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LEADING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE Introduction from Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) and messages from our Executive Director and Program Director
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 05 Projects, people, publications and funding partnerships, reputation, awards and achievements
BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Inequality, vulnerable populations and disaster resilience
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LIVING WELL, LONGER 12 Ageing and dementia, mental illness, and therapeutic and personal recovery
This program harnesses the expertise of world-class researchers from a variety of disciplines, to ensure that every project and problem is investigated from multiple perspectives, in order to find holistic solutions.
ing lives s MAKING FUTURE INDUSTRIES Emerging technologies, new product development and the future of work
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SUSTAINING COASTAL & MARINE ZONES 18
UOW Global Challenges acknowledges and pays respects to the traditional owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community.
Climate change, protecting coastal and marine habitats and resource security
RESEARCH FUNDING 21 Supported projects, funding distribution and faculty involvement
PUBLICATIONS 25
Design: Emma Kucelj
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The University of Wollongong’s Global Challenges Program is a strategic research initiative addressing local and global problems.
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I am delighted to acknowledge the University’s Global Challenges Program, and its commitment to research excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration and research leader development. I am particularly proud of the program’s focus on early career researchers, and on gender equity and diversity – key priorities for the University." Professor Jennifer L. Martin AC FAA Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) University of Wollongong Australia
PROFESSOR JENNIFER L. MARTIN AC FAA As the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Wollongong, I am delighted to acknowledge the University’s Global Challenges Program and its commitment to research excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and research leader development.
We live in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. The environment, populations, communities, industries and workforces are all changing rapidly due to multifactorial global influences. How do we adapt in a fast-changing world? How do we ensure that future generations will thrive?
I am particularly proud of the program’s focus on early career researchers, and on gender equity and diversity – key priorities for the University. In 2018, for example, almost half of the researchers supported by Global Challenges projects were women.
In response to these questions, the United Nation’s developed its Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Agenda. Australia, along with 192 other countries, has a strong commitment to the 2030 Agenda. The UN Sustainable Development Goals are imperatives for the University of Wollongong too; through our Global Challenges Program we know that we are playing a critical role in the global movement toward sustainability.
Research excellence and real-world impact are also key priorities for the University. The challenge-driven, interdisciplinary research facilitated by the Global Challenges Program, enables researchers to see problems from a range of perspectives. The Program encourages and empowers researchers to work with the broader community and with external partners, to develop holistic, well-rounded solutions to address the challenges facing our world.
There is no doubt that the Global Challenges Program accelerates the University of Wollongong’s research quality and quantity. Most importantly, the Global Challenges Program delivers on our purpose, and our promise, to be a University of Global Impact.
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
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Executive Director, Global Challenges Program SENIOR PROFESSOR CHRIS GIBSON In 2018, the UOW Global Challenges Program celebrated its fifth birthday. Established in 2013 as a component of the restructure of the university, Global Challenges promised to build teams of unlikely collaborators to address significant global problems through interdisciplinary research. No other Australian university provided a template to follow. Half a decade later, it is worth reflecting on how things have evolved. At UOW, over 450 researchers have come together with 69 external researchers and agencies, on 113 projects that have since cumulatively attracted $28 million in external research funding. Conducting major interdisciplinary projects across disparate knowledge fields brings with it unfamiliar theories and methods, and the challenges of translating disciplinary norms and communication styles. The three-faculty rule continues to both inspire and confound researchers. The broader landscape has also shifted. Governments now expect universities to demonstrate their purpose and impact, and research funding has become even tighter. We take it as a measure of our achievements that we have assisted research teams in broadening their intellectual horizons and funding opportunities. Global Challenges projects partnered with and received funding from the Australian Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, World Vision, the NSW State Government, several Cooperative Research Centres, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, International
Social Science Council, Ian Potter Foundation and Alzheimers Australia. Even more gratifying is that our projects have enabled early-career academics to flourish, and that our projects have maintained gender balance.
“As we enter our second five-year term, we remain strongly committed to solving global problems through innovative projects, ideas, and teams.” As this report goes to print, we were delighted that our projects featured strongly in UOW’s Top 20 result in the inaugural Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, based on UN Sustainable Development Goals. From 2019 onwards, Global Challenges is taking the lead on initiatives addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals and global networking relationships. We are also excited to announce a new level of funding aimed at programscale collaborations and the launch of a new challenge: Building Resilient Communities. As we look forward to 2019 and beyond, we eagerly anticipate the next round of McKinnon-Walker Fellowships, and are energised by the possibilities that Keystone Projects and the Building Resilient Communities challenge will unleash.
DR TAMANTHA STUTCHBURY This last period has been an exciting time in the Global Challenges journey. The external review of the program, and publishing on the benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary research, was a great culmination to our first five years.
“The program continues to build on its commitment to supporting the next generation of research leaders.” We are especially proud of the number of Early Career Researchers who have stepped up to lead and grow research teams as the number increases year on year. Whilst many of the highlights of 2018 are contained within this report, I enjoyed the challenge of developing a new funding program – Keystones - that not only provide a higher level of funding to teams, but also facilitates strategic, whole of university projects, leveraging external industry and community engagement. On a personal note, I had the opportunity to network with other national and international research managers who are leading similar initiatives.
“This has reinforced my pride for the program we have developed at the University of Wollongong and how it has altered research culture, promoting interdisciplinarity, and supported team development, Early Career Researchers and gender equality.” I am excited to move into the next five-year phase of the Global Challenges Program, with the Building Resilient Communities challenge and Making Future Industries challenge bringing new research priorities. This, along with our new Keystone initiative will continue to build the strength of the Global Challenges Program in its quest to transform lives and regions.
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Program Director, Global Challenges Program
Highlights 2013-2018
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Projects
Publications & funding
113
$3.2M
supported research projects since inception
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projects received funding in 2018 including
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new projects
Launched
two keystone projects with researchers from AIIM, SOC, LHA, SMAH, EIS, BUS, Kiama Council, IRT Foundation and Playgroup NSW
direct research funding has returned
$28M
in external funding
8-fold
A 8-fold return on investment
379
project journal articles
14 books
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book chapters Funds received from ARC, NHMRC, ACIAR, BMGF, DFAT, World Vision, NSW State Government, CRCs, AINSE, ISHLD, ISSC, Ian Potter Foundation, Alzheimer’s Australia and industry.
