The seminars are held on Fridays from 12.30 to 1.30 pm
in the Seminar Room AR103
on the ground floor of the Graduate Research Centre,
next to Haddons. Light refreshments will be provided.

All welcome.

Program

31 March

Sleep

Ben Bullock (Psychology), ‘Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in the Vulnerability to Bipolar Disorder'
Mark Schier (BioMedicine), ‘Sleep Technologies'
Greg Murray (Psychology), ‘“Early to bed, early to rise”: Psychological correlates of the Protestant work ethic'
Phillip Swan (BSI), ‘Sleep and Accidents'

28 April

Democracy

Brian Costar (ISR), ‘The Right to Vote in Australia'
Christine Critchley (Psychology), ‘Commercialisation of stem cell research and public trust'
Paul Healy (Philosophy), ‘Revitalizing Democracy'
David Mackenzie (ISR), ‘Democracy, social exclusion and homelessness'

26 May

Water

Barry Hancock (Politics), ‘An Inquiry into the politics of rural water allocation in Victoria'
Ian Harding (Biotechnology), ‘Grey water, drinking water and particles'
Fiona Lynch (EBC), ‘Microbial safety in Melbourne's drinking water'
Ivan Zwart (ISR), ‘Community attitudes to water'

30 June

Alternative Energies

Julian Donlen (National Centre for Sustainability), ‘The sustainable energy challenge'
Francois Malherbe (EBC), ‘The Reality of Alternative Energies'
Julia Lamborn (FEIS), ‘Landfill Gas: Energy from waste'
Elena Ivanova (EBC), ‘Bacterial production of ATP'

28 July

Addiction

Matthew Berry (Psychology), ‘Carrots and Sticks'
Naomi Crafti (Psychology), ‘Eating Mindfully'
Rodney Croft (BSI), ‘Neural function and recreational drug use'
Ed Ogden (BSI), ‘Public Drunkenness - who gets arrested and why?'

25 August

Knowledge Transfer

Alex Burns (CRC for Smart Internet), ‘Domain Anthropology and Software Development Teams'
Dennis Foley (FBE), ‘Indigenous epistemology, the original and the best'
Adam Krezel (FEIS), ‘Constructing Knowledge'
Julian Thomas (ISR), ‘Universities, IP and the RQF'

29 September

The Internet

Scott Ewing (ISR), ‘World Internet Project'
Lisa Gye (Media), ‘Vernacular photography and digital archiving'
Helen McKernan (ISR), ‘More Bytes'
Trevor Barr (CRC for Smart Internet), ‘Smart Internet 2010 Report'

27 October

Sex

Simone Buzwell (Psychology), ‘Love on-line: Are Australians using the internet to find 'the one'?'
Deb Dempsey (Sociology), ‘Reflections on sex, stigma and the constraints of the commercial research environment'
Julie Fricker (Psychology), ‘Infidelity'
Susan Moore (Psychology), ‘Sex Education Controversies'

24 November

Youth

Roslyn Galligan (Psychology), ‘Patterns of adolescent distress: gender, SES, family and self'
Paula Geldens (Sociology), ‘"It's not polluted": Unpacking the importance of place for young people'
Glenn Jessop (ISR), ‘Applying the brakes: Public policy responses to mobile phone use in cars'
Denise Meredyth (ISR), ‘Youthworx: community radio and at-risk youth'
Contact: Michael Gilding, phone 92148102, email mgilding@swin.edu.au

More Information:

Professor Michael Gilding
email: mgilding@swin.edu.au