Overview  

What is social licence, why do infrastructure projects need it and how can project professionals help build and sustain it? Why are social risk management and social value creation important for successful project delivery? And what role does community engagement play in driving project acceptance? 

Learn from world leading experts on how your major infrastructure projects can build the foundations for project acceptance.  

This course is a practical introduction to social licence, social risk and social value research and its application. 

Places available on our upcoming courses – book here:

Course dates

18th-20th March 2026

28th-30th July 2026

Real world application 

The presentations and interactive live sessions will include the latest ground-breaking research from the ANU’s Institute for Infrastructure in Society, combined with practical strategies for immediate application for infrastructure delivery.

Course Curriculum 

  • The role of social licence in project outcomes
  • An introduction to social risk management
  • An introduction to social value creation
  • Why community engagement matters

Session Schedule 

This course will be run entirely online and is scheduled to be run across three x 2 hour sessions. 

Specific dates and times of upcoming training to note in your diary are as follows: 

March course:

Wednesday 18 March 2026: 10.00 -12.00 (AEDT) – Session 1

Thursday 19 March 2026: 10.00 -12.00 (AEDT) – Session 2 

Friday 20 March 2026: 10.00 – 12.00 (AEDT) – Session 3 

July course:

Tuesday 28th July 2026: 10.00 -12.00 (AEDT) – Session 1

Wednesday 29th July 2026: 10.00 -12.00 (AEDT) – Session 2 

Thursday 30th July 2026: 10.00 – 12.00 (AEDT) – Session 3 

Learning outcomes: 

  • Understand the key drivers of social licence 
  • Build capacity to better understand and identify social risks associated with major projects  
  • Understand how major projects can deliver social value 
  • Understand why community engagement matters to project delivery 
  • Introduction to evidence-based tools and approaches for social licence, social risk, community engagement and social value creation.

Who is this course for? 

This foundational course is designed for individuals working across the infrastructure and energy sectors. Participants from all disciplines including community engagement, project management, engineering, procurement and risk management are encouraged to register.  

Cost

$1400 (AUD) + GST