List of Authors

Caroline Beasley

Caroline moved to from Tasmania to study Arts/Law in 2011. Her interest in Australian history led her to explore the way in which Indigenous Australians have so often been excluded from the Australian story. She is also interested in the status of Indigenous peoples in from a legal perspective, and is looking forward to continuing her involvement with the ANU Law School’s Ready 4 Recognition group after coming back from exchange at Trinity College Dublin in July 2014. She hopes to pursue an honours project in this area in the future. Email: [email protected]

Nyomi Bourbous

Science in general has always intrigued Nyomi, but when she first came to the ANU she had no idea of the field in which she wanted to specialise. In her first and second years Nyomi was introduced to genetics and was hooked, believing that she had found her calling. In addition, she is also interested in evolutionary theory specifically pertaining to humans. She is currently in her final undergraduate year and has aspirations to complete honours in biological anthropology next year. She adores studying and acquiring new knowledge and it is her aspiration that one day she may be able to carry out her own research. Email: [email protected]

Kieran Browne

Kieran is in his final semester of a Bachelor of Digital Arts. His research has been concerned with the intersection of art and science and the globalisation of modern art theory in the latter part of the twentieth century. He is interested in historical and non-Western art theories, especially that of Indian and ‘oriental’ modernisms that have been ‘discovered’ by Western art discourse in recent years. His art practice and development of a theoretical framework owes much to the expansion of art discourse. Kieran hopes to continue working as a practising artist after his university studies. Email: [email protected] xiii The ANU Undergraduate Research Journal Andrew Chua

Andrew graduated from the ANU with a Bachelor of Arts in July 2013, majoring in political science and ancient history. Andrew will be starting Bachelor of Arts (Honours) program from February 2014, with his thesis based on the politics of state-building in the Occupied Territories. Email: [email protected]

Dominie Dessaix

Dominie is a third-year Bachelor of Arts student, majoring in linguistics and philosophy. Her main interests are philosophy of mind and psychology, cognitive science, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. She is fascinated by questions involving interdisciplinary work, or that have answers bearing on work done in many disciplines. Some of these questions are the nature of explanation, consciousness, and the role of language in what makes human activity unique. Dominie is also interested in how findings from linguistics might inform, and perhaps ‘naturalise’, the philosophy of language, and how the biological sciences might interact with linguistics, philosophy, and the humanities more generally. She hopes to begin honours mid-semester 2014, either single honours in philosophy, or combined honours in philosophy and linguistics. Email: [email protected]

Sebastian Klich

Sebastian is an international relations honours student specialising in Middle Eastern studies. His thesis uses a constructivist framework to analyse the identity and contested sovereignty of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, hence he chose to focus on the strategic and regional implications of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s unilateral natural resource management for this essay. After completing honours he hopes to complete a PhD at the ANU, conducting research into how social theory in international relations can provide a better understanding of how unrecognised states function in international society. Email: [email protected]

xiv List of Authors Guy Leech

Guy is an environmental science student (and tutor) who came to the ANU to study animals, and ended up studying climate. Despite dropping out of high school, he’s enjoying himself now. His future plans include honours studying past climate change, and delicious cheese. Email: [email protected]

William Lutwyche

After working in Western and Northern Africa in 2009, William moved to the ANU from Tasmania to pursue his interest and passion for International Development. Throughout his time in Canberra, William has worked extensively with the Youth- led development NGO the Oaktree Foundation and completed internships at the Australian Council for International Development and also a human rights based internship in Cape Town, South Africa. During 2013, William was awarded First Class Honours in Development Studies. His work in this journal formed part of the coursework required for this award. This Gender and Development based article links strongly with William's thesis topic but also is related to his experiences and knowledge of social development. Beyond 2013, he plans to search for jobs in development consultancy both in Australia and abroad. Additionally, he hopes to continue his passion for research to better understand and formulate solutions to some of the world's most complex social problems. Email: [email protected]

Amanda Joyce Neilson

Amanda will graduate from a Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Hons) in July, 2014. She has recently completed her Honours Thesis in law, which focuses on the development of national security jurisprudence in the High Court of Australia. Amanda has been has involved in many aspects of student life during her time at the ANU. These have included leadership positions at Bruce Hall, ANU Students’ Association and ANU Student Media (Woroni). In 2014, Amanda will commence an internship in the civil law division of the Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Association in Darwin, NT. She hopes to maintain her passion for social justice and community service throughout her career, wherever that may lead. Email: [email protected]

xv The ANU Undergraduate Research Journal Susan Yuan Wen Nheu

Susan is currently in the second year of studying Bachelor of Music and at the beginning of Bachelor of Laws at ANU. Susan is studying classical singing and musicology as part of her music degree, and she is in the process of exploring different areas in law before deciding on a specialization later on in her studies. Her essay: ‘A genuine collaboration in text and music: L’Enfant et les sortilèges (‘The Child and the Enchantments’)’ was a self-devised research topic completed while studying ‘Writing About Music’ in 2013. Email: [email protected]

