ANNUAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS 2014
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CONTENTS
OVERVIEW ...... 1 Research ...... 1 Training ...... 1 Dialogue ...... 1 Research Thought and Leadership ...... 1 Innovation and Transformation ...... 1 Real World Research for the Tropics ...... 2 Director's Report ...... 3 Architectural & Building Award ...... 4 GOVERNANCE ...... 5 Management Committee ...... 5 International Advisory Board ...... 6 Organisational Chart ...... 7 MEMBERSHIP ...... 8 Tropical Leaders ...... 8 Research Leaders ...... 10 Postdoctoral Researchers ...... 11 Research Fellows...... 16 Honorary Fellows ...... 18 Adjuncts ...... 18 Administration ...... 20 RESEARCH ...... 21 Theme 1: Regional Economic Development ...... 21 Theme 2: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Futures ...... 23 Theme 3: Tropical Planning, Research Management & Design ...... 25 Theme 4: Social Justice & Community Wellbeing ...... 27 Theme 5: Education & Capacity Building ...... 29 Theme 6: Governance & Political Innovation ...... 31 Theme 7: Sustainable International Development ...... 32 Theme 8: Language & Culture ...... 33 TRAINING ...... 36 2014 Graduate Students ...... 36 Training & Professional Development ...... 37
DIALOGUE ...... 38 Conferences, Seminars & Other Events ...... 38 Exhibitions ...... 39 LINKAGES & PARTNERSHIPS ...... 42 JCU Partners ...... 42 ALTAR ...... 43 Australian University Partners ...... 44 Visiting Scholars ...... 44 International University Partners ...... 45 Community & Non-profit Organisation Partners ...... 45 Australian Government Agencies & Department Partners ...... 46 MEDIA & PUBLIC OUTREACH ...... 47 Newsletter ...... 47 Media Coverage – Examples ...... 48 PUBLICATIONS ...... 51 2014 Publication List ...... 51 AWARDS & PEER RECOGNITION ...... 51 Honours & Awards ...... 51 SERVICES TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ...... 52 Editors ...... 52 Editorial Boards ...... 52 Participation on Professional & Review Committees ...... 54 Invited Keynote & Plenary Presentations ...... 55 Other Services to the Academic Community ...... 56
OVERVIEW
James Cook University has established an institute for advanced studies in sustainable industries, economies, people and societies in the tropics. Bringing together the expertise and intellectual resources of more than 20 disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, The Cairns Institute is a uniquely robust and vibrant hum of research, training and dialogue in the tropics, for the tropics. Research
The Institute’s research addresses critical points of social and environmental transformation in the tropics. Its aim is to be visionary, multidisciplinary, and driven by principles of social justice and reciprocity.
Training
The Institute offers multiple opportunities for learning via higher degree research programs, focused non-award professional development and short courses, and collaborative research.
Dialogue
The Institute informs and supports public debate about issues shaping life in the tropics, creating democratic spaces for the dissemination and discussion of ideas and knowledge from both within and outside the University.
Research Thought and Leadership
The Cairns Institute has expert capability to work across the tropics with Tropical Leaders, visiting scholars, research fellows, higher degree research students and post-doctoral researchers.
Innovation and Transformation
Making a difference for communities facing rapid social, economic and environmental change requires more than good intentions. The Cairns Institute brings together multiple disciplinary and methodological perspectives to challenge orthodoxy and encourage innovative policy responses. Fundamental research into the social roots of vulnerability and transformation sits alongside research targeting opportunities for lasting positive change. Both inform communication and outreach activities. Both, whenever possible, involve the communities affected by the change.
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Real World Research for the Tropics
As the world’s tropical zones face immense social, economic and environmental challenges the Institute aims to provide innovative research with local, national and global applications. Its unique profile is built on the following key concerns:
• Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander empowerment and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander prosperity across health, education, employment, housing, law, justice,
futures language and culture
• Build the capacity of current and future citizens to thoughtfully and Education & capacity building productively participate in the production of sustainable and just tropical communities and societies
• Improve the effectiveness and inclusiveness of governance and Governance & political innovation connectivity across corporate, government and non-government sectors
• Support cultural expression, creativity, identity and the preservation
Language & culture and documentation of tropical cultural and linguistic heritage
• Promote stronger economic development and diversification of industry
Regional economic development to sustain livelihoods in the tropics
• Assist communities to respond to social and environmental change and Social justice & community wellbeing increase social inclusion through projects committed to social justice, health and wellbeing
Sustainable international • Strengthen Australia’s engagement with our neighbours in the Asia- development Pacific to meet international sustainable development goals
• Contribute to more sustainable built and natural environments through Tropical planning, research innovative and culturally appropriate approaches to planning,
management & design management and design
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Director's Report
The Cairns Institute is unique in the Australian research and policy landscape. Organisationally, the Institute is firmly embedded within James Cook University where it actively supports the University’s mission to improve life in the tropics through research and graduates that make a difference. However, unlike most university-based research centres, the Institute’s mandate extends further than brokering, supporting and communicating research. Fostering dialogue around the most critical social, economic and environmental issues facing people of the tropics stretches the Institute into territory usually claimed by thinktanks. Here again, The Cairns Institute is unique: first, in its commitment to the tropics; second, in its commitment to research that actively involves those most affected by social and environmental change; and third, in its commitment to political neutrality, evidence- based debate and wide stakeholder participation.
In my first 12 months as Director I have been struck by the tremendous goodwill towards The Cairns Institute in north Queensland and the broader region. Government, business and community organisations are vocal in their support. They are keen to collaborate and indeed to feel a part of the Institute. But they also have expectations. People expect excellence and want an Institute they can be proud of. People also expect The Cairns Institute to demonstrate leadership on social and community issues.
Quite apart from a change of Director, 2014 was always going to be a year of transition for the Institute with establishment funding initially provided by the Commonwealth no longer available. Importantly, what could have been a year of contraction was instead a year of consolidation and growth. New people have arrived, new partnerships established, new projects initiated.
The activities summarised in this report are the product of many peoples’ work over a number of years. It takes considerable time, effort and inspiration to establish and build something like The Cairns Institute. Numerous people have played a role but I do need to personally thank my predecessor as Director, Professor Sue McGinty, for making my own transition here that much easier.
I will leave it to readers of this annual report to decide for themselves whether we are meeting their expectations. Certainly, the report details a remarkable quantum of activity and numerous individually impressive achievements. These only become more impressive when one considers the difficult funding environment experienced by research and higher education in Australia over recent years. Nevertheless, as with all high performance organisations we must ask ourselves whether the sum of all our activity is delivering the outcomes we are looking for and, in this respect, we welcome your feedback.
Professor Stewart Lockie Director
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Architectural & Building Award
James Cook University received $19.5M funding from the Commonwealth Government (Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research) and contributed a further $5.5M of its own funds to develop The “This building is a result of the Cairns Institute building. design competition for the university to create a memorable Woods Bagot and RPA Architects’ unique design of this two story building building as a symbol of its new was chosen from a design competition in 2010. Site clearing started in direction. It takes an adventurous October 2011 and the building was officially opened in July 2013. It has approach in plan, form and building become a feature building on the Cairns Campus at what is now the primary fabric in responding to the local entry to the campus. Since the opening there has been a strong demand landscape and its important place from JCU and community groups to host events and functions in the award in the developing campus master winning building. plan.”
It has received a number of architectural awards. In May 2014 Woods Bagot (Jury Citation from in collaboration with RPA Architects were awarded a regional commendation http://www.architecture.com.au/ and a jury citation in the Far North’s Australian Institute of Architects’ Far events/state-territory/queensland- chapter/queensland-awards/far-north- North Queensland Architecture Awards. In August 2014 The Cairns Institute queensland-awards) was named Project of the Year in the Master Builders Far North Queensland Housing and Construction Awards.
Photo: © Andrew Rankin
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GOVERNANCE
The Cairns Institute was led by the Foundation Director, including six Tropical Leaders, Visiting Scholars, and Professor Hurriyet Babacan, from 2009 – November 2012 Senior Fellows and Fellows. Along with higher degree and Acting Director, Professor Sue McGinty from research students and postdoctoral researchers, the November 2012 – December 2013, and Professor Stewart Institute has expansive capacity for working across the Lockie from January 2014. During this time the Institute tropics. appointed leading national and international scholars
Management Committee
The Management Committee of The Cairns Institute provides oversight and direction of the Institute’s operations and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the proper conduct of its affairs. The Director of the Institute reports to the Management Committee. Committee membership for 2014 included:
Professor Chris Cocklin (Chair) Professor Lynne Eagle Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Associate Dean - Research, Division of Tropical Environments & Societies Professor Nola Alloway Dean, College of Arts, Society & Education Professor Robyn McGuiggan Deputy Vice Chancellor, Global Strategy & Engagement, Associate Professor Glenn Dawes Division of Global Strategy & Engagement College of Arts & Society & Education Professor Stewart Lockie (ex-officio) Director, The Cairns Institute
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International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board’s role is to advise the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The Cairns Institute Management Committee and the Director of The Cairns Institute on strategic and academic matters relating to the development of The Cairns Institute, realisation of its vision, and implementation of its strategic intent.
Appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, its members are distinguished people of international reputation, recognised by their peers as having made an outstanding contribution to one or more of the academic disciplines represented within the Institute. Members of the International Advisory Board are appointed for a period of five years and will normally meet at least annually in Cairns with the Vice-Chancellor, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Director, Management Committee and academic leaders of The Cairns Institute, as part of its review and planning cycle.
Membership of the International Advisory Board in 2014 was:
Professor Chris Cocklin (ex-officio) Professor Bruce Kapferer Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University Professor of Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway
Mrs Margo Chapman Dame Carol Kidu Director, GE Chapman Pty Ltd Former Member of Parliament, Papua New Guinea; Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Professor Barbara Glowczewski Policy, Sydney Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Collège Professor Tom Kompas de France Director of Crawford School of Economics and Government; Foundation Director of the Australian Centre Professor Jon Tikivanotau M Jonassen for Biosecurity and Environmental Economics, Australian Department of Political Science, College of Business, National University Computing & Government, Brigham Young University, Hawai’i Ms Joann Schmider Wet Tropics FNQ Rainforest Aboriginal People Traditional Associate Professor Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka Owner (Director, ComUnity ACETs Pty Ltd) Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai’i
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Organisational Chart
International Management Senior DVC Advisory Board Committee
Faculties The Cairns Institute Director
1 Faculty of Arts, Education & Social Sciences and the Faculty of Law, Business & Creative Arts (pre 2014 restructure) Personal Assistant Honorary Fellows4 Tropical Leaders1 2 Appointed for 5 years, renewable by the Board on recommendation of the Director, The Cairns Institute
3 Appointed for 6 months to 1 year on the recommendation of the Head of School, PVC and the Director, The Cairns Institute Research Services Visiting Scholars5 Research Teams & Manager P/Grad Students 4 Appointed for 5 years by the VC on the recommendation of the Management Committee
5 Appointed by the Board on the recommendation of the Director, 2 Prof. Short Course Adjunct Research Fellows The Cairns Institute & Training Manager Appointments6 6 Appointed under James Cook University’s Adjunct Appointments Policies and Procedures on the recommendation of the Director, The Cairns Institute Project Officer Associates7 Research Fellows In-Residence3 7 Appointed by the Director to stakeholder agencies and individuals affiliated with The Cairns Institute
Trainee Administration Officer
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MEMBERSHIP
Tropical Leaders
Distinguished Professor Professor Chris Cunneen Professor Ton Otto Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald
Distinguished Professor Chris Professor Ton Professor Cunneen holds a Otto is part-time Alexandra part-time Tropical Leader, Aikhenvald is an position as People & Australian Tropical Leader, Societies of the Laureate Fellow Justice & Social Tropics and Tropical Inclusion. Chris (proportionally Leader, People & Societies of the has an international reputation as a employed at 10% in 2014). Tropics. She is also Director of the leading criminologist specialising in Simultaneously he is professor at Language and Culture Research Indigenous people and the law, Aarhus University and Head of the Centre (LCRC) which brings juvenile justice, restorative justice, Ethnographic Collections at together linguists, anthropologists, policing, prison issues and human Moesgård Museum, Aarhus, other social scientists and those rights. Chris has participated with a Denmark. His major interest is in working in the humanities. Sasha’s number of Australian Royal understanding processes of social current major focus is investigating Commissions and Inquiries change and in developing new synchronic and diachronic features (including the Stolen Generations ways for the social sciences to of the languages of the world, Inquiry, the Royal Commission into contribute to change in participatory especially tropical areas of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and ways. He is involved in the Amazonia and New Guinea. The the National Inquiry into Racist development of anthropological aim is to deepen our understanding Violence), and with the federal theory and methodology in the of the interrelationship between Australian Human Rights fields of material and visual culture, language and culture, investigating Commission. He taught criminology agency, and design. As part of this the issue of practical outcomes at Sydney Law School (1990-2005) he engages in making exhibitions (such as educational activities for where he was appointed as and films and investigates the the regional communities). Her Professor in 2004. He was also the participatory research potential of major project now is the Australian Director of the Institute of these media. Regionally his Research Council (ARC) Australian Criminology (1999-2005) at the research focuses on Melanesia, Laureate Fellowship How gender University of Sydney. Chris also and Papua New Guinea in shapes the world: a linguistic holds a research chair in the particular, and thematically he perspective (2012-2017) focusing Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences studies the impact of time on the expression and at the University of New South orientations, tradition, history, conceptualisation of gender across Wales (UNSW). heritage, and collective memory on languages and cultures, in addition processes of change. to her work on linguistic diversity in the tropics, and information source. Sasha supervises eight PhD students who are all working on a grammar of a previously undescribed language, from various regions of Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Colombia and the Torres Straits, and four Postdoctoral Fellows.
