Issue 25 – June 2016
The discretionary research budget of the Faculty of Built Environment is allocated to various support programs and initiatives for staff and higher degree students such as small grants, publications, symposia and exhibitions, conference travel and registration, visitors, assisting research clusters, mentoring, scholarships, and so on. The support is targeted at seeding and enabling initiatives. Allied to the efforts and quality of our researchers, it has helped underpin our ratings in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) national assessments with UNSW one of only three universities nationally to be awarded the highest rating of “above world standard” in 2015. The bulk of the funding made available for individual and cluster research support comes from two main central sources. The first and largest portion has come mainly from the faculty’s operational budget. While generated from our teaching activity, this allocation is vital to making thigs happen. The second component is a direct pro-rated allocation from the university calculated directly on our research performance. It’s our share of the research block grant arrangements for Commonwealth funding of universities. There are two major federal programs: the Research Support Program (RSP) and the Research Training Program (RTP). From 2017 there will be just two funding drivers for these allocations: external research income and HDR student completions, as diagrammed below from the Commonwealth’s consultation paper Sharper incentives for engagement: New research block grant arrangements for universities (May 2016).
These new arrangements carry implications for Built Environment. Publications are no longer part of the financial formula, although they remain vital for measuring academic excellence and national standing in the ERA. The University understands the importance of continuing with HERDC-style publication reporting. However the new arrangements unambiguously highlight the importance of our continuing to secure external research funding (weighted towards Category 1 national competitive grants) along with successful PhD and Research Masters student completions. The greater the quantum of both - the more that the Faculty will receive in ongoing support for its research activities. Rob Freestone Associate Dean Research
JUDITH NEILSON CHAIR DESIGN MEETING, MAY 4-6 On May 4-6 a three day design meeting was held at UNSW, the purpose of which was to formulate a plan of action for the newly created Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture. Four invited experts from the USA, India and Serbia worked with colleagues from UNSW, as well as the Chief Resilience Officer of the City of Sydney, to identify opportunities and challenges for the Chair’s first three to five years. The meeting ended with routes identified for the work of the Chair in research and collaboration, which are in alignment with Judith Neilson’s vision that, ‘Through architecture and design we can, in some way, restore safety, dignity and hope to some of the world’s most vulnerable people ... We’re talking about socially transformative design and bringing about policy change.’ During the visit the four visitors held a public Q and A event, while Professor Jerold Kayden from Harvard University gave a lunchtime seminar. The meeting was opened by the Vice Chancellor, who also hosted a dinner for the visitors following the Utzon lecture and Inaugural Judith Neilson Lecture. From right to left: Dr Sam Spurr (School of Art and Design), Professor Helen Lochhead (Dean, Faculty of the Built Environment), Viv McWaters (facilitator), Dr Anshu Sharma (Founder, SEEDS India), Brad Furber (Managing Director, Michael Crouch Innovation Centre), Andrea Rodericks (Consultant, India), Paul Currion (Consultant, Serbia), Dr Anne Bartlett (Faculty of Arts and Social Science), Professor Jerold Kayden (Harvard University), Beck Dawson (Chief Resilience Officer, City of Sydney), David Sanderson (Judith Neilson Inaugural Chair in Architecture).
SID NEWTON/MARTIN LOOSEMORE: ARC LINKAGE PROJECT This new ARC Linkage Project aims to develop a new whole-of-life procurement decision-making framework to optimise educational outcomes in relation to total cost of school facilities. It addresses the Productivity Commission’s call for more rigour in infrastructure decision-making models, and efficient ways to future-proof schools to create a well performing school system and more resilient infrastructure vital to Australia’s future prosperity. The grant is a collaboration between QUT, UNSW and University of Melbourne, eight government partners and seven industry partners. The funding over three years includes: ARC Cash Funding $391,000, Partner Cash Funding - $440,000, Partner In-Kind Funding - $1,525,500.