Partnerships
Promotion & reputation
464
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179 7,108
unique researchers
45%
female researchers
21%
Early Career Researchers (ECRs)
11%
PhD students
48%
of projects were led by women in 2018
45%
of projects were led by ECRs in 2018
17
PhD travel scholars were supported in 2018
external investigators across all projects
33%
projects with at least one investigator from an external organisation
Launched
Bluehaven, Playgroup NSW and IRT Foundation partners for PIECES Keystone
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S4 component of Blue Economy Project in conjunction with Shoalhaven city council
events, reaching
people
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media stories in 2018
651 110K
Twitter mentions in 2018
impressions and an 18% increase in followers
20K 30% website visits
of web visits were international (USA, UK, China) Two of the most-watched UOW videos on YouTube Geldom (2.2M) & 3D Printed Flutes (31K)
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People
Awards & achievements
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ViceChancellor’s Awards The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards recognises exceptional performance from University staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement in activities that are aligned to the University’s vision and strategic goals. Blue Carbon Futures received an Interdisciplinary Research Excellence Award for their mangrove regeneration project helping mitigate climate change in Vietnam, Brazil and Australia. Congratulations to Assoc Prof Kerrylee Rogers, Prof Colin Woodroffe, Dr Jennifer Atchison, Dr Mary Kaidonis, Prof Robin Warner, Dr Olivia Dun, Thang Nguyen, Yubing Shi, Chris Owers and Rafaela Salum. Recovery Camp received a Program OCTAL Award. This project brings together people with a lived experience of mental illness and students/future health professionals. Congratulations to Prof Lorna Moxham, Chris Patterson, Dr Renee Brighton, Dr Dana Perlman and Dr Ellie Taylor. The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership & Impact (Joint Award) went to the ECO Antarctica project, monitoring and limiting the impacts of climate change and pollution on Antarctic biodiversity. Congratulations to Senior Prof Sharon Robinson, Prof Dianne Jolley, Prof Andy Davis, Dr Melinda Waterman and Dr Johanna Turnbull.
Publication released In 2018, Global Challenges published ‘Challenge-led interdiscplinary research in practice: program design, early career research, and a dialogic approach to building unlikely collaborations’, which is available in Oxford Academic’s Research Evaluation.
Below: Blue Carbon Futures team, Assoc Prof Kerrylee Rogers (SMAH), Prof Colin Woodroffe (SMAH), Dr Jennifer Atchison (SOC), Dr Mary Kaidonis (BUS), Prof Robin Warner (LHA) and Rafaela Salum with Prof Paul Wellings (ViceChancellor)
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Left: ECO Antarctica team, Snr Prof Sharon Robinson (SMAH), Prof Paul Wellings (Vice-Chancellor), Prof Andy Davis (SMAH), Dr Melinda Waterman, Prof Dianne Jolley (SMAH), Dr Johanna Turnbull (SMAH), Dana Bergstrom (AAD), Merrin Adams (CSIRO) and Linda Barry (ANSTO)
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Right: Prof Paul Wellings (Vice-Chancellor), with Prof Lorna Moxham (SMAH) and Mr Chris Patterson (SMAH) from Recovery Camp
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Building Resilient Communities Inequality, vulnerable populations and disaster resilience. The year 2018 was one of significant change. In the year prior, an external international review of the first five years of the Global Challenges Program made recommendations to alter the relationship between ‘Transforming Lives and Regions’ as both the overarching theme of the program, and as challenge itself. Their recommendation was to retain Transforming Lives and Regions as the overarching theme of the Program, but to also consider another, dynamic, new challenge in its place. Following the momentum generated by the Global Challenges international conference, Transforming Vulnerability, it was proposed that a challenge would be framed around vulnerability and resilience. The new Building Resilient Communities challenge aims to improve the resilience of communities against inequality, discrimination and vulnerability. This challenge supports research projects enhancing community resilience in an era of growing uncertainty. Problems of social-injustice, economic disruption, geopolitical instability and environmental extremity, amplify existing inequalities and create additional patterns of vulnerability. Transformational change in thinking, policy, infrastructure and everyday practice will be necessary in order for communities to adapt and flourish. To support the development of the Building Resilient Communities challenge, a two-day workshop was held at the end of 2018 and was attended by over 30 researchers, representing each of the UOW faculties.
The first day of the retreat focused on conceptual debates around key terms such as ‘vulnerability’, ‘resilience’, and ‘community’. The second day, held in ‘sandpit’ format, encouraged groups to collaborate and to generate ‘rapid prototype’ ideas for initial seed funding. Three such projects emerged and have since received strategic challenge funding. They are Smart Cities for Understanding Living, Piloting Bushfire Plans and Aid in the Pacific. In 2019, the Global Challenges Program eagerly awaits the first wave of transformative research projects applying under the Building Resilient Communities challenge. Like the other three challenges, we anticipate that projects addressing the Building Resilient Communities challenge will further spearhead UOW’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Challenge Leader
SENIOR PROFESSOR CHRIS GIBSON
In 2018, a Global Challenges supported project was awarded one of only 12 Australian Research Council Indigenous Discovery grants awarded nationally. Caring for Community, led by Professor Kathleen Clapham, was first supported by Global Challenges in 2013, with follow-up Project funding in 2015 and 2017. Professor Clapham says the Global Challenges Program has been hugely important to the team’s work. “Global Challenges has provided our team with flexible funding that has enabled us to engage with our community partners, to bring Aboriginal elders to the table to work alongside researchers and Indigenous higher degree research students.” The ARC project awarded to the team in 2018, will investigate the unique approaches used by Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to enable community ownership of holistic health and social programs in complex community settings.
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Our successful ARC grant will now enable us, and the Illawarra Koori Men's Support Group, to build on the groundwork established through the Global Challenges grants to extend our research activity across the region, interstate and internationally." Professor Kathleen Clapham Lead Investigator, Caring for Community
Based on Indigenous research principles, the project team will include mechanisms for the transformation and sharing of learnings to other locations, providing training and employment opportunities for Aboriginal people. The team has now established the Ngarruwan Ngadji: First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre at UOW.
Above: Prof Kathleen Clapham (BUS). Photo by Paul Jones
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AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL INDIGENOUS DISCOVERY GRANT
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ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE TEAM DEVELOPS LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant public health and economic concern. Responding to AMR requires an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach.
Below: Distinguished Prof Antoine van Oijen (SMAH). Photo by Paul Jones
With support from the Global Challenges Program, researchers have brought together key discipline areas and stakeholders, and begun using a whole-ofcommunity approach to tackle the AMR challenge. The team has established several longitudinal studies across the Illawarra/Shoalhaven region that examine factors that drive antimicrobial resistance and provide a platform for test interventions. Those factors include antimicrobial stewardship, food, animals, waste, genetics and microbiomes. The overarching goal of this project is to use the Illawarra/Shoalhaven region as a microcosm of the broader Australian community, and to provide evidence to drive policy and practice measures with national and global applicability. During 2018, the team established a formal relationship with Southern-IML, a large private pathology provider in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven. Research projects are underway that rely on SouthernIML data to analyse trends of AMR in our region. The team held their first professional development event for Illawarra-Shoalhaven community pharmacists on November 24, not only to educate them on antimicrobial stewardship, but also for them to become active project partners. The team is currently establishing relationships with regional General Practitioners with the goal to organise similar events with key agriculture consultants in order to explore antimicrobial stewardship opportunities in the agricultural sector.
Ageing and dementia, mental illness, and therapeutic and personal recovery. The projects associated with the Living Well, Longer challenge accomplished a number of noteworthy achievements in 2018. Many of these projects have resulted in numerous publications, research projects and the implementation of international trials. For example, the Project DARE intervention has been replicated in Aberdeen, Scotland, and has received interest from researchers in Canada, Norway and France.
Moving forward into 2019, the Living Well, Longer challenge aims to create closer connections with mental health researchers at the university, as well as health districts. With mental health still a priority area, the Living Well, Longer challenge is seeking to encourage more projects that are focused on improving mental health.
