Australian Unity developed the index in partnership with Deakin University and in close conjunction with researchers from other Australian scientific and educational institutions.
Professor Bob Cummins from Deakin University’s Australian Centre for Quality of Life is the author of the index and has been involved in the project since its conception in 2001. Deakin University is responsible for all data analysis and collation of each report. Assistance is also provided by various doctoral students within Deakin University.
The index quickly made its mark in public discourse. In 2004 Professor Cummins was the primary author awarded ‘Best paper published in Social Indicators
Research 2003’ and in that same year, along with research colleagues and staff from Australian Unity, won the Victorian Public Health Award for Capacity
Building Excellence.
A key principle of the index is that all of the research is available in the public domain, through Deakin University’s Australian Centre on Quality of Life. This
resource rich Centre receives about 2,000 hits each day and is accessed at no cost to the user. The index has been referenced in more than 75 academic publications written by authors throughout the world, and the tool is also used to monitor the wellbeing of the population of Macau.
Professor Cummins has been invited as a visiting scholar to many international universities. He is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and of
the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. In 2005 he was designated ‘Expert of International Standing in Quality of Life Research’ by the Australian
Research Council College of Experts.
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