Enhancing settlement outcomes for migrants in regional Australia (ARC Discovery Project administered by Western Sydney University) (2026-2029)

This project will examine challenges that migrants and refugees experience resettling in regional Australia. The project will utilise linked `big¿ and longitudinal data to quantify the nature, magnitude, and trajectories of settlement outcomes. By examining migration pathways and using group decision-making techniques with participants in selected regional locations, solutions will be identified and ranked. A roadmap will then be developed that can support and improve regional migrant settlement to (re)vitalise regional communities. Our findings will lead to socio-economic and cultural benefits through effectively helping the Australian government realise the goals of its Regional Settlement Program for migrants and host communities.