Another example is Openability. Now is in its third year of data collection at The Canberra Hospital, plastic use in the hospital has been reduced considerably. An unintended outcome has resulted in implications for the environment, and changing hospital culture. Implementing projects in Illawarra/ Shoalhaven hospitals are also being discussed. The Move for Mental Health project has expanded exponentially, with the IP rights of the project being shared with the organisation Movember for worldwide dissemination.
Challenge Leader
PROFESSOR LORNA MOXHAM
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Living Well, Longer
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KEYSTONE PROJECT LAUNCH: ‘CONNECTIONS FOR LIFE WITH DEMENTIA’ Connections for Life with Dementia is a collaborative, interdisciplinary research project bringing together UOW researchers and various community and industry partners, including people with dementia and their care partners. The purpose is to understand, support, and enhance social connections and quality of life for people with dementia in various care and community settings and is an extension of the successful Dementia Friendly Communities project.
To promote societal impact and engagement the project will also support a ‘Knowledge Exchange Centre’. The exchange centre will build interdisciplinary capacity for dementia research, and also support dynamic partnerships with people with lived experience and other key stakeholders. The activities within the Knowledge Exchange Centre will ensure that each project plans for impact and prioritises sharing and uptake of research findings.
Connections for Life with Dementia builds on UOW’s existing strengths in ‘care’, ‘play’ and ‘design’ to create new knowledge and connections across three distinct but connected studies. These studies will explore the interrelationships of care, play and design in residential aged care, intergenerational playgroups, and home and neighbourhood environments.
The project brings together a strong group of researchers from the faculties of Social Sciences; Science, Medicine and Health, Business and Engineering; and Information Sciences. The project has active partnerships with the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Kiama Municipal Council/Blue Haven Care, Playgroup NSW and the IRT Research Foundation. Importantly, the project draws on the expertise of people with dementia and their care partners.
Below: Karen Larsen-Truong (BUS), Prof Victoria Traynor (SMAH), Prof Richard Fleming (SMAH), Toby Dawson (IRT Foundation), Dr Jack Yang (EIS), Dr Lyn Phillipson (SOC, Lead Investigator), Dr Wanqing Li (EIS), Prof Christian Ritz (EIS), Dr Montse Ros (EIS), Paul van den Dolder (ISLHD), Snr Prof Paul Cooper (EIS), Dr Cole Hendrigan (EIS), Dr Jessica Mantei (SOC), Dr Kishan Kariippanon (SOC), Prof Lisa Kervin (SOC), Dr Irina Verenikina (SOC), Dennis Frost (Southern DAG), Lynda Henderson (Southern DAG), Clayton McDowell (EIS, PhD), Dr Chris Brenann-Horley (SOC), Karen van Woudenberg (Playgroup NSW), Dr Louisa Smith (BUS), Nick Guggisberg (Kiama Municipal Council). See full team list on page 22.
ALCOHOL CO-MORBIDITY IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS Alcohol misuse is a major risk for physical and social health. It is estimated that 10% to 38% of Emergency Department presentations are alcohol-related. Early identification of alcohol use disorder is essential in order for health professionals to determine optimal clinical management. Emergency Department clinicians require a formal alcohol screening tool to identify the likelihood of a person progressing to alcohol withdrawal. This project has been working to identify the gaps in effective assessment of alcohol-related morbidity in the Emergency Department of Wollongong Hospital and the subsequent clinical management. In 2018, the team published findings that suggested a need to improve alcohol management practice in order to enable identification of alcohol use disorder and improve the management of this issue within hospitals. Findings showed that alcohol screening was conducted for only 6% of the ED presentations, which was similar to findings found in a previous study conducted in other Australian hospitals.
PROJECT DARE EXHIBITION Seventy-five per cent of people with dementia report experiencing stigma and social isolation. One way to address this is through educating the next generation. Project DARE (Dementia knowledge, Art, Research and Education) utilises art as a medium by which children can express their understandings of dementia. This project brings together an interdisciplinary team of educators, artists, dementia experts, psychologists, and health professionals, providing opportunities to younger children to visually express concepts that they may not have the vocabulary to convey. Trialled in Thirroul (NSW), this program has now been replicated in Aberdeen, Scotland and has gained international interest from others who want to be involved in DARE. The artworks produced by the children have been displayed in two community exhibitions, and in 2018, they received two UOW impact makers awards. The team is currently in discussion with the University of Ottawa, Concordia University in Montreal, Dementia Alliance in Amiens France and Birralee International School in Norway, exploring ways in which arts and health can be integrated into curriculum across different faculties.
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Above: Project DARE exhibition at Big Fat Smile Gallery
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Making Future Industries Emerging technologies, new product development and the future of work. The past year has seen a subtle, yet significant, shift in our Challenge activities with a change of name from Manufacturing Innovation to Making Future Industries. Our new name responds to the challenges presented by the increasing pace of technological advancement and recognises that all new technologies have unintended consequences. The challenge encourages the development of new-to-world products and technologies that have a positive impact on society. Our projects typically bring together technology developers with artists, ethicists, business researchers, environmentalists, legal experts and others to design, develop and evaluate a myriad of new product ideas. What is really pleasing is the enlightenment that emerges as researchers from very different backgrounds get to know each other, begin to understand their different languages and dissolve previous misconceptions. The process of radical interdisciplinary work can be difficult and requires patience and goodwill, but it is also where true breakthroughs can emerge. Our Smart Garments team, for example, won a major international award for their landmark paper discussing the human side of a future world where their networked garments are a reality. The Slow Textiles team have completed a hugely successful exhibit at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences that was viewed by over 26,000 people. The
installation provoked discussion and debate on climate change, and highlighted the role of new materials, like graphene, in sustainable energy. The 3D Printed Surfboard Fins team created enormous media interest last July for their innovative approach to understanding and improving surfer performance through customising the design of surfboard fins. An unexpected outcome was that a single fin design was favoured by all surfers during field trials. Surprising outcomes are a common feature of many Global Challenges projects and highlights the importance of bringing diversity to teams as they seek to solve problems. Finally, our exciting new Future Makers keystone project was announced at the end of 2018. This project will evaluate the broad impact of the maker movement on business, regional economies, education and communities.
Challenge Leader
SENIOR PROFESSOR GEOFF SPINKS
The maker movement is a popular cultural phenomenon attracting interest from policy makers and increased public sector funding. This year, Future Makers received Global Challenges Keystone funding and the team has been investigating how makerspaces can impact and contribute to the local economy as a stimulus for new business generation and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. The project brings together researchers from Australian Institute for Innovative Materials; Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Business; Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts; and will partner with UOW’s Science Space. This team will break new ground establishing inspiring areas of engagement with schools, businesses and the local community, while also investigating environmentally responsible practices. The team has established a partnership with Unanderra Public School where the they will assist in setting up a makerspace and run ongoing activities as part of their education program. An important stride the team has taken since its inception is to ensure the materials used by maker spaces can be broken down and reused to achieve sustainable practices. The team is investigating the type of waste that may be produced in makerspaces, how much waste makerspaces generate and what possibilities exist to transform that waste into a reusable or recyclable material. They’ve started breaking down other waste materials and single use soft plastics from other industries such as disposable coffee cups and turning these items into materials for use in STEM classrooms and community makerspaces.
