Sahar is undertaking her PhD research in food insecurity. Her PhD topic contributes to a recently funded Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project titled 'Towards 'zero hunger': improving food relief services in Australia'. She has also been working on various projects with not-for-profit organisations and government sector. Sahar is experienced in evaluation research, preparing proposals for clients, designing questionnaires, data collection, coding, analysis, authoring written reports, and the delivery of results via phone, virtually, or in-person presentations.

Veronica has a background in social policy. Her research interests include inequality and redistributive policy; the political participation of marginalised groups; and policy affecting children, young people and families. Veronica is currently working on research projects and evaluations in areas including homelessness; social impact investment; lived experience leadership; and families in the child protection system.

Tahna believes that problems and possibilities in health, the environment, and society must be addressed through collaborative action between these sectors. She is applying her knowledge brokering experience to an ARC-funded Linkage research project with the South Australian food assistance sector. The project aims to translate principles into good practice and collective impact. Tahna also provides research consultancy services for organisations, engaging people to ensure that research investments are useful, relevant and have impact.

Diana is currently involved in the ARC Linkage Project, 'Towards 'zero hunger': improving food relief services in Australia'. She is currently completing her Master’s by Research in the area of food insecurity, which stems from work on the linkage project and her volunteer work in food relief. Prior to joining CSI, Diana worked in a diverse range of positions across the private and not-for-profit sectors. She has over 30 years’ experience in marketing, brand management, education and communication. 

Catherine has a background in public health, health promotion, political science and community services research. She has an overarching research interest in finding practical, participant-informed solutions to social and health problems. She has a commitment to bringing the voices of marginalised people to the political table, which has fed directly into her development of ethical and emancipatory methods. Catherine's current research encompasses the government and non-government social and community services sectors, with a focus on the experiences of people living and working in regional, rural and remote Australia.

Carolyn is a Research Associate at the Centre for Social Impact Flinders and a lecturer in Nutrition courses at Flinders University. With expertise in public health, nutrition, health promotion and nutrition counselling and education, Carolyn is passionate about Sustainable Food Systems, in particular, creating healthy food environments to support people’s health and wellbeing. Carolyn’s current work and area of interest is focusing on the food environment in both the University and in food assistance services. 

With a background in qualitative, interdisciplinary research, Kelly's experience prior to joining CSI includes active research and support on a range of projects in the fields of housing and homelessness policy and practice. She is currently in her final year of postgraduate research at the University of Adelaide where she is completing a PhD thesis examining the history of critical responses to GM food and crops in Australia.

Jung supports cross-cultural research projects between Australia and South Korea by building project concepts and connecting to project relevant bodies in South Korea. Currently, she is working on research projects around disability employment and free school lunch programs in Australia and South Korea. Jung has focused on building accessible, inclusive and innovative working environments to enable socio-economic inclusion for people with cognitive disability, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and intellectual and mental disabilities. Jung’s research interests include disability employment, social enterprise management, inclusive corporate culture, and social and disability-related policies under the jurisdiction of other countries.