Work-Life Balance

Woman exasperated at mobile message

Arts & Culture

No bandwidth to think is the cost of being time poor

Cyber time poverty can affect all of us as distractions from social media, work messages and 24-hour news, but we can fight back

More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer thumbnail image

Business & Economics

More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer

Australian parents are waiting longer for an empty nest as their adult children are living under the same roof for longer, finds the annual HILDA survey

We need good policy to back working dads thumbnail image

Politics & Society

We need good policy to back working dads

A new University of Melbourne podcast about dads, families and work explores how policies and jobs could (and should) support working fathers and their families

How remote work is invading our spaces thumbnail image

Politics & Society

How remote work is invading our spaces

While work needs to take place somewhere, in a post-pandemic world, that somewhere can be anywhere. But is that a good thing?

A third of Australians under chronic time stress thumbnail image

Business & Economics

A third of Australians under chronic time stress

The HILDA survey suggests that not having enough time is a significant social problem with ramifications for health and wellbeing

From ‘nice to have’ to ‘must-have’ in the post-COVID workplace thumbnail image

Politics & Society

From ‘nice to have’ to ‘must-have’ in the post-COVID workplace

The collective experiences of workers pre and post-pandemic offer five lessons for organisations to reimagine workplaces and practices

What does a great day at work look like? thumbnail image

Health & Medicine

|

Under the Microscope

What does a great day at work look like?

Dr Rebecca Jarden’s background in nursing has led her to research what a balanced approach to measuring wellbeing for nurses looks like throughout their careers

How working away is changing home thumbnail image

Sciences & Technology

How working away is changing home

New research shows how Australian households cope when one partner works away from home for days or weeks at a time, revealing how people’s lives change and the effects on wellbeing

Lost in transit? thumbnail image

Business & Economics

Lost in transit?

Australian cities have seen a considerable increase in the work commute since 2002, but the 2019 HILDA survey suggests we have now reached peak travel times

Subscribe for your weekly email digest

By subscribing, you agree to our

Acknowledgement of country

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the unceded lands on which we work, learn and live. We pay respect to Elders past, present and future, and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous knowledge in the Academy.

Read about our Indigenous priorities
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352) | International: +61 3 9035 5511The University of Melbourne ABN: 84 002 705 224CRICOS Provider Code: 00116K (visa information)