ART-LED SCIENCE INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Spinning World is a key creative output of the Global Challenges Seed project Materials Science, Slow Textiles and Ecological Futures. The aim of this project is to produce artworks that incorporate energyefficient elements and slow textile methods in order to communicate the need to adopt effective sustainable energy strategies in both gallery and museum contexts. This public exhibition hosted at the Powerhouse Museum, showed how interdisciplinary collaboration can enhance the understanding of climate science and smart materials research through aesthetic experiences to a broad range of diverse audiences. Spinning World drew over 70,000 visitors during the 6-month exhibition period. The exhibition provided audiences with a unique insight into how contemporary art-science collaboration can work to tackle urgent global issues such as environmental sustainability. Its success highlighted art's capacity to mediate and propose future focused sustainable thinking and making strategies to the museum sector and the broader public.
Below: Future Makers team Travis Wall (LHA), Dr Teodor Mitew (LHA), Nathan Riggir (UOW library Makerspace), Snr Prof Geoff Spinks (AIIM), Dr Adrian Tootell (BUS), Dr Chantel Carr (SOC), Dr Tillmann Boehme (BUS), Assoc Prof Shirley Agostinho (SOC), Jessica Grozdanov (Global Challenges).
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FUTURE MAKERS ENSURING 'MAKING' IS MORE SUSTAINABLE
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THE 3D-PRINTED FINS TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE SURFING Surfing is an iconic sport that is extremely popular in coastal regions, with the Illawarra in particular being a hotbed of surfers and surfboard makers. Current surfboard fin manufacturers produce high end products using an expensive injection moulding process to create hydro-foil shaped fins. This process, however, does not allow for easy customisation or rapid prototyping. Creating custom fins is a time consuming and costly process that is difficult to commercialise. This interdisciplinary project team is developing surfboard fins using a performance feedback loop. This loop involves the unique combination of computational fluid dynamics, computer aided design, 3D printing, stiffness/flex testing, ocean testing (surfing the waves), embedded sensors/wearables, the Internet-of-Things, machine learning and surfers’ experiences.
In 2018, three researchers and six surfers spent six days testing different prototype fins in the Mentawai Islands on the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, collecting data for up to eight hours each day. In order to record accurate data, the perfect wave had to be selected for surfers to test the new fins’ performance. With a perfect break in almost any condition, this particular wave break allowed the surfers to test the distance and number of turns they could complete from each prototype fin, as well as two commercially produced fins, and compare the results. Early analysis of the data collected suggests the crinkle-cut prototype was the preferred fin. Nicknamed for the series of grooves on one side to improve water flow under the board, the crinkle-cut fin gives surfers more speed, extra projection on turns and increases the board’s lift to drag ratio. The team is now hoping that a company will take up the ideas and put them into production. They also plan to make their tools and data publicly available.
Below: Snr Prof Julie Steele (SMAH), Prof Marc in het Panhuis (AIIM) and surfer Nick Clifford at Macaronis Resort in Indonesia. Photo by Paul Jones.
Climate change, protecting coastal and marine habitats and resource security. Healthy coastal and maritime spaces are vitally important to the global environment, food security and economic, and cultural health. Population growth, growing pressures on resources and sea-level rise are among the of myriad of challenges confronting the future of these critical, yet vulnerable habitats. In June 2018, I was pleased to accept the role of the Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones Challenge Leader. This year was eventful for projects within the stream with numerous peer-reviewed publications, media releases, and outreach incorporating seminars, workshops and public engagement events. In September 2018, Research Officer Diana King, the Eco-Antarctica team and I, published a paper in Nature Climate Change on the impact that climate change has had on plants in East Antarctica.
Indigenous and community groups, which explored opportunities for collaboration across industry and UOW. We began to host lunchtime seminars, offering our teams the chance to catch up and hear progress reports from other Global Challenges research teams. Almost forty attendees were present at the seminars on Blue Carbon Futures and Dragging the Chain. Climate change and increasing human occupation and visitation are putting increasing stress on coastal and marine ecosystems from Antarctica to the Pacific islands. Over the next year I hope that our projects will continue to help local and international communities plot a sustainable future for these regions through our quality research with impact.
Seminars for Mapping the Islands project were held at James Cook University and Sydney Environment Institute, while the Sugar Vs Reef project presented at the Climate Justice for Climate Change Symposium and also held public engagement events at the Artspace in Mackay. The Launching a Blue Economy project hosted a cross-sectoral workshop with over fifty representatives from marine and coastal businesses, government and
Challenge Leader
SENIOR PROFESSOR SHARON ROBINSON
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Sustaining Coastal & Marine Zones
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S4 COMPONENT OF BLUE ECONOMY PROJECT LAUNCH The project Launching a Blue Economy has placed UOW and Global Challenges at the forefront of global research in the field of Blue Economies. This project aims to use innovative, integrated and cross-sectoral research to promote a sustainable development model to maximise the social, environmental, and economic benefits derived from the oceans. Global Challenges’ Blue Economy research agenda has grown from an initial seed grant awarded in 2016, resulting in a number of additional research projects. Three ‘sub-projects’ currently fall under the Blue Economy umbrella. One project, Sun, Sand, Sea and Sustainability (S4), commenced in 2018. It aims to develop a sustainable tourist community classification methodology in partnership with Shoalhaven City Council in regional NSW. This project specifically focuses on addressing the challenges of strategic planning in relation to sustainable coastal tourism. It aims to develop a methodology which classifies communities according to a range of characteristics which will constrain or enhance sustainability objectives, such as population size, visitation levels and infrastructure availability. This system of classification will be trialled in the Shoalhaven region, and will ultimately assist in councils independently tailoring tourism planning, marketing and service provision to meet the varied needs of different coastal communities.
BLUE CARBON FUTURES Coastal wetlands (mangrove and saltmarsh) capture and store more carbon dioxide per unit area than any other natural system. This is due to the high rate at which they generate biomass and store organic carbon in the saline, oxygen-depleted soils in which they grow. In 2018, the Blue Carbon Futures project, supported by Global Challenges and led by Associate Professor Kerrylee Rogers, found that as sea levels rise, coastal wetlands become even more effective at sequestering carbon dioxide. As sea levels rise, coastal wetlands could therefore play a key role in mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas emissions by capturing and storing large volumes of atmospheric carbon dioxide. A research article published in Nature was a collaboration between UOW; Macquarie University, Australia; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, USA; Nelson Mandela University, South Africa; Yunnan University, China; and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Below: Assoc Prof Kerrylee Rogers (SMAH), Blue Carbon Futures. Photo by Paul Jones
Managing shark-human interactions is a key challenge in Australia. Societies have a responsibility to effectively keep people safe, while minimising environmental harm. Global Challenges researchers along with government officials, businesses and community stakeholders are looking at alternative approaches to mitigate interactions between humans and sharks using innovative technology. The Project AIRSHIP team has designed a blimp carrying a camera with advanced motion detection software. The methodology is non-invasive (there is no by-catch) and the blimp can stay aloft all day to provide a continuous watch for sharks. In 2018, the team took part in possibly the world’s first realtime shark alert test. A camera mounted on a blimp successfully tested software that can identify the shape of a shark in the water and send alerts to people via phone application or smartwatch. There are many other possible uses for the airship, from looking for swimmers and surfers who are in trouble, to monitoring pollution, weather events, surf conditions and surfing events. Below: Kye Adams (SMAH), Project AIRSHIP. Photo by Paul Jones.
