The Dating Game: Reducing consumer food waste
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Release Date: 08/27/2025
Longitudinally Yours: 30 Years of LSAY
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Anthony Frosh speaks with Ronnie Semo and Tasman Swanton from National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) as well as Julie Higgs (former Wallis data analyst) about all things LSAY (Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth). Some topics include: · The impetus for commencing LSAY o How it was tied to the 1973 oil shock and subsequent economic crisis. · The evolution of survey methodology during the 1990s · How the LSAY team managed to stay in contact with...
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The Culture of Caution: Why young people are taking less risks than their parents
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Anthony Frosh speaks with Associate Professor Michael Livingston, one of the authors of a recently released book “”. Some topics include: · The change in youth culture from daring to risk averse · Changes in alcohol use · The extent that there is an impact of delaying (or expediting) introduction to alcohol · Trends in other risk-taking behaviours with young people · The extent to which these...
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The Dating Game: Reducing consumer food waste
Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast
Anthony Frosh speaks with Professor Lukas Parker about food waste and how date labels could be a key part of the puzzle. Some topics include: · The scale of the food waste problem in Australia and globally · The need to move beyond guilt as a focus of the problem · The food categories that are most problematic in terms of wastage · The inspiration for seeing packaging design and date labels as a key part of the puzzle ...
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Alone Together: Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic
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Anthony Frosh speaks with Professor Michelle Lim for Loneliness Awareness Week, #Momentsmatter. Some topics include: · How loneliness has always afflicted humanity, even in ancient times · The epiphany that led Michelle to focus on the loneliness epidemic · How researchers define loneliness and understanding the difference between transient and persistent or chronic loneliness. · Understanding that loneliness and social isolation aren’t...
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The Privacy Bargain – Exploring the trade-offs between privacy, protection, and policy in the digital age.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
info_outlineAnthony Frosh speaks with Professor Lukas Parker about food waste and how date labels could be a key part of the puzzle.
Some topics include:
· The scale of the food waste problem in Australia and globally
· The need to move beyond guilt as a focus of the problem
· The food categories that are most problematic in terms of wastage
· The inspiration for seeing packaging design and date labels as a key part of the puzzle
· Key insights from the research
To find out more about the research, visit: https://endfoodwaste.com.au/national-date-labelling-and-storage-advice-phase-1/
There you will be able to find a link to other documents, including the final report for Phase 1, including label designs on page 17-18. https://endfoodwaste.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2503_EFWCRC_124_Final-Report.pdf
This episode is edited by Shalini Sen. Marketing is the domain of Sarah Guy.
Associate Professor Lukas Parker is a leading social marketing and advertising scholar whose research sits at the nexus of behaviour change, communicating health and digital advertising. Leading teams of researchers, his research addresses pressing social problems related to health and sustainability. He has over fifty peer-reviewed publications including influential co-authored books Social Marketing and Advertising in the Age of Social Media (2020) and Social Marketing and Behaviour Change: Models, theory and applications (2014) which guide social marketing practitioners and scholars.
Associate Professor Parker leads 3C (Communication and Change Co-lab) that undertakes projects that create change through communication - whether that be social, behavioural, or cultural. He also co-leads Co-Lab.