Policy & advice
We provide independent expert advice about the humanities in Australia and apply humanities expertise to public policy challenges. Key areas of focus in our policy work include national research infrastructure, research engagement and impact, humanities skills and capability development, and international collaboration.
Explore our policy submissions
- Submission to the independent review into the Australian Research Council Act 2001.
- Response to the Australian Research Council’s 2023 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Benchmarking and Rating Consultation Paper
- Australian Research Council Amendment
(Ensuring Research Independence) Bill 2018 - University Research Commercialisation 2021
- Australian Research Council ERA EI Review Consultation Paper
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification Review
- House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education, Employment
and Training’s Inquiry into Australia’s Research Funding - Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact 2018 Consultation
- Australian Research Council’s Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) Consultation
- Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
- Driving Innovation, Fairness and Excellence in Australian Higher Education Consultation Paper
- Sharper Incentives for Engagement: New Research Block Grant Arrangements for Universities Consultation Paper
- Engagement and Impact Assessment Consultation Paper
- Review of Research Policy and Funding Arrangements for Higher Education
- Boosting the Commercial Returns from Research Consultation Paper
- ARC Centres of Excellence Scheme for Funding Commencing in 2017
- Review of the Cooperative Research Centres Program
- ARC Funding Rules for Discovery Program schemes and the Future Fellowships scheme
- Draft Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2015 Submission Guidelines
- Assessing the Wider Benefits of University-Based Research Discussion Paper
- Australian Research Council, Excellence in Research for Australia 2012 Review
- Universities Accord Interim Report Response 2023
- Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023
- Universities Accord Submission 2023
- Australian Universities Accord December 2022
- Research Block Grant Reform consultation
- National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund Consultation Paper
- Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry on the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020
- Higher Education Support Amendment (HESA) Bill 2020 – Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students
- Higher Education Reform Sub-Bachelor Courses Consultation
- Review of Research Training
- Draft National Strategy for International Education
- Review of the Australian Curriculum
- National Cultural Policy
- Inquiry Into Australia’s Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions
- Functional and Efficiency Review of the National Archives of Australia
- Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories Inquiry into Canberra’s National Institutions
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Digital Economy Consultation
- Innovation and Science Australia 2030 Strategic Plan Issues Paper
- R&D Tax Incentive Review Report
- Inquiry into Australia’s Future in Research and Innovation
- Tax White Paper
- Senate Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Innovation System
- Australian Heritage Strategy Consultation
- Framing the Future: Developing an Arts and Cultural Policy for NSW Discussion Paper
- Response to draft National and Science Research Priorities 2023
- Inquiry into the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Australian Education System
- Revitalisation of the National Science and Research Priorities
- Jobs and Skills Australia Discussion Paper
- Submission to the Federal Treasury’s Employment White Paper consultation 2022
- Submission to Senate Select Committee’s Inquiry into Work and Care 2022
- Pre-Budget Submission 2021-22
- 2020-21 Federal Budget Submission
- Indigenous Voice Consultation 2021
- Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Inquiry into Nationhood, National Identity and Democracy
- Australian Research Council implementation of the National Science and Research Priorities
- Vision for a Science Nation Consultation Paper
- Increasing the Diversity of Australia’s Research Workforce: A Pathway to Gender Equality in ARC Grant Funding Processes
- Inquiry into Innovation and Creativity: Workforce for the New Economy
- Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements
- Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee inquiry into Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
- Funding For Public Research Into Foreign Policy Issues 2021
- Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s Inquiry into Issues Facing Diaspora Communities in Australia
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s consultation on new National Foundation for Australia-China Relations
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Soft Power Review
- Foreign Policy White Paper
- International Engagement consultation
