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30
Nov
2023

Two CASS members join the ARC College of Experts

1 minute read Professor Darren Halpin and Professor Brenda Croft are among the 99 new members appointed to the 2024 Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts. The ARC College of Experts plays a vital role in advising the Australian Government on the national direction of research…

30
Nov
2023

CASS researchers strive to preserve Australia’s multilingual identity

4 minute read Researchers from the ANU School of Literature, Language & Linguistics are working in the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA), an inter-university project that will facilitate accessibility of large language collections in Australia. We are building a strong foundation…

28
Nov
2023

Voters rejected Voice due to fears of division: ANU study

Two-in-three Australians, 66.1 per cent, who voted ‘no’ to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament said they rejected the proposed constitutional change because it would divide the nation, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). The survey,…

28
Nov
2023

CASS researchers awarded 2.75$ million in ARC Discovery Projects

4 minute read Six researchers in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) have been awarded funding in the 2024 round of Discovery Projects, sharing in a total of $220.2 million from the Australian Research Council. Both the internally and externally led projects are a testament to…

17
Nov
2023

COVID takes a toll on young Australians’ education

One-in-two high school students say COVID-19 hampered their education, with those with a disability the group reporting they’d fallen the most behind their peers, Australia’s largest survey of young Australians has found. The 10-year GENERATION study, led by The Australian National University (…

27
Oct
2023

Professor Bronwyn Parry awarded $16 million in European Research Council funding

2 minute read In an Australian first for social science, Professor Bronwyn Parry, Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University (ANU) and her European collaborators have been awarded a $16 million Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to…

29
Sep
2023

‘You’re constantly worrying’: pregnant women, bushfire smoke and the impossibility of safety

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article by Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen (School of Sociology, ANU), Professor Celia Roberts (School of Sociology, ANU), Professor Lousia Allen (Faculty of Education and Social…