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​Research projects for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students are available within the following research areas. Please email our academic staff to discuss potential HDR projects and ask if they are available as an advisor for your proposed HDR program.

Adverse childhood experience and the health risk behaviour, cognitive development and social integration: a socio-ecological approach of child development across the life course.

ISSR Impact Area: Health

Project description:  Exposure to adverse childhood experiences, including physical or emotional abuse or neglect, deprivation, or exposure to violence is associated with health risk behaviours such as substance use disorders, mental health disorders, school bullying, and suicidal behaviour. Adverse childhood experiences negatively effects on cognitive development and social integration. Less is known about the mediating effect of cognitive development and social integration in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and health risk behaviours in adolescents. The aim of this project is to discover the mechanism of how adverse childhood experiences increase the possibility for substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and school bullying through its adverse consequences on cognitive development and social integration.

This PhD will build on work undertaken through on-going collaborations with partners. The study will employ a longitudinal data from childhood to adolescence and a socio-ecological approach as it generates the opportunity to examine and control the impacts of individual, family, and school factors as well as determine their interactions through the life span. Information from this project will provide a scientific evidence to design effective intervention program to reduce the proportion of substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and school bulling among adolescents.

Supervisor/s:   Dr Nam Tran , Associate Professor Abdullah Al Mamun

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Bereavement pathways following the death of a baby: A 30 year follow up of parent outcomes

Project description:  The death of a baby around the time of birth or soon after is a devastating outcome of pregnancy that is experienced by more than 3,000 families in Australia each year. The psychosocial consequences may be profound and research shows that the impacts may be felt for many years. Little is known about the very long-term consequences of perinatal death.

This PhD project offers a rare opportunity to follow-up a cohort of families who joined a longitudinal study following the death of a baby 30 years ago. The study will trace the original study participants to investigate their experiences and outcomes following stillbirth, newborn death or sudden infant death. The study will involve collecting data from these families through interviews or other survey techniques and analysing existing data that was collected from families in earlier study phases. Combining these data sources will enable exploration of pathways to resilient or adverse psychosocial outcomes.   

The project will contribute to the design of evidence-based interventions for parent-centred approaches to care following pregnancy loss. Through this project the PhD student will gain experience in mixed methods and longitudinal research and detailed knowledge and understanding of research, policy and practice in perinatal bereavement care.

Supervisor/s:   Associate Professor Fran Boyle

​Developing assets-based, peer-led interventions to improve health and wellbeing among marginalised young people

Project description: The role of peers and social networks is particularly influential during adolescence and there is much research drawing on peer influence to improve health. Yet many marginalised young people continue to report significant challenges to their health and wellbeing. At the same time, there is growing interest in salutogenic, strengths or asset-based approaches to health improvement, but evidence of their effectiveness is still limited.

This PhD project will first seek to conduct a systematic review of the evidence for peer led, salutogenic health interventions among marginalised young people.  Marginalised groups could include those who are socio-economically disadvantaged, refugees, those who have experienced out of home care or homelessness, LGBTIQ+ young people and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (the final focus of the PhD will be agreed between the successful student and supervisor).  The project will then use a community participative approach with young people, healthcare practitioners, and other stakeholders to develop and refine an asset-based model of health improvement.  It will lay the foundation for work to test out the best possible interventions in this area and the student will gain experience in conducting systematic evidence reviews, qualitative research and community participative research methods.

Supervisor/s:   Professor Lisa McDaid

Development of health and wellbeing within and across generations

Project description: Early origins of risk factors such as low birth weight and diseases including asthma, obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes are well characterized. The growing evidence suggests that prevention of these risk factors and diseases should start from pregnancy or even before pregnancy to optimise the benefit over the life course. Various exposures (environmental, social, biological and genetics) in critical stages of life such as pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, early childhood, adolescents and young adulthood, play role to the development of these poor health conditions and wellbeing. Progression and causal pathways to poor health and wellbeing outcomes from multigenerational perspective are relatively unknown. Long follow-up cohort studies like the Mater University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) and its offspring is a multigenerational birth cohort study with the capacity to investigate this scientific query. This research project aims to use the MUSP unique existing data across three generations to investigate the development of health and wellbeing across multiple generations. The information from this project will provide a scientific basis to design effective intervention to reduce population disease risk and improve health. Through this project the PhD student will gain experience in state-of-the-art longitudinal data analyses techniques, as well as theoretical and practical experience in the intersection of health and society from the life course approach.