Dr. Philip Oldfield joined the Faculty as a Senior Lecturer in Architecture in November 2015. Prior to this he was an Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he created and ran the Masters Course in Sustainable Tall Buildings – the world’s only course and qualification dedicated to the design and research of high-rise architecture. In addition, he has taught tall building studio and lecture modules at universities in Chicago, Venice and Singapore. Philip’s research interests are focused primarily on tall buildings, sustainability and embodied carbon. His current research projects include; “The carbon implications of tall: a life cycle carbon analysis of high-rise buildings”; “Vertical public realms: design and experience of social / public spaces in the sky” and “The Passivhaus skyscraper: an investigation into the opportunities and challenges for Passivhaus performance in high-rise residential buildings”. Philip is an active member of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), authoring their recent “Roadmap on the Future Research Needs of Tall Buildings” (funded on a grant from the CIB (International Council for Building) and the CTBUH). He is also a member of the CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee and Seed Funding Review Committee. Philip is a regular contributor to the media, and in 2015 was awarded a funded British Science Association Media Fellowship to spend time working with the Guardian Newspaper. He has written a number of articles for the Guardian, Architects’ Journal (UK), The Conversation (UK), Middle East Construction Magazine (UAE), STRUCTURE Magazine (USA), and BbICOTHbIE (Russia) amongst others.
Chris Pettit: Sydney’s cycling gender divide: where are the women? The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May 2016. View online Deo Prasad: First low carbon finder app. Science Meets Business, 26 May 2016. View online Deo Prasad: Blue Mountains launches low carbon tourism program. The Fifth Estate, 26 May 2016. View online Bill Randolph: Commute drives business mums. Sydney Morning Heralds, 14 May 2016. View online Nancy Marshall: Dust to dust: green burials on Blueprint for Living. ABC Radio, RN, 7 May 2016. Listen online Susan Thompson: Green spaces under threat. South Sydney Herald, 4 May 2016. View online David Sanderson: Humanitarians and Harvard professor to lead Utzon Lecture on urban migration. Architecture and Design, 4 May 2016. View online David Sanderson: Tackling urban migration and disasters. ABC Radio, 3 May 2016. Listen online James Weirick: Month-long campaign to focus on reviving brutalist architecture across Australia. Architecture and Design, 3 May 2016. View online Bill Randolph: Smart Cities Plan to deliver more rail to Australian Cities. ABC Radio, 29 April 2016. Listen online James Weirick: Redeeming Brutalism-one block at a time. AFR Weekend, 29 April 2016. View online Paul Osmond: It’s getting hot in here. 2SER FM, Sydney, 28 April 2016. Listen online Katy Bridge: DIY revolution. Canberra Weekly, 28 April 2016. View online
Have you have had your research mentioned in the media recently? Please send details to Frances Pranoto for inclusion in the next newsletter.
Altmetrics measures the attention a DOI-linked article receives on the web and tracks outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Wikipedia, Pinterest, blogs, Reddit, The Conversation and other media outlets. A new feature for 2016, each month we will list the top scoring articles from Built Environment and Design, sourced from Altmetric Explorer. Top-mentioned Articles – from the Faculty 1. Raymond Bunker: How is the Compact City Faring in Australia? 2. Hazel Easthope/Laurence Troy: “It Depends what you Mean by the Term Rights”: Strata termination and housing rights 3. Martin Loosemore: A socio-ecological analysis of hospital resilience to extreme weather events 4. Alexander Cuthbert: Urban Design: Requiem for an era – review and critique of the last 50 years 5. Susan Thompson: Healthy Planning: An evolving collaborative partnership 6. Chris Pettit: Automatic spatial Metadata Systems: The case of Australian urban research infrastructure network Top-mentioned Articles - Worldwide 1. Help or Hindrance? The travel, energy and carbon impacts of highly automated vehicles. Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice 2. Peak Millennials: Three reinforcing cycles that amplify the rise and fall of urban concentration by Millennials. Housing Policy Debate 3. Roadmap Across the Mesoscale for Durable and Sustainable Cement Paste – A bioinspired approach. Construction & Building Materials 4. Strength Assessment of Spent Coffee Grounds-geopolymer Cement Utilizing Slag and Fly Ash Precursors. Construction & Building Materials 5. A Dose-Response Curve Describing the Relationship Between Urban Tree Cover Density and Self-Reported Stress Recovery. Environment & Behaviour
Stats Central The UNSW Statistical Consulting and Collaboration Unit www.StatsCentral.unsw.edu.au Stats Central is a new university-wide statistical consulting unit providing free statistical design advice for all UNSW researchers and also free analysis advice for all higher degree research students. Stats Central was established this year, funded through the research division and a growing suite of partner schools. It is currently staffed by five statistical consultants with a breadth of expertise working with researchers across disciplines, and located in the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre.
