The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (ARRID)

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ARRID was developed by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute in partnership with the Refugee Education Special Interest Group.

The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (ARRID) is an open source database developed with the goal to facilitate access by academics, students, refugee-background communities, policymakers and practitioners to research on refugee integration in Australia.

ARRID features over 2,000 research items (articles, books, doctoral theses, reports) published since 1998 that relate to refugee integration in Australia. It includes both academic and ‘grey’ literature (e.g. research reports by government and non-government organisations).

The ARRID dashboard – which is web-based and free to use – allows you to search this database by thematic categories and sub-categories, authors, abstracts and publication year. You can narrow down search findings by using multiple filters (for example, you can generate a list of research output that focuses on both ‘older refugees’ and ‘mental health and wellbeing’). Title lists that you generate using your own filters can be downloaded as excel or csv files.

It is hoped this tool will be useful for:

  • graduate students to identify research gaps and existing literature;
  • academics to locate research produced outside the academy (e.g. grey literature published by community service organisations);
  • researchers to identify trends and gaps in research on refugee integration in Australia.
  • identifying university-based research that could help to provide an evidence base to inform policy advocacy and practice;
  • locating research that might help policy makers think through difficult questions, explore new ideas, innovate and learn from others.

Project Team

Charlene Edwards, Melbourne Social Equity Institute

Associate Professor Karen Block,  Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Dr Sally Baker, University of New South Wales

Dr Louise Olliff,  Refugee Council of Australia and University of New South Wales

John Tran, University of Technology Sydney

Contact

For information about this project, please contact:

social-equity@unimelb.edu.au