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Educational and labour market trajectories of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds

ISSR Impact Area: Education

Project description: Even in a highly developed country like Australia, a young person’s chances in life are still largely determined by the characteristics of family they are born into and raised in. There is a wealth of international evidence showing that family background affects a range of educational and labour market outcomes in young people, which in turn have knock-on effects on a range of other outcomes later in life.

This project will feed into a broader program of work exploring Australia’s educational and labour market disadvantage in young people associated with low-socioeconomic background. Key themes include the inter-relationships between disadvantaged background and educational outcomes, participation in Higher Education, and post-school and post-university destinations, including employment.

Much of the work in the program is based on quantitative analysis of large-scale secondary datasets, such as the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia, the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) and the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), or large-scale linked administrative data. The work feeds into research programme of the Australian Research Council-funded Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.

Supervisor/s:   Associate Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski

Environmental exposures in pregnancy and birth outcomes in Queensland: A study for better policy and health outcomes

Project description: Water disinfection by chlorination is one of the most effective measures to safeguard public health. However, emerging global evidence on disinfection by-products, mainly Trihalomethanes (THMs), associated adverse birth outcomes, demands evidence-based policies and practices for supplying safe water. The overarching aim of this project is to investigate the nature and extent of the association between THMs and adverse birth outcomes including low birth weight, small-for-gestational age, preterm births and peri-viable births by linking the Queensland Health water data and Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) data; and explore whether the association between THMs levels and birth outcomes is robust to adjustment for potential confounders. This PhD will build on work undertaken through on-going collaborations with partners. Findings of this project will be a major contributor to the advocacy for revising the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines for THMs.

Gender, Family Dynamics and Social Disadvantage

​ issr impact area: policy and practice.

Project description:  This project will examine issues relating to gender inequality and family dynamics to understand the mechanisms underlying the transmission of social disadvantage over the life course and across generations. The specific topic to be investigated may include divisions of labour, childcare, family relationships, gender inequality in paid and unpaid work and work-family balance. Projects focusing on life course events and changes in attitudes and outcomes for women and men are welcome.

The successful candidate will be affiliated with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (see www.lifecoursecentre.org.au ) and will be provided opportunities for a range of other professional development activities and experiences, including the possibility of visits to international partners and internships with government and non-government partners in Australia. The successful candidate will also be part of a cohort of students affiliated with the Life Course Centre across 4 universities (The universities of Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne and Western Australia) and will have opportunities to participate in student-led activities and events. Through this project the student will gain experience in literature reviews and theoretical development, data analyses, communication and writing skills, policy impacts.

Health trajectories of gender and sexually diverse young people in Australia

​ ISSR Impact Area: Health

Project description: Increasing numbers of young people are identifying as gender and sexually diverse, positioning themselves as trans, non-binary, genderqueer, gender fluid and or questioning. They are affected by socio-cultural and structural discriminations and often bypassed by traditional health education efforts. Yet the evidence base for how to support their health and wellbeing remains limited.

The PhD project will contribute to and build on the Sexual Health with Young Queer Queenslanders (SHYQQ) Study currently being conducted by the supervisors. The SHYQQ Study includes repeat qualitative interview data from 40 gender and sexually diverse young people living in Queensland. The successful student will lead on analysis of a SHYQQ topic area to be agreed between the student and supervisors.  They will then build on this with primary data collection to better understand the contexts and pathways through which gender and sexually diverse young people negotiate and protect their health, particularly in terms of the support provided by parents/caregivers and healthcare providers. The findings will be a starting point for intervention development and the student will gain experience in qualitative data collection and advanced longitudinal data analysis techniques.

