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The Mushroom Murder case illuminates historical gender patterns in poisoning
Article by: Professor Carolyn Strange. Erin Patterson’s sentence to life in prison for three poisoning murders and an attempted murder has captured world-wide attention this year. Although the trial judge was critical of the intense media interest in the case, he joined the press in…
2025 CASS Awards
Celebrating excellence across teaching and professional contributions, the 2025 CASS staff awards were presented on Thursday 4 December. This year, the College continued to demonstrate national leadership in research and teaching performance. Dean, Professor Bronwyn Parry highlighted that CASS…
CASS academics inducted to the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts
Professor Melinda Cooper and Professor Caillan Davenport are among the 90 new members appointed to the 2026 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,…
Is AI changing how we write? Meet the novelist exploring how tech shapes our creativity
Associate Professor Lucy Neave wants to understand how writers have adapted to technological innovation over the past 65 years.You may expect an award-winning writer to spend her years studying at university penning novels. But while Associate Professor Lucy Neave spent a lot of her spare time…
Funding success among CASS early career researchers
Three researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) have received support for their projects through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme. Dr Mohammed Alsudairi, Dr Anna Florin and Dr…
2025 Australian Election Study reveals factors that led to ‘unprecedented’ Labor win
The Labor Party’s landslide victory at the polls in 2025 was shaped by several factors, including a clear advantage on policy issues, the relative popularity of Anthony Albanese and strong support from younger voters and women, according to a major study of Australian political attitudes and…
Just 18 firms won 50 per cent of federal Indigenous procurement spending: new study
Article by Dr Christian Eva, Research Fellow, POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research.Australia’s decade-old Indigenous Procurement Policy has been hailed by both sides of politics as a success in Indigenous economic policy.Started in 2015 as a way to address under-investment in Indigenous…