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LSS Research Bulletins

December 2009

Welcome to the December 2009 edition of the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Research Bulletin - the final edition for 2009 after a long and busy year.

These bulletins contain information on current and upcoming events within the Faculty, external scholarship/grant opportunities and important information for researchers.

Higher Degrees Completions - 2009

Sincerest congratulations are extended to 8 students who have recently completed their studies.  This brings us to 25 to date for 2009.

Our newly completed students are:

  • Celeste Benetti (Prof Doc, Clinical, Roger Cook & Michael Kyrios)
  • Brett Foster (Ph.D, BSI, David Liley & Joseph Ciorciari)
  • Carly Gamble (Ph.D, EBC, Tony Barton & Enzo Palombo)
  • Tamara Wolan (Prof Doc, BSI, Greg Murray & Grant Devilly)
  • Nicola Brackertz (Ph.D, ISR, Kath Hulse & Terry Burke)
  • Deidre Gartland (Prof Doc, Health, Simone Buzwell & Lyndal Bond)
  • Sophia Holmes (Ph.D, Psych, Sue Moore & Greg Murray)
  • Martin Ramsay (Ph.D, Media, Darren Tofts & Theresa Savage)

Congratulations to these students and their supervisors on their significant achievements!

2010 Australian Biological Resources Study Churchill Fellowships
Australian Biological Resources Study has partnered with The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to offer two Fellowships to undertake overseas taxonomic research on Australian flora and fauna. 

The average fellowship value is $25,000.

Two fellowships are available:

  • Early career researcher (maximum of 10 years post Ph.D)
  • Established career researcher (established in their field, more than 10 years post Ph.D)

Applications opened on 1 November 2009 and close on 26 February 2010 - application packages can be downloaded from www.churchilltrust.com.au or from:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
GPO Box 1536
Canberra City ACT 2601 or tel 1800 777 231/ (02) 6247 8333

Grant Success

The Faculty congratulates Lyndon Anderson on securing a grant to the value of $27,500 with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. 

The research project involves conducting a comprehensive analysis of the product range and service provision currently offered by Australian primary school furniture suppliers with particular emphasis on ergonomic and eco-specific characteristics, and to identify knowledge gaps linked to understanding the effect new teaching approaches, alternative teaching spaces and the increased use of digital technologies may have on the health and wellbeing of primary school children. 

Congratulations, Lyndon!

A and A* Journal Publications

Congratulations go to the following FLSS staff who have been published or accepted in A or A* Journals:

Publication details are:

  • Bhowmik, J. and King, M (2009). Parameter estimation in semi-linear models using a maximal invariant likelihood function. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 139 (2009) 1276-1285.
  • Boyd,C., Bakker, A., Pignata S., Winefield, T., Gillespie, N. and Stough, C (2009). A longitudinal test of the job demands-resources model among Australian university academics. Applied Psychology: An International Review.
  • Murray, G., Michalak, E. E., Axler, A., Yaxley, D., Hayashi, B., Westrin, A., et al. (In press). Relief of chronic or resistant depression (Re-ChORD):  a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of an integrative program intervention for chronic depression. Journal of Affective Disorders.
  • Murray, G., Nicholas, C. L., Kleiman, J., Dwyer, R., Carrington, M. J., Allen, N. B., et al. (In press). Natures clocks and human mood: The circadian system modulates reward motivation. Emotion.
  • Suto, M., Murray, G., Hale, S., Amari, E., & Michalak, E. (In press). What Works for People with Bipolar Disorder? Tips from the Experts. Journal of Affective Disorders.
  • Waller, V(2009)  "The relationship between public libraries and Google: Too much information" First Monday [Online], Volume 14 Number 9 (22 August 2009)
  • Waller, V (2009) Information systems in the wild: supporting activity in the worldBehaviour & Information TechnologyVol. 28, no. 6 pp 1-12
  • Waller,V. and Johnston, R.B (2009) Making ubiquitous computing available Communications of the ACM52(10)pp 127-130

If you have had an article accepted for publication in an A or A* journal, please forward them to LSSresearch@swin.edu.au for inclusion in the next Research Bulletin.

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Seminars and Events

  • Series recommence in 2010