Stats Central offers:
Statistical consultations for UNSW staff and students regarding all aspects of their research projects (study design, analysis and communication). Book a consultation now. Intensive short courses on introductory statistics, study design, and regression analysis, at heavily reduced rates for UNSW staff and students. A three day introductory statistics course is scheduled for 28-30 June, registration open now. Grant development and review: Free advice on study design and analysis in the project planning stages, advice on how to write details into your grant application from experienced statisticians, and review of draft applications. You are encouraged to make contact early during grant planning. For details write to Stats.Central@unsw.edu.au.
Stats Central currently has five staff members with a range of expertise (including questionnaire design and analysis, multivariate analysis, experimental design, spatial modelling and more). If you have any questions about Stats Central, please contact them via e-mail. th
Stats Central is having its official launch on June 15 , 4-6pm. The guest speaker will be Prof Ian Jacobs, our President and Vice-Chancellor, on statistical connections to his research. Details can be found on the flyer now available at: http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~dwarton/StatsCentralLaunchFlyer.pdf and attendees can RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stats-central-launch-tickets-25498774521
CITY FUTURES RESEARCH CENTRE Scenarios of Urban Renewal in Kensington-Kingsford Town Centres Kensington and Kingsford Town Centres have a very favourable location in south-east Sydney with a high standard of service provision and great local and regional accessibility. They are currently under pressure for growth and densification. This research project led by the City Futures Research Centre in partnership with Randwick City Council is investigating potential scenarios for urban renewal in these centres. The methodology combines an economic feasibility model under different planning controls and assessment of a set of urban living indicators. The overall goal is to provide a socio-economic framework to revise planning controls in the area, assuring economic development with quality of living over the future. The project involves the development and use of high quality mapping and visualisation in platforms that allow stakeholders interactions. The results of this project should provide some significant evidence-based input to the international design competition for the same area, which will be launched by the Council in July 2016. The project research team includes Dr Simone Leao, Prof Chris Pettit, Dr Laurence Troy, Dr Scott Lieske, and Prof Bill Randolph.
Visitors/Adjuncts Linsey Conrow, a PhD student from the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University (ASU), is the first visitor through the PluS Alliance, currently hosted by City Futures until 8 July. During her visit, Lindsay will be working on bike analytic with the City Analytics team, headed by Professor Christopher Pettit, on bike analytics.
CRC FOR LOW CARBON LIVING Next Rounds of Proposals The Research Advisory Committee meeting for the next round of CRCLCL proposals will be held on 25 July 2016. The Expression of Interest Form is available at the CRCLCL website. It is critical to contact the relevant CRCLCL Program Leader to discuss how your research interest can fit the vision and overall deliverables of the CRCLCL.
