Acknowledgements and citation
A guide to acknowledging and citing data from the Australian Digital Inclusion Index
Citation
You can cite the ADII as follows:
Thomas, J., Barraket, J., Parkinson, S., Wilson, C., Holcombe-James, I., Kennedy, J., Mannell, K., Brydon, A. (2021). Australian Digital Inclusion Index: 2021. Melbourne: RMIT, Swinburne University of Technology, and Telstra.
Acknowledgements
The research team would like to thank the many people and organisations that have made this refreshed iteration of the Australian Digital Inclusion Index possible. Understanding digital inclusion in Australia is an ongoing project that is of national importance.
We wish to acknowledge and thank our project partner Telstra for supporting and enabling this research. Particular thanks to Abigail Brydon, Robert Morsillo, Christy Ditchburn, Simone Clarke, Heather Rae, Nicola Curnow, and Michael Parks for sharing their knowledge, expertise, and good advice.
We also thank RMIT and Swinburne University of Technology. Special thanks to our colleagues at the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (RMIT) and the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne for their advice and valuable support.
The 2021 Index represents a three-year process of revision that builds on the five-year history of the initial Index. We extend our sincere gratitude to the colleagues and collaborators who have been on this journey with us since 2015.
Jo Barraket, Jean Burgess, Kay Cook, Michael Dezuanni, Scott Ewing, Indigo Holcombe-James, Jenny Kennedy, Jee Lee, Yee Man Louie, Trent MacDonald, Kate Mannell, Amber Marshall, Meg Mundell, Sharon Parkinson, Ellie Rennie, Julian Thomas, Julie Tucker, Chris Wilson
It is on their vision for and commitment to a digitally inclusive Australia for all that this work is based.
Core research team
The core research team for 2021 is led by Distinguished Professor Julian Thomas at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University, working with:
- Distinguished Professor Jo Barraket, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne University of Technology
- Dr Sharon Parkinson, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne University of Technology
- Dr Chris Wilson, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne University of Technology
- Dr Indigo Holcombe-James, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
- Dr Jenny Kennedy, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
- Dr Kate Mannell, RMIT University
- Abigail Brydon, Telstra
