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National Social and Cultural Wellbeing Survey
The National Social and Cultural Wellbeing Survey is a whole of CEPS activity, led by the University of Queensland node that seeks to benchmark public attitudes and perceptions of preparedness, community resilience and vulnerability in a post 9/11 environment of heightened awareness. The survey addresses the following research questions:
- How do global and community-wide security threats or incidents affect Australians’ social and cultural values, and perceptions of risk?
- How do citizen perceptions of risk and level of trust in government institutions influence Australians’ actions and preparedness to natural and man-made disasters?
- How resilient are Australian citizens to natural and man-made disasters?
In 2010, the project team:
1. Completed a pilot study of key constructs as a module on the Queensland Household “Living in Queensland” survey. In this module researchers asked questions about perceptions of national security, natural disasters and preparedness.
2. Recruited Dr Suzanna Ramirez from the University of Washington (United States) to work with the project Chief Investigators to develop the survey instrument and design the sampling and survey method.
Professor Mark Western (Chief Investigator)
Professor Paul Boreham (Chief Investigator)
Professor Lorraine Mazerolle (Chief Investigator)
Dr Suzanna Ramirez (Research Fellow)
Brian Adams (Research Fellow)
Dr Jenny Povey
