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19
Jan
2016

Psychosocial therapy to people at risk of suicide in the Danish Suicide Prevention Clinics: a register-based multicenter study

Seminar

Although people after self-harm are at elevated risks of repeating self-harm as well as dying by suicide and other causes of death, the evidence for effective interventions is meager. Danish Suicide Prevention Clinics have since 1992 offered psychosocial therapy to persons at risk of suicide in an…

17
Jan
2016

ACSPRI summer program 2016

Workshop & workshop

The Australian Corsortium for Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI) will be running small group, 'hands on', 5 day intensive courses in social research methods and research technology during the summer break at the ANU and University of Melbourne. The ANU is an ACSPRI member organisation…

06
Jan
2016

Using sound to explain scientific data

Lecture/seminar

Professor Dr David Worrall presents Sonification of Scientific Data for Investigation and Public Communication. Sonification can been concisely defined as the use of nonspeeech audio to convey information. It is usually described as the auditory equivalent of…

17
Dec
2015

Measures for comparing the mortality history of cohorts

Lecture

The commonly used period life expectancy comparisons between populations correspond to juxtapositions of current mortality levels. To construct actual life expectancies as experienced by cohorts one needs complete historical series of mortality, which are only found in a subset of developed…

10
Dec
2015

The Levant Crisis: Syria, Iraq and the Region

Conference

The Syrian civil war has killed thousands and displaced millions, with dire economic, social and political implications not just for Syrians, but neighbouring countries, the region, and wider international community. But what has caused the worst humanitarian disaster of our time? What do we need…

09
Dec
2015

School of Art Postgraduate Coursework Exhibition 2015

Entertainment

Michelle Hallinan, Walking Canberra - a personal cartography (detail), 2015   Reception: 9 December 2015 6:00pm The ANU School of Art is proud to invite you to its Postgraduate Coursework Exhibition 2015. The exhibition showcases the work of students completing awards in our postgraduate…

09
Dec
2015

Postgraduate Coursework Exhibition 2015

Entertainment

Reception: 09 December 2015 6:00pm The ANU School of Art is proud to invite you to its Postgraduate Coursework Exhibition 2015. The exhibition showcases the work of students completing awards in our postgraduate coursework programs. Jonathan Ely | Master of Visual Arts, Sculpture Michelle…