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What we also really appreciate about the Project AIRSHIP team is their innovation. They are always collaborating with experts in different areas and thinking up new ways to innovate using technology and building on the blimp’s capacity. We really can’t wait to see how this exciting project advances in the coming seasons.” Andy Mole Supervising Beach Lifeguard, Kiama Municipal Council
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REAL-TIME SHARK ALERT SUCCESS AT KIAMA’S SURF BEACH
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Research funding 2018
SUNRISE Surveillance Study of Movement Behaviours in Young Children ($12,000) - Tony Okely (SOC), Thomas Suesse (EIS), Janette Green (BUS). Sustainable Development Goal actions at a local level: A case study of cross-sectoral engagement involving multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) ($14,991) Belinda Gibbons (BUS), Vera Mackie (LHA), Heather Yeatman (SOC). External partners: Justin Placek (Healthy Cities Illawarra), Warwick Shanks (KPMG), Lesley Scarlett (Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation of Councils), Meg Cummins (Youth Student Representative). Understanding Social Behaviour through Minimal Models of Collective Intelligence ($11,698) - Patrick McGivern (LHA), Jennifer Atchison (SOC), Marian Wong (SMAH).
SEED
PROJECT
Innovative connections in CFS construction: Feasibility study ($10,000) - Aziz Ahmed (EIS), Lip Teh (EIS), Tillman Boehme (BUS), Alberto Escribano (BUS), Vinod Gopaldasani (SOC), Leanne Treadwell (SOC).
‘Driving Change’: Options for driving retirement with over 75 age groups ($48,380) - Victoria Traynor (SMAH), Melanie Randle (BUS), Gordon Waitt (SOC), Theresa Harada (SOC), Trish Mundy (LHA), Karina Murray (LHA), Jo Stirling (LHA), Nadine Veerhuis (SMAH).
Mind the Age Gap? Revealing the truth about Senior Travel at Peak Times ($15,000) - Bobby Du (EIS), Pascal Perez (EIS), Pauline McGuirk (SOC), Michal Strahilevitz (BUS), Thomas Birtchnell (SOC), Jun Ma (EIS). External partners: Muhammad Nouman Amjad Raja. Modelling emergent properties in the brain to combat neurodegenerative disease ($15,000) - Alex Harris (AIIM), Lezanne Ooi (SMAH), Patrick McGivern (LHA). Protecting coastal zones from heavy metal pollution from the mining industry: Technical solutions and the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ($8,000) - Faisal Hai (EIS), Will Price (AIIM), Ting Ren (EIS), Flevy Lasrado (UOWD-BUS), Sheikh Solaiman (LHA), Muhammad Asif (EIS). Protective Wear Resistant and Antibacterial Coating for Teeth ($15,000) - Dan Yang (AIIM), Paul Molino (AIIM), Michael Higgins (AIIM), Susan McInnes (SMAH), Bushra Khan (SOC), Martina Sanderson-Smith (SMAH). Resident perceptions of intensification: Western City and the transformation of local government ($14,856) - Nicole Cook (SOC), Shanaka Herath (BUS), Cole Hendrigan (EIS). Smart Limb Rehab: Enhancing Recovery and Rehabilitation ($15,000) - Rahim Mutlu (EIS), Emre Sariyildiz (EIS), Winson Lee (EIS), Jonathan Shemmell (SMAH), Elizabeth Mayland (SOC), Robyn Coman (SOC), Sheikh Solaiman (LHA), Gursel Alici (EIS).
Eco-Antarctica – An Antarctic-wide observing system for near-shore and terrestrial ecosystems ($48,700 [2018-19]) - Melinda Waterman (SMAH), Sharon Robinson (SMAH), Dianne Jolley (SMAH), Brogan Bunt (LHA), Andrew Zammit Mangion (EIS), Constance Johnson (LHA), Greg Rose (LHA), Jo Turnbull (SMAH), Mick Ashcroft (SMAH), Krystal Randall (SMAH), Diana King (SMAH), Laurie Chisholm (SMAH). External partners: Dana Bergstrom (Australian Antarctic Division), Quan Hua (ANSTO). Laying the foundations for a Southern NSW BlueEconomy ($25,000) - Michelle Voyer (LHA), Shanaka Herath (BUS), Rafael Carvalho (SMAH), Harriet HardenDavies (LHA), Faisal Hai (EIS), Emma Heffernan (EIS), Rafael Carvalho (SMAH), Fariba Ramezani (EIS), Troy Heffernan (BUS), Richard Kenchington (LHA), Greg Kerr (BUS) New generation sunscreens optimised for Australian extreme UV exposure and development of reliable invitro test protocols for UV protection ($27,900) - Kosta Konstantinov (AIIM), Phil Barker (SMAH), Xu-Feng Huang (SMAH), Michael Lerch (EIS), Vitor Sencadas (EIS), Shahnaz Bakand (SOC), Jennifer Algie (BUS), Solaiman Sheikh (LHA), Ronald Sluyter (SMAH). Project AIRSHIP: automated blimp surveillance for conservation and human safety ($25,000) - Kye Adams (SMAH), Andy Davis (SMAH), Allison Broad (SMAH), Leah Gibbs (SOC), Wanqing Li (EIS), Douglas Reeves (SMAH).
Connections for life with dementia ($200,000 [201819]) - Lyn Phillipson (SOC), Louisa Smith (BUS), Luise Lago (BUS), Montse Ros (EIS), Kara Cappetta (SOC), Kishan Karriipanon (SOC), Lisa Kervin (SOC), Sarah Howard (SOC), Catherine Neilsen-Hewett (SOC), Irina Verenikina (SOC), Pippa Burns (SMAH), Jack Yang (EIS), Jessica Mantei (SOC), Jun Ma (EIS), Christian Ritz (EIS), Gregor Cullen (LHA), Chris Brennan-Horley (SOC), Richard Fleming (SMAH, Dementia Training Aust), Paul Cooper (EIS), Tim McCarthy (EIS), Clayton McDowell (EIS), Cole Hendrigan (EIS), Kishan Kariippanon (SOC), Wanqing Li (EIS), Chris Cook (EIS), Steven Beltrame (EIS), Karen Larsen-Truong (BUS). External partners: Dennis Frost (Southern DAG), Karen Van Woudenberg (Play-group NSW), Toby Dawson (IRT Foundation), Paul van den Dolder (ISLHD), Nick Guggisberg (Kiama Council), Clare Rogers (Blue Haven), Dale Wakefield (Blue Haven), Dennis Frost (Southern DAG), Lynda Henderson (Southern DAG). Future Makers ($200,000 [2018-19]) - Geoff Spinks (AIIM), Teodor Mitew (LHA), Sue Bennett (SOC), Tillmann Boehme (BUS), Chantel Carr (SOC), Thomas Birchnell (SOC), Wendy Nielson (SOC), Shirley Agostinho (SOC), Sarah Howard (SOC), Helen Georgiou (SOC), Adrian Tootell (BUS), Travis Wall (LHA).