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Professor Bob Stevenson Professor Natalie Stoeckl Professor Komla Tsey
Professor Bob Professor Professor Komla Stevenson is Natalie Stoeckl Tsey is Tropical Tropical Leader, is Tropical Leader, Education for Leader, Education for Environmental Regional Social Sustainability Economic Sustainability. and Director of Development. Komla is also the Centre for Research & Natalie is an economist with a keen Co-Program Leader for the Lowitja Innovation in Sustainability interest in the environmental and Institute’s Research Program 2: Education (CRISE). Bob’s research social/distributional issues Healthy Communities and Settings. focuses on theory-policy-practice associated with economic growth Komla was born in Ghana and relationships in with extensive experience in a studied at the University of Ghana environmental/sustainability variety of non-market valuation and the University of Glasgow in education and its history and techniques. What distinguishes her Scotland. Komla now lives in marginalised status as an from many other economists is her Australia, researching and learning educational reform in K-12 track record of collaborative cross- about Aboriginal development, schooling. He has critically disciplinary research using models education, health and wellbeing. He examined international and national that combine economic, continues to undertake long-term policies and discourses and has environmental and social variables development research in his native developed seminal explanations of to explore interactions between rural Ghana. Komla has more than the discrepancies between policies socio-economic and ecological 25 years’ of research experience and practice in environmental systems. She has published widely and provides leadership as part of education. His current research in both national and international transdisciplinary teams across JCU interests centre on the current and forums and supervises many and beyond to undertake research potential sites of learning about (mostly multidisciplinary) research and mentor and support emerging issues of environmental students. researchers to become sustainability by young people; independent competitive conceptualising climate change researchers. Komla is passionately education; and the role of committed to the ethical conduct of leadership and centralised policies research, and to ensuring that in creating effective ecologically research that he leads sustainable schools. demonstrates benefits for the research participants. Komla has a passion and commitment for learning as key to building healthy sustainable communities. Current research includes: Aboriginal empowerment and wellbeing; sustainable rural development; evaluating the societal benefit of research; research capacity enhancement; program planning and evaluation; and systematic literature reviews.
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Research Leaders
Professor Allan Dale Dr Jennifer Deger
Professor Allan Dr Jennifer Dale is Leader – Deger joined the Tropical Institute as a Regional Tropical Leader Development. in March 2014 He has a strong from ANU interest in bringing her governance system across the ARC Future Fellowship Digital tropics. He has both extensive relations: New media in Arnhem research and policy expertise in Land. During 2014, Jennifer and regional development and in her Yolngu research collaborators integrated natural resource have curated and installed three management. His work is major exhibitions in Brisbane, New particularly focused on the future of York and Aarhus, Denmark as part northern Australia and the Great of this collaborative, creative Barrier Reef. He is also Chair of investigation into the role of digital Regional Development Australian technologies in transforming Far North Queensland and Torres Indigenous worlds. In October 2014 Strait. His past research helped they also completed and launched inform the policy and investment a new documentary film, Ringtone, foundations for the nation’s regional which has toured to several US film natural resource management festivals. Apart from various system, and he was also international events as part of responsible for natural resource Miyarrka Media, Jennifer has given policy in the Queensland invited screenings and talks at the Government. Allan has also been Royal Anthropological Institute, the CEO of the Wet Tropics New York University, Moesgård Regional NRM body before Museum, the University of Virginia, returning to this international RMIT, Melbourne University and research role. As Leader – Tropical attended a number of major Regional Development he also conferences including the accesses an international network Association of Social of research expertise in the Anthropologists of the UK and governance field, with particularly Commonwealth’s decennial strong linkages throughout Charles conference in Edinburgh and the Darwin University, Griffith Anthropology and Photography University and CSIRO. conference at the British Museum in London.
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Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr Angeliki Alvanoudi Dr Azeb Amha Dr Roxanne Bainbridge
Dr Angeliki Dr Azeb Amha Dr Roxanne Alvanoudi is a received her Bainbridge is a Postdoctoral PhD in 2001 Gungarri Research Fellow from the Leiden Aboriginal at the Language University woman from and Culture Centre for South Western Research Centre (LCRC) at The Linguistic with a Queensland. Cairns Institute. Angeliki completed thesis on the grammar of Maale. She is a Senior Research Fellow in her doctoral thesis in April 2013, Her research interest lies in The Cairns Institute and her work is entitled The social and cognitive linguistic typology, language embedded in Aboriginal dimensions of grammatical gender description and documentation. As empowerment and social inclusion (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a post-doctoral researcher at JCU, research and has a particular focus Greece). In her thesis she Azeb carried out research on on the social determinants of examined the relationship between Omotic languages of Ethiopia, with Aboriginal Australian health and grammatical gender, culture and emphasis on the morpho-syntax wellbeing. Roxanne demonstrates cognition, by drawing on various and semantics of gender-marking multidisciplinary expertise clustered approaches within linguistics, such in these languages. Her around Aboriginal empowerment as sociolinguistics, cognitive investigation was part of the and wellbeing: her methodological linguistics, research on linguistic umbrella project Gender in the expertise lies particularly in relativity and studies on how we prism of culture. In early 2015 Azeb participatory research approaches; refer to people in everyday will undertake fieldwork in Ethiopia auto/ethnographic approaches, conversation. In 2014, Angeliki and then continue her research at systematic literature reviews and published a revised version of her the African Studies Centre in grounded theory. She has worked thesis entitled Grammatical gender Leiden, where she works as Senior across a number of projects in in interaction: Cultural and cognitive Researcher and Academic Aboriginal health and wellbeing aspects with Brill. Her current Coordinator of the Research (e.g., mental health, youth research focuses on the Greek Masters in African Studies. resilience, suicide, palliative care language spoken by immigrant for end-stage renal patients, social communities in Queensland, and is and emotional wellbeing and health funded by the Australian Research promotion) and education (e.g., Council Discovery Projects The engagement, pedagogy, school world through the prism of transitions, inclusive practice and language: A cross-linguistic view of mentoring); and currently genders, noun classes and supervises research students from classifiers, and The grammar of these key fields. knowledge: a cross-linguistic view of evidentials and epistemics.
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Dr Michelle Esparon Dr Marina Farr Dr Diana Forker
Dr Michelle Dr Marina Farr is Dr Diana Forker Esparon a Postdoctoral was awarded a obtained her Researcher prestigious PhD in 2013 based at Feodor Lynen from James Townsville Fellowship in Cook University, campus. 2013 by the Townsville where she now works Marina’s Alexander von as a Postdoctoral Researcher. She research interests include natural Humboldt has contributed to several research resource economics and Foundation (in conjunction with projects that explore trade-offs management, environmental Alexandra Aikhenvald's Alexander between economic development economics, non-market valuation von Humboldt Research Award). and environmental protection, techniques, tourism economics and During her 12 month Fellowship at including national projects such as recreational fisheries. Marina is the LCRC she investigated the Tropical Rivers and Coastal currently involved in projects expression of evidentiality in Knowledge (TRaCK) and the looking at the relative social and several Nakh-Daghestanian National Environmental Research economic values of residents and languages. Diana has completed Program (NERP). Her research tourists in the Great Barrier Reef her fellowship and now teaches interests include environmental and Wet Tropics World Heritage general linguistics at the University management and economics, Areas and the environmental, of Bamberg in Germany. Her main sustainable tourism development, social, and economic sustainability interests are languages of the tourism certification schemes, of recreational fishing charters in Caucasus, typology, and protected areas and non-market remote areas of Papua New morphosyntax. valuation techniques. She is Guinea. currently involved in research projects looking at the relative importance of non-market values of the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics World Heritage Areas and the economic costs associated with macro-algae productions. Michelle also has experience in research projects involving Indigenous engagement and research experience in developing countries, recently joining the team looking at the regional economic impact of agriculture extension programs in Laos.
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Dr Valérie Guérin Dr Susan Jacups Dr Janya McCalman
Valérie Guérin Prior to joining Dr Janya (PhD, University The Cairns McCalman has of Hawai'i at Institute in late worked as a Mānoa, 2008) 2012, Susan’s researcher in joined LCRC studies Aboriginal public under Professor incorporated health for 12 Aikhenvald’s ARC Australian equal years. She is a Laureate Fellowship in July 2013. components of human health, Senior Research Fellow in The In August 2013 she undertook a landscape ecology and statistical Cairns Institute where she co-leads two-week pilot field trip to Gogiok, a analysis. The overarching themes the Empowerment Research small village in the mountainous centred on mosquitoes: as vectors Program under the mentorship of area of the Morobe Province of of disease, their breeding habitats, Research Professor Komla Tsey. Papua New Guinea, to ask and evaluations of the Her PhD was conferral in 2013; for community leaders permission to anthropogenic ecological changes this she won the Dean’s Award for work with them. In 2014, she went conducted to reduce their breeding. Research Higher Degree back for four months (February to Her work at The Cairns Institute Excellence. She has been May) to start working on during 2013 focused more on successful as Lead/Chief documenting the language Tayatuk human health and wellbeing, Investigator on 18 grants, including that is spoken in Gogiok. Back in including substance misuse. In this three competitive grants (NHMRC Cairns, Valérie continued her work capacity she delivered cannabis ID: APP1076774; NHMRC on another language group education and harm reduction 1078927; ARC IN150100011); (Oceanic), in language typology, workshops to youth workers, bringing in more than $4.5m since and started preparing for a clinical staff and community 2010. She has published one workshop on bridging linkage (with members in Cairns and remote scholarly book and 23 peer- Dr Simon Overall) to take place in Cape York Indigenous reviewed articles since 2010 in early 2015 at LCRC. communities; evaluated an alcohol national/international peer-reviewed binge drinking project conducted in journals and produced nine reports an Indigenous community; and has for government and community- similarly evaluated the delivery of a controlled organisations. Half of her Family Wellbeing program. In publications are first or single- addition to these social science authored. Janya has contributed to focused projects, Susan is now policy directions; and developed working with the School of Public community health promotion Health on VECnet, a Bill and resources. She demonstrates Melinda Gates Foundation funded multidisciplinary expertise clustered program aimed at eliminating around Aboriginal empowerment, Malaria globally. The project health and wellbeing, and social incorporates human epidemiology inclusion: her methodological (and human behaviour), landscape expertise lies particularly in and vector ecology, with statistical participatory and action-oriented modelling to provide interactive quality improvement research simulation tools that guide control approaches; grounded theory; (vector or intervention) strategies. systematic literature reviews; and For the last 18 months Susan has research transfer and been the Cairns Campus Statistics implementation. She has led advisor for the JCU Graduate research across a number of Research School. She sees post projects in Aboriginal health and graduate students in one-on-one wellbeing. She currently supervises sessions and advises on their four research students from these research design, proposed key fields. She has lectured in statistics methodology, undergraduate public health, interpretation of results, and substance misuse and community presentation of findings. development courses at a national and local level, and co-convened an international Leadership in Mental Health Course. Janya regularly reviews for national/international journals. She also mentors several Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal research students.
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Dr Elena Mihas Dr Putu Liza Mustika Dr Simon Overall
In 2014, Elena Dr Putu Liza Dr Simon Overall Mihas’s linguistic Mustika (Icha) received his PhD work in the Alto was a in 2008 from the Perené (Arawak) Postdoctoral Research Centre native Research Officer for Linguistic communities of at The Cairns Typology, then the Upper Perené Institute from at Latrobe valley, Chanchamayo Province of April to September 2014. Mustika University, with a thesis on the Peru (Jan-April 2014) was focused obtained her PhD from James grammar of Aguaruna, soon to be on the production of a thematic Cook University in December 2011. published in the Mouton Grammar illustrated dictionary, a community- Her PhD was on dolphin watching Library series (de Gruyter, Berlin). based project of three years. Fifty tourism in Lovina (Bali, Indonesia), His research focuses on the hard copies of the dictionary, where she used a combination of diachrony of nominalisations and published by the US printing facility social qualitative, social their involvement in discourse and Clark Graphics in 2014, was quantitative, and ecological switch-reference; the linguistic disseminated to the community in assessment methods to assess the history of the eastern foothills of the early 2015. During the 2014 sustainability of the industry. Andes; and the representation of fieldwork, she also collected a Mustika is interested in exploring traditional knowledge. He started corpus of video and audio the sustainable practices of marine his three-year Research Fellowship recordings of conversations (c.5 wildlife tourism, including the within the ARC Discovery project hrs), which will serve as the primary human-dimension aspects, How languages differ and why in data for her current research particularly in developing countries. July 2013. His major project project on discourse patterns of She has helped the Coral Reef involves working on a grammar of Alto Perené Arawaks. Her other Alliance and Reef Check Indonesia Candoshi, an isolate of Peru. In late major study, a production of the in examining tourist experience, 2013 Simon spent a month as a reference grammar of Alto Perené, calculating tourism expenditures visiting fellow at Leiden University, which began in 2009, was finished and willingness-to-pay for then spent three months visiting in 2014, and is to be published by conservation initiatives in four Candoshi and Aguaruna Mouton de Gruyter (Mouton Marine Protected Areas in Bali. indigenous communities in north Grammar Library series 69) in Icha also spent some time with Peru. In 2015 he will undertake 2015. In addition, she was Conservation International further fieldwork on Candoshi, and privileged to take part in the Indonesia in designing the network will begin a community-based linguistic training of Miriwoong of Marine Protected Areas in Bali, project to document Aguaruna language workers, when she was which includes the sustainable ethnobotanical knowledge. invited to give a 5-day workshop financing mechanism for the Word classes in Miriwoong by the network. With The Cairns Institute, Miriwoong Language Centre Icha examined the potential (Western Australia) in November implications of environmental 2014. deterioration on visitor expenditures in the Great Barrier Reef. Icha will soon be helping WWF Indonesia in their sustainable marine tourism practice guidelines. Mustika’s other research interests are fisheries interactions with marine mammals, marine mammal protected areas and the management of marine mammal stranding events.
