Hi everyone,
We’ve been asked to share the below research opportunity with the network in case anyone might be interested in participating.
Researchers from the BRIDGES at Work project are currently looking to speak with people for interviews as part of their research project: Cultivating systemic safety to prevent workplace sexual harassment. If this is something you’d be interested in being involved in, or you’d like to find out more, please feel free to contact the researchers directly using the details here.
WWCA is just helping to circulate the opportunity, so if you’re keen, please reach out to them directly.
Hello colleagues
I’m writing to invite you to participate in an interview for the BRIDGES at Work research project: Cultivating systemic safety to prevent workplace sexual harassment.
The project is a national collaboration between Adelaide University (formerly the University of South Australia), Griffith University, The University of Queensland and several partner organisations from the human rights, work health and safety, and violence prevention sectors. It is funded by the Australian Research Council with support from the partners.
At this stage, we are seeking to learn more about the origins of sexual harassment in the organisational system, looking deeper into aspects like organisational culture, social dynamics, job and task characteristics, technology, and the physical work environment. Gaining a richer understanding of these risk contexts is expected to inform new evidence-based systemic prevention strategies, which will be tested later in the project.
Your involvement in the project will be via a one-to-one interview to explore your insights regarding how the risk of sexual harassment arises, from a systemic perspective. The participant information sheet, attached, provides further information about the project and what’s involved.
After reading the information sheet, if you are interested to take part, please reach out to Dr Ashlee Borgkvist ashlee.borgkvist@adelaide.edu.au (cc’d here) to arrange a suitable day and time.
In addition, we would appreciate you sharing this invitation with members of your professional networks who may also be interested to contribute their views. Experts and professionals who have experience dealing with workplace sexual harassment incidents or complaints in their professional role (such as conciliators, lawyers, case managers, investigators, HR and WHS managers, frontline managers), from a prevention or response angle, are eligible to participate.
Thank you for supporting this research.
Kind regards,
Michelle Tuckey | Lead Chief Investigator
Professor Michelle Tuckey (she/her) | PhD BPsych(Hons)
Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology | Adelaide University
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The findings also point to clear pathways for change. The report emphasises the need for meaningful, practical bystander training, stronger legal protections for ethical bystanders, and leadership accountability that goes beyond “tick-the-box” compliance. Union presence and active delegates were consistently identified as protective factors that increase confidence and improve outcomes.
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