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Dr Paul Hodge & Dr Faith Curtis on Nurturing Strengths and Challenging Myths

6 Mar

Our Dr Paul Hodge and Dr Faith Curtis have put together an important report entitled ‘Nurturing Strengths, Challenging Myths: People seeking asylum and the role of support and advocacy organisations‘. It focusses on stories of practitioners in advocacy and support … Read More »

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New Year, More Development Studies!

10 Jan

Welcome to 2018! We hope all new and continuing students and staff had a relaxing and fun holiday season. We’re excited to be back with lots of great news on the horizon. We’ve got new degree programs starting with their … Read More »

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Dr Felix Ringel speaks at Postgraduate Day Workshop

12 Dec

On the 7th of December, The UON School of Environmental and Life Sciences (Geography and Environmental Studies) hosted the annual Postgraduate Day Workshop for 2017. Many colleagues and postgraduate students from Macquarie University visited to join in on the day’s … Read More »

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UON holds NSW Geography Honours/Masters Conference 2017

15 Nov

The UON School of Environmental and Life Sciences (Geography and Environmental Studies) were fortunate to host the annual NSW Geography Honours/Masters Conference on the 9th of November. This Honours/Masters Conference series first started as a way for postgraduate students to … Read More »

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Quiet Activism in Sydney’s Foodscapes: Associate Professor Andrew McGregor visits for Seminar Series

2 Nov

  We were fortunate to have Associate Professor Andrew McGregor from Macquarie University to present for our seminar series discussing ‘Prefigurative politics and plant-based food in the Anthropocene: quiet activism within Sydney’s foodscapes’.    Andrew’s research spans across development studies, human … Read More »

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Enrol to Vote and Have Your Say

18 Aug

The University is encouraging all staff and students to have their say in the upcoming postal survey on Australian marriage law (referred to as the ‘same-sex marriage postal vote’). If you would like to vote you may need to enrol; … Read More »

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Institute of Australian Geographers, Annual Conference 2017

11 Aug

The 2017 Annual Conference of the Institute of Australian Geographers has just been held at the University of Queensland. Twelve academic staff members and PhD students from UON’s Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies were among the almost 200 participants. … Read More »

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Food Security Research Partnerships Strengthened by International Fellows Visit

10 Aug

As part of her Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) funded research project, Chief Investigator Dr Sarah Wright from the School of Environmental and Life Sciences facilitated an international fellows visit for the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) at … Read More »

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The Pizzas Strike Back

27 Jul

Last semester students seemingly inhaled 16 pizzas. Nothing was left. This time a few survived… not many, enough for leftovers.  But we still had a great turnout at our welcome lunch for Semester 2, 2017 with lots of familiar faces of … Read More »

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Bonnie McBain on Transport Reform in The Conversation

12 Jul

    Our Dr Bonnie McBain has been featured in the Conversation for her article on the need for transport reform and with the recent news that some manufacturers are moving towards hydrid and electric cars. This article was originally published … Read More »

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