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Dr Anne Stephens Dr Daniela Vávrová Dr Catherine Mei Ling Wong
Dr Anne Daniela Dr Catherine Mei Stephens is a completed her Ling Wong is a Postdoctoral PhD in Social Senior Research Senior Research and Cultural Officer at The Officer with the Anthropology in Cairns Institute, Northern May 2014, at working on a Research The Cairns comparative Futures Collaborative Research Institute and analysis of Network, based at The Cairns School of Arts and Social Sciences, climate governance strategies in Institute. Her field of interest is James Cook University. Her thesis, Australia, China and the UK. community development. Using Skin has eyes and ears, is an Catherine’s doctoral thesis, titled systems thinking, she is interested audio-visual ethnography, exploring Risk in the making: A case study of in holistic and integrated how people shape and are shaped nuclear power in India after approaches to improve the social by their social and cultural Fukushima was approved with no outcomes of policy and environment through their sensory revisions in November 2014 by the interventions. Anne’s work is highly experiences. Since 2005 her field Australian National University. Her interdisciplinary, working with site is situated in the Ambonwari current research expands her people with backgrounds in village of East Sepik Province of earlier research on risk governance medicine and health sciences, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Beside and political ecology into the fields geosciences, ecology, urban the written thesis she also made a of climate change, the sociology of planning, law, management, social feature-length film as part of the time and comparative policy work, anthropology, education and thesis. Her specialisation is in analysis. Since joining the Institute psychology throughout Australia’s visual anthropology and in April 2014, Catherine conducted ‘Top End’. Her projects focus solely experimental filmmaking. In 2013 fieldwork and elite interviews with on the wellbeing of people in rural she co-founded ALTAR senior executives of public and and remote areas of northern (Anthropological Laboratory for private sector programs of climate Australia around the themes Tropical Audiovisual Research) at governance in China, Australia and ‘Society, communities and policy’ The Cairns Institute. She is the UK. She is also working on a and ‘Place, liveability & design’. currently working on several filmic number of journal publications from She is the author of Ecofeminism projects with the ALTAR members. her thesis and a book proposal and systems thinking (Routledge) She plans to make another film with based on an edited version of her and has authored dozens of journal the Karawari-speaking Ambonwari dissertation. In January 2015, articles and book chapters. in PNG soon. Catherine was elected to the executive committee of the Society for Risk Analysis – Australia and New Zealand (SRA-ANZ) and is co- convening a symposia titled Managing trans-boundary risk in the Asia-Pacific region at the 2015 World Congress on Risk in Singapore. She is also on the organising committee for The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Annual Conference 2015 to be held in Cairns.
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Research Fellows
Research Fellows are members of the University committed to, and actively involved in, realising the vision and strategic intent of The Cairns Institute through affiliated research, teaching and/or professional consulting. Research Fellows are not eligible for teaching release. The appointment of Fellows is at the discretion of the Management Committee, on the recommendation of the Director of The Cairns Institute. Appointment is for a period of 5 years, renewable.
Professor Michael Ackland Associate Professor Wendy Earles Roderick Chair of English, College of Arts & Society & College of Arts & Society & Education Education Jennifer Gabriel Associate Professor Peter Aitken Indigenous Centre College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences (Anton Breinl Centre) Professor David Gillieson College of Marine & Environmental Sciences Professor Neil Anderson College of Arts & Society & Education; Centre for Professor Jonathan Golledge Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education College of Medicine & Dentistry
Dr Hurriyet Babacan Dr Narayan Gopalkrishnan Adjunct Professor, College of Arts & Society & Education College of Arts & Society & Education
Dr India Bohanna Associate Professor Susan Gordon College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences; Centre College of Healthcare Sciences; Anton Breinl Research for Research Excellence in the Prevention of Chronic Centre for Health Systems Strengthening Conditions in Rural and Remote Populations Associate Professor Deborah Graham Dr Helen Boon College of Arts & Society & Education College of Arts & Society & Education; Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education Professor Russell Hawkins College of Healthcare Sciences Dr Lawrence Brown Adjunct Associate Professor, Mt Isa Centre for Rural & Associate Professor Clare Heal Remote Health College of Medicine & Dentistry; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening Professor Yvonne Cadet-James Indigenous Centre; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Professor Edward Helmes Health Systems Strengthening College of Healthcare Sciences
Professor Peter Case Associate Professor Rosita Henry College of Business, Law & Governance; Centre for College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research Culture Research Centre (TropWATER) Dr Ernest Hunter Dr Garry Coventry Adjunct Professor, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, College of Arts & Society Sciences; Remote Area Mental Health Service, & Education Queensland Health
Professor Ryan Daniel Associate Professor Mohan Jacob College of Arts & Society & Education College of Science, Technology & Engineering
Professor Caroline de Costa Dr Johannes John-Langba College of Medicine & Dentistry Department of Social Development, University of Cape Town, South Africa Professor RMW Dixon Adjunct Professor, College of Arts & Society & Education; Dr Adrian T H Kuah Language and Culture Research Centre JCU Singapore
Professor Lynne Eagle Professor Robert Lawn College of Business, Law & Governance; Centre for College of Marine & Environmental Sciences Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER)
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Associate Professor Ickjai Lee Adjunct Professor Frances Quirk College of Business, Law & Governance College of Medicine & Dentistry
Associate Professor Darren Lee-Ross Professor Jeffrey Sayer College of Business, Law & Governance College of Marine & Environmental Sciences; Centre for Disaster Studies; Centre for Tropical Environmental and Associate Professor Hayden Lesbirel Sustainability Studies College of Business, Law & Governance Associate Professor Venkatesh Shashidhar Dr Siqiwen Li College of Medicine & Dentistry College of Business, Law & Governance Emeritus Professor Rosamund Thorpe Dr Wendy Li College of Arts & Society & Education College of Healthcare Sciences Adjunct Associate Professor Stephen Torre Associate Professor David Lindsay College of Arts & Society & Education College of Healthcare Sciences; Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research Professor Steve Turton College of Marine & Environmental Sciences; Centre for Associate Professor Bruce Litow Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education; Centre College of Business, Law & Governance for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Dr Anita Lundberg Associate Professor Sean Ulm JCU Singapore College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Centre; Centre for Tropical Professor Sue McGinty Environmental and Sustainability Studies Indigenous Centre Professor Kim Usher Associate Professor Russell McGregor College of Healthcare Sciences; Centre for Nursing and College of Arts & Society & Education Midwifery Research; Centre for Research Excellence in the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote Professor Gianna Moscardo Populations College of Business, Law & Governance Dr Hilary Whitehouse Dr Stephen Naylor College of Arts & Society & Education; Centre for College of Arts & Society & Education Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education
Dr Paul Nelson Dr Eric Wolanski College of Science, Technology & Engineering; Centre for Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies; Centre Research (TropWATER) for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) Dr Mike Wood College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Professor Philip Pearce Culture Research Centre College of Business, Law & Governance Associate Professor Ahmad Zahedi Professor Bob Pressey College of Science, Technology & Engineering ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou Professor Bruce Prideaux College of Business, Law & Governance College of Business, Law & Governance
Dr Murray Prideaux College of Business, Law & Governance
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Honorary Fellows
Honorary Fellows are distinguished individuals of international standing, who have made an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of peoples and societies in the tropics worldwide and/or their quality of life and wellbeing.
Professor Maria Serena I. Diokno Professor Bruce Kapferer Professor of History, University of the Philippines Diliman Professor of Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway and Executive Director, Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) Foundation Hon. Nursyahbani Katjasungkana MP Member of Indonesian Parliament and Director, Institute Professor Vilsoni Hereniko for Indonesian Women's Association for Justice Director and Professor, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai’i Professor John Quiggan Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in Professor Charles Higham Economics and Political Science, The University of Professor, Department Anthropology, Gender and Queensland Sociology, University of Otago, New Zealand
Professor Edvard Hviding Head of Department, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway
Adjuncts
Adjunct appointments are a mechanism for recognising in a formal way suitably qualified and experienced individuals who have a close association with, and make a significant contribution to, the academic activities of the University in a largely honorary capacity on an ongoing basis.
Dr Cheryl Albers Professor Allan Dale Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Adjunct Professor, College of Science, Technology & Professor Emeritus, State University of New York Engineering; Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies Prof Matthew Allen Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Dr Diana Forker Adjunct Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Mr Lawrence Bragge Research Fellow, University of Bamburg, Germany Adjunct Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Community Relations Consultant to PNP Petroleum Jenny Fraser Industry Adjunct Creative Researcher, The Cairns Institute
Professor Paul Carter Dr Margaret Gooch Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Chair in Creative Place Research, School of Manager, Knowledge & Resource Management, Great Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Dr Lesley Clark Dr Ernest Grant Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Adjunct Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Director, PacificPlus Consulting Cultural Advisor and Cultural Officer, Department of Education, Queensland Dr Gabriel Crowley Principal Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Professor Romy Greiner Environmental Consultant Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Professor of Tropical Knowledge, Charles Darwin Dr Stephan Dahl University Adjunct Associate Professor, The Cairns Institute Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Hull University Business Dr Rod Griffith School, UK Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Principal, Rod Griffith & Associates
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Dr Susan Jacups Ms Sandra Robinson Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Adjunct Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Principal Consultant, Sandy Robinson & Associates Dr Lawrence Kalinoe Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey Secretary, Department of Justice and Attorney General, Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Papua New Guinea Government Executive Director, Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) Professor David Kavanamur Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Dr Albert Schram Director General, Office of Higher Education, Papua New Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Guinea Vice-Chancellor, Papua New Guinea University of Technology Dr Elin Kelsey Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Professor Daniela Stehlik Consultant, Elin Kelsey & Company Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Pro Vice-Chancellor, The Northern Institute, Charles Professor Albert Melham Darwin University Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Vice Chancellor, University of Papua New Guinea Professor Kenneth Sumbuk Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Ms Cassie Nancarrow Executive Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Adjunct Lecturer, The Cairns Institute University of Papua New Guinea Executive Director, Australian Centre for Leadership for Women Marlene Thompson Adjunct Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Professor Wadan Narsey Research Coordinator, Waminda Women's Health and Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Welfare Service Aboriginal Corporation
Dr Colleen Oates Sneha Satheesan Thusath Satheesan Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The Cairns Institute Senior Research Officer, The Cairns Institute Linguist-Translator, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Papua Behaviour Therapist, The Caterpillar Clinic, Cairns New Guinea Mr Jim Turnour Professor Biman Prasad Adjunct Research Fellow, The cairns Institute Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Adjunct Professor, Griffith University Professor Craig Volker Professor of Economics, The University of the South Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Pacific Professor of Linguistics, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan Professor Elspeth Probyn Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, The University of Sydney
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Administration
There was a significant reduction in Administration team in 2014 as the funding from the Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund (DSAF) grant ended. The team included for all or part of the year the following people:
Brigitta Flick Jolene Overall Publication Officer, LCRC Publication Officer, LCRC
Mark Franks Amanda Parsonage Professional Development & Training Manager Personal Assistant to Professor Aikhenvald, LCRC
Maxine Goulston Anna Wasterval Personal Assistant to the Director Personal Assistant to the Director (maternity leave)
Katrina Keith Seraeah Wyles Manager, Research Services Trainee Administration Assistant
Jennifer McHugh Project Officer
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RESEARCH
A list of current and completed projects can be viewed on the Institute's website at www.jcu.edu.au/cairnsinstitute/research/JCUPRD1_060688.html
They are organised under the eight research themes, but it should be noted that a number of projects are truly multi-disciplinary and would easily fit under multiple themes. It should also be noted that not all projects are administered by The Cairns Institute or James Cook University. Theme 1: Regional Economic Development
Natalie Stoeckl Tropical Leader, Regional Economic Marina Farr Postdoctoral researcher, College of Development, The Cairns Institute; College of Business, Business, Law & Governance; The Cairns Institute; Centre Law & Governance; Centre for Sustainable Tropical for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries & Aquaculture Fisheries and Aquaculture; Centre for Tropical Water and Silva Larson College of Business, Law & Governance Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) Connor McShane College of Healthcare Sciences Margaret Atkinson Research & Innovation Anya Pabel College of Business, Law & Governance Hurriyet Babacan College of Arts & Society & Education Bruce Prideaux College of Business, Law & Governance Taha Chaiechi College of Business, Law & Governance Sizhong Sun College of Business, Law & Governance; Gabriel Crowley The Cairns Institute Michelle Thompson PhD scholarship holder, College of Allan Dale The Cairns Institute Business, Law & Governance Michelle Esparon Postdoctoral researcher, College of Jim Turnour The Cairns Institute Business, Law & Governance; The Cairns Institute; Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries & Aquaculture
In 2014 The Cairns Institute researchers focused strongly on northern Australia. In December 2014, Natalie Stoeckl, Silva Larson and Michelle Esparon finalised a 2.5 year project on the relative social and economic values of residents and tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA), funded through the Tropical Ecosystems Hub of the National Environmental Research Program (NERP). Simplistically, this project sought to learn more about what residents of, and visitors to, the WTWHA think are most/least important—in essence trying to determine the relative worth of some of the non-market environmental values in this region.
A very important and interesting extension to this project came through an exciting collaboration with Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples (RAP) through the RAP Alliance (RAPA), who helped ensure that we were able to ‘hear the voice’ of the Aboriginal Traditional Owners from this area too. The project included some questions relating to Indigenous cultural values, and Rainforest Aboriginal people themselves provided 160 responses from the north, centre and south across the region. Preliminary analysis of the data suggested that Indigenous and non-Indigenous people have much in common. From a list of 27 factors, both selected the following three in their top five most important contributors to overall quality of life: 1) Safety of family & friends; 2) Spending time with family & friends; and 3) Having healthy native plants & animals (free from diseases, pests & weeds). Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents enjoy similar activities in the WTWHA selecting the following as their most frequent activities—enjoying the scenic beauty and peacefulness of the area, and driving along the scenic routes—from a list of 10. Identifying commonalities such as this is useful, since it is often easier to negotiate ‘sticky’ issues if starting from a point of consensus.
The overall hope is that the project can provide background information to RAPA and their natural resource management partners for RAP-led developments that follow from the November 2012 Aboriginal Cultural Values relisting of the WTWHA on the National Heritage Listing, and RAPA’s bid, with partners, for World Heritage relisting. This information may also help Indigenous people take stronger advantage of ways in which to generate income and employment from these outstanding assets—perhaps helping to redress some of the inequalities so evident today.