Sam Osborne

Sam Osborne is a sixth year combined Law/Asian studies (specialist) student currently completing his honours thesis in international law. His focus areas of study include Chinese studies and Mandarin, as well as international and human rights law. In 2012 he undertook a year of intensive language study at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and hopes to complete his Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 2014. His aim is to pursue a career in international law, either as a practising lawyer or in the field of policy advice relating to the development of adequate justice and governance frameworks in the Asia-Pacific region. Email: [email protected]

Rebecca Preston

Rebecca grew up in Sydney and moved to Canberra in 2010 to study a combined degree of Arts/Law. She is majoring in history and is completing her final subjects to finish her arts degree. She intends to do honours in history in 2014. Her first essay on the Irish Rockite movement was inspired by her exchange to Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, which sparked her interest in early Irish rebellions and political history. Email: [email protected]

xvi List of Authors Alexandra Smith

Alexandra is in her fifth year of a double degree in Law and Development Studies. She is interested in protecting the legal rights of Indigenous offenders in the criminal justice system. She completed an Aurora Native Title Internship with the Aboriginal Justice Centre, Canberra, where she was exposed to the concept of restorative justice. During this internship she completed a proposal for the construction of a multijurisdictional Magistrate’s Court offering on-site social welfare services based on the principles of restorative justice. In the future, she hopes to work in criminal law on behalf of defendants. Email: [email protected]

Benjamin A. Smith

Benjamin is an undergraduate student at the ANU College of Law, with an interest in criminal law and social justice. He has written a number of submissions to government agencies on issues relating to police powers, violent street crime, privacy, sexting, slavery and slaver-like conditions. These were undertaken in a private capacity with practicing academics and through Civil Liberties Australia. He has recently had papers accepted for publication in the Privacy Law Bulletin. Email: [email protected]

Harita Sridhar

Harita is a development studies/law student who wrote this policy brief as an assessment for a development course. She thoroughly enjoyed researching and writing the brief as the development of Global South nations is one of Harita’s passionate interests in which she hopes to pursue a career. Email: [email protected]

xvii The ANU Undergraduate Research Journal Nan Sun

Nan graduated from the ANU with a B. Science/B.Arts double degree in December, 2013. Her submission to AURJ 2013 was initially written for a linguistics course she took at the ANU. Inspired by Lean In, a best seller written by Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg, Nan decided to approach her topic from a gender point of view. Nan plans to pursue an MBA degree in the US in the near future. Email: [email protected]

Jillian Wales

Jillian didn’t study history in her final years of secondary school, yet at the ANU it has become not only her arts major, but her passion. Over four years of study she has developed a particular interest in the diverse and complex history of World War II, principally in relation to the experiences of citizens living in Nazi Germany. German resistance, more specifically women’s resistance within Germany, is commonly downplayed as insignificant. Jillian seeks to dispel this notion by demonstrating that the efforts of dissident women should not be overlooked. Email: [email protected]

Wenjia Wang

Wenjia Wang is a student from the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science, with a double major in mechanical and material systems, and renewable energy systems. She transferred to the ANU from Beijing Institute of Technology in July 2011. Her background in renewable energy stems from Wenjia’s interest in studying the issues of resource shortages and sustainable development. Wenjia graduated in December 2013, and she is currently applying to postgraduate schools in the United States to further her study in renewable energy-related subjects. Email: [email protected]

Huan Zheng and Yale Wong

Huan Zheng is a third-year arts student majoring in environmental studies and sociology. She is passionate about biodiversity conservation, sustainability xviii List of Authors and gender studies. Yale Wong is a student of geography and economics in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) — Science. He has a passionate interest in sustainability issues, particularly relating to transportation planning and policy. As residents of Fenner Hall, Huan and Yale are acutely aware of the quantities of sanitary paper used, hence the material stocks and flows analysis conducted. Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

xix This text taken from The ANU Undergraduate Research Journal Volume Five 2013, published 2014 by ANU Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.