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Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu) - closed 30 June 2018

Website: Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit: Superu

Publications from Superu remain on The Hub website, managed by the Social Wellbeing Agency | Toi Hau Tangata from March 2020 (formerly called the Social Investment Agency)

Effective Community-level change: What makes community-level initiatives effective and how can government best support them?

Community-level initiatives have been widely implemented in New Zealand and overseas. However, there is a lack of robust quantitative evidence on whether community-level initiatives are effective…

Measuring the effectiveness of ‘whole-of-system’ response to prevent family violence

The Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu) commissioned the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR) to develop and test a systems approach to…

Government Social Science Research and Evaluation Publishing Protocol

Government agencies undertake a substantial amount of social science research and evaluation each year. The Government Social Science Research and Evaluation Publishing Protocol is for agencies…

What Works: Integrated social services for vulnerable people

Provision of integrated social services is not new. It is however, increasingly being seen as key to addressing service fragmentation and inefficiencies. But what do we…

In Focus: Families with complex needs: International approaches

Supporting families with complex needs often requires funding and delivery arrangements that differ from standard social services. A continuum of interventions, including individual, targeted approaches alongside…

Neighbourhood Social Mix and Outcomes for Social Housing Tenants: Rapid Review

This rapid review adds to the knowledge base of evidence informing services and programmes for social housing. Specifically, what the outcomes are for social housing tenants…

At a Glance: Vulnerability in early life: How are New Zealand children faring?

This At a Glance highlights findings from the Growing Up in New Zealand publication Vulnerability Report 2: Transitions in exposure to vulnerability in the first 1000…

In Focus: Family Resilience

Many families successfully cope with difficult situations, but some do not. ‘Family resilience’ explains how families draw on protective resources to adapt to the risks they…

Families and Whānau Status Report 2015

The Families and Whānau Status Report is a series that aims to enrich our understanding of family and whānau wellbeing. Measuring family wellbeing is complicated, not…

Growing Up in New Zealand: At 2 years old

Growing Up in New Zealand is a longitudinal study that provides an up-to-date, population relevant picture of what it is like to be a child growing…