Supervisor/s:  Professor Lisa McDaid , Dr Lisa Fitzgerald , Dr Allyson Mutch , Dr Judith Dean  

Higher Education Equity in Australia

​ issr impact area: education.

Project description: Since 1990s, successive Australian governments have assisted six identified equity groups to access Higher Education: (1) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; (2) People from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds; (3) People from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB); (4) People from regional and remote areas; (4) People with disability; and (6) Women in non-traditional subject areas (WINTA). These groups had been historically under-represented in Higher Education and the pattern largely persists to this day.

This project feeds into a broader program of work aimed at developing robust evidence to inform equity policy development and practice in Australia. It aims to establish a robust evidence base about access, participation, retention, and success in higher education for disadvantaged groups, including the officially recognised equity groups, and emergent categories. The focus is on rigorous evidence-based and evaluative research, drawing on cross-disciplinary methodologies and expertise from fields including education, sociology, economics, econometrics, demography, and statistics.

Improving the experiences of, and outcomes for, Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC)

​ issr impact area: policy and practice / health.

Project description: Children placed in out-of-home care (OOHC) are a highly vulnerable group who face enormous challenges over their life course. The experiences of children prior to, and during, their journey though OOHC may have life-long effects on their emotional, social and cultural well-being. Despite government initiatives to reduce the number of children entering and remaining in OOHC, the number is increasing. Further, the number of Indigenous children in OOHC continues to grow with Indigenous children 11 times more likely to be in OOHC than non-Indigenous children. Moreover, many of these children are not placed in accordance with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child placement principles.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have been awarded ARC Linkage funding to conduct a qualitative longitudinal study to examine the association between characteristics of, and changes in, care arrangements, on children’s social and emotional well-being and connection to their cultural communities. The project aims to provide evidence to improve service agencies’ understanding of children’s experiences in OOHC and how agencies can best support families, carers and communities to promote the emotional, social and cultural well-being of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in OOHC.

Supervisor/s: Associate Professor   Jenny Povey , Professor Janeen Baxter , Dr Peter Walsh and Professor Karen Healy

Life course transitions in later-life and their implications

Project description: Individuals and families may experience a number of important life transitions in later life, such as retirement, widowhood, divorce, illness onset, and grandparenthood.  Given increases in life expectancy in Australia and other countries around the world, the contexts in which older adults make these transitions may have significant implications for their social and economic wellbeing.  This project aims to build on and extend existing knowledge on these topics, and will contribute to build an evidence base to inform policies and programs to support older adults and family members as they make these transitions. 

The study will involve review of existing literatures and analyses of longitudinal data through primary data collection or using existing datasets.  Through this project the PhD student will also build capacity in analysing longitudinal data, and knowledge drawing on a longitudinal and life-course studies perspective.

Life events and trajectories of later-life loneliness

Project description: The PhD project will be part of an ARC DECRA, which examines loneliness from a longitudinal and life course perspective. The DECRA project will investigate whether the experiences of different life events may render older Australians more susceptible to a sustained path to increased loneliness and isolation. It will also innovate by moving the analysis beyond the individual level, incorporating characteristics across households and neighbourhoods. The student will work closely with the advisory team to discuss the details of the PhD project, which will sit within the scope of the DECRA.

There's an earmarked scholarship attached to this project, as part of an ARC DECRA project, which provides a living stipend of $28,597 per annum (2021 rate, indexed annually), tuition fees, and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). Please contact Dr Lam directly if interested. An additional top-up scholarship of $5,000/year is available to the successful applicant.

Reducing maternal and child dual burden of malnutrition through social protection

Project description: Dual burden of malnutrition, co-existence of both under and overweight, continues as a vital public health challenge in the globe, predominantly in low- and middle- income countries. The global health agenda highlighted in SDGs of eradicating all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Given the trends, current progress and inequalities in the prevalence of maternal and child malnutrition, it is unlikely SDGs goal by 2030 will be achieved for most LMICs. A holistic approach, such as social protection that consists of policies and programs designed to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and vulnerability is warranted to overcome situations that adversely affect people's wellbeing. The aim of this project is to monitor, forecast and quantify inequalities of malnutrition and determine how to reduce this malnutrition through social protection within and across LMICs.

