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A Study of the Brazilian Community in Australia and Australian-Brazilian Bilateral Exchange
Researchers: Dr Christina Rocha (Australian Postdoctoral Fellow)
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2006-2008
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Advancing Cultural Research in Australian and European Contexts: Citizenship, Migration and Globalisation
Researcher(s): Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Professor Kay Anderson, Fiona Allon
Partners: Associate Professor Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna, Italy
Funding: University of Western Sydney Eminent Research Visitors Scheme
Period: 2006-2008
AHURI Scholarship - Anne Hurni - Urban development, transport and child health: the case of Western Sydney
Researcher(s): Professor Kay Anderson
Funding: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Period: 2006-2010
Anti-Ageing Devices: On the Cultural Politics of Staying Young in a Globalised World
Researchers: Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Professor C Franceschi, Dr G Lamura
Funding: Australian Research Council
Period: 2005-2007
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ASEAN Plus Three Initiative on Healthy Tourism
Researchers: Associate Professor Robyn Bushell; Associate Professor Brent Powis, World Health Orgainsation Collaborating Centre – UWS
Funding: AusAID (opens in a new window)
Period: 2009-2010
Project webpage: ASEAN Plus Three Initiative on Healthy Tourism
This project investigated ways to promote the wellbeing of locals and protection of local economies and tourists from emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). The study was part of the project ASEAN Plus Three (Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) Initiative on Healthy Tourism funded by the Australian Government’s (AusAID) aid program....Read more.
Backpacker Cultures, Residential Communities, and the Construction of Tourist Spaces and Landscapes: A Regional Study of Changing Tourism Dynamics in Sydney
Researcher(s): Professor Kay Anderson, Associate Professor Robyn Bushell, Fiona Allon, Mr N Ryan
Partners/Funding: City of Sydney (opens in a new window), Manly Council (opens in a new window), Randwick City Council (opens in a new window), Waverley Council (opens in a new window), North Sydney Council (opens in a new window), Woollahra Council (opens in a new window), Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2004-2007
Bridging Worlds, Linking Cultures: an Electronic Planning Tool for the Western Sydney Region
Researchers: Elaine Lally, Professor Bob Hodge, Ms T Lee-Shoy
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Western Sydney Organisation of Councils (WSROC) (opens in a new window), Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) (opens in a new window)
Period: 2005-2006
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Cross-Cultural 'Larrikins' in a Neo-liberal World: Ideology and Myth in Postmodern Australia, Mexico and Brazil
Researchers: Professor Bob Hodge, Dr Gabriela Coronado, Dr Fernanda Duarte, Dr Gregory Teal
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2005-2007
» Fact Sheet (opens in a new window)(PDF, 218KB)
Cultural Research for the 21st Century: Building Cultural Intelligence for a Complex World
Researcher: Professor Ien Ang
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Discovery Project
Period: 2005-2010
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Cultural complexity is one of the key characteristics of 21st century Australia. This is manifest in the rapid proliferation of social and cultural differences in society. By developing knowledge about the challenges posed by cultural complexity to the management of diversity, this project will assist public institutions and the broader community in building the cultural intelligence needed to address these challenges in more effective and innovative ways. In this way the project will showcase the practical benefits of cultural research – and the humanities and social sciences more generally – in the promotion of an innovation culture and economy.
Culturalisation and Globalisation: Advancing Cultural Research in Sweden and Australia
Researchers: Professor David Rowe, Johan Fornas, Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Professor Kay Anderson
Partner/Funding: The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (opens in a new window)
Period: 2008-2012
Project webpage: Culturalisation and Globalisation: Advancing Cultural Research in Sweden and Australia
Researchers from the Institute for Culture and Society and the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (opens in a new window)at Linköping University, Sweden, are investigating the interfaces of culturalisation and globalisation. This research is funded by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education under its Institutional Grants Program for the total amount of 1,600,000 SEK....Read more.
Culture Circuits: Exploring the International Networks and Institutions Shaping Contemporary Cultural Policy
Researchers: Professor Deborah Stevenson, Professor David Rowe
Funding: Australian Research Council
Period: 2005-2007
Culture in Transition: Creative Labour and Social Mobilities in the Asian Century
Researchers: Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Professor Ien Ang, Associate Professor Ned Rossiter, Meaghan Morris, Ranabir Samaddar, Hui Wang, Associate Professor Sandro Mezzadra
Funding: Australian Research Council(opens in a new window), Discovery Project
Period: 2009-2012
Website: Project website (opens in a new window)
» Fact sheet (opens in a new window)(PDF, 90KB)
The Asian century has arrived Australia’s economic relations with China and India are crucial. Its cultural relations with these nations assume new importance. This project investigates how economic and cultural processes interact to change Australia’s position in Asia. Focusing on the experiences of workers in the creative and cultural sectors of three cities (Beijing, Kolkata, Sydney), the project will advance understandings of changing forms of governance and migration in the region. New media will be used to 1) conduct experiments in cultural collaboration between Australia, India and China, and 2) build innovative platforms for the broadening of debates on social inclusion, intercultural dialogue and economic uncertainty.