HDR News NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Mengbi Li We would like to congratulate Mengbi Li who has won the 2015 National Award for Outstanding Selffinanced Chinese Students Abroad from the China Scholarship Council. Mengbi is a PhD student under the supervision of Xing Ruan and Scott Hawken. BENV2070 Research Seminar The BENV2070 Research Seminar will be taught by Dr Laurence Troy in Session 2. th rd Module one of the two day lecture series will be held on Monday 19 September and Friday 23 th September and will be followed by module two on Friday 28 October. Changes made to the HDR Admissions Process The HDR Admissions Procedure has gone through extensive consultation and has now been approved. It is available from the Governance Support website. The GRS has revised the admissions procedure and it has now formally reinforced the requirement for supervisors to interview applicants prior to an offer of admission being made. In terms of our faculty, this interview should occur before the applicant submits their Expression of Interest (EOI) to the BE Higher Degree Committee – that is, when you are seriously considering their research proposal. Recruitment Seminar for HDRs th This seminar is aimed at currently enrolled 4 year FBE students, PG Coursework, alumni and anyone else who is interested in our research degrees. The seminar will be led by Judith O’Callaghan and is designed to give interested individuals an insight into the world of research and the research th degrees on offer here at FBE. This seminar will be held on Tuesday 7 June @ 11:30am in the AGSU RC2001 Level 2. th
HDR Social Night: Friday 8 July – STRIKE BOWLING @ The Entertainment Quarter th The HDR cohort will get together on the evening of Friday 8 July for some good old fashioned fun. A game of bowling plus Karaoke and Pool are on the agenda. The event will begin at 6:30pm and conclude at midnight. th
6 Annual Built Environment Faculty, HDR Student Conference - SAVE THE DATE Our annual conference this year will be conducted in a similar fashion to the University 3MT competition. Students will be asked to provide one still slide and give a 3 minute talk about their topic, there will be 5 minutes allocated for Q&A after each talk. The FBE HDR Conference will be held on Thursday 21 July from 10:15am to 2:00pm in RCG001 – Red Centre Lecture Theatre. Lunch will be provided
3MT Competition th Monday 15 August - OMB G31 (Old Main Building G31 - SAVE THE DATE 3pm - 4pm Student 3MT Presentations 4.30pm - 5.30pm Announcement of winners and presentation of prizes - Room 2046 Level 2 Meeting Room, Red Centre West Wing. Drinks and Nibbles will be provided. In this competition higher degree research candidates have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance, in a succinct and accessible way. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition supports the development of research candidates’ capacity to communicate ideas effectively to a range of non-specialist audiences and to the wider community. Participation in the 3MT provides:
A great networking opportunity for research candidates both within faculties and across UNSW; The opportunity for candidates to ‘crystallise’ thoughts about their thesis and how they communicate their research; Internal and external promotion of the value of postgraduate research; An opportunity to have fun, and to generate public and media interest in what our researchers do.
The Graduate Research School will host the UNSW 2016 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Interfaculty Final on Thursday 8 September. The heats will take place in Leighton Hall, Scientia between 4:30pm and 7:30pm. This is a University-wide competition representing Higher Degree Research Students from nine faculties. The winner of the UNSW Final will participate in the 2016 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition, to be held at The University of Queensland on Friday 30 September http://threeminutethesis.org/index.html
GRADUATING STUDENTS Congratulations to the following HDR candidates who have completed their degrees in 2016: Christopher McDonald (PhD), supervised by Rob Freestone and Xing Ruan; Hamid Aghaei Rad (PhD), supervised by Stan Fung, Maryam Gusheh and Samer Akkach; Ahmed Agiel (PhD), supervised by Jon Lang and Dijana Alic; Yingying Li (PhD), supervised by Hazel Easthope, Cynthia Wang and Martin Loosemore; Sanaz Hosseinabadi (PhD), supervised by Jon Lang and Harry Margalit. We wish them well in their future endeavours.
MONTHLY COHORT WORKSHOP The May HDR cohort workshop was held on Wednesday 4 May at 11am in the AGSU Room (RC2001). Amy Barker the outreach librarian and Jake Surman from Central IT presented on RDMP and Data Archive. This 30 minute presentation provided students with an overview of the Research Data Management Plan (RDMP) and Data Archive capabilities at UNSW. The next monthly HDR cohort workshop with be held in July - Agenda TBC.
DESIGN RESEARCH COLLABORATION The DO Design Research Collaboration will be launching a new initiative on Friday, 3 June. This is BERG – standing for ‘Built Environment Roving Gallery’, which is a mobile gallery that will showcase design research projects throughout the Faculty, and beyond. The inaugural exhibition entitled is curated by Eva
Katrina Simon, Hypercollage
Rodriguez Riestra and includes work from Dr Ainslie Murray, Dr Katrina Simon, Rina Bernabei, Laurence Kimmel and Samantha Donnelly. Future exhibitions will be invited from curators and design researchers and will highlight a diverse range of design research approaches and methods, making this work more visible and accessible to the research community and Faculty. The official opening will be in the Red Centre Foyer Gallery at 4pm on Friday, 3 June, along with works exhibited from Dr Ainslie Murray’s Architectural Spatialisation course as part of the Built Environment/Opera Australia project.