CHALLENGE STRATEGIC FUNDING 3D printed surfboard fins ($20,000) – Marc in het Panhuis (SMAH), Andrew Warren (SOC), Buyung Kosasih (EIS), Julie Steele (SMAH), Stephen Beirne (AIIM). Account for the effectiveness of development programs in the Pacific Islands: Community perspective on aid and remittances ($20,000) - Stephanie Perkiss (BUS), Natascha Klocker (SOC), Olivia Dun (SMAH). External partners: Yvonne Underhill-Sem (UoA). Caring for Community ($7,000) – Kathleen Clapham (BUS), Paul Chandler (SOC), Scott Winch (SMAH), David Kampers (SMAH), Samantha Thomas (SOC), Valerie Harwood (SOC), Peter Kelly (SOC). Eco-Antarctica - An Antarctic-wide observing system for near-shore and terrestrial ecosystems ($10,000) – Melinda Waterman (SMAH), Sharon Robinson (SMAH), Dianne Jolley (SMAH), Brogan Bunt (LHA), Andrew Zammit Mangion (EIS), Constance Johnson (LHA), Greg Rose (LHA), Jo Turnbull (SMAH), Mick Ashcroft (SMAH), Krystal Randall (SMAH), Diana King (SMAH), Laurie Chisholm (SMAH). External partners: Dana Bergstrom (Australian Antarctic Division), Quan Hua (ANSTO).
Examination of the effect of TR intervention on people’s engagement with mental health services ($10,000) – Christopher Patterson (SMAH), Dana Perlman (SOC), Renee Brighton (SMAH), Brendan McAlister (BUS). Gamifying Activity ($8,000) – Holly Tootell (EIS), Mark Freeman (EIS), Grant Ellmers (LHA), Tony Okely (SOC). Launching a blue economy ($5,000) - Michelle Voyer (LHA), Shanaka Herath (BUS), Rafael Carvalho (SMAH), Harriet Harden-Davies (LHA), Faisal Hai (EIS), Emma Heffernan (EIS), Fariba Ramezani (EIS), Troy Heffernan (BUS), Richard Kenchington (LHA), Greg Kerr (BUS). Piloting Bushfire Plans ($20,000) – Christine Eriksen (SOC), Paul Cooper (EIS), Allen Green (EIS), Joshua Whittaker (SMAH), Grant Ellmers (LHA). Smart Cities for Understanding Living in Liverpool (SCULL) ($20,000) – Hugh Forehead (EIS), Kris French (SMAH), Jenny Atchison (SOC), Clare Murphy (SMAH), Cole Hendrigan (EIS), Farzana Tanima (BUS), Mehbub Anwar (SOC). Stronger cultures, healthier lifestyle ($5,000) – Rebecca Stanley (SOC), Yasmine Probst (SMAH), Anthony McKnight (SOC), Tony Okely (SOC), Sarah Ryan (SOC). The Milky Way Program: a program to promote prolonged breastfeeding ($5,000) – Shahla Meedya (SMAH), Elizabeth Halcomb (SMAH), Khin Win (EIS), Heather Yeatman (SOC), Karen Walton (SMAH), Lois Burgess (BUS). External partners: Kathleen Fahy (SCU). The research and development of a prototype device for the observation of vital signs ($25,000) – Christopher Patterson (SMAH), Philip Ogunbona (EIS), Raad Raad (EIS), Dana Perlman (SOC).
TRAVEL SCHOLARS Ramiz Ali (SOC), Vanessa Cavanagh (SOC), Jessica Cerni (SOC), Ruth Davis (LHA), Tashi Dendup (SOC), Alison Haynes (SMAH), Marc Llewellyn (SOC), Meagan Lowe (SMAH), Kai Paijmans (SMAH), Roselle Pineda (LHA), Jeanti St Clair (LHA), Makrita Solitei (SOC), Catherine Stephen (SMAH), Charbel Tawk (EIS) (each awarded $2,000). Note: Team members are as listed as on grants at time of award.
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KEYSTONE
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Investigators BREAKDOWN OF INVESTIGATORS BY FACULTY 2018
2013-2018
5% 10%
4% 7%
7%
19%
20%
17%
22% 19%
15%
13%
23%
AIIM
19%
BUS EIS LHA
BREAKDOWN OF LEAD INVESTIGATORS BY FACULTY 2018
15%
20%
SMAH
2013-2018
20%
SOC EXTERNAL
10% 6%
7% 18% 18%
27%
29% 17%
13%
FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN GCP PROJECT (% OF TOTAL PROJECTS) 2018
2013-2018 79% 66%
66% 52%
54%
52%
58%
65%
72%
39% 24%
AIIM
36%
31% 19%
BUS
EIS
LHA SMAH SOC
EXT
AIIM
BUS
EIS
LHA SMAH SOC
EXT
GLOBAL CHALLENGES FUNDING BREAKDOWN (2018) GCP PROFESSIONAL STAFF
13% 21%
GCP LEADERS SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION GCP OPERATIONS
3%
TRAVEL CHALLENGE DEVELOPMENT 10%
14%
GCP RESEARCH OFFICERS RESEARCH - SEED RESEARCH - PROJECT
4% 1% 3%
7% 19%
RESEARCH - CHALLENGE STRATEGIC RESEARCH - KEYSTONE
BREAKDOWN OF COMBINED PROJECT FUNDING SOURCES 2018
2013-2018
$28.4M
$1.7M
$0.8M $0.5M $3.2M
GCP
UOW EXTERNAL (FACULTY)
$1.5M UOW EXTERNAL (FACULTY)
GCP
BREAKDOWN OF COMBINED PROJECT FUNDING SOURCES 2018
2013-2018 10% 26%
5%
GCP UOW (FACULTY) EXTERNAL
56%
18% 86%
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Funding
134 citations
Publications 2018
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2018 publications
41
countries
1
in the top 1% most cited worldwide
5
are in the top 5% most cited worldwide
14
are in the top 10% most cited worldwide
15
showing interntional collaboration/ co-authorship
1.28
citation impact score cited 28% more than similar articles of the same age and subject classification
Anderson, C., L. Moxham and M. Broadbent (2018). “Is provision of professional development by RNs to nursing students a choice?” Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 35(4): 34-41. Anderson, C., L. Moxham and M. Broadbent (2018). “Teaching and supporting nursing students on clinical placements: Doing the right thing.” Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research 25(2): 231-235. Asbridge, E., Lucas, R., Rogers, K., & Accad, A. (2018). “The extent of mangrove change and potential for recovery following severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland.” Ecology and Evolution 8(21): 10416-10434. Aziz, S., S. Naficy, J. Foroughi, H. R. Brown and G. M. Spinks (2018). “Twist–coil coupling fibres for high stroke tensile artificial muscles.” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 283: 98-106. Bais, A. F., R. M. Lucas, J. F. Bornman, C. E. Williamson, B. Sulzberger, A. T. Austin, S. R. Wilson, A. L. Andrady, G. Bernhard, R. L. McKenzie, P. J. Aucamp, S. Madronich, R. E. Neale, S. Yazar, A. R. Young, F. R. de Gruijl, M. Norval, Y. Takizawa, P. W. Barnes, T. M. Robson, S. A. Robinson, C. L. Ballare, S. D. Flint, P. J. Neale, S. Hylander, K. C. Rose, S. A. Wangberg, D. P. Hader, R. C. Worrest, R. G. Zepp, N. D. Paul, R. M. Cory, K. R. Solomon, J. Longstreth, K. K. Pandey, H. H. Redhwi, A. Torikai and A. M. Heikkila (2018). “Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017.” Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 17(2): 127-127. Bax, N., Appeltans, W., Brainard, R., Emmett, D.J., Dunstand, P., Hanich, Q., Harden-Davies, H., Hills, J., Miloslavich, P., Muller-Karger, F E., Simmons, S., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Batten, S., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Checkley D., Chiba, S., Fischer, A., Andersen G. M., Gunn J., Klein E., Kudela R. M., Marsac F., Obura D., Shin Y., Sloyan B., Tanhua T., & Wilkin J. (2018). “Linking Capacity Development to GOOS Monitoring Networks to Achieve Sustained Ocean Observation.” Frontiers in Marine Science 5.
