On the Road to Safety - A conversation with the TAC
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Release Date: 12/08/2024
The Privacy Bargain – Exploring the trade-offs between privacy, protection, and policy in the digital age.
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Professor Chris Berg and ADIA CEO Sarah Campbell just in time for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's (OAIC) annual Privacy Awareness Week Some topics include: · Do people even care about privacy anymore? · Why so many of us give away our personal data · Privacy policy reform · Tensions in privacy policy · The measures legitimate research organisations take to...
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Listening First: Conducting respectful research with First Nations communities
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Carol Vale, CEO of Murawin, an Aboriginal-owned and led consultancy specialising in social research, evaluation, and engagement with First Nations communities. Anthony and Carol discuss the importance of undertaking culturally responsive social research with First Nations peoples, and some of the sensitivities and considerations around that. Some topics include: · Carol’s background – where she grew up, her education pathway, and how and why Carol got into social research · The...
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Opening up the Man Box
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Matt Tyler, Executive Director of The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services, about a fascinating study called “The Man Box”. The term “The Man Box” refers to a set of rigid social norms that shape masculinity and impact men's well-being, relationships, and behaviours. Some topics include: · Understanding what the Man Box is and it relationship with toxic masculinity as well as positive expressions of masculinity. · How the Man Box concept was developed ...
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The Digital Lives of Young Australians
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Jackie Coates, the CEO of the Telstra Foundation, about the Australian Youth Digital Index (2024)— which could be described as a comprehensive look at how young Australians engage with the digital world. Topics include What the Telstra Foundation is and why they supported this research An understanding of what the Australian Youth Digital Index (AYDI) is How the digital landscape has evolved for young people Some interesting findings...
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Our Energy Futures – The experience of seniors with the energy transition
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Marshida Kolthoff, from the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria, about the experiences of the energy transition for those in an older age bracket. Some of the main topics discussed include: Understanding what the energy transition is The cost-of-living challenges many older people face, especially around energy use The conduct of the research, and the most interesting and/or surprising findings from the research ...
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The Greenwash Cycle
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Marianne Campbell, who heads up research at the Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC), about consumer confusion regarding environmental product claims, such those often seen in the media, advertising, and on product packaging or labels, especially on large appliances. Some of the main topics discussed include · Emergence of green marketing / green claims on consumer products · Defining ‘greenwashing’ and gauging how widespread it is · What consumers...
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On the Road to Safety - A conversation with the TAC
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Samantha Cockfield, the Head of Road Safety at the Transport Accident Commission, about developments in road safety and the research behind those developments. On this episode, Anthony is also joined by Ben Bishop. Ben heads up Road Safety research at Wallis Social Research and has done so for well over a decade. Some of the main topics discussed include Historical overview of road safety The importance of gauging and understanding community attitudes in order to educate people to be safer on our roads The role of...
info_outlineAnthony Frosh speaks with Samantha Cockfield, the Head of Road Safety at the Transport Accident Commission, about developments in road safety and the research behind those developments. On this episode, Anthony is also joined by Ben Bishop. Ben heads up Road Safety research at Wallis Social Research and has done so for well over a decade.
Some of the main topics discussed include
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Historical overview of road safety
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The importance of gauging and understanding community attitudes in order to educate people to be safer on our roads
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The role of enforcement vs attitude change in improving road safety in a liberal open society
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Influencing the individual vs improving the wider road safety system
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The impact of technological changes on road safety
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Future directions in road safety
Samantha Cockfield is Executive General Manager of Road Safety at the Transport Accident Commission (TAC).
Samantha is responsible for the development and delivery of the TAC’s road safety strategy which spans road infrastructure, vehicle safety initiatives and a range of programs designed to improve road user behaviours.
Sam has led the development and delivery of numerous behavioural programs including many of the TAC’s iconic public education campaigns.
Sam has dedicated her career to the elimination of death and serious injury on the road - advocating for road safety both regionally and internationally. She has considerable experience in strategy development and is considered an international expert
Sam was awarded the 2017 Australasian College of Road Safety Fellowship in 2017 and in 2020 was a member of the Academic Expert Group providing recommendations to the United Nations for global road safety collaboration to 2030.