Sleep and circadian function after brain injury

Project description:  Poor sleep is often reported after brain injury (including mild traumatic brain injury and concussion). Poor sleep is often associated with worse overall outcomes, and may contribute to worse mood, increased pain, increased fatigue, and decreased social and work participation. The exact nature of sleep disturbance after brain injury isn’t yet clear, nor are the consequences of poor sleep for recovery after injury. We are interested in the opportunity to better define the nature, impact, and severity of an injury through a study of sleep and circadian function. We are particularly interested in the possibility that improving sleep, sleep health, and circadian function might improve outcomes after injury and improve overall quality of life. Our group works with a range of populations, uses a wide range of research measures (including overnight sleep studies, actigraphy, hormone analysis, scales and questionnaires, and observations) and a number of methodologies (including naturalistic studies, experimental designs, and formal trials). We can support a range of study types within that framework.

This PhD will build on work undertaken by our team and our on-going collaborations with partners. The study will involve both critical reviews of literatures and the generation and analysis of new data. The information from this project will provide the scientific basis to design effective interventions to improve outcomes after injury. Through this project the PhD student will gain experience in state-of-the-art measurement and analyses techniques.

​Sleep and circadian health in non-standard workers and communities

​ issr impact area: health / education / policy and practice.

Project description: From a societal perspective, the availability of workforce outside the 9 am –5 pm working day is necessary in some sectors (e.g. health care, and the trucking, and airline). In addition, the work patterns of parents, school timings or digital technologies are causing sleep and circadian rhythm disruptions in school children. The Sleep and circadian health in non-standard workers and community project could be address these issues through multiple PhD programs, including but not limited to 1) the role of sleep, activity rhythms in performance and behaviour in non-standard workers, 2) effects of non-standard work on household wellbeing and 3) role of school timing, parents work or digital media on young children sleep, circadian health and learning outcomes. 

These PhD programs will build on ARC linkage Projects, on-going collaborations with partners or domestic and international scholarships. These projects will provide scientific basis to design effective interventions to mitigate consequences of non-standard work, or sleep loss in young children. Through this project the PhD student will gain experience in literature review, data analyses techniques, as well as theoretical and practical experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Social neuroscience of sleep, risk and reward in young people

​ ISSR Impact Area: Health / Policy and Practice

Project description: Poor sleep is both a predictor and a consequence of emotional and/or behavioural dysregulation in young people, and can precipitate increased engagement with various health-risk behaviours (e.g. substance use, poor food choices).  The underlying mechanisms contributing to this relationship are as yet unclear, though changes in reward related neuro-circuitry as a consequence of sleep loss may be a factor.  This research program would seek to explore the relationship between sleep and circadian health and reward related functions through a series of studies incorporating a range of methodologies (including, but not limited to prospective naturalistic designs, and controlled experimental manipulations). 

This PhD program will build on existing NHMRC project grants, and on-going collaborations with industry partners. The study will involve both critical review of literatures and provide scientific basis to design effective interventions aimed at improving sleep health and/or mitigating the harms associated with increased risk taking. Through this project the PhD student will gain experience in literature review, as well as theoretical and practical experience in applied quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Supervisor/s:  Dr Kalina Rossa , Professor Simon Smith , Dr Cassandra Pattinson , Dr Caroline Salom

​Understanding syndemics among marginalised communities in Australia

Project description: There is growing recognition of the need to understand the clustering of health conditions affecting the most marginalised groups in society. “Syndemics” theory has been proposed as a means of doing so, while also accounting for the social contexts in which people live. However, evidence is limited and methodologically underdeveloped, particularly within Australia.