In 2014 Professor Allan Dale continued as Chair of Regional Development Australia Far North QLD & Torres Strait and contributed several major intellectual advances with respect to regional development. He published a broad narrative about the future of northern Australia. The book, Beyond the north-south culture wars, explores conflicts and emerging opportunities, suggesting that a strong cultural divide exists between northern and southern Australia; one that needs to be reconciled if the nation as a whole is to benefit from northern development.
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Allan is also JCU’s lead researcher in the Northern Futures Collaborative Research Network (CRN). This program combines the efforts of Charles Darwin University (CDU), JCU and several other research institutions with an interest in northern Australia, and is focused on governance issues facing the north. Allan has been the general point of contact for JCU on northern development issues, supported the emerging northern Australia R&D Alliance and facilitated the Policy, Governance and Finance Working Group through the landmark ADC Forum, Creating the Future Australia which was held in Townsville in June 2014. He has led the JCU’s involvement in the emerging Grownorth bid (ex AgNorth CRC Proposal). Given the national policy focus on the development of the north and the current Federal White Paper process concerning the future of northern Australia, 2014 is shaping up to be a big year for the network.
Also in 2014 Jim Turnour completed a research project funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) provided a theoretical framework that enables consideration of agriculture’s broader contributions to place-based regional development. The Place-based agriculture development framework project combines and integrates agriculture’s traditional contributions through food and fibre production marketed as bulk commodities (agri-industrial model). It also highlights an emerging emphasis on the management of ecosystems services and amenity within the production system (post- productivist model) with agriculture’s broader socioeconomic contributions to regional diversification, value adding and niche marketing (rural development model). The framework aims to support the development of new regional visions for Australian agriculture founded on competitive advantages that can be better maximised at the regional scale.
In developing the framework the research team undertook an extensive literature review and case study research in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland. The project confirmed that Australian agriculture is changing, driven by globalisation, industry deregulation, declining terms of trade, technological innovation, changing supply chains, consumer preferences and an ageing farm population. To remain competitive, agriculture has continually made productivity improvements within the agri-industrial model. This is causing a cultural shift towards a larger corporate business model of agriculture, making many smaller family farm businesses less competitive and forcing them to leave the industry. In 2000 just prior to industry deregulation there were 186 dairy farmers on the Atherton Tablelands supplying the Malanda dairy factory. Last year 51 farmers remained. It was a similar story across other industries in the Wet Tropics region.
The project found that despite the opportunities presented by these alternative models of agriculture, government and industry policy fails to recognise them and continues to overwhelmingly focus on productivity improvements within the agri-industrial production system to remain competitive. Productivity is only one factor in competitiveness. The project team hopes that the place-based agriculture development framework will provide a tool for communities, industries and governments to consider the alternative contributions that agriculture can make to regional development drawing on the competitive advantages unique to individual regions.
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Theme 2: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Futures
Komla Tsey Tropical Leader, Education for Social Deborah Graham College of Healthcare Sciences Sustainability, The Cairns Institute; College of Arts & Marian Heyeres The Cairns Institute Society & Education; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening; Centre for Research & Susan Jacups The Cairns Institute; Australian Institute of Innovation in Sustainability Education Tropical Health & Medicine Chris Cunneen Tropical Leader, Justice & Social Crystal Jongen The Cairns Institute Inclusion, The Cairns Institute; College of Business, Law & Irina Kinchin The Cairns Institute Governance Sarah Larkins College of Medicine & Dentistry; Anton College of Arts & Society & Education; Neil Anderson Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education Janya McCalman The Cairns Institute Roxanne Bainbridge The Cairns Institute Robyn McDermott College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences; Centre for Research Excellence in the India Bohanna College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote Sciences; Centre for Research Excellence in the Populations Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote Populations Sue McGinty Indigenous Centre Cath Brown The Cairns Institute Adrian Miller College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences Yvonne Cadet-James Indigenous Centre; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening Joann Schmider The Cairns Institute Alan Clough College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Anne Stephens The Cairns Institute Sciences; Centre for Research Excellence in the Pauline Taylor College of Arts & Society & Education; Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote Language and Culture Research Centre Populations Yvonne Thomas College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Allan Dale The Cairns Institute Sciences Division of Tropical Health & Medicine; Jacinta Elston Jim Turnour The Cairns Institute Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening Melissa Vick College of Arts & Society & Education Adrian Esterman College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Rachael Wargent The Cairns Institute Sciences Felecia Watkin-Lui Indigenous Centre
In August 2014, the Minister for Health, the Hon Peter Dutton MP, announced funding for four National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Targeted Calls for Indigenous Youth Suicide research grants ($5 million). The Cairns Institute’s Empowerment Research Team led by Dr Roxanne Bainbridge successfully secured one of those grants for over $824,000. In the project, Psycho-social resilience, vulnerability and suicide prevention: A mentoring approach to modify suicide risk for remote Indigenous students who are compelled to relocate to boarding schools, they will investigate the impact of an enhanced multicomponent mentoring suicide prevention intervention to increase levels of psychosocial resilience among remote‐dwelling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Cape York and Palm Island, who are compelled to relocate to boarding schools across Queensland because there is no secondary schooling provision in their home communities. This NHMRC project proposal was collaboratively developed with national, international and local community partners including AFL House, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, headspace, Remote Area Mental Health and Wontulp‐Bi‐Buya College in direct response to a request by Education Queensland’s Transition Support Service (TSS) staff to support the resilience and well‐ being of their students. The research team includes: Roxanne Bainbridge; Janya McCalman; Komla Tsey; Ernest Hunter; Patrick McGorry; Mark Wenitong; Yvonne Cadet-James; Anthony Shakeshaft; Christopher Doran; Christopher Lalonde; Leslie Baird; Nerina Caltabiano; Melissa Haswell-Elkins; Sue McGinty; Marie O'Dea; Lynne Russell; Sandy Russo; Katrina Rutherford; Vicki Saunders; and Richard Stewart. It brings together a large number of collaborating JCU schools and external institutions including: The Cairns Institute; College of Arts & Society & Education; University of Queensland; Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, VIC; Apunipima Cape York Health Council; UNSW; University of Newcastle; University of Victoria Canada; Wontulp-Bi-Buya College; headspace Cairns; Victoria University of Wellington NZ; Education Qld. Given that TSS is a unique practice model in Australia, the research team anticipates that the study will result in systematic and practical approaches that will generate knowledge for enhancing uptake of evidence-based and sustained suicide prevention in educational settings for over 2,000 students dealing with transition to various boarding schools across Australia.
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Another large project awarded in 2014 was the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded Quality improvement in Aboriginal primary health care: Lessons from the best to better the rest led by Associate Professor Sarah Larkins from early 2014. Other researchers involved include: Professor Komla Tsey; Associate Professor Jacinta Elston; and Ms Annette Panzera from James Cook University; Professor Sandy Thompson from Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health; Dr Christine Connors from NT Health; Professor Ross Bailie from Menzies School of Health Research; Ms Ru Kwedza from Queensland Health; and Mr Dallas Leon from Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council. The project is valued at nearly $600,000 and Dr Larkins said improving the quality and consistency of primary health care (PHC) provided to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders was an essential part of the Federal Government’s Closing the Gap program. At present the quality of care provided by such services, and the health outcomes achieved, vary significantly, and the reasons for this are not known. Associate Professor Larkins said working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies and government, researchers from across JCU, Menzies School of Health Research and the Combined Universities Centre for Remote Health aimed to find out what worked in primary health care services to help improve their performance.
The Family Wellbeing research team from the Institute attended the Lowitja Institute Roundtable meeting in Melbourne in March 2014 and Roxanne Bainbridge was recently awarded a JCU Rising Star grant valued at $14,950 for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health initiative. She will use the opportunity to contribute to develop a more coordinated, coherent approach for thinking about and measuring research benefit that is acceptable and responsive to Indigenous needs. It has broader implications for developing research impact assessments in other contexts.
Also under this research theme a strategic partnership agreement between The Cairns Institute and the Traditional Owner Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ (RAP) network commenced in early 2012 and was formalised at the opening of the Institute's new building in 2013. The agreement aims to mobilise collaborative partnerships and enhance the capacity of RAP Traditional Owners across Far North Queensland’s Wet Tropics Region. The strategic partnership will support the autonomous work of Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ on-ground Traditional Owner networks across 24 identity groups and 80 legal entities. The north to south partnership collaboratively works to strengthen the leadership capacity and research capability, and build the evidence base across Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ 5+3 Regional Strategic Agenda. The 5+3 Agenda involves 5 business themes: 1. Promoting and Protecting Rainforest Culture and Heritage; 2. Looking after Rainforest Country and Conservation Areas; 3. Managing Reef and Rainforest Waters; 4. Planning and Acting for the Future; and 5. Benefitting Economically as well as 3 enablers: a. Participation by Rainforest Traditional Owners; b. Managing Aboriginal Rainforest Knowledges now and into the future; and c. Coordinated Investment Partnerships. Three key streams were progressed in 2014, including: 1) progressing recognition of the Aboriginal cultural values of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area funded by the Commonwealth; 2) engaging Traditional Owner networks in rainforest related National Environment Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub projects (finalised); and 3) supporting the 2014-15 RAP combined projects’ initiative which has included updating the 5+3 strategic agenda 2015 – 2020, formalising Indigenous research protocols and facilitating RAP’s input to the Wet Tropics Regional NRM (natural resource management planning process). RAPA is pleased to continue the mutually beneficial office location arrangement in The Cairns Institute building and the partnership agreement into 2015.
Allan Dale’s main contribution in this field in 2014 was his leadership of a collaborative partnership with The Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples (RAPA) and CSIRO that promotes knowledge about Australian Rainforest Aboriginal Culture and is progressing the relisting of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The overall aim of the project is to confirm, maintain and promote the Wet Tropics region’s outstanding and significant cultural heritage values and to progress relisting of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTHA). The collaborative partners intend that this work will enhance Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ leadership and decision-making about identifying, managing, protecting, promoting and benefiting from their cultural heritage. Allan was also invited to contribute to the November 2014 public consultation for Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The committee included Senator Peris, Senator McKenzie and Senator Siewert. Allan outlined why he considers constitutional recognition is crucial and the importance of constitutional recognition for the equitable development of northern Australia.
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Theme 3: Tropical Planning, Research Management & Design
Stewart Lockie Director, The Cairns Institute Michelle Esparon College of Business, Law & Governance; Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries & Natalie Stoeckl Tropical Leader, Regional Economic Aquaculture Development, The Cairns Institute; College of Business, Law & Governance; Centre for Sustainable Tropical Marina Farr Postdoctoral researcher, College of Fisheries and Aquaculture; Centre for Tropical Water and Business, Law & Governance; The Cairns Institute; Centre Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries & Aquaculture Bob Stevenson Tropical Leader, Education for Margaret Gooch The Cairns Institute; GBRMPA Environmental Sustainability, The Cairns Institute; Centre Silva Larson College of Business, Law & Governance for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education (CRISE); College of Arts & Society & Education Jennifer McHugh The Cairns Institute Allan Dale The Cairns Institute Helene Marsh College of Marine & Environmental Sciences; Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Jorge Álvarez-Romero ARC Centre of Excellence for Research (TropWATER) Coral Reef Studies Bob Pressey ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Jon Brodie Tropical Water & Ecosystems; Centre for Studies; Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research Change (TropWATER) Bruce Prideaux College of Business, Law & Governance Gabriel Crowley The Cairns Institute Felecia Watkin-Lui Indigenous Centre Aurélie Delisle PhD student, College of Business, Law & Governance
Yokohama provided the stage for the launch of the new journal, Environmental Sociology, a joint initiative of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Environment and Society and publisher, Routledge. The journal is already receiving submissions with the first issue due in early 2015. As an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal, Environmental Sociology aims to stretch the conceptual and theoretical boundaries of both environmental and mainstream sociology, to highlight the relevance of sociological research for environmental policy and management, to disseminate the results of sociological research, and to engage in productive dialogue and debate with other disciplines in the social, natural and ecological sciences. Professor Stewart Lockie is Foundation Editor of Environmental Sociology and says that specialist publication outlets including the new journal will help to increase the profile of environmental sociology and, importantly, the role of sociologists in helping communities respond to environmental change at multiple scales.
In 2014 Natalie Stoeckl, in conjunction with a large team of researchers from The Cairns Institute, the College of Business, Law & Governance, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), and the Australian National University worked on a project funded by the Tropical Ecosystems Hub of the National Environmental Research Program (NERP). The project, Socio- economic systems and reef resilience, focuses on relationships between socio-economic systems and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It comprises three interrelated activities which seek to improve our understanding of: a) resident and tourist views about the relative 'value' of key ecosystem services that are provided by the reef; b) tourist views about the relative value of key attributes of reef health, and the likely consequence (e.g., fewer visits, less expenditure) of deterioration in reef health; and c) the extent to which variations in beef prices, the exchange rate and other socioeconomic variables (in conjunction with biophysical variables) influence water quality in the GBR lagoon.
Allan Dale has been involved in numerous projects that relate to climate change mitigation or regional resilience/adaption and Natural Resource Management (NRM). Allan has been part of a three year ARC Linkage Project, The impact of governance on regional natural resource planning (administered by QUT), that will develop an evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of planning and natural resource management governance at the regional scale. He has also been the lead investigator in an Australia Government project assessing drivers for change and governance system associated with climate adaptation in both the monsoonal north and Wet Tropics regions. The project, Climate knowledge synthesis and planning for climate change adaptation across Australia's monsoonal north, is funded by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency - Natural Resource Management Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation program. He has also been researching regional social resilience in the face of climate change as part of a Queensland Centre for Social Science Innovation Research Grant and the Northern Gulf NRM Group. Finally, Allan was also invited to be a witness at the August 2014 Senate Environment and Communications References Committee National Landcare Inquiry. The invitation was a result of a submission Allan made to the inquiry outlining his key research findings in this field.