HIGH PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE CLUSTER Calendar of events: The HPA Research Cluster is planning to hold monthly seminars to facilitate communications among academic staff and HDR students, which will start in June 2016. An international visitor from the University of California at Berkeley will deliver a talk in August 2016. All members of the faculty are invited to attend. Details will be announced when finalised. The CRCLCL-UNSW Node of Excellence in HPA Project will hold a workshop on 8 June 2016, in which eight HDR students from the Node Project, Built Environment, Science and Engineering faculties will present their research to government and industry partners comprising Urban Growth, City of Sydney, Brookfield Multiplex, AECOM, HASSELL, CSR, PICCOCK – Architecture + Sustainability.
SMART CITIES CLUSTER UNSW Leadership Program Two BE students (So Lee and Era Camilet) have been successful for the UNSW Leadership Program, which aims to help students develop important leadership skills and knowledge, and a short volunteering placement as ‘community engagement’. The students will help with the International Symposium of Smart Cities and Urban Innovation running this week by developing conference related materials including flyers and brochures as required and guided by Hoon Han and Scott Hawken, the cluster co-convenors.
…that City Futures organises regular research seminars on behalf of the Faculty? Those seminar invitations you see coming from City Futures are for the faculty research seminar series. It features presentations by overseas and other visiting academics, as well as BE colleagues, and provides the main vehicle by which staff can share the research they have undertaken with colleagues. The team running the seminars is always on the lookout for presenters and so if you have a topic that you would like to share with colleagues, get in touch with Hal Pawson with an outline of your proposed presentation and they will add you to the schedule.
UTZON LECTURE AND DONALD K TURNER ADDRESS: Footprints Kerry Hill AO, Kerry Hill Architects
Born in 1943, Kerry graduated from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1968 and relocated to Asia in 1971. He is an Australian National, and Permanent Resident of Singapore and holds professional registrations for Architectural Practice in Singapore and most Australian states. He lectures and travels extensively, and has taught at several leading Schools of Architecture. He is currently adjunct Professor of Architecture at UWA. In 2008, he was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Architecture by UWA. During his years in Asia, Kerry has been responsible for the design of many significant developments. His achievements in his years of practice were recognised by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects honouring him with their Gold Medal in 2006. In 2010, Kerry received the Singapore President's Design Award for the Designer of the Year and on Australia Day 2012, he was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO). Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 6.30-8pm, Law Theatre, Law Building, UNSW Kensington Registration
THE FIFTH AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 2016 (ACUR) This two-day conference will include presentations by undergraduate students, Master of Research students (1st year only) and graduated 2015 Honours students from all disciplines across Australasia. The themes of the conference are sustainability, innovation, social justice and the student voice. If you would like to present your work at the conference, the deadline for an abstract or paper submission is 1 July 2016. 27-28 October 2016, CQ University Australia, Rockhampton, Queensland More information
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The following 2016 research activities have been entered into ROS since the release of the last newsletter. Book Chapters Ong, K. L., De Silva, D., Boo, Y. L., Lim, E. H., Bodi, F., Alahakoon, D., . . . Zarpelon Leao, S. (2016). Big Data Applications in Engineering and Science. In S. Yu, & S. Guo (Eds.), Big Data Concepts, Theories, and Applications (pp. 315-351). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27763-9_9 Journal Articles Chia, J., Lee, J., & Han, H. H. (2016). A Cognitive Mapping Approach to Model Transit Transfers and its Impact on Travel Mode Choice. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. D'Arcy, S. L. (2016). Novartis Head Office. Architecture Australia, (May/June), 42-48. Davison, G., Liu, E., & Han, H. H. (2016). The impacts of affordable housing development on host neighbourhoods: Two Australian case studies. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. Elliott, P., Wadely, D., & Han, H. H. (2016). Installing electricity transmission infrastructure: Community preferences towards notification and engagement. Community Development. Kalantari, M., Rajabifard, A., Olfat, H., Pettit, C., & Keshtiarast, A. (2016). Automatic spatial metadata systems – the case of Australian urban research infrastructure network. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-11. doi:10.1080/15230406.2016.1154805 Newton, S. (2016). The being of construction management expertise. Construction Management and Economics, 1-13. doi:10.1080/01446193.2016.1164328