This mixed methods PhD project will first seek to evidence syndemics in marginalised communities and at the population level through multiple data sources, including administrative, general population survey data (e.g., Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, Australian Census of Population and Housing), and specialised surveys of marginalised groups, which could include those who are socio-economically disadvantaged, refugees, LGBTIQ+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (the final focus will be agreed between the successful student and the advisory team). The analyses will be complemented by qualitative research to explore the contexts and pathways through which people experience, negotiate and resist syndemic ill health. The findings will be a starting point for intervention development and the student will gain experience in advanced quantitative data analysis and qualitative research methods, as well as innovative methods for integrating the two.

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This list details past and present research projects conducted at CPAS. It provides a good indication of the nature of science communication as well as the breadth of research topics that can be broached in this discipline.

Prospective students are encouraged to develop their own research topics, perhaps using this list as a starting point for thinking through ideas and to find an appropriate supervisor.

A critical investigation of mental health communication initiatives: the case of a university in Australia

This research project strives to contribute to the theory and practice of critical health communication.

• Mia Castillo , Principal investigator
• Professor Joan Leach , Supervisor
• Professor Bruce Christensen
• Associate Professor Merryn McKinnon

Co-constructing roles: Science and courts in the Philippine GM Eggplant Litigation

The project will surface congruences and incongruences in role constructions, and how scientists and judges navigate differences in their expected and actual tasks in legal proceedings.

• Public policy and science advice
• Responsible innovation and emerging technologies
• Damcelle Cortes , Principal investigator
• Professor Sujatha Raman , Supervisor
• Dr Will Grant
• Professor Joan Leach

Connecting science with policy and practice: Lessons from science-policy ‘Bright Spots’

This project aims, to develop empirically grounded guidance on how to improve the use of marine science in decision-making processes, and build the capacity of academic researchers to engage more effectively with policy and practice to achieve real world impacts.

• Associate Professor Will Grant , Supervisor
• Denis B. Karcher , Principal investigator
• Dr Rebecca Colvin
• Dr Ingrid van Putten
• Dr Christopher Cvitanovic

Culturally-appropriate science communication in the South Pacific

This research aims to better understand what culturally-appropriate science education could look like, and focuses on the interaction between indigenous knowledge systems and scientific knowledge in the South Pacific.

• Public engagement and informal science
• Dr Graham Walker , Supervisor
• Emeritus Professor Sue Stocklmayer AO , Supervisor
• Emily Standen , Principal investigator

Debugged: Parasitology in Popular Culture

Mouthparts that not only slice skin apart, but also slurp blood; body armour that in comparison makes a tank look like a soap bubble and body snatchers that take over the control of their hosts – the world of parasites is full of weird and wonderful adaptations.

• Science, media and culture
• Dr Anna-Sophie Jurgens , Supervisor
• Prof Alexander Maier, Molecular Parasitology, Research School of Biology, ANU

Framing the Future Harvest: Dynamics and Discourse in Agricultural Biotechnology

• Lucy Darragh , Principal investigator
• Associate Professor Will Grant
• Dr Ehsan Nabavi
• Professor Caitlin Byrt

How can personal values impact farmer decision making to do with climate change?

This mixed methods study of survey and interviews explores farmers’ value systems and how these associate with interest in climate mitigation and adaptation.

• Rachel Bowman , Principal investigator

Impacts of women in information technology mentoring programs

• Associate Professor Merryn McKinnon , Supervisor
• Jade Carson , Principal investigator

Interrogating epistemic justice and participatory engagement in biodiversity conservation

Investigate the claims of inclusion at the interface of biodiversity conservation policy and practice in the Philippines.

• Christer de Silva , Principal investigator

Pathways for Transformative Sustainable Innovation in Australia

There is a general consensus that the multiple, intersecting sustainability crises of our time call for transformative forms of innovation. But the question of which kinds of innovation are needed and how they might be steered towards the public good objectives embodied in sustainability goals is less clear-cut.

• Theories and frameworks in science communication
• Indigo Strudwicke , Principal investigator

Politicisation through strategic framing: A study into Australian special interest groups.