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A new researcher to the Institute in 2014 is Catherine Wong, who is a Senior Research Officer working with the Director of The Cairns Institute, Professor Stewart Lockie, on the Australian Research Council (ARC) project, Conflicting temporalities of climate governance in policy design and operationalisation in Australia and the UK. Prior to coming to Cairns, Catherine did her PhD at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, and was the recipient of the ANU University Research Scholarship (International) and ANU Higher Degree Research Merit Scholarship. Her research topic was organisational risk in the Indian nuclear industry, with particular interest in the ways in which nuclear scientists and their organisations are embedded within networks of environments, science and technologies which constitute and mitigate risk at the same time. Catherine spent seven months in India interviewing the top executives of the nuclear industry and associated government agencies as part of her field work.
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Theme 4: Social Justice & Community Wellbeing
Chris Cunneen Tropical Leader, Justice & Social Janya McCalman The Cairns Institute Inclusion, The Cairns Institute; College of Business, Law & Sue McGinty Indigenous Centre Governance Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy College of Arts & Society & Bård Aaberge PhD student, College of Arts & Society & Education Education Gianna Moscardo College of Business, Law & Fiona Allison The Cairns Institute Governance Hurriyet Babacan College of Arts & Society & Education Boris Pointing The Cairns Institute Roxanne Bainbridge The Cairns Institute Bruce Prideaux College of Business, Law & Governance Nerina Caltabiano College of Healthcare Sciences Simone Rowe The Cairns Institute Alan Clough College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Bob Stevenson Tropical Leader, Education for Sciences; Centre for Research Excellence in the Environmental Sustainability, The Cairns Institute; Centre Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education Populations (CRISE); College of Arts & Society & Education Garry Coventry College of Arts & Society & Education Komla Tsey Tropical Leader, Education for Social Wendy Earles College of Arts & Society & Education Sustainability, The Cairns Institute; College of Arts & Society & Education; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Maureen Fuary College of Arts & Society & Education Health Systems Strengthening; Centre for Research & Jenny Gabriel Indigenous Centre Innovation in Sustainability Education Narayanan Gopalkrishnan College of Arts & Society & Sarah Warne The Cairns Institute Education Mike Wood College of Arts & Society & Education; Charmaine Hayes-Jonkers College of Arts & Society & Language and Culture Research Centre Education
Rosita Henry College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Centre
In September 2014 the President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), Professor Deborah Terry, announced the names of nineteen new Fellows of the Academy in a media release. Professor Chris Cunneen, from The Cairns Institute and Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales was one of the new members. We congratulate Chris on this appointment which recognises his distinguished career in social sciences in Australia.
The Productivity Commission Report (2014) Access to Justice Arrangements makes extensive use of Chris Cunneen’s publications and research including ten references (including a case study) to five separate publications, and a further 12 references to a submission which he presented (with his research team) to their inquiry. Examples of submissions that Chris made to State and Federal Inquiries in 2014 include:
• Cunneen, C., Baldry, E., Brown, D., Goldson, B., Schwartz, M., Wicks, A. (2014) Submission to the Queensland Parliament Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee Inquiry into Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (2014), 25 February 2014, (10 pages) • Brown, D., Cunneen, C., Schwartz, M., Stubbs, J. & Young, C. (2014) Submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission into Parole, Submission PA24.
The Indigenous Legal Needs Project (ILNP) led by Chris Cunneen published two written reports and two animated videos in 2014. They identify priority areas of civil and family law need and the extent to which civil and family law problems are currently being addressed within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in both WA and Queensland. Research findings are based on fieldwork conducted in remote, rural and urban Indigenous communities in 2011-2014. Publication of these two reports brought the ILNP close to completion, after four years of work. In this time, the project has visited a total of 32 Indigenous communities in four jurisdictions (WA, VIC, QLD and the NT) and has spoken to close to 640 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women and 300 stakeholder organisations. Research outputs include four jurisdictional reports/videos, submissions to government inquiries, conference papers, media pieces and journal articles. Overall, the ILNP research has identified high levels of unmet civil and family law need in the Indigenous communities visited, particularly in relation to tenancy, racial discrimination, debt and consumer law issues, removal of children by government, social security, and wills and estates. In the vast majority of cases community members reported having had little or no satisfactory resolution of problems arising. Significantly, the research also highlighted the clear connection between unmet need in these areas with the broader social exclusion and disadvantage of Indigenous Australians.
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Chris Cunneen is also a regular media commentator on law and justice issues, including radio, television and print media, both nationally and internationally. A Factiva and ProQuest search conducted on 5 Nov 2014 showed 233 publications where he was interviewed or mentioned in Australian and international media (including in North America, Europe and Asia). (NB this figure was not exclusive to 2014).
The realist research group within The Cairns Institute is building up expertise and a track record in the application of the realist philosophy of science in community engagement projects. In 2014 the JCU Faculty of Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences awarded $23,000 to support Realist research to assist vulnerable people in the tropics. The project will build on collaborative existing research areas within The Cairns Institute (Shane Boris Pointing), Department of Psychology (Associate Professor Nerina Caltabiano), and the Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine (Associate Professor Alan Clough). Additional research support will be provided by Dr Jane Modric, and students Laura McLeod (Psychology) and Lisa Livingston (Social Work). The project will work across a number of community engagement research projects to enhance social equity and community safety for vulnerable and marginalised segments of the tropical Queensland population. These projects include homelessness, substance abuse, alcohol-related violence, gambling harms, gender/power issues and community safety programs. The projects use the Realist philosophy of science (Realist Evaluation and Realist Synthesis).
In 2014 this research group also delivered the first part of a commissioned project to evaluate the effectiveness of Uniting Care Community’s Gambling Help Program. They also completed the first part of a project to empower Anglicare staff in their service delivery to clients experiencing harm from alcohol and volatile substance abuse, as well as homelessness issues, and a Realist Synthesis for the Criminological Research Council on the use of CCTV to reduce alcohol-related assault in late night entertainment and drinking precincts. Most politicians love CCTV, and this group has used the evidence gathered for the report to suggest that consideration of gender issues regarding the use of CCTV in public space is an under-researched topic, particularly the salience of being watched by anonymous people and how that might affect the experience of women using these public spaces. It is the beginning of efforts by Dr Jane Modric, among others, to incorporate feminist evaluation and realist evaluation.
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Theme 5: Education & Capacity Building
Bob Stevenson Tropical Leader, Education for Brian Lewthwaite College of Arts & Society & Education; Environmental Sustainability, The Cairns Institute; Centre Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education Education (CRISE); College of Arts & Society & Education Sue McGinty Indigenous Centre Komla Tsey Tropical Leader, Education for Social Samantha Morgan Scholarship holder, Graduate Sustainability, The Cairns Institute; College of Arts & Research School Society & Education; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening; Centre for Research & Jennifer Nicholls PhD scholarship holder, College of Arts Innovation in Sustainability Education & Society & Education Raoul Adam College of Arts & Society & Education; Ton Otto Tropical Leader, People & Societies of the Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Tropics, The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Education Research Centre; College of Arts & Society & Education Hurriyet Babacan College of Arts & Society & Education Paul Pagliano College of Arts & Society & Education Helen Boon College of Arts & Society & Education; Rick Speare Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Systems Strengthening Education Kim Usher College of Healthcare Sciences; Centre for Lawrence Brown Mt Isa Centre for Rural & Remote Nursing and Midwifery Research; Centre for Research Health Excellence in the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote Populations Philemon Chigeza College of Arts & Society & Education; Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Valda Wallace Indigenous Centre Education Riccardo Welters College of Business, Law & Susan Jacups The Cairns Institute Governance
Much of Professor Bob Stevenson’s research in 2014 was linked to his role as Director of the Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education (CRISE). The work of the centre is focused on a number of collaborative research projects established around the interests and expertise of staff in JCU’s College of Arts & Society & Education. His major involvement in 2014 was with the Embedding education for sustainability in teacher education project, centring on writing papers on the findings of the JCU led 2012 Office of Learning & Teaching (OLT) funded ($151,000) project (in partnership with Griffith University & Queensland University of Technology) on a state systems approach to embedding sustainability in teacher education. Two book chapters and a journal article have been accepted, and funding for an extension grant was successful at the end of 2014 from OLT (this time with Griffith as the lead institution) to disseminate the findings of this project to all other states and territories in Australia.
In 2014 two new collaborative research projects, both led by early career researchers, were established: (1) Embedding cultural sustainability and Indigenous knowledges in teacher education (PI: Dr. Peta Salter, supported by an advisory committee of Indigenous scholars); and (2) A case study of TropFutures NQ sustainable schools network (PI: Dr Cliff Jackson), in partnership with the College of Science, Technology and Engineering.
Bob’s most interesting conference contribution was an invited keynote address/dialogue at the inaugural research symposium of the Australian Association for Environmental Education in Hobart. Titled From there to here and onwards: Reflections on environmental education/sustainability education from multiple perspectives, scholars at three different stages of their academic careers (late, middle and early) and having entered the field at different periods in its development were invited to give the keynote. As the late career scholar, Bob presented his perspectives on research in the 1970s and 80s before discussing what has been learnt from research and where the field should be headed.
Professor Greg Smith, from Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, US, completed his three month period as a visiting scholar in The Cairns Institute in late 2013 during which time he presented several seminars, including one with Bob on qualitative case study research. He and Bob are currently completing research on leadership of (ecologically, socially and culturally) sustainable schools and an Australia-US comparative analysis of environmental and sustainability education policies and their influence on schools.
The editorial office of the Journal of Environmental Education (published by Taylor & Francis), the oldest journal in the field by far and one of the two current major ones, is now housed with CRISE and The Cairns Institute. Three College of Arts & Society & Education PhD students in The Cairns Institute, Jen Nicholls, Ellen Field and Fiona Mwaniki, gained valuable experience in learning about academic publishing by working as editorial assistants in 2014 on a journal that has the highest impact factor of any journal in its specialised field of environmental and sustainability education. Bob is executive editor-in-chief with Associate Professor Hilary Whitehouse (executive editor) and Dr Snowy Evans (associate editor).
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L to R: Jen Nicholls, Bob Stevenson & Ellen Field (absent Fiona Mwanicki Snowy Evans)
In 2014 Professor Stevenson also prepared a discussion paper submitted to the Graduate Research School which advocated changes in criteria for assessing applications for higher degree research (HDR) scholarships based on the different research focus in and the different career profiles of applicants to professional schools. This resulted in the introduction of professional experience as an alternative measure to undergraduate academic record that applicants could select.
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Theme 6: Governance & Political Innovation
Allan Dale The Cairns Institute Jon Brodie Tropical Water & Ecosystems; Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research Bob Pressey ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef (TropWATER) Studies; Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change Hurriyet Babacan College of Arts & Society & Education
The Institute’s governance expert is Professor Allan Dale who has two projects focusing on governance issues in northern Australia. The first one is Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone, funded by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: National Environmental Research Program (NERP) with partners from ARC CoE Coral Reef Studies, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research. The broad goal of this project is to identify strategic priorities for protection and restoration of coastal ecosystems that support the health and resilience of the GBRWHA, in the context of changing land use, expanding infrastructure, and climate change.
The second governance project that Allan is involved in is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project (LP130100933) with QUT as the lead institution. This project, The impact of governance on regional natural resource planning, is looking at how the management of natural resources in regional Australia is challenged by complex decision-making and poorly integrated planning systems at the federal, state and local levels. It will develop an evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of planning and natural resource management governance at the regional scale. Other partners include Griffith University, Terrain Natural Resource Management, NQ Dry Tropics, CSIRO, Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective, Condamine Alliance, Fitzroy Basin Association Incorporated, and Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Inc.
In May/June 2014 the Institute once again ran the eight day Masterclass in Native title for anthropologists. Originally designed for early career anthropologists, this Masterclass benefits archaeologists, cultural heritage workers, lawyers or other professionals looking to learn more about the very latest in Native Title practises with a particular focus on northern Australia and providing participants with targeted, skills-based training to prepare them for Native Title work. In 2014 the class attracted 26 students and 20 expert presenters from Cairns and interstate. It was the biggest class to date and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive with the majority of participants now definitely seeking work in native title. Held in The Cairns Institute building, the masterclass was an intense and intensive course but it also included field trips in the Cairns and Kuranda regions to a range of significant Aboriginal sites. Made possible by a generous grant from the Australian Government Attorney- General’s Department, this masterclass is scheduled to run again in 2015 and 2016 and we expect it to grow from strength to strength.
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Theme 7: Sustainable International Development
Stewart Lockie Director, The Cairns Institute Michelle Redman-MacLaren College of Medicine & Dentistry; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Ton Otto Tropical Leader, People & Societies of the Systems Strengthening Tropics, The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Research Centre; College of Arts & Society & Education Michael Wood College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Centre David MacLaren Division of Tropical Health & Medicine; Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening
The Institute has two long-term projects that relate to this theme. A new one in 2014 was Stewart Lockie’s Australian Research Council - Discovery Project (DP140101682) titled Farmers of the future, which runs from 2014-2017. Women farmers produce about 50% of all foodcrops, but are neither recognised as farmers, nor do they own productive assets. This project will investigate the feminisation of agriculture in different social, cultural and agro-ecological contexts in India to ensure future food security, women's empowerment and to make rural livelihoods more sustainable. The lead institution is ANU with partners from Gujarat Institute of Development Research, The University of Sydney, and The Cairns Institute.
A project that finished in 2014 was David MacLaren’s Seventh Day Adventist responses to HIV in Papua New Guinea. The research team included Matupit Darius, Tracie Mafile'o, Graeme Humble, Lalen Simeon, Rachael Tommbe, Michael Wood, Ton Otto, and Michelle Redman-MacLaren and it was funded by the PNG National Aids Council. It documented and analysed SDA policy and theology on HIV in PNG and described how these policies and theology were interpreted and influenced responses to HIV by church leaders, church employees and church members. David and some members of the team presented a seminar about this project in the Institute in July 2014 and they described how more than 32,000 people in PNG are living with HIV. Most Papua New Guineans affiliate with a Christian church; therefore faith-based responses are critical to addressing HIV in PNG. The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church is one of the mainline churches in PNG and operates health facilities, schools and colleges across the country. In PNG, the church’s Aid Agency, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), conducts a range of HIV testing, prevention, treatment and support activities. The researchers found most health workers, teachers, church leaders and members had not viewed official church policy or statements about HIV. Most based their responses to HIV on personal perceptions of church beliefs, and many struggled to balance social, cultural and religious beliefs with professional ethics and legal requirements to deliver HIV programs in schools and clinics.
