ARC Centre of Excellence for Quality Work in a Digital Age

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Quality Work in a Digital Age aims to bring together experts from the social and technical sciences to learn how to create quality work for the future. This aim is significant because intelligent technologies, such as AI and robotics, are radically disrupting work. The Centre will investigate how to use these technologies to augment human performance, how to enable people to collaborate across geographic and temporal boundaries, and how to future-proof workers by building capabilities to thrive in a digital era. Expected outcomes are that the Centre will generate knowledge, tools and guidance that is relevant and ready for use by government and industry. Social and economic benefits include improvements in health and well-being, inclusion and productivity.

Funding: $34.8 million over 7 years

Centre Director: Prof Sharon Parker

Administering Organisation: Curtin University

Participating Organisations:

  • Queensland University of Technology
  • Swinburne University of Technology
  • The University of Melbourne
  • The University of New South Wales
  • The University of Queensland
  • University of South Australia
  • ESSEC Business School
  • ETH Zurich
  • Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Syracuse University, NY
  • Turin Polytechnic University
  • University of Limerick
  • University of South Florida, USA
  • ADAPT VENTURES PTY LTD
  • AGILE 8 PTY LTD
  • AI CONSORTIUM PTY LTD
  • AROSE PTY LTD
  • AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
  • Australian Council of Trade Unions
  • AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED
  • AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES & ENERGY EMPLOYER ASSOCIATION
  • BEAMIBLE PTY LTD
  • Bloom 
  • BOEING DEFENCE AUSTRALIA LTD
  • Centre for the Future of Work, University of Pretoria
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 
  • CHEMISTRY CENTRE (WA)
  • Child and Adolescent Health Service
  • COGNENTAI PTY LTD
  • COMCARE AUSTRALIA
  • COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
  • CUSTOMA PTY LTD
  • CYBERCX PTY LTD
  • DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
  • DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, INDUSTRY REGULATION AND SAFETY
  • DEPARTMENT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET
  • Department of Jobs Tourism Science and Innovation
  • Department of Training and Workforce Development
  • EAST METROPOLITAN HEALTH SERVICE
  • Forrest Research Foundation
  • FUTURE SKILLS ORGANISATION
  • INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES PTY LTD
  • International Labour Organization
  • Institute for the Future of Work, London, UK
  • KUSCH GROUP PTY LTD
  • LYFE LANGUAGES LTD
  • Microsoft Research, Cambridge
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
  • QLD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  • RADOLL & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD
  • RAYTRACER PTY LTD
  • Safe Work Australia
  • SAFEWORK SA
  • SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LIMITED
  • TAFE DIRECTORS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED
  • TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED
  • THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA
  • The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • TR TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD.
  • WA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE
  • WEIR GROUP (AUSTRALIAN HOLDINGS) PTY LIMITED
  • WILLYAMA SERVICES PTY LIMITED