Rodrigo, R. (2016). Banking on Modernism: Dr H.C. (Nugget) Coombs and the Institutional Architecture of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Fabrications, 26(1), 72-101. doi:10.1080/10331867.2015.1129687 Conference Papers Alic, D. (2016). The ‘Spirit’ of the City: a Precious but Resilient Commodity. In P. Goad, & A. Brennan (Eds.), GOLD: the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne. Bashirzadeh Tabrizi, T., & Fiorito, F. (2016). Optimization of window's design in residential buildings. Use of the overall Life Cycle Energy (LCE) indicator. In 4th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2016) (pp. 419-426). Singapore: Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF). doi:10.5176/2301-394X_ACE16.17 Bridge, C. E. (2016). Inclusion by design: A vision for choice, control and agency in Home Modifications. In Home Modifications Australia (MOD.A) National Conference. Canberra. Freestone, R., Davison, G., Hu, R., & Baker, S. (2016). The Regulation of Excellence: Design Competitions in Sydney. In P. Burton, & H. Shearer (Eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings (pp. 11 pages). Gold Coast. Retrieved from http://soacconference.com.au/soac-conference-proceedings/ Conference Presentations Sanderson, D. (2016, May 4). Resilient neighbourhoods?. In Utzon lecture and inaugural Judith Neilson Chair lecture. UNSW, Sydney. Retrieved from https://www.be.unsw.edu.au/events/utzonlecture/resilientneighbourhoods Sanderson, D. (2016, April 28). Keynote presentation, How soon is now?. In Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) annual national conference. Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hownowissoon.com/home/2016/4/29/keynote-david-sanderson-university-of-new-southwales Galea, N. R., Powell, A., Dainty, A., Chappell, L., & Loosemore, M. (2016, February 10). Are institutional mechanisms responsible for gender equality inertia in the construction industry. In 30th AIRAANZ. Sydney. Creative Written Works Randolph, B. G. (2016). Tread carefully when you enter in the density goldmine. Sun Herald, Domain. Retrieved from http://www.domain.com.au/news/tread-carefully-when-you-enter-in-thedensity-goldmine-20160523-goyk6u/ Reports Bridge, C. E., Maalsen, S., Zmudski, F., O'Neill, S., & Carnemolla, P. (2016). DIY Home Modifications: What information is required at point-of-sale? Final Report. Sydney: Home Modification Information Clearinghouse. Retrieved from http://www.homemods.info/publications-byhminfo/occasional/diy-home-modifications-what-information-is-required-at-point-of-sale Sanderson, D., Patel, R., & Phelps, L. (2016). What are the practices to identify and prioritize vulnerable populations affected by urban humanitarian emergencies? Systematic review. UK: Oxfam GB. Retrieved from
Sid Newton/Martin Loosemore ARC Linkage Project: $391,000 (Hosted by Queensland University of Technology) Develop a Whole-of-life Procurement Decision-making Framework
Chris Pettit Curtin University of Technology/Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre Shared Grant: $35,000 Scenario Planning Transport Futures: Improved Road and Transport Planning using Digital Scenario Planning Tools Chris Pettit University of New South Wales/Australian National Data Service Central Contribution: $25,000 FBE City Futures Data Project Hazel Easthope City of Sydney/Local Government Contract: $8,732 Strata Sector Stakeholder Mapping Chris Martin Swinburne University of Technology/AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects Shared Grant: $24,660 Improving outcomes for lower-income private renter households: opportunities and challenges Chris Martin Swinburne University of Technology/AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects Shared Grant$ $19,886 The institutional dynamics of the Australian private rental sector: prospects and opportunities Hal Pawson Swinburne University of Technology/AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects Shared Grant: $31,272 The future of the Private Rental Sector
Hoon Han/Scott Hawken Research Symposia/Exhibition Support: $5,000 International Symposium of Smart Cities and Urban Innovation