In 2014 the Institute continued its links with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Department of Justice and Attorney General (DJAG) with a masterclass, Effective management and good leadership skill, in November. This was coordinated by the Institute’s Professional Development and Training Manager, Mark Franks, and run by Dr Murray Prideaux from the College of Business, Law & Governance. Twenty-eight people attended the three day course.
In 2014 the Institute continued the 2013 monthly seminar series on partnerships with PNG which was designed to demonstrate the benefits and challenges of working in PNG. The first seminar in the 2014 series was presented by Dame Carol Kidu in March and was titled Partnerships with PNG, and attracted a large audience of over 130 people. This was followed by a provocative talk by Flora Pondilei in April 2014 titled, Manus Island – Hell hole – Hell no! Highly misrepresented – absolutely, with 65 people in the audience. The next seminar by David MacLaren and Clement Manineng—Partnerships for HIV research in PNG: Building and sustaining a mutual research agenda—in May attracted 42 attendees, and David MacLaren presented another seminar—SDA responses to HIV in PNG—in July. The final seminar in the PNG series—The Nakanai Caves of Papua New Guinea: Community, conservation and cultural heritage—by Jennifer Gabriel & Peter Hitchcock at the end of July also attracted a good audience with 42 people.
We were also pleased to have Dr Guanghua Wan, Principal Economist and Head, Poverty-Inequality Research Group, the Asian Development Bank presenting a seminar titled Untold sides of Asia's poverty story in August 2014. Based on a flagship publication of the Asian Development Bank, this presentation argued that conventional wisdom fails to consider significant challenges of rising food insecurity, rising inequality and rising vulnerability in Asia. Once these untold sides are brought into poverty measurement, the story of an Asia free of poverty in the 2020s will have a completely different ending: poverty remains prevalent in fast growing Asia even beyond 2030.
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Theme 8: Language & Culture
Alexandra Aikhenvald Tropical Leader, People & Tahnee Innes College of Arts & Society & Education; The Societies of the Tropics, Distinguished Fellow and Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Research Centre Australian Laureate Fellow, The Cairns Institute; Russell McGregor College of Arts & Society & Education Language and Culture Research Centre; College of Arts & Society & Education Elena Mihas The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Research Centre Ton Otto Tropical Leader, People & Societies of the Tropics, The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Simon Overall College of Arts & Society & Education; Research Centre; College of Arts & Society & Education Language and Culture Research Centre Bård Aaberge PhD student, College of Arts & Society & Nicola Piper PhD student, College of Arts & Society & Education Education Grant Aiton PhD scholarship holder, College of Arts & Mikko Salminen PhD scholarship holder, College of Arts Society & Education & Society & Education Angeliki Alvanoudi College of Arts & Society & Hannah Sarvasy PhD scholarship holder, College of Arts Education; The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Research Centre Centre Juliane Boettger PhD scholarship holder, College of Arts Dineke Schokkin PhD scholarship holder, College of Arts & Society & Education & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Centre Jennifer Deger The Cairns Institute William Steed College of Healthcare Sciences RMW Dixon College of Arts & Society & Education; The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Research Centre Daniela Vávrová PhD student, College of Arts & Society & Education Diana Forker The Cairns Institute, Language and Culture Research Centre Michael Wood College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Centre Shelley Greer College of Arts & Society & Education Katarzyna Wojtylak PhD student, College of Arts & Valérie Géurin College of Arts & Society & Education; Society & Education The Cairns Institute; Language and Culture Research Centre Sihong Zhang Language and Culture Research Centre Rosita Henry College of Arts & Society & Education; Language and Culture Research Centre
Many of the activities within this theme were undertaken through the Language and Culture Research Centre (LCRC) nested within the Institute and the College of Arts & Society & Education, with Professor Aikhenvald as Director and Adjunct Professor R. M. W. Dixon as Deputy Director. In 2014 the Language and Culture Research Centre (LCRC) continued their weekly seminar and workshop series with 56 workshops and seminars attracting a total of 956 people.
Above: LCRC special workshop on languages of the Americas, August 2014
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LCRC also hosted a number of international visitors including Dr Felix Ameka (Leiden University, The Netherlands), Professor Isabelle Bril (CNRS, Paris), and Professor Marie-Odyle Junker (Carleton U, Canada).
Professor R M W Dixon and his research assistant, Tahnee Innes, continued their community and language maintenance activities for Girramay and Dyirbal languages and cultures in north Queensland. Tahnee was awarded First Prize for her BA Anthropology Honours thesis, Networked politics of place on Goolarabooloo-Jabirr Jabirr Country.
LCRC researchers demonstrated their commitment to preserving and documenting endangered languages through their fieldwork. Alexandra Aikhenvald spent time in the Sepik River Basin Life in Papua New Guinea working with the Yalaku people to preserve their language. Life in the Yalaku village is not easy with no electricity, sago as the main staple food, and water that must be carried by the women from and fresh water stream down a hill water. In early January 2014, Kasia Wojtylak returned from the Amazonian jungle where she spent a half a year living with the Murui people. She is working towards creating the first proper grammar of the Murui language. Other LCRC researchers who spent time in the field included PhD student, Christiane Falck, who spent time in a village called Timbunmeli (Timbun), on the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. Alexandra van den Elsen, another PhD student, did her fieldwork in an indigenous community of San Antonio de Sonomoro, Peru, where she will start her work on Nomatsiguenga, one of the Arawak languages spoken in that area.
LCRC’s Postdoctoral Researchers also spent considerable periods in the field. Dr Elena Mihas spent 10 weeks of an annual trip to Ashéninka Perené (Arawak) native communities of the Upper Perené valley, Chanchamayo Province of Peru with the goal of checking her Ashéninka Perené grammar manuscript for accuracy before submitting it to the publisher. Dr Simon Overall undertook a lengthy fieldtrip to Peru, working on Candoshi and continuing his work on Aguaruna. Dr Valérie Guérin spent four months of immersion fieldwork in Papua New Guinea (February to May), working on Som (also known as Tayatuk or Tiyatuk), an undescribed language of the Finisterre family. Dr Angeliki Alvanoudi is conducting fieldwork with Greek immigrants closer to home in Cairns and surrounding regions of Queensland, collecting naturally occurring conversation data for her post- doctoral research project on language contact.
Three LCRC researchers were successful in winning Firebird Foundation fellowships in 2014. Juliana Böettger will use her award to return to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and Dr Simon Overall will use his to buy audiovisual and video recording equipment for use with the Awajún people of north Peru. Kasia Wojtylak will undertake further work on the oral literature of the Witoto Murui, in Colombia.
Throughout 2014, Kasia Wojtylak and Grant Aiton have been supervising the creation of the LCRC special language archival facility within the site in the form of a well-developed database (financed by JCU internal grants). The database will allow LCRC researchers to create and manipulate multimedia files and serves as a virtual platform designed for collaboration between researchers and community members. In addition to various types of multimedia files included in the corpus (i.e., text, image, audio and video files among which are ELAN, Flex and Toolbox files), the site contains an up-to-date repository of publications of the team-members (including those in press). All materials are interlinked in a way that allows quick navigation through the corpus running simple search queries within the site. In the future, the site will facilitate numerous types of complex search options to increase the overall efficiency of the collected materials in the corpus. The facility will be ready early in 2015.
Dr Jennifer Deger joined the Institute as a Tropical Leader in March 2014 from ANU bringing her ARC Future Fellowship, Digital relations: New media in Arnhem Land. During 2014 Jennifer and her Yolngu research collaborators curated and installed three major exhibitions in Brisbane, New York and Aarhus, Denmark as part of this collaborative, creative investigation into the role of digital technologies in transforming indigenous worlds. In October 2014 they also completed and launched a new documentary film, Ringtone, which was toured to several US film festivals including the Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, Virginia, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, Culture Fest, Winter Garden, Florida, and Culture Labs, Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York. Jennifer’s film, Manapanmirr, in Christmas Spirit was screened at the Australian Embassy, Washington DC, Moesgård Museum, Aarhus, Denmark, and at the Transoceanic Conference, Cairns Institute. Apart from various international events as part of Miyarrka Media, Jennifer gave invited screenings and talks at the Royal Anthropological Institute, New York University, Moesgård Museum, the University of Virginia, RMIT, Melbourne University and she attended a number of major conferences including the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth’s Decennial conference in Edinburgh and the Anthropology and Photography conference at the British Museum in London. Tropical Leader, Professor Ton Otto, continued his 10% employment with the Institute in 2014 (90% Professor at Aarhus University and Head of the Ethnographic Collections at Moesgård Museum, Aarhus, Denmark). The most outstanding event of 2014 for Ton was the opening of the ethnographic exhibition in the new building of Moesgård Museum, Aarhus Denmark, under the title, The life of the dead. As leader of the ethnographic department at the Museum, he was chiefly responsible for the research, content, and design of this exhibition, working with a team of anthropologists, curators, designers, IT specialists, light specialists and a composer. He also collaborated with Dr Jennifer Deger on a part of the exhibition dealing with Christmas rituals among the Yolngu in Arnhem Land. JCU PhD student, Christiane Falck, also contributed to part of an exhibit in the new museum. The new building, as well as the archaeological and anthropological exhibitions, was opened by the Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in the presence of many national and international officials, including the Australian Ambassador. The exhibition received very good reviews in the Danish national press and will attract large numbers of visitors. Ton was interviewed by the Danish national press a number of times and had a radio interview about aspects of the exhibition on a national radio station lasting for about 30 minutes.
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Also in 2014, PhD student Daniela Vávrová’s film, Skin has eyes and ears: Audio-visual ehnography in a Sepik society, Papua New Guinea was selected for screening at:
• NAFA (Nordic Anthropological Film Association) film festival, 4-6 June, Isafjordur, Iceland • 33rd Jean Rouch International Film Festival, 8-14 November, Paris, France • SVA (Society for Visual Anthropology) Film and Media Festival, 3-7 December, Washington DC This film is an audio-visual part of Daniela’s written PhD thesis bearing the same title. In 2014 Daniela created a photo essay with audio, Maraymin amung 'Food of the water', for the website of the Australian Anthropological Society, November 2014 (see http://www.aas.asn.au/visual-feature/) and she also provided the photo, Enet Yapai with her 'father', a brother's son, for the 2014 cover of the Visual Anthropology, 27(1-2). Angeliki Alvanoudi published her first book in 2014, Grammatical gender in interaction: Cultural and Cognitive Aspects. Brill.
Images: Jennifer Deger L. Miyarrka Media’s Warren Gurruwiwi, Jennifer Deger and Enid Wunungmurra at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, for the public screening of their film, Ringtone R. The rumble of the wolma (thundercloud) calls visitors to remember their lost loved ones at Miyarrka's Christmas birrimbirr (Christmas Spirit) exhibition in the Moesgård Museum in Denmark
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TRAINING
2014 Graduate Students
The 2014 Dean’s Awards are given each year to recipients who demonstrated excellence in a research higher degree and were commended independent of examiners for substantial contribution to their field of research. Dr Marina Farr, Natalie Stoeckl’s student, was one of the 2014 recipients for her Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), Estimating the demand for and economic values of ‘Fish’ in the recreational fishing and tourism sectors: General methodological issues and empirical findings relevant to the Great Barrier Reef.
Katarzyna (Kasia) Wojtylak, PhD Scholar within LCRC under the supervision of Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald, was a finalist in the JCU competition 'Your research in three minutes', for her presentation Do the Witoto Murui exist?
A total of 58 students were supervised by Cairns Institute Tropical Leaders and researchers in 2014.
• 32 PhD students were enrolled through the College of Arts & Society & Education • 12 PhD students were enrolled through the College of Business, Law & Governance • 3 PhD students were enrolled through the College of Healthcare Sciences • 3 PhD students were enrolled through the University of New South Wales (1 PhD, 1 SJD and 1 DPh) • 2 PhD students were enrolled through the ARC Centre of Excellence • 1 PhD student was enrolled through the College of Marine & Environmental Sciences • 1 PhD student was enrolled through the College of Public Health, Medical and Vet Sciences • 1 PhD student was enrolled through the Australian National University • 1 PhD student was enrolled through Griffith University • 1 PhD student was enrolled through the University of Adelaide • 1 PhD student was enrolled through the University of Queensland • Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald was Principal Supervisor for Grant Aiton, Juliane Boettger, Ryan Pennington, Nicola Piper, Mikko Salminen, Hannah Sarvasy, Dineke Schokkin, and Katarzyna Wojtylak and Secondary Supervisor for Joshua Milne, Emma Scott, and Daniela Vavrova • Professor Chris Cunneen was Principal Supervisor for Fiona Allison, Fiona Campbell, Signe Dalsgaard, Maggie Hall (UNSW), Judith Herrmann, Heron Loban, and Belinda Russon (SJD, UNSW) • Professor Stewart Lockie was Principal Supervisor for Lindsay Greer (ANU) and Alisa Hasamoh and Secondary Supervisor for Alistair Bone • Professor Ton Otto was Principal Supervisor for Chiara Bresciani, Christiane Falck, Sasha Rubel, David Tibbetts, and Daniela Vávrová, and Secondary Supervisor for Bård Aaberge, Juliane Boettger, Md Rafiul Islam, Trina Jackson and Dineke Schokkin • Professor Natalie Stoeckl was Principal Supervisor for Zulgerel Altai, Diana Castorina, Adriana Chacon, Diane Jarvis, and Secondary Supervisor for Melissa Bos, Cheryl Fernandez, Qian Li, Judi Lowe and Aleferiti Tawake • Professor Bob Stevenson was Principal Supervisor for Ellen Field, Fiona Mwaniki, Catherine Naum, and Jennifer Nicholls, and Secondary Supervisor for Peter Smith • Professor Komla Tsey was Principal Supervisor for Sally Cranney, Gary Jones, Russel Kitau, Janya McCalman, and Lyndon Reilly, and Secondary Supervisor for Renae Acton, Kerryn Brack, Toni Foley, Daniel Lindsay and Vinnitta Mosby, Vicki-Lea Saunders, Kishani Townshend (Adelaide) and Wuying Zou • Dr Roxanne Bainbridge was Secondary Supervisor for Melody Muscat and Vicki-Lea Saunders • Dr Allan Dale was Secondary Supervisor for Ruth Potts (Griffith University) • Dr Valérie Guérin was Secondary Supervisor for Ryan Pennington • Dr Susan Jacups was Secondary Supervisor for Russel Kitau • Dr Janya McCalman was Secondary Supervisor for Louise Livingstone (UNSW) and Neelam Malik (UQ) • Dr Elena Mihas was Secondary Supervisor for Katarzyna Wojtylak • Dr Anne Stephens was Principal Supervisor for Jim Turnour • As in previous years, the students' countries of origin were varied as illustrated below
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Training & Professional Development
The Cairns Institute has a strong focus in developing human and organisational capabilities in the tropics to make its work relevant to industry, government and communities. In recognition that individuals need to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout their working life, the Institute has a commitment to this through the development and delivery of specialist skills and professional development training programs.
