Eidos Institute

Infobox Company
company_name = Eidos Institute
company_type = Not for Profit Company limited by guarantee
foundation = 2006
location_city = Brisbane
location_country = Australia
key_people = Bruce Muirhead (CEO),
Mark Nolan Chairman,
Colin Power Director,
Jan Massey Director,
Tom Bentley Director,
Kerrin Anderson Director,
industry = Research Institute & Think Tank
products =
members = University of Sunshine Coast, University of Southern Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland University of Tecnhology, James Cook University, Central Queensland University, Australian Catholic University (2006)
collaborators = Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Department of Premier and Cabinet(2006)
homepage = [http://www.eidos.org.au/ www.eidos.org.au]

Eidos is an independent research institute and think tank based in Australia. Established in 2006, its objective is to generate new ideas and dialogue on good education, the labour market, social policy and human capital. Its stated principal purpose is "‘working together to create, analyse and implement key ideas that will build a better future - locally, nationally and globally’. [http://www.eidos.org.au/news/results.chtml?filename_num=128450]

Eidos founding members included universities University of Sunshine Coast, University of Southern Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, James Cook University, Central Queensland University, Australian Catholic University and policy leaders Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Department of Premier and Cabinet. The model of operation draws on the intellectual strength of the member research community into an active dialogue with policy makers and practitioners.

The organisation is currently headed by Bruce Muirhead, a former University of Queensland Research Centre Director and policy leader in Australia.

Eidos has undertaken a number of large-scale practical, applied, policy relevant research projects. The community of researchers, policy-makers and thinkers consider research is likely to have a greater impact on policy and practice through supporting coordinated bodies of work, rather than a scatter of atomised, free-standing projects. Eidos's five key areas of research and thinking work focus on:
* [http://www.eidos.org.au/research/community.shtml Community] learning, labour and community;
* [http://www.eidos.org.au/research/green.shtml Green] sustainable education systems and education for sustainability;
* [http://www.eidos.org.au/research/life.shtml Life] lifecourse learning and work transitions;
* [http://www.eidos.org.au/research/safe.shtml Safe] strengthening the nation’s social and economic fabric; and,
* [http://www.eidos.org.au/research/wired.shtml Wired] new communications, technologies and education and social policy.

Publications

The institute publishes the "Engaged Perspectives" and an Annual Report. Its scholars, policy leaders and thinkers also publish their extensive research in books, reprints, journal articles, and OpEds.

Policy influence

Individually, the Institute's independent Board has led the development and implementation of significant public-private partnership development; a globally recognised policy and practice think tank; an international non-government educational organisation; innovative national cooperative research models; high impact and research quality management systems. In total the Board has led and managed more than 2 billion dollars of research, policy and practice initiatives and partnerships.

Eidos has a particular focus and interest in research, policy and ideas in the tropics.

External links

* [http://www.eidos.org.au/ Official website] .