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ANU academic to advise UN on global drug use and imprisonment
A leading academic in criminology at The Australian National University (ANU) has been invited to offer his expertise to the United Nations and World Health Organisation (WHO) in its global push to tackle drug-related crime and rising incarceration. Dr Jason Payne, senior lecturer at the ANU…
ANU leads first Australia-Iran dialogue in a decade
Leading education, diplomatic, and business officials from Australia and Iran have held their first high-level talks since the regular gathering was suspended a decade ago.ANU Chancellor and former Australian Foreign Minister, Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans, and Distinguished Professor Amin Saikal…
Q&A: Young scholar wins NATO Defense College Fellowship
A young scholar in the Australian National University’s Centre for European Studies is heading to Rome to start her fellowship with the NATO Defense College. Elizabeth Buchanan, (PhD expected ’17), who is also a Europa Fellow at the Centre, will study the military alliance’s Arctic strategy during…
Q&A: Dr Andrew Glikson on the Plutocene age
Taken individually, climate change and the threat of nuclear war each hold the potential to change the face of the earth and life on earth as we know it. A new book by earth and paleoclimate scientist Dr Andrew Glikson of the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology projects a scenario in which…
Canadian political scientist visiting ANU to study electoral system
Endeavour Research Fellow Dr Holly Ann Garnett has been fascinated by political science and elections since childhood.A postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, Dr Garnett is currently a visiting scholar at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations as part of her…
Pianist brings unique flair to ANU School of Music
The ANU School of Music's newest appointment says it is important to her that she seeks out ways to create, design and curate music that reflects a changing, contemporary cultural scene. Ukrainian-born pianist Sonya Lifschitz will join the School of Music as a Lecturer in Performance and…
Pianist brings unique flair to ANU School of Music
The ANU School of Music's newest appointment says it is important to her that she seeks out ways to create, design and curate music that reflects a changing, contemporary cultural scene. Ukrainian-born pianist Sonya Lifschitz will join the School of Music as a Lecturer in Performance and…