Spatially Integrated Social Science Research in Australia

整个社会的快速变化导致了社会科学研究范围的转变，包括作为一个重要概念的空间和场所的出现。在各个研究领域，目前正在开发一系列创新和独特的基于空间的技术、方法和理论。虽然研究进展迅速，但研究人员并不总是能够合作。认识到这些进展，这一倡议的重点是利用澳大利亚在使用基于空间的方法和理论方面的能力和潜力，并将研究人员聚集在一起，在多个领域开展合作。

Rapid change across society has resulted in shifts to the scope of social science research including the emergence of space and place as an important concept. Across research fields the result has been that a range of innovative and unique techniques, methodologies and theories that are space based are now being developed. While research is progressing rapidly, it is undertaken in parallel by researchers who can not always collaborate. Recognising these advances, this initiative focuses on harnessing Australia's capacity and potential in the use of spatially based methods and theories and brings researchers together in collaboration across a number of fields.