The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (ARRID)
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 a searchable database developed to facilitate greater access to research for anyone who is interested in understanding more about refugee settlement in Australia. This includes students, academics, people with refugee backgrounds, policymakers and practitioners.
Recently updated, ARRID provides a comprehensive view of refugee research in Australia, which can be searched by topic, author/s, dates of publication and more. It has also mapped over 20 years of Australian research on refugee settlement onto an adapted conceptual framework for understanding refugee integration that was originally developed by Ager and Strang and utilised by the UK Home Office.
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
Using ARRID Webinar
In this short webinar recorded in October 2023, Dr Louise Olliff, senior policy officer at the Refugee Council of Australia and a member of the team involved in the development of ARRID, provides an introductory guide to using ARRID and highlights some of the latest features.