The Social and Insitutional Research Program is about the human dimensions of natural resource management (NRM), including socio-economic issues.

Land & Water Australia is committed to ensuring the needs of people in natural resource management are addressed by the research sector.

The Social and Institutional Research Program (SIRP) seeks to improve the current management of Australia's land and water resources.

Over the period of the current LWA Strategic Plan 2005-10, SIRP together with partners from research, government and NRM sectors, will invest over $8M in research to address priority NRM social science issues. 

Research Themes

• Aboriginal Natural Resources Management
• Regional Natural Resources Management
• Community Participation and Capacity Building
• Water
• Sustainable Farming

We help identify and fund research, and promote the findings of this research.

Since the program was established in 1999, SIRP has contributed significantly to knowledge about how to achieve effective NRM. SIRP is now in it's second phase of research.

Communicating Our Research

We communicate the findings of our research through seminars, workshops, briefings, events, printed publications and websites.