Courses are developed and delivered in three primary categories:
1. Engagement training—This is where a training course is developed to offer broad commercial appeal and promoted openly to members of the local business and government community, e.g., Women in a leadership role 2. Specialist training—Developed for and promoted to a specific and specialised group, e.g., Native title for anthropologists created for newly qualified anthropologists and funded by the Australian Government Attorney General’s Department 3. Partnership training—Where a course and its content is developed in partnership with a single organisation to suit their specific training requirement, e.g., Effective management and good leadership skills developed for the Papua New Guinea Department of Justice and Attorney General.
Classes included: Community engagement; Women in a leadership role; Empowering your team; Management skills; and Workplace bullying; and a tailor-made masterclass for the Papua New Guinea Department of Justice and Attorney General’s Office—Effective management and good leadership skills, which was delivered by Dr Murray Prideaux from JCU’s College of Business, Law and Governance.
In 2014 The Institute also ran the eight day masterclass in Native title for anthropologists in May-June 2014 with 26 participants and 20 expert presenters from Cairns and interstate.
A wide range of government, not for profit, social service, non-government and commercial organisations had staff members attend these training courses. The majority of attendees held management or senior management roles and this data suggests that these training programs are clearly connecting with organisations that JCU wishes to engage with and at the appropriate managerial level.
At the end of each course, an exit survey is completed. In answer to the question:
• “Have you ever trained at JCU before?” 92% of participants answer “No”. • “Would you now consider undertaking further training with JCU” 77% of participants answer “Yes”.
An additional indication of how Professional Development Training has the potential to achieve continuing community engagement and long term benefit for the University.
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DIALOGUE
Conferences, Seminars & Other Events
The major event in 2014 for the Institute was the TEDxJCUCairns on 3 October. TED is a non-profit organisation devoted to the concept of ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. TEDx supports independent organisers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community, and Jennifer McHugh of The Cairns Institute gained the license to hold TEDxJCUCairns. With over 80,000 views of the YouTube videos (by December 2014) it provided broad exposure of the JCU and The Cairns Institute logos on the opening screen. Other tangible benefits also included the extensive media coverage the event attracted and the skills gained by presenters in learning new ways to present their research. It also provided real-world learning opportunities for students and an increased social media profile for JCU. The event also resulted in a number of intangible outcomes, such as the extensive community outreach and links with organisations, schools and charities. It gave JCU a unique opportunity to showcase community relationships and the diversity of research occurring at JCU. The TEDx licence limits the number of tickets that can be sold to 100, so two additional events were held at The Salthouse, Cairns, on 12 and 19 November 2014 allowing another 40 people to hear a selection of the speakers. One of the long term benefits includes potential collaboration and further research based on people contacting the presenters.
Also in 2014 the Institute co-hosted the Talanoa Pasifika Conference in July 2014 with a total of 375 national and international delegates attending. This conference is an annual event which focuses on issues affecting Pacific Island people in Australia and was convened by Aquilar Luki, Community Liaison Officer for Woree State High School, and facilitated by Jennifer McHugh.
The Cairns Institute, in partnership with Advance Cairns and RDA FNQ&TS, held the second Future of our region forum in July 2014, which was well attended by business, community and political leaders including the State Leader of the Opposition, Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The Transoceanic Network Colloquium, Difference and domination, was held 24-25 July and was attended by 49 people including a number of international visitors.
The Language and Culture Research Centre (LCRC) organised 56 workshops and seminars in 2014 with a total of 956 people attending.
The Anthropological Laboratory for Tropical Audiovisual Research (ALTAR) hosted 11 events including their launch in July 2014 and a number of film screenings and seminars that attracted a total of 366 people.
Also in 2014, the Institute continued the successful Partnerships with PNG seminar series, with a further five seminars attended by 319 people. A new seminar series titled Designed in Cairns was launched in August 2014. This seminar series will continue into 2015 and is an initiative through the Australian Institute of Architects FNQ Regional Members Committee in conjunction
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with The Cairns Institute. It provides continuing professional development activities for architects and designers generally in the regions, and the first three seminars attracted a total of 166 attendees. The Institute also hosted four seminars presented by International Visiting Scholars including Dr Guanghua Wan, Principal Economist with the Asian Development Bank, with a total 158 attendees.
On 20 November 2014 Professor Allan Dale also gave his Inaugural Lecture and launched his book titled Beyond the north- south culture wars: Reconciling northern Australia’s recent past with its future, with 53 people attending the event.
The Centre for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Education (CRISE) hosted three seminars in 2014 that were attended by 56 people in Cairns and Townsville.
There was a strong demand from JCU and the community to utilise the beautiful space in the Institute building to host events, and one of the interesting uses was in April 2014 when the building was used as the media centre for Rumble in the rainforest, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.
The Language and Culture Research Centre seminars and workshops were held weekly throughout 2014.
The Centre for Research in Sustainability Education (CRISE) hosted three events in 2014.
The Anthropological Laboratory for Tropical Audiovisual Research (ALTAR) had a busy year with 10 film screenings and the official opening event in July 2014.
Seminar series
The Institute’s Jennifer McHugh organised two seminar series in 2014: Partnerships with PNG seminar series (5 seminars with 319 attendees), and a new seminar series titled Designed in Cairns (3 seminars in 2014 with 166 attendees). The Partnerships with PNG series was designed to demonstrate the benefits and challenges of working in PNG. The series also touched on developing culturally appropriate relationships and explore the issues and opportunities of working in PNG. The Designed in Cairns series was an initiative through the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) FNQ Committee Chapter that was designed to provide continuing professional development activities for architects and designers generally in the regions.
Jennifer McHugh also organised seminars for visiting scholars, and all provided excellent opportunities for dialogue before and after the event.
Opening events
Other public events
A highlight for 2014 was the TEDxJCUCairns event on 3 October. It attracted huge interest from social media and we have the licence to host it again in 2015. Exhibitions
The Cairns Institute building has been a popular choice for a variety of events, and particularly lends itself to art exhibitions. Three art exhibitions were hosted in 2014 including the Sustainability art exhibition organised by JCU’s Sustainability Club as part of Sustainability Week celebrations. Another exhibition was by local Indigenous artists, Bernard Lee Singleton and Jamie Haines, and the final exhibition was by local artist Steve Royster (see below for more details).
The Cairns Institute building was chosen as the venue for a number of art exhibitions in 2014.
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In April 2014 emerging and established artists and James Cook University students and staff exhibited artworks created to demonstrate and raise awareness about consumerism and different aspects of sustainability and the environment as part of the Sustainability Symposium. Artworks created out of recycled materials were displayed in the Institute building, despite the Cairns festival being postponed due to Cyclone Ita.
Dr Robyn GLADE-WRIGHT 2013 | Ark | Palm bark, paper, string, nylon
Marcia BIRD 2013 | Electrici-tea | Computer cables Ruby BUSSOARD 2014 | Flocks of bikes | Recycled cardboard
Another exhibition was staged in July 2014 by local Indigenous artists, Bernard Lee Singleton and WD (Jamie) Haines. The exhibition, titled Inside-out of Gimuy, coincided with NAIDOC celebrations. Gimuy is the traditional name for Cairns and Inside- Out described the perception of the two artists—on being a Traditional custodian (Bernard) looking out from Gimuy (the inside) and from Jamie who has happily settled in the region and feels like he is looking in from an outsider's perspective. Both artists take their inspiration form the local Gimuy wildlife, environment and traditional stories.
W J HAINES 2014 | Kamillaroi tribe | Scorpion
Bernard Lee SINGLETON 2014 | Djabuguy/Yirrganydji/Umpila | Damarri Ganyarra-djada
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The third art exhibition in 2014 was by local Kuranda artist, Steve Royster. The exhibition was titled Landed and was about the artist’s return to being an artist after ten years of not producing.
Above: Art by Steve Royster
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LINKAGES & PARTNERSHIPS
JCU Partners
In 2014 our work was truly multi-disciplinary with our projects involving partners in many of JCU's colleges and research centres.
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ALTAR
ALTAR, the Anthropological Laboratory for Audiovisual Research, which is housed within The Cairns Institute, was officially launched in July 2014 with the film screening of Manapanmirr, in Christmas spirit made by the new media collective, Miyarrka Media (http://miyarrkamedia.com).
ALTAR founder, Dr Daniela Vávrová, successfully completed her PhD in 2014 and her thesis’ film was selected and screened at several ethnographic film festivals, including the Jean Rouch Film Festival in Paris, the festival of Nordic Anthropological Film Association in Iceland, and the festival of the Society for Visual Anthropology in Washington DC. More film festivals coming up in 2015 have also selected the film. Daniela’s film is a complementary part to her written thesis, ‘Skin has eyes and ears’, Audio-visual ethnography in a Sepik Society, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Jennifer Deger’s work with Miyarrka Media also continued to develop in exciting directions. The Miyarrka team spent six weeks on an overseas tour in 2014 where they launched several exhibitions of their installation art work, as well as participating in film festivals in the US and Denmark.
ALTAR is also involved in two bigger ethnographic film projects to be completed in 2015, both happening in Papua New Guinea. One is An extraordinary wedding, a film by Rosita Henry about marriage, modernity and traditional exchange in the Highlands of PNG. Another film is a portrayal of a Polish missionary and a reflection upon traditional concepts of exchange and negotiation, disclosing the change-producing elements of religion and commodification. Walkabout store was recorded by Daniela Vávrová during her fieldwork in 2011.
In 2015, ALTAR is planning new trilogies for their public film screenings as well as thematic seminars where the audience is invited to watch and discuss films.
You can follow ALTAR on https://espaces.edu.au/altar or https://www.facebook.com/groups/AltarFilms/
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Australian University Partners
In 2014 we collaborated with colleagues in many Australian universities.
Australian National University The University of Newcastle (6)
Charles Darwin University The University of Queensland (4)
CSIRO (4) The University of Western Australia (2)
Griffith University (2) University of New South Wales (13)
Hunter Medical Research Institute (2) University of South Australia
La Trobe University University of Sydney
Menzies School of Health Research (2) University of Technology Sydney
Queensland University of Technology Victoria University (3)
Southern Cross University
Visiting Scholars
The Institute hosted thirteen Visiting Scholars in 2014.
Visitor Organisation Country Dr Azeb Amha Leiden University The Netherlands
Dr René van den Berg SIL International Papua New Guinea
Katherine Bolaños (PhD student) Max Planck Institute (Leipzig) and the University of Texas Germany (Austin)
Dr Vito Bongiorno University of Bonn Germany
Professor Sigmund Grønmo University of Bergen Norway
Martin Kohlberger PhD scholar, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics The Netherlands
Professor Danila Zuljan Kumar Fran Ramovš Institute of Slovenian Language Slovakia
Dr Haijian Li Jiangsu Normal University China
Dr Elspeth Oppermann Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Australia
Dr Karen Sykes University of Manchester United Kingdom
Professor Lourens de Vries Free University of Amsterdam The Netherlands
Ms Xie Wujie Jiangsu Normal University China
Associate Professor Li Yan Shenyang University of Technology China
Associate Professor Nianxing Zhou Nanjing Normal University China
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International University Partners
Association of the Tariana of the Upper Rio Negro Portland State University, USA
Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands University of Aarhus, Denmark
Gujarat Institute of Development Research, India University of Cologne, Germany (3)
Leiden University, The Netherlands (2) University of Liverpool, UK
Moesgård Museum, Denmark University of Victoria, Canada
Pacific Adventist University, Papua New Guinea Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Community & Non-profit Organisation Partners
Much of the research that the Institute conducts is reliant on the partnerships with community and non-profit organisations—our research is largely in the tropics, for the tropics. In 2014 we worked with colleagues from 36 different groups as listed below.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) headspace Cairns Limited Institute for Urban Indigenous Health Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Inc. Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation (JYAC) Aboriginal Medical Service Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory Health CRC (Lowitja Institute CRC) (AMSANT) National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Apunipima Cape York Health Council Organisation (NACCHO)
BackTrack Youth Program North Australian Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service
Brotherhood of St Laurence North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Limited
Catholic Education Office, WA Northern Gulf Resource Management Group
Centacare Townsville NQ Dry Tropics
Condamine Alliance Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, VIC
Central Wet Tropics Institute for Country and Culture Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council Aboriginal Corporation (CWITICC) Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Inc Echo Creek Cultural Centre Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples’ Alliance (RAPA) Edmund Rice Education Australia Telethon Institute for Child Health Research EIDOS Institute Ltd Terrain Natural Resource Management Fitzroy Basin Association Incorporated Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Limited George Institute for Global Health Australia Waminda Women's Health and Welfare Service Aboriginal Girringun Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) Corporation
Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service Wontulp-Bi-Buya College
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Australian Government Agencies & Department Partners
In 2014 Professor Natalie Stoeckl was appointed as one of the 12 members of the new Science and Innovation Advisory Council, a key initiative from the Government’s Science and Innovation Action Plan that was launched towards the end of 2013. The Advisory Council will provide independent guidance, investment advice and review progress against Queensland Government priorities and the specific roles of the Advisory Council will be to:
• Identify and propose appropriate recommendations on emerging trends and issues that could potentially impact on Queensland’s science and innovation system • Provide advice on mechanisms for improving research and development (R&D) coordination, planning and innovation across sectors involving government agencies, universities and industry including international collaborations • Provide advice to the Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts on future science and innovation investments • Keep the government’s science and research priorities under review and make recommendations to the Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts on future priorities and progress against them.
