Research stories
Why do we find it so hard to move on from the 80s?
By Associate Professor Frank Bongiorno, ANU School of History Why is it that the current darling of the pop scene, Taylor Swift, called her best-selling album (released in 2014) 1989? It was, granted, the year of her birth - but among her inspirations for it, she cited the 80s pop group Fine…
Spanish rock star Rosendo at ANU
One of Spain’s most influential rock stars Rosendo Mercado will perform with School of Music students at The Australian National University (ANU) on Friday ahead of his gig at ANU on Saturday 2 April. The rock star who is known to his fans only by his first name, will be available for a…
Gap between rich and poor extends to views on retirement age: poll
By Matthew Gray and Rob Bray, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Only a minority of Australians favour current policy settings to increase the Age Pension age, according to the recently released ANU poll on ageing and money. Across the population only 15% of those polled in October…
Making Love — and Nations
Why was love across ethnic boundaries in colonial nations so dangerous? For one thing, it threatened to wrench nations apart because it risked binding them together. By Professor Ann McGrath, Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, ANU Staunchly opposed to marriages outside his nation…
New ANU project to research post-election disputes and their causes
An Australian National University political scientist has won an esteemed ARC grant for an international project investigating why some political parties in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia reject election results. Dr Svitlana Chernykh, an ANU School of Politics and International Relations lecturer…
Cabinet papers 1990: from little things, Australia’s asylum seeker policy grew
By Associate Professor Frank Bongiorno, ANU School of History The Keating government’s decision to introduce mandatory detention of asylum seekers in 1992 has long been recognised as a progenitor of the hardline policies that have been increasingly a feature of this fraught area of policy. Kerry…
Hello Barbie, hello hackers: accessing personal data will be child’s play
By Emmeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Sociology, Australian National University and Katina Michael, Associate Professor, School of Information Systems and Technology, University of Wollongong At the top of some children’s Christmas present wish list this year will…