Speakers

Prof Byron Keating is Co-Director of the QUT Vulnerability Research Group, where he leads the Employment and Economic Participation Program. He also oversees the QUT Disability Research Network, a multidisciplinary group of over 50 researchers dedicated to understanding social, institutional, and technological factors impacting people with disabilities.

With an long-standing interest in Government-funded employment services, Prof Keating has worked with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) to investigate how value alignment among stakeholders in the employment services ecosystem influences information sharing. Additionally, he was commissioned by DEWR to evaluate JobFit, a gamified mobile application that served as a pilot for Workforce Australia’s digital services approach.

His recent research focuses on supply-side innovation within Disability Employment Services (DES) as part of an ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre. He is also leading a DSS-funded ILC project to better understand how demand-side employer capabilities affect employment outcomes of young adults with psychosocial disabilities.