Research stories
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…
A musical metamorphosis: Kenneth Lampl is mastering the art of reinvention
From his jazz roots to scoring music for Hollywood and Pokémon, Professor Kenneth Lampl has never missed a beat. There’s no better gift for a budding musician than growing up in New Jersey – home to one of the world’s greatest jazz scenes. Music was ever-present in childhood for ANU…
ANU project to document the history of grandparenting in Australia
The history of grandparenting in Australia is being documented for the first time in a new project led by experts from The Australian National University (ANU).According to the research team, while grandparents play a fundamental role in many families, including sharing the load of caring for…
Grandparenting tells us much about our history - It’s important to preserve these stories
By Liz Allen, Australian National University; Alexandra Dellios, Australian National University; Emily Gallagher, Australian National University; Francesco Ricatti, Australian National University; Nathalie Nguyen, Monash University, and Tanya Evans…
CASS researchers awarded nearly $5M in ARC Discovery Projects
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) have been awarded nine Discovery Project (DP) grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), securing a total of $4.96 million to help expand Australia’s knowledge base and research capability.…
How ANU set the scene for Emily Maguire’s award-winning novel, Rapture
When readers pick up Rapture, the award-winning seventh novel by acclaimed author Emily Maguire, they’re immediately immersed in the world of 9th century Europe.But there’s a little bit of modern-day life at the Australian National University within those pages too.“Canberra is in the soil of the…
Oldest evidence of mummification uncovered by ANU experts
The earliest known evidence of mummification has been uncovered by archaeologists at The Australian National University (ANU), with the remains from burials at sites across southeastern Asia dating back more than 10,000 years. According to the researchers, it was common for ancient hunter-…