This research attempts to unpack the incentives and outcomes around issue politicisation by interest groups.

• Aiden Essery , Principal investigator
• Dr Sujatha Raman
• Dr Darren Helpen

Responsible Innovation Management for Industry Application - (Electric and Autonomous Mobility)

Our research aims to bridge this gap by investigating the effective implementation of responsible innovation in medium to large organisations in the mobility sector, specifically focusing on electric and autonomous vehicles.

• Dr Ehsan Nabavi , Supervisor
• Xiao Han Drummond , Principal investigator
• Professor Sujatha Raman

Scientific communication of the contribution of dietary overconsumption to planetary destabilisation

This research explores this urgent and wicked problem; a nexus that could be a site for impactful environmental, social, and health change

• Paul Peace , Principal investigator

The practical application of storytelling: Using narrative instead of throwing facts and figures on a plate

Understanding the role of communication in behaviour change

• Tanya Wilkins , Principal investigator
• Dr Peter Walton
• Professor Mark Howden

The problematization of “Forever Chemicals” in Australia

This project aims to understand how PFAS is seen as a problem (or not a problem) in Australia.

• Topics in Science Communication
• Bangle (Bernice) Wu , Principal investigator
• Dr. Will Grant

3D Images and Models in Chemistry

This project will look at student perspectives on which molecular models they find most valuable.

• Ellen Phiddian , Principal investigator

A comparison of anti-vaccination and pro-vaccination image memes on Facebook

This project investigates the image memes shared on Facebook by anti-vaccination and pro-vaccination advocates.

• Lauren Cochrane , Principal investigator

A comparison of climate change communication on social media and regular (news) media

For more information about this project, contact the principal investigator, supervisor or [email protected].

• Emery Joseph , Principal investigator

A comparison of the nature of science within five international curricula

This research project focuses on the portrayal of the nature of science (NOS) within international curricula.

A difference in frame: The framing of stem cell research in newspapers across Canada

For more information about this project contact [email protected].

• Lauren Binette , Principal investigator

A history of satellite-based remote sensing in Australia 1971-1989

This research describes the early history of satellite-based remote sensing in Australia.

• Catherine Rayner , Principal investigator

A qualitative enquiry into practitioners' reflection on science communication in Japan

Mitsuru's PhD research focuses on practice of science communication in Japan.

• Dr Mitsuru Kudo , Principal investigator

A study of the use of electronic road signs during 2008 in the Australian Capital Territory: “Are road users seeing the message and is it changing their behaviours of water use?”

For more information about this project please contact [email protected].

• Dr Chris Yardley , Principal investigator

Accessing visual communication modes to promote an understanding of Alzheimer’s disease in the digital realm

For more information on this project, contact the SCOM3003 course convenor.

• Amy Dobos , Principal investigator
• Dr Lindy Orthia , Supervisor

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Using Social Media to Promote and Educate on Health Issues

This research will also examine the implications of the Ice Bucket Challenge on the future of using viral marketing online to communicate science and medicine.

• Rachael Featherstone , Principal investigator

An analysis of access to e-agriculture in PNG

• Seniorl Anzu , Principal investigator

An analysis of the science communication of cooperative research centres

• Allan Kreuiter , Principal investigator

An evaluation of biosecurity awareness in the Australian banana industry

• Clare Duncan , Principal investigator

An evaluation of the regulation of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Australia

This project examined the Australian policy framework regulating preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and discussed the gaps and ambiguities present in the regulatory framework in the mid-2000s.

• Cristal Jones , Principal investigator
• Dr Rod Lamberts , Supervisor

ANU health and wellbeing communication with students

The report was produced for the use of the ANU Medicine, Health and Wellbeing Learning Community and other ANU stakeholders to help inform future health communication strategies in our community.

• Amanda Tully , Principal investigator
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Village democracy in southeast asia and the pacific.

Aspinall, E. , Baker, K. , Hicken, A. & Wiltshire, C.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

11/03/24 → 10/03/27

Project : Research

2024 Solomon Islands Election Observation study

Wiltshire, C. & Batley, J.

Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

1/03/24 → 28/02/25

Energy Transition Analysis Program

Jotzo, F. & Sabba, D.

Commonwealth Department of Finance

26/02/24 → 25/02/25

Strategic Communications & Research Advice

Medcalf, R.

Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs

9/02/24 → 20/12/24

A GEDSI Approach to Climate Adaptation, Food and Water Security - A Scoping Study in the Asia-Pacific region

Dulhunty, A.

Commonwealth Dept of Foreign Affairs&Trade, Australian Cnt for International Agricultural Res(ACIAR)

2/02/24 → 3/02/25

Economic Outcomes of Temporary Migrants

Breunig, R. & Varela, P.

22/01/24 → 31/05/24

Evaluation of the Points Test

Measuring the impact of domestic violence on womens employment using the australian longitudinal survey.

University of Technology Sydney

15/01/24 → 10/05/24

Volatile Rivers and the Infrastructure Politics in the Mekong Region

Kakonen, M.

15/01/24 → 14/01/27

Pathways to build a gender inclusive and climate resilient food sector: Country focus Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines

1/01/24 → 31/12/25

ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

D'Costa, B.

Australian National University (ANU) , Australian Research Council (ARC)

1/01/24 → 31/12/30

Rapid political economy analysis to understand in depth corruption and transnational crime dynamics in Papua New Guinea (PNG)

United Nations, Office on Drugs and Crime

31/12/23 → 31/10/24

Harnessing social norms to find a socially acceptable energy transition

29/12/23 → 28/12/26

Assisting policymaking for green reform: The economics of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice production and its implications for carbon pricing in Vietnam

18/12/23 → 31/05/24

Survivor Centred Restorative Justice in Response to Sexual Violence - mapping practice and potential

Rossner, M., Bartels, L., Forsyth, M. & Hope, J.

Australian Institute of Criminology

15/12/23 → 15/03/25

Fostering School Attendance for Students in Out-of-Home Care

Bessell, S.

7/12/23 → 6/12/26

Assessing Australian Defence Force and Police Contributions to Civil Emergency Management in an Age of Complex, Recuring, and Cascading Crises.

Blaustein, J. & Blaxland, J.

Commonwealth Department of Defence

1/12/23 → 29/11/24

Judicial Loyalties and Resistance in Southeast Asia

Dressel, B.

1/12/23 → 30/11/26

EU Research and Education Network on Foreign policy issues: Values and Democracy.

Cooper, R., Vromen, A. & Foley, M.

Countering an infodemic in Southeast Asia: Tech Accountability in an era of information abundance

Tapsell, R.

30/10/23 → 31/07/25

The Contested Identities: Celebrating National Hero in Public Landscape in Indonesia

Abubakar, M.

International Alliance of Research Universities

1/10/23 → 1/10/24

Tracking Conflicts in the Belt and Road Initiative: Local Pushback and Project Stability

Dept of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE)

1/10/23 → 31/12/24

Improving water governance in Papua New Guinea

Walton, G. & Fanaian, S.

1/10/23 → 30/06/24

Building Inclusive Climate Resilience: Enhancing the Adaptive Capacity of Indonesian Children and Youth in Overcoming and Mitigating the Climate Impact

Kartaadipoetra, F.

18/09/23 → 25/06/24

New ethical frameworks for synthetic biology in the Indo-Pacific

van der Kley, D.

1/09/23 → 4/10/24

Languages of Barrier Islands, Sumatra: Description, History and Typology

Arka, I. W. & Greenhill, S.

Australian Research Council (ARC) , Australian National University (ANU)

1/09/23 → 31/08/27

China literacy as national capability: Preparing business and our federation for a complex future

Roberts, A.

Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia-China Council

1/09/23 → 31/12/24

The use of nudges as a local government environmental policy instrument

Sinning, M. & Steinhauser, R.

