Research stories
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,…
CASS researchers awarded 2.75$ million in ARC Discovery Projects
4 minute readSix 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 our…
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 (…
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…
‘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…
CASS early career researchers awarded $1.3M in ARC funding
3 minute readThe ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) has received funding for three groundbreaking research projects through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.Dr Francis Markham, Dr James O’Donnell and Dr Millicent Weber are…
CASS researchers awarded nearly $2M in ARC Future Fellowships scheme
2 minute readTwo academics from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) have been awarded Future Fellowship grants by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Over the next four years, they will receive a combined total of almost $2 million in funding to advance their groundbreaking…