We also value our partnerships with Australian government agencies and departments, which included the following in 2014:
Cape York NRM Queensland Health Mental Health Branch
Central Australian Aboriginal Family Law Unit Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective Chancellor Park School Regional Development Australia Far North Queensland & Department of Health NT Torres Strait Inc (RDA FNQ&TS)
Education Qld Reef Catchments
Education Qld Transition Support Services South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMII) Gosford Medicare Local Torres Strait Regional Authority Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Victoria Department of Education & Early Childhood Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia Development
Legal Aid Queensland Victoria Legal Aid
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA)
NT Department of Education & Children's Services
Queensland Health
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MEDIA & PUBLIC OUTREACH
Newsletter
The Cairns Institute also produced a quarterly newsletter with each issue going to all JCU staff plus a mailing list of over 700 recipients. Towards the end of 2014 a designer was contracted to update the newsletter format resulting in a far more professional looking publication.
Sample pages from the Cairns Institute newsletter
Social Media
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Media Coverage – Examples
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MEDIA RELEASE – July 29, 2014
Working for World Heritage status The work of James Cook University researchers at a potential World Heritage site in Papua New Guinea will be detailed at a free public lecture at The Cairns Institute on Thursday (July 31).
Former head of the Wet Tropics Management Authority Peter Hitchcock and James Cook University PhD candidate in
Anthropology Jennifer Gabriel have been working with JCU colleagues and PNG partners on developing initiatives to raise awareness, repatriate research, and increase local community engagement in the Nakanai Caves. The caves were listed on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List by the Papua New Guinea government in 2006.
Ms Gabriel said an environmental study by Conservation International in 2009 identified more than 100 new species of animals in the Nakanai Mountain Ranges including a striking, yellow-spotted species of frog, previously unknown to science.
“However, there are numerous threats to the conservation of the area, including industrial mining, logging, and agriculture,” she said.
“In this presentation, we outline past and current initiatives to raise awareness about the caves and outline proposals for community engagement, knowledge repatriation, and cultural heritage mapping.
“Current initiatives involve an ARC Linkage Grant collaboration with industry partner, Archaeological Heritage Management Solutions (AHMS).”
This will be the last seminar in the partnerships with PNG Seminar series which began in 2013. The series was designed to demonstrate the benefits and challenges of working in PNG and to touch on developing culturally appropriate relationships.
The free presentation, The Nakanai Caves of Papua New Guinea: Community, conservation and cultural heritage, is at 1-2pm on Thursday July 31 at The Cairns Institute. It will be videolinked to Townsville at JCU’s Behavioural Sciences, Building 4, Room 027.
Please register at https://alumni.jcu.edu.au/TCIEvents
MEDIA INFORMATION: For more information contact Andrew Lane on 0429 576 659..
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PUBLICATIONS
2014 Publication List
In 2014 Institute staff, Tropical Leaders and their teams, Research Fellows, Visiting Scholars and Adjuncts produced 14 books, 47 book chapters, 74 journal articles, 23 conference papers, 23 reports, 2 theses, 1 video, 1 exhibition, and 2 blog posts. The list of 2014 publications can be viewed online.
AWARDS & PEER RECOGNITION
Honours & Awards
In 2014 Chris Cunneen’s distinguished career in social sciences in Australia was recognised when he was elected Fellow of the Academy for Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).
In 2014 Professor Natalie Stoeckl was appointed as one of the 12 members of the newly-formed Science and Innovation Advisory Council. The Advisory Council was a key initiative from the Government’s Science and Innovation Action Plan that was launched towards the end of 2013. The Advisory Council will provide independent guidance, investment advice and review progress against Queensland Government priorities.
PhD student, Kerryn Brack, was awarded a JCU Inclusive Practice Award in 2014 for her exceptional commitment to student support and enhancing the educational experience of students through their flexible and inclusive academic and work practices. The Inclusive Practice Awards, hosted by AccessAbility Services during Disability Action Week, recognise both academic and professional staff who have been nominated by students studying with a disability, illness or health condition.
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SERVICES TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
Editors
The Director and a number of The Cairns Institute Tropical Leaders are editors for academic journals and book series.
Rank Publication Publisher Role Name 1 ISI
Brill’s studies in language, Brill Series Editors Alexandra Aikhenvald cognition and culture RMW Dixon
Environmental Sociology Taylor & Francis Foundation Editor Stewart Lockie
Explorations in Linguistic Oxford University Series Co-editors Alexandra Aikhenvald Typology Press RMW Dixon
Institute of Criminology Institute of Series Editor Chris Cunneen Monograph Series Criminology
Journal of Environmental Routledge Executive Editor-in-Chief Bob Stevenson 1 Education
Journal of Language Contact Brill Associate Editor Alexandra Aikhenvald
1Journal citation reports (JCR) via ISI Web of Knowledge journal ranking
Editorial Boards
Many of the Institute’s researchers are members of editorial boards for academic publications.
Rank Publication Publisher Role Name 1 ISI
African Review of Economics University of Stirling Editorial Board, Member Komla Tsey and Finance (AREF)
Anthropological Forum Routledge International Advisory Board Ton Otto 1
Anthropological Linguistics Indiana University Editorial Board RMW Dixon
Anthropological Notebooks Slovenian International Editorial Board Ton Otto 1 Anthropological Society
The Asia Pacific Journal of Routledge Advisory Board Ton Otto 1 Anthropology
Australian Indigenous Law Indigenous Law Editorial Board Chris Cunneen Review Centre, UNSW
Australian Journal of Cambridge International Advisory Board Bob Stevenson Environmental Education University Press
Bio Med Research BioMed Central Ltd Editorial Board Member Komla Tsey 1 International: Public Health
Brill’s studies in language, Brill Editorial Board Ton Otto cognition and culture
Canadian Journal of Lakehead University Editorial Board Bob Stevenson Environmental Education
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Rank Publication Publisher Role Name 1 ISI
Crime Media Culture Sage International Advisory Editorial Chris Cunneen 1 Board
Current Issues in Criminal Institute of Editorial Board Chris Cunneen Justice Criminology Press
Ecosystem Health and Ecological Society of Editorial Board Stewart Lockie Sustainability America
Environmental Education Routledge International Advisory Board Bob Stevenson 1 Research
Glossa Universidad del Review Board Alexandra Aikhenvald Turabo
International Journal of Sage Editorial Board Stewart Lockie 1 Comparative Sociology
International Journal of Crime, Queensland International Editorial Board Chris Cunneen Justice and Social Democracy University of Technology - Crime and Justice Research Centre
Ítalian Journal of Linguistics Fabrizio Serra Advisory Board Alexandra Aikhenvald (Rivista Italiana di linguistica e Editore di Dialettologia)
Language and Linguistics Wiley-Blackwell Editorial Board Alexandra Aikhenvald Compass
Lincom Studies in Native Lincom Europa Member of Advisory Alexandra Aikhenvald American Linguistics Board
The Oxford Guides to the Oxford University Advisory Board Alexandra Aikhenvald World’s Languages Press [Book series]
Restorative Justice. An Hart Publishing Ltd. International Advisory Board Chris Cunneen International Journal
Sociolinguistic Studies Equinox Publishing Editorial Board Angeliki Alvanoudi Ltd.
Sociologia Ruralis European Society Editorial Board Stewart Lockie 1 for Rural Sociology (ESRS)
Sociology of Development University of Editorial Board Stewart Lockie California Press
Studia Linguistica Wiley-Blackwell Editorial Board Alexandra Aikhenvald
Studies in Functional and John Benjamins Book Series Editor and Alexandra Aikhenvald Structural Linguistics Editorial Board
Tourism Economics IP Publishing Ltd Editorial Board Natalie Stoeckl 1
Youth Justice: An International Sage Editorial Board Chris Cunneen Journal
1Journal citation reports (JCR) via ISI Web of Knowledge journal ranking
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Participation on Professional & Review Committees
Two Tropical Leaders and the Director of the Institute are Fellows of the prestigious Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA). Fellowship of ASSA is an honour conferred for scholarly distinction in research or the advancement of social sciences.
Academy Role Name
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Elected member Alexandra Aikhenvald
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Elected member Chris Cunneen
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Elected member Stewart Lockie
Many of the Institute’s researchers and Tropical Leaders are members of professional associations, peak government, community, and industry groups. They also serve on advisory panels and committees and review funding applications for key bodies including the Australian Research Council.
Committee Role Name
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Member Natalie Stoeckl
Australian Research Council Research proposal reviewer Stewart Lockie
Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Member Natalie Stoeckl
Economic Society of Australia Member Natalie Stoeckl
Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica Member of International Advisory Alexandra Aikhenvald Committee
International Council for Science (ICSU) Committee for Scientific Planning Stewart Lockie and Review (2013–2017)
International Institute of Fisheries Economics (2014 Scientific Committee Member Natalie Stoeckl Conference) (reviewer)
International Society of Ecological Economics Member Natalie Stoeckl
International Sociological Association Research Committee Board of Governors Member 2006– Stewart Lockie on Environment and Society (RC24) present; President 2010–2014
International Sociological Association World Congress of Program Convenor. Yokohama 13– Stewart Lockie Sociology, Research Committee on Environment and Society 19 July 2014 – Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Environmental Sociology (2014)
Leadership in Mental Health: Island Nations course Course Advisory Committee Janya McCalman
Lowitja Institute sponsored National Family Wellbeing Convenor Komla Tsey Roundtable, Adelaide, March 2014
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Reviewer Natalie Stoeckl
The Science and Innovation Advisory Council for the QLD Member Natalie Stoeckl Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
Third Biennial Congress Lowitja, Melbourne, March 2014 Chair of Scientific Committee Komla Tsey
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Committee Role Name
Society for Risk Analysis - Australia & New Zealand Elected member Catherine Mei Ling (SRA-ANZ) Wong
Summer Institute of Linguistics International Linguistic Consultant Alexandra Aikhenvald
Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge Research Member Natalie Stoeckl Consortium (from CDU)
TropWATER – Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Theme Leader – Socioeconomic Natalie Stoeckl Ecosystem Research systems and Natural Resource Management
Invited Keynote & Plenary Presentations
Some examples of invited and plenary speaker engagements by Cairns Institute researchers are listed below.
Presentation Role Name
Leiden University, February 2014 Plenary lecture Alexandra Aikhenvald
PNG Linguistic Society, Living in many languages: Between Plenary lecture Alexandra Aikhenvald Tok Pisin and Tok Ples, Madang 20 September 2014
Working in the tropics: Challenges and delights, Tropical Plenary lecture Alexandra Aikhenvald Research Network (Cairns Conference)
Subjugated knowledges and the coloniality of power, British Keynote speaker Chris Cunneen Society of Criminology Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, 9-12 July 2014
Beyond the north south culture wars Inaugural Professorial Lecture Allan Dale
ADC forum, Townsville Invited speaker Allan Dale
Post cinematic ethnography, Royal Anthropological Institute, Invited talk and screening Jennifer Deger London
Temporal scales of justice and sustainability: Aboriginal Invited paper at Plenary Session Stewart Lockie peoples and environmental governance in the ‘wild’ landscapes of northern Australia, International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama 13–19 July 2014
Sociological perspectives on climate change, International Invited paper Stewart Lockie symposium on deciphering global risks: Global warming in action, University of Tokyo, 20 July 2014
The spread of FWB, Family wellbeing roundtable, Lowitja Invited presentation Janya McCalman Institute, 6-7 March 2014, Adelaide.
Tradition – Continuity or change, Goethe University in Keynote speaker Ton Otto Frankfurt, Germany
Australian Association for Environmental Education Research Invited keynote dialogue Bob Stevenson Symposium, 31 October 2014, Hobart presentation
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Presentation Role Name
58th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Keynote speaker Anne Stephens Systems Sciences, Washington DC, USA & workshop facilitator
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet convened National Invited keynote Komla Tsey Conference on social and emotional wellbeing, Brisbane 11 June 2014
Other Services to the Academic Community
A small number of examples of services that the Institute's researchers provided to the wider academic community in 2014 are listed below.
Janya McCalman is a current reviewer for: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR); JMIR Serious Games (JSG); BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth; Sex Education; Australian Journal of Primary Health; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; BMC Public Health; and Health Promotion Journal of Australia.
Stewart Lockie is a member of the Australasian Agri-Food Research Network; Australian and Oceanic Network for Rural Social Research and Community Development; the International Rural Sociology Association; and the International Association for Impact Assessment.
Alexandra Aikhenvald was an invited editor of The Cambridge handbook of linguistic typology (Cambridge University Press) and The Oxford handbook of evidentiality (Oxford University Press). She is also an external reviewer for: ARC (ALF, DP, DECRA, LP schemes); National Science Foundation, USA; Netherlands Scientific Council, The Netherlands; European Science Foundation; and the Swiss Science Foundation; and she regularly reviews articles for publications including: International Journal of American Linguistics; Anthropological Linguistics; American Anthropologist; Journal of Language Contact; and Studies in Language.
Natalie Stoeckl is a regular reviewer for: Tourism Management; Journal of Environmental Management; Australian Journal of Environmental Management; Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Journal of Sustainable Tourism; Tourism Management; Biological Conservation; and Spatial economic analysis; and occasional reviewer for Nature (Climate Change); PLOS-One; Papers in Regional Science; Water Resources Research; and Annals of Tourism Research
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