Australian Research Council (ARC) , ACT Chief Minister Treasury and Economic Development Directorate , Australian National University (ANU)

1/09/23 → 31/08/25

Initiative for an Open, Inclusive, and Integrated Climate Change Model for Indonesia

Jotzo, F. , Gosens, J. , Patunru, A. , Resosudarmo, B. & Simsek, Y.

1/09/23 → 31/05/24

Indo-Pacific Strategic Competition: Harnessing Indonesias Maritime Strategy to Build Resilience

21/08/23 → 30/06/26

ARC Research Hub for Carbon Utilisation and Recycling

Aisbett, E., Hughes, L. & Yin, Z.

Australian National University (ANU) , Monash University , Woodside Energy Ltd. , GrapheneX Pty. Ltd. , Australian Research Council (ARC) , CO2CRC Ltd , Hydrobe Pty Ltd , Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers Limited , BASF Australia Ltd.

11/08/23 → 11/08/28

Philippines Project

Dressel, B. , Hutchcroft, P. , Tanyag, M. & Tapsell, R.

1/08/23 → 31/12/27

PLaNet Pacific Land Network Network of expertise on Customary Land Tenure in the Pacific

Tcherkezoff, S.

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

31/07/23 → 31/12/24

Development of a methodology to quantify and monetise the co- benefits of energy efficiency; and undertake spatial mapping to identify geographical variation in risk factors and priority populations

Lal, A., Chateau, D., Skeat, H., Tsheten, T. & White, L. V.

ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

28/07/23 → 28/07/25

Body, Language and Socialisation across Cultures

Rumsey, A. , Green, J., Haviland, J., Merlan, F., Morgenstern, A. & Ochs, E.

10/07/23 → 9/07/26

Un/making homeland: Sinophone literature and Cold War culture in Malaya

Show, Y. X.

1/07/23 → 29/12/26

Staff expansion

Armstrong, S.

The Japan Foundation

1/07/23 → 30/06/24

Mobility Shocks: Understanding disruptions to Australian migration

29/06/23 → 28/06/27

Developing an Integrated Approach to Climate Change Adaptation, Food Security and Social Forestry in Vulnerable and Indigenous Communities in Eastern Indonesia

McCarthy, J.

26/06/23 → 25/06/24

Political Representation in Indonesia

Aspinall, E. , Fossati, D., Muhtadi, B. & Warburton, E.

21/06/23 → 20/06/26

Australia-China links on low-carbon technology transitions - Stage 2

Gosens, J. , Hughes, L. & Jotzo, F.

19/06/23 → 30/06/25

Tracking the dynamics of first human arrival and subsequent adaptation in Central Vanuatu

Bedford, S.

Australia and Pacific Science Foundation

19/06/23 → 18/06/26

Standards-taking power in Southeast Asia

Lim, D., Herscovitch, B. & Roberts, A.

15/06/23 → 31/03/25

Donkey Politics: How Chinas Belt & Road shapes everyday life in Pakistan

5/06/23 → 4/06/26

HILT.RP3.004 Intermediate Product Exports for Australia-China Green Steel

Gosens, J. , Biswas, W., John, M., Jotzo, F. , Pye, J. & Rahbari, A.

HILT CRC Limited

1/06/23 → 30/08/24

HILT.RP1.010 - Hybrid Hydrogen direct and plasma reduction of iron ore

Rahbari, A., Bilokur, M., Corr, C., Jotzo, F. , Pye, J. & Thompson, M.

1/06/23 → 31/08/24

HILT.RP3.005 Analysis of market, cost and locational factors for green iron and steel in Australia

Jotzo, F. , Fazeli, R., Gosens, J. , Pye, J. & Rahbari, A.

Forest Governance, Smallholders, Agri-forestry commodities and governance in Vietnam and the Mekong region - Work Assignment 3

Forest Trends Association

1/06/23 → 31/05/24

Safeguarding health in International Investment Agreements

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

11/05/23 → 31/12/24

The Political and Economic Agency of Africans in Australia - ext-led

24/04/23 → 25/04/26