Project

Status, Perceptions and Priorities of EWP Industry in Australia

Project Description

This project aims to investigate the status, influences and support interventions sought of EWP supply chains in Australia. The proposed project consists of a survey run multiple times over the period of the ATH as well as in-depth interviews based on findings of the survey. Co-designing the survey with input from the ATH members will ensure data collected will provide valuable insights to each research node of the ATH and key stakeholders.

This project expects to develop a baseline of the current status, influences and support interventions sought of current and future EWP supply chains in Australia. This information will assist each research node to target research and interventions, sourcing critical insights beyond the ATH members. In addition, the project will provide a unique data set enabling measurement of the impact of the ATH activities and other stakeholder initiatives to support the acceleration of sustainable timber supply chains in Australia. Survey data will identify current use of EWP and desired use (i.e. those who have tried unsuccessfully to use EWP, perceptions of the circularity, durability, cost, and priorities of supply chain actors such as aligning LCA methods). Semi-structured interviews will allow the investigation of specific topics identified through the survey as relevant to the aims of the study and ATH.

Expected outcomes of this project include a comprehensive evidence base for a supply chain approach to efforts to accelerate sustainable timber supply chains.

This should provide significant benefits for decision makers across government, each part of the supply chain and academia by identifying the status and change of use, perceptions and priorities of each actor in the supply chain.

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Objectives/Deliverables

  • Delivery of an online survey distributed through ATH members and stakeholders in years 1, 3 and 5 of the project.
  • Analysis and results delivered within 6 months of survey delivery.
  • Approximately 50 semi-structured interviews following the survey.
  • An interactive website for ATH members and some information available for the general public.
  • Academic articles and industry style reports / impact stories as relevant based on data and ATH member input over the five year project.

Project Leader/s

Cristyn Meath

Theme Leader - Planning Change; Node Leader - Socio-Economic Opportunity & Interventions for Change

The University of Queensland

Project Staff

Catalina Espinosa

PhD Candidate / Research Assistant

The University of Queensland

Project Investigators

Cristyn Meath

Theme Leader - Planning Change; Node Leader - Socio-Economic Opportunity & Interventions for Change

The University of Queensland

Georgia Lindsay

Chief Investigator

University of Tasmania

Lead Project Partner Organisation

Project Partners