Action research
Action Research Lab
Platforms, toolkits and playbooks developed with communities, NGOs and government agencies, and still in use.
Projects
Indaba
Community-led video toolkit for monitoring and evaluation. Promoted as a standard method across the IFRC network's 192 country chapters.
Open Lab, Newcastle University
Paroli
Telephony-based community radio platform, running inside Oxfam Bangladesh and Caritas Nepal's core operations.
Action Lab, Monash University
Kuento
Video-based grant acquittal platform, developed and deployed with Victoria's Department of Families, Fairness & Housing for multicultural community grants.
Action Lab, Monash University
Action Translate
Platform connecting student translators with NGOs. Over 500,000 translations delivered across 17 languages.
Action Lab, Monash University
Limitless
Global youth campaign platform for the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. Used by 8,000+ volunteers across 148 countries.
Action Lab, Monash University
Youth Social Media Playbook
Victorian Government-endorsed guide for multicultural youth engagement on social media.
Action Lab, Monash University
IMPARO Toolkit
Digital resource for regional Australian translators and interpreters. Endorsed by NAATI, Australia's national accreditation body.
Action Lab, Monash University
Participatory Granting Playbook
Interactive guide for designing community-led granting programs, drawn from work across four bushfire-affected Australian communities.
Action Lab, Monash University