Bogusz, K., Cardillo, D., Tehei, M., Boutard, T., Barker, P.J., Devers, T., Rosenfeld, A., Dou, S.X., Liu, H.K., Konstantinov, K. (2018). “Biocompatible Bi(OH)3 nanoparticles with reduced photocatalytic activity as possible ultraviolet filter in sunscreens.” Materials Research Bulletin 108: 130-141. Bogusz, K., Tehei, M., Lerch, M., Dou, S.X., Liu, H.K., & Konstantinov, K. (2018). “TiO2/(BiO)2CO3 Nanocomposites for Ultraviolet Filtration with Reduced Photocatalytic Activity.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Brighton, R. M. and L. Moxham (2018). “Alcohol use disorders in women: a client group who fall through the cracks.” Australian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 26(2): 36-36. Carr, C., C. Gibson, E. Stanes and A. Warren (2018). Work, value and space: Three key questions of making for the Anthropocene. Geographies of Making, Craft and Creativity. Abingdon, United Kingdom: 94-107. Choi, C., J. W. Park, K. J. Kim, D. W. Lee, M. J. de Andrade, S. H. Kim, S. Gambhir, G. M. Spinks, R. H. Baughman and S. J. Kim (2018). “Weavable asymmetric carbon nanotube yarn supercapacitor for electronic textiles.” RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences 8(24): 1311213120. Clapham, K., Hasan, H., Harwood, V., Longbottom, M., Senior, K., & Kelly, P. (2018). “Disrupting the Deficit Theory: The Role of Aboriginal CommunityControlled Organisations in Empowering Australia’s First Peoples.” Information Systems Journal. Clapham, K., Bennett-Brook, K., & Hunter, K. (2018). “The role of Aboriginal family workers in delivering a child safety-focused home visiting programme for Aboriginal families in an urban region of New South Wales.” Health Promotion Journal of Australia 29: 173-182. Davies, M., H. Ecroyd, S. A. Robinson and K. French (2018). “Stress in native grasses under ecologically relevant heat waves.” PLoS One 13(10) Ehrlich, M. E., S. A. Robinson and J. A. Blendy (2018). “Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: Incidence, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Preclinical Models.” Birth Defects Research 110(9): 742-742.
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Al Mutair, A., M. Al Mohaini, R. Fernandez, L. Moxham, S. Lapkin and W. ten Ham-Baloyi (2018). “Psychometric testing of the mental health inventory in an Arabian context: Cross-cultural validation study.” Nursing Open 5(3): 376-383.
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Ferguson, H., Swann, C., Liddle, S.K., & Vella, S.A. (2018). “Investigating youth sports coaches’ perceptions of their role in adolescent mental health.” Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. Gibson, C. (2018). Souvenirs, animals, and enchantment: encountering Texas cowboy boots. Tourists and Tourism: A Reader. Long Grove, United States: 211-224. Gibson, C. and A. Gordon (2018). “Rural cultural resourcefulness: How community music enterprises sustain cultural vitality.” Journal of Rural Studies 63: 259-270. Gibson, C., N. Klocker, E. Borger and S.-M. Kerr (2018). Malleable homes and mutual possessions: caring and sharing in extended family households as a resource for survival. Sharing Economies in Times of Crisis: Practices, politics and possibilities. Abingdon, United Kingdom: 35-49. Gibson, C. and A. Warren (2018). “Creative industries, global restructuring, and new forms of subcultural capitalism: the experience of Australia’s surf industry.” Australian Geographer 49(3): 455-467. Gibson, C. and A. Warren (2018). “Unintentional path dependence: Australian guitar manufacturing, bunya pine and legacies of forestry decisions and resource stewardship.” Australian Geographer 49(1): 61-80. Gibson, C., Klocker, N., Borger, E., & Kerr, S (2018). Malleable homes and mutual possessions: caring and sharing in extended family households as a resource for survival. UK, Routedge. Gibson, C., Stutchbury, T., Ikutegbe, V., & Michielin, N (2019). “Challenge-led interdisciplinary research in practice: program design, early career research, and a dialogic approach to building unlikely collaborations.” Oxford Academic Research Evaluation 28(1): 51-62. Gillespie, R., Harrison, L., & Mullan, J. (2018). “Deprescribing medications for older adults in the primary care context: A mixed studies review.” Health Science Reports 1(7). Gillon, C. and C. Gibson (2018). “Calculated homes, stretched emotions: Unmasking ‘rational’ investoroccupier subjects in large family homes in a coastal Sydney development.” Emotion, Space and Society 26: 23-30.
Gjerde, K., Clarke, N., & Harden-Davies, H. (2018). “Building a platform for the future - the relationship of the BBNJ agreement to UNCLOS.” Ocean Yearbook. Grodach, C. and C. Gibson (2018). “Advancing Manufacturing?: Blinkered Visions in U.S. and Australian Urban Policy.” Urban Policy and Research Online First: 1-15. Halcomb, E., E. Smyth, L. Moxham, V. Traynor and R. Fernandez (2018). “Bachelor of Nursing Honours Programs in Australia: current trends and key challenges.” Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research 25(4): 429-434. Hamilton, C., K. Tian, J. Bae, C. Yang, G. Alici, G. M. Spinks, Z. Suo, J. J. Vlassak and M. in het Panhuis (2018). “A Soft Stretchable Sensor: Towards Peripheral Nerve Signal Sensing.” MRS Advances 3(28): 1597-1602. Hamylton, S. M. (2018). “Make your science count.” Nature 554: 137. Harden-Davies, H. (2018). “All in the same boat: negotiations for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction begin.” DSM Observer. Horne, F., Burns, P., Traynor, V., Gillespie, R., Mullan, J., Baker, A., Harrison, L., & Win, KT. (2018). “Managing medications for individuals living with a dementia: Evaluating a web-based information resource for informal carers.” International Journal of Older People Nursin 13(3). Hurley, D., Swann, C., Allen, M.S., & Vella, S.A. (2018). “The development, pilot, and process evaluation of a parent mental health literacy intervention through community sports clubs.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 27: 2149-2160. Ihlein, L., Fisher, L., Mattsson, S., Williams, K. (2018 (forthcoming)). “Socially Engaged Art and Agriculture: Experimenting with Extension.” Journal of Sustainability Education. Jones, P., Steele, J., & in het Panhuis, M. (2018). 3D Printing, the future of surfing. University of Wollongong. Kerr, S.-M., C. Gibson and N. Klocker (2018). “Parenting and neighbouring in the consolidating city: The emotional geographies of sound in apartments.” Emotion, Space and Society 26: 1-8.
