College of Arts & Social Sciences
Research is for Everyone title
Celebrating the incredible 2024 ANU Student Research Conference
In a lofty space, naturally framed by timber beams – better known as the Kambri Superfloor, a cohort of intelligent and passionate students at the Australian National University came together to present their coursework research in front of a welcoming audience of staff, students, and community members. This was the scene of the much-anticipated 2024 Student Research Conference.
‘We must do more’: Non-Indigenous businesses struggling to boost Indigenous staff numbers title
Indigenous-owned businesses in Australia employ Indigenous staff at a rate 12 times higher than non-Indigenous-owned businesses, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
Aussies above 50 are living longer, while younger people are suffering title
Australians under 50 are experiencing stagnating life expectancy while older cohorts, especially men, are living longer, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).
The study examined longevity trends and patterns in six English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) and compared them with other high-income countries.
Graduate Certificate of Professional Archaeology title
The program is designed to provide a pathway for students into professional archaeology and heritage management and/or further postgraduate study and research in the archaeological sciences, or for those already working in the commercial space to enhance and refine their knowledge of professional archaeology skills. The Professional Archaeology program combines fieldwork methodologies, report writing and cultural heritage assessment with first-hand learning in First Nations engagement and collaboration, and the significant role that indigenous communities play in archaeology.
Kapow! ANU researcher uses comic books to explain green finance title
By Luis Perez
It wasn’t until she found herself lining up for a 300-metre head-to-head race on horseback that Associate Professor Caroline Schuster truly understood the meaning of financial speculation in rural Paraguay.
By the time she was ready to gallop bareback atop Cohete – the fierce horse that would carry her to victory – she had spent a year in the country studying sesame farming and the dubious business of climate-based insurances.
Benjamin Netanyahu is triumphant after Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination. But will it change anything? title
By CAIS Research Scholar Ian Parmeter
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed a major victory following the assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, saying it would change “the balance of power in the region for years to come”.
‘Growth comes from outside your comfort zone’: why Olympian Emma McKeon refused to give up title
Article by Elaine Obran.
Emma McKeon has always loved being in the water.
When she was very little, she wanted to become a dolphin trainer, a dream that quickly faded when she took her first swimming lesson at age five. By the time McKeon was 12, she had started swimming competitively, and this early love became something much more. It was an Olympic dream.
The language universe is shrinking – can we stop it? title
Languages across the planet are disappearing at an alarming rate. ANU psycholinguist Evan Kidd believes multilingual societies are key to reversing this trend.
Before 1788, the number of languages spoken in Australia was at least 300 – though experts estimate there may have been more than 700.
Today, only 12 are still being learnt as a first language by children.
The United Nations has warned that 3,000 languages could disappear before the end of the century at a rate of one every two weeks.
Postgraduate Study Options: History Webinar title
With internationally renowned teaching staff, and surrounded by national cultural institutions, ANU is a historian’s dream.
Studying the Master of History at ANU, you can draw upon our prize-winning teaching and research in Australian, North American, ancient, early modern and modern European, and British history, and the expertise of our leading centres for Indigenous history, environmental history, and biography.
Postgraduate Study Options: General and Applied Linguistics Webinar title
The field of linguistics encompasses the nature of different languages and the nature of language as a cognitive and social phenomenon.
In the Master of General and Applied Linguistics, you will explore diverse topics across general and applied linguistics areas including structural linguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, language contact, language teaching, language and culture, social interaction, forensic linguistics and language documentation.