At I2S we work hard every day to deliver unique, sector-level research insights.
Our research is :
- informing improved community engagement
- addressing cumulative impacts of major infrastructure projects
- supporting improved social risk management
- shaping public policy for societal benefit.
Our research highlights
We are working to support industry improve engagement performance through the Infrastructure Engagement Excellence Standards. Our research seeks to provide industry with the tools to monitor and evaluate engagement performance throughout the lifecycle of project delivery.
Since 2018 we have tracked the experiences of project professionals in infrastructure and engagement with the annual State of Infrastructure and Engagement Survey. Through the survey we have learned more about what’s driving project delays, cancellations and mothballing, the professionalisation of the engagement discipline in the infrastructure sector and the impact of social risk management on project performance.
We’re complementing perspectives from industry professionals with perspectives from Australian communities through Australian Perspectives on Infrastructure. This work with more than 6,000 Australian community members provides a unique 360-degree view of the relationship between project teams and impacted communities and also of the needs of Australia’s most infrastructure-impacted communities.
We are also working toward industry’s long term priority of modelling the costs of social risk in the infrastructure sector. Our ARC Linkage Social Risk Research Team is working with infrastructure professionals to understand how social risks are currently defined, identified, priced and managed and to build associated management tools to help make a step change in performance in this critical area.