Kim, S. H., H. J. Sim, J. S. Hyeon, D. Suh, G. M. Spinks, R. H. Baughman and S. J. Kim (2018). “Harvesting electrical energy from torsional thermal actuation driven by natural convection.” Scientific Reports 8(1): 8712-8711-8712-8717. Klocker, N., P. Mbenna and C. Gibson (2018). “From troublesome materials to fluid technologies: Making and playing with plastic-bag footballs.” Cultural Geographies 25(2): 301-318. Larkin, N., Short, A, Pan, Zengxi, & Duin, S. (2018). “Automated Programming for Robotic Welding.” Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing: 48-59. Li, S., Florencio, D., Li, W., Zhao, Y., Cook, C. (2018). “A fusion framework for camouflaged moving foreground detection in the wavelet domain.” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 27(8): 3918-3930. Liddle, S. K., Hurley, D.S., Schweickle, M.J., Swann, C., & Vella, S.A. (2018). Ahead of the Game: A sportsbased mental health program for adolescent males. Mental Health and Well-Being Interventions in Sport: Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge. Lucas, R., Finlayson, C.M., Bartolo, R., Rogers, K., Mitchell, A., Woodroffe, C.D., Asbridge, E., & Ens, E. (2018). “Historical perspectives on the mangroves of Kakadu National Park.” Marine and Freshwater Research. McCarthy, L., & Weston, K.M. (2018). Caring for the Incarcerated - A history of 200 years of the NSW Prison Medical Service. Middleton, R., L. Moxham and D. Parrish (2018). “Exercise and psychological benefits for older people.” Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal 25(7): 3030. Middleton, R., L. Moxham and D. Parrish (2018). “Motivation to engage in therapeutic recreation programmes for older people with diabetes.” World Leisure Journal 60(2): 94-110.
Middleton, R., L. Moxham and D. R. Parrish (2018). “Older people who exercise have better mental health.” Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal 25(10): 36. Mogensen, L. A., & Rogers, K. (2018). “Validation and Comparison of a Model of the Effect of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Wetlands.” Scientific Reports 8(1): 13691361 - 1369-1314. Morlando, A., Sencadas, V., Cardillo, D., & Konstantinov, K. (2018). “Suppression of the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles encapsulated by chitosan through a spray-drying method with potential for use in sunblocking applications.” Powder Technology 329: 252-259. Moxham, L. (2018). “Positive ageing on our mind – an initiative called AFIA (Age Friendly Illawarra Alliance).” Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal 25(7): 31-31. Moxham, L. J., R. Fernandez, B. Kim, S. Lapkin, W. ten Ham-Baloyi and A. Al Mutair (2018). “Employment as a predictor of mental health, psychological distress, anxiety and depression in Australian pre-registration nursing students.” Journal of Professional Nursing Online First: 1-5. Moxham, L. J., T. K. Stutchbury, G. Spinks, E. d. Vet, V. Ikutegbe, V. Traynor, L. Taylor and N. Michielin (2018). “Understanding the assistive technology needs of people over 55: The future of mobility aids.” Australasian Journal of Ageing 1: 1-8. Ogie, R. I., Holderness, T., Dunn, S. & Turpin, E. (2018). “Assessing the vulnerability of hydrological infrastructure to flood damage in coastal cities of developing nations.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems(68): 97-109. Owers, C. J., Rogers, K, & Woodroffe, C.D. (2018). “Terrestrial laser scanning to quantify above-ground biomass of structurally complex coastal wetland vegetation.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 204: 164-176. Patterson, C., D. Perlman, E. K. Taylor, L. Moxham, R. Brighton and J. Rath (2018). “Mental health nursing placement: a comparative study of nontraditional and traditional placement.” Nurse Education in Practice 33: 4-9.
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Kim, H., J. H. Moon, T. J. Mun, T. G. Park, G. M. Spinks, G. G. Wallace and S. J. Kim (2018). “Thermally Responsive Torsional and Tensile Fiber Actuator Based on Graphene Oxide.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10: 32760-32764.
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Perlman, D., R. Brighton, C. Patterson, L. Moxham, E. K. Taylor, S. Sumskis and T. Heffernan (2018). “Stigmatization and self-determination of preregistration nurses: A path analysis.” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 27(1): 422-428.
Russell, J., Lechner, A., Hanich, Q., Delisle, A., Campbell, B., & Charlton, K. (2018). “Assessing food security using household consumption expenditure surverys (HCES): a scoping literature review.” Public Health Nutrition 16: 1-11.
Perlman, D., E. Taylor, L. Molloy, R. Brighton, C. Patterson and L. Moxham (2018). “A Path Analysis of Self-determination and Resiliency for Consumers Living with Mental Illness.” Community Mental Health Journal 54(8): 1239-1244.
Seto, K., & Hanich, Q. (2018). “The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and the New Conservation and Management Measure for Tropical Tunas.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 3: 146-151.
Perlman, D., E. Taylor, L. Moxham, S. Sumskis, C. Patterson, R. Brighton and T. Heffernan (2018). “Examination of a therapeutic-recreation based clinical placement for undergraduate nursing students: A self-determined perspective.” Nurse Education In Practice 29: 15-20.
Short, A., & Bandyopadhyay, T. (2018). “Legged Motion Planning in Complex Three-Dimensional Environments.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3(3).
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Sisson, A., D. Rogers and C. Gibson (2018). “Property speculation, global capital, urban planning and financialisation: Sydney Boom, Sydney Bust redux.” Australian Geographer Online First: 1-9. Steele, J. R., S. A. Gho, T. E. Campbell, C. J. Richardson, S. Beirne, G. M. Spinks and G. G. Wallace (2018). “The Bionic Bra: Using electromaterials to sense and modify breast support to enhance active living.” Journal Of Rehabilitation And Assistive Technologies Engineering 5: 1-9. Swann, C., & Rosenbaum, S. (2018). “Do we need to consider best practice in goal setting for physical activity promotion?” British Journal of Sports Medicine 52: 485-486. Swann, C., Fogarty, A., Telenta, J., Liddle, S.K., Hurley, D., & Vella, S.A. (2018). “Youth Sport as a Context for Supporting Mental Health: Adolescent Male Perspectives.” Psychology of Sport and Exercise 35: 55-64. Tanima, F., & Hidayah, NN. (2018). “Microfinance: A magic bullet for poverty alleviation and empowerment?” Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Inc. 24(2). Tawk, C., M. in het Panhuis, G. M. Spinks and G. Alici (2018). “Bioinspired 3D Printable Soft Vacuum Actuators for Locomotion Robots, Grippers and Artificial Muscles.” Soft Robotics 5(6): 685-694. Turner, D., A. Lucieer, Z. Malenovsky, D. King and S. A. Robinson (2018). “Assessment of Antarctic moss health from multi-sensor UAS imagery with Random Forest Modelling.” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 68: 168-179.
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