2016-607 ART 16/13 - NEXT GENERATION NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT MODELS The NZ Transport Agency is seeking to appoint a Researcher to undertake the following economic analysis research project: • ART 16/13 – Next generation New Zealand transport models The research will be independent research, albeit guided by a research project steering group which will be chaired by a Transport Agency representative. The results of the research must be able to be cost effectively applied in New Zealand in the short-to-medium term for longer-term impacts. More information External Deadline: 14 June 2016
SAO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION (FAPESP) - UNSW JOINT RESEARCH GRANTS Applications are now open for UNSW researchers to submit joint grant proposals for collaborative research partnerships with researchers from the State of São Paulo. The grants aim to foster
scientific and technological cooperation between researchers from UNSW and the State of São Paulo and include joint funding for collaborative research activities and academic mobility. Applicants are encouraged to submit funding applications for innovative and sustainable programs in the areas of science, engineering and technology built around collaborative research initiatives. Applications require a joint submission by both a UNSW researcher(s) and their collaborators based at a higher education institution in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. More information External Deadline: 25 July 2016
FACULTY RESEARCH GRANTS/EARLY CAREER RESEARCH GRANTS The 2016 round of Faculty Research Grants and Early Career Research Grants is now open for applications. The total pool of competitive funding is in the vicinity of $125,000, with about 20% reserved for Early Career Researchers and which, in total, should be sufficient to support approximately 10 grants. The primary expectation of this scheme remains as seeding projects that have the potential to develop into more significant Category 1 grant applications. Closing Date: 6 June 2016
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FACULTY FUNDING FOR CONFERENCES, BOOKS, VISITORS, SYMPOSIA, SPECIAL PROJECTS The existing schemes for conference attendance, book publications, international visitors and exhibitions/symposia are all open for application. There is no closing date for these schemes. Further information and application forms available on the faculty intranet: Special Project Development Grants Book Publication Subsidy Research Symposia/Exhibitions Visiting International Scholars Conference Funding
Principles in preparing a budget application Tue 7 June 10.00am - 12.30pm Are you a researcher new to preparing a budget for a funding application? This practical workshop will provide you with useful tips and tools to help you get started. Register Starting a conversation about your research with impact Wed 15 June 9.30am - 12.30pm Ever wondered how to explain who you are, what you do and why your research is so important and is worth supporting? What will keep your audience interested? If so, this workshop is for you. Register Getting started with an external partner Tue 21 June 12.00pm - 3.00pm This practical workshop takes you through the first steps in identifying and establishing a relationship with an external researcher partner. Case studies will have both STEM & HASS focus. Register Managing your grant - utilising the GMO and finance tools Thu 23 June 9.30am - 12.30pm This workshop assists researchers to recognise their responsibilities and liabilities in managing
funding money for the life of the project, including the project closeout. Register Statistical methods for research workers Tue 28 – Thurs 30 June (3 full days) UNSW staff: $450 UNSW students: $225 Stats Central and the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW are jointly conducting a short course, Statistical Methods for Research Workers, in June 2016. Aimed at research workers, the course provides an overview of statistical design and analysis methods. The course emphasises understanding the concepts underlying statistical procedures (relying on a minimum of mathematics) and interpreting the output from statistical analyses. The statistical package used in the course is R (click here for more information). Requirement: Bring your own laptop computer. Register Managing progress - quality conversations in a HDR context Thu 30 June 9.30am - 12.30pm How do you agree expectations with your HDR? How do you provide feedback sensitively? This workshop explores the nature of effective conversations and provides a toolkit to develop these skills, especially in challenging situations. Register UNSW Supervising Doctoral Studies (SDS) This self-paced resource (via Moodle) consists of 8 modules to gain and refresh your skills and knowledge in supervising Higher Degree Research candidates. All staff can access this resource via: https://research.unsw.edu.au/how-do-i-gain-access
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