Understand how progressive organisations navigate the complexities of community organising in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Format
Research Findings
Protests: Start Here
A collection of resources to explore protests – why protest, do protests work, how to stay safe, how to organise a protest, etc.
Making a Scene & Making Sense – The Impact of Disruption & Action Logic
Do disruptive protest tactics work? This research reveals they lead to greater levels of media attention and higher levels of active support for the groups carrying them out.
Building Union and Climate Movement Coalitions with Dan Sherrell and Desiree Cai
This podcast discusses the lessons learnt and coalitions built from campaigning around a policy and legislation win.
Tactics Used by Fossil Fuel Companies to Suppress Critique and Obstruct Climate Action
Climate activists have often engaged a wide range of tactics in their efforts to bring down fossil fuel emissions and halt climate change. But what about the tactics used by fossil fuel companies to obstruct climate action and suppress critique?
Power and Connection – Exploring how Organisations Engage with Communities
The Loci of Power and Connection (LOPAC) framework is a tool for civil society organisations to use to consider their role and activities.
Disruptive Protest Tactics: Helpful or Harmful?
Research examining whether disruptive protest tactics are ultimately helpful or harmful for advancing progress on critical social issues
Storytelling and Evidence-based Policy: Lessons from the Grey Literature
In this article Brett Davidson explores lessons and gives practical advice about the role of storytelling in political advocacy.
Mindset Shifts: What are They? Why do they Matter? How do they Happen?
A report from the FrameWorks Institute, Mindset Shifts: What Are They? Why Do They Matter? How Do They Happen?, explores the best practices and most effective strategies for moving mindsets.
Protest in Peril: Our Shrinking Democracy
Research Report findings about the right to protest in Australia by the Human Rights Law Centre including recommendations to government.
Finding the Balance: Community Organising Models in Australia and New Zealand
Understand how progressive organisations navigate the complexities of community organising in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Protests: Start Here
A collection of resources to explore protests – why protest, do protests work, how to stay safe, how to organise a protest, etc.
Making a Scene & Making Sense – The Impact of Disruption & Action Logic
Do disruptive protest tactics work? This research reveals they lead to greater levels of media attention and higher levels of active support for the groups carrying them out.
Building Union and Climate Movement Coalitions with Dan Sherrell and Desiree Cai
This podcast discusses the lessons learnt and coalitions built from campaigning around a policy and legislation win.
Tactics Used by Fossil Fuel Companies to Suppress Critique and Obstruct Climate Action
Climate activists have often engaged a wide range of tactics in their efforts to bring down fossil fuel emissions and halt climate change. But what about the tactics used by fossil fuel companies to obstruct climate action and suppress critique?
Power and Connection – Exploring how Organisations Engage with Communities
The Loci of Power and Connection (LOPAC) framework is a tool for civil society organisations to use to consider their role and activities.
Disruptive Protest Tactics: Helpful or Harmful?
Research examining whether disruptive protest tactics are ultimately helpful or harmful for advancing progress on critical social issues
Storytelling and Evidence-based Policy: Lessons from the Grey Literature
In this article Brett Davidson explores lessons and gives practical advice about the role of storytelling in political advocacy.
Mindset Shifts: What are They? Why do they Matter? How do they Happen?
A report from the FrameWorks Institute, Mindset Shifts: What Are They? Why Do They Matter? How Do They Happen?, explores the best practices and most effective strategies for moving mindsets.
Protest in Peril: Our Shrinking Democracy
Research Report findings about the right to protest in Australia by the Human Rights Law Centre including recommendations to government.