden C
Project Total: $492,603; The project aims to investigate how unions and their peak bodies can act in beneficial ways to promote regional
socio-economic development. This project expects to generate knowledge of the processes of regional renewal,
including the ways unions and their peak bodies may be involved. Expected outcomes include theory
development and explanations of these processes of regional engagement to enhance regional transition. It will
also provide a comprehensive refinement of research methodologies for labour and regional studies. This should
provide significant benefits enabling the development of engaged and inclusive transition policies at a regional
level. It will benefit workers, their households and communities. Funded by: Australian Research Council - Grant-Discovery Projects ($492,603); University of Tasmania ($83,994).
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Inquiry into housing in a circular economy
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute1 Apr 2021 - 30 Dec 2022
People funded by this grant: Horne R, Dalton T, Pawson H, Fairbrother P, Santamouris M
Project Total: $178,411; This project establishes an evidence base and framework to support a transition to circular economy housing in Australia. Informed by analysis of national and international data, industry and building site practice, and key informant sources, it articulates five Projects to inform a transition plan towards Cicular Economy (CE) housing as follows:
- Overarching Inquiry Project.
- Project A. Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale
- Project B. Delivering sustainable apartment housing: new build and retrofit
- Project C. Sustainable social housing: solutions for large-scale retrofit
- Project D. Building materials in a circular economy
The Project produces twelve deliverables over 18 months: five concise Scoping Paper addressing the Research Questions; two Discussion Papers to inform the Inquiry Panels, four Project Research Reports and an overarching Final Report. Funded by: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute - National Housing Research Program; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University; University of Tasmania.
CONSULTANCY/CONTRACT RESEARCH
Novation of Regional Australia Institute Ltd agreement to University of Tasmania
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
People funded by this grant: Fairbrother P, Banks M, Toner P, Farhall K, Denham T
Project Total: $20,000; The aim of the project is to examine how disaster events (bushfire) have spatial impacts, environmentally, socially and
economically. It involves both conceptual clarification and refinement of core concepts covering disasters and regional economies, focusing work,
jobs and employment. The principal outputs are an applied analysis of the conceptual framework and methodological tool boxes to better inform
policy elaboration for disaster events at a regional level.
This research will examine the supply chain impacts of disaster events, natural and environmental health disasters. Given their importance to many
parts of regional Australia, the project will focus on the agriculture and tourism sectors, two of the three major regional export sectors. The outcomes
of the research will provide insights into the impact of major disruptions to production and markets, and thus policy guidance for the mitigation of
such events. Four questions will provide the focus for the research and the development of the analytical framework: What are likely to be the
prominent interconnections within regional production systems for the agriculture and tourism sectors? Are there 'pressure points' in the
production systems? Are these points within or outside of the region and the supply chain? What are the impacts of and for regulation? The project
will result in a framework, providing the conceptual basis and overarching connections and relationships that constitute the value chains Funded by: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University ($20,000); University of Tasmania.