Development of Environmental Management Systems in Small Business in the Macarthur Region NSW
Researcher(s): Associate Professor Robyn Bushell, Bruce Simmons, Luciano Mesiti
Funding: AusIndustry, an Australian Government funded initiative under the Building Entrepreneurship in Small Business program
Project webpage: Development of Environmental Management Systems in Small Business in the Macarthur Region NSW
Environmental management systems, though developed all over the world, have not been widely adopted by small businesses with usually 10% or less having taken them up. Though some inroads have been made recently in the Australian tourism industry, other areas of small business such as retail, manufacturing and services have yet to seriously implement them....Read more.
Digital Storytelling: Urban Narratives of Migration and Sustainability of Community Media in Western Sydney
Researcher(s): Dr Juan Francisco Salazar, Associate Professor Hart Cohen
Partners: Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) and Fairfield City Council
Funding: University of Western Sydney Sustainability Research Initiatives Grant
Period: 2008
Discipline and Diversity: Cultural Practices and Dispositions of Learning
Researchers: Associate Professor Greg Noble, Dr Megan Watkins
Funding: NSW Department of Education and Training (opens in a new window), Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2005-2007
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Dissemination of Environmental Management Training for Tourism Businesses
Researcher(s): Associate Professor Robyn Bushell, Bruce Simmons
Partner: NSW Environmental Trust (opens in a new window)
Period: 2007
Doing the Knowledge: Youth in Transition in Marrickville
Researcher(s): Dr George Morgan, Bronwyn Davies, Philip Toner
Funding: University of Western Sydney Partnership Grant
Partner: Western Sydney Region Councils through WSROC (opens in a new window)
Period: 2006
Driving Cultures
A series of related projects from 1999-2004.
Projects
1999; Road Safety and Young Drivers ('Driving Cultures'); Researcher Sarah Redshaw, with Chief Investigator Dr Zoë Sofoulis; Funding: NSW Attorney General’s Crime Prevention Division, Innovative Grants Scheme.
2002; Driving Messages; Researchers: Dr Zoë Sofoulis, Dr Greg Noble, Sarah Redshaw; Funding: internal UWS grant to develop and pilot focus groups and questionnaires on media related to cars and driving.
2002; Getting Around; Researcher: Sarah Redshaw; Funding: NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, to develop a Year 11 program for Youth and School programs.
2003-2005: Transforming Drivers; Chief Investigators: Dr Zoë Sofoulis and Associate Professor Greg Noble; Postdoctoral Fellow (APDI): Dr Sarah Redshaw. Funding: ARC Linkage Grant in partnership with NRMA (Motoring and Services).
2004: ‘Young Driver Initiatives’; Researcher: Sarah Redshaw; Funding: UWS Regional and Community Grants Scheme.
Everyday Geopolitics: Nationalist Subjectivities and ANZAC Thanatourism
Researcher: Dr Emma Waterton
Funding: UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme
Period: 2011-2012
Project webpage: Everyday Geopolitics: Nationalist Subjectivities and ANZAC Thanatourism
This project explores the affective experiences of memorial visitors using methodological innovations that can open up collective experiences of place and related intensities of affect. The research questions are both theoretical and methodological: First, how are affective spaces of thanatourism produced via specific practices, materials and relations? Second, how do we best capture this affective dimension?...Read more.
Global Digital Atlas for Cultural Diversity, Pluralism and Intercultural Dialogue in Asia
Researchers: Professor Ien Ang, Professor Kay Anderson, Andre Frankovits, Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Dr Juan Francisco Salazar, Ian Johnson, Steven Hayes, Andrew Wilson, Beng Huat Chua, Daniel P. S. Goh, Eric Charles Thompson, Anjali Monteiro, K. P. Jayasankar, Shilpa PhadkePartner: UNESCO (opens in a new window)
Period: 2007-2008
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Handling the 'Battering Ram': Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation and the Global Contest for Dominance in Sports Television
Researcher: Professor David Rowe
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2005-2007
Homebuyer preferences and developer contributions
Researcher: Professor Kay Anderson
Funding: Urban Development Institute of Australia (opens in a new window), University of Western Sydney
Period: 2005-2007
Hot Science, Global Citizens: The Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Debates
Researchers: Dr Fiona Cameron, Professor Bob Hodge, Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Dr Juan Francisco Salazar, Jann Conroy, David Karoly, Sebastian Chan, Carolyn Meehan, Lynda Kelly, Graham Durant, Wayne LaBar, Richard Sandell
Partners: University of Melbourne (opens in a new window), University of Leicester (opens in a new window), Powerhouse Museum (opens in a new window), Museum Victoria (opens in a new window), Australian Museum (opens in a new window), Questacon (opens in a new window), The Liberty Science Center (opens in a new window)(USA)
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Linkage Project
Period: 2008-2010
Website: Hot Science - Global Citizens (opens in a new window)
Informal Pathways to Wellbeing: Cultural Forms of Belonging, Inclusion and Engagement for Young People in Western Sydney
Researcher: Associate Professor Greg NobleFunding: NSW Department of Community Services (opens in a new window), Uniting Care Burnside (opens in a new window), Australian Council for the Arts, Community Cultural Development NSW, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (opens in a new window), Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (opens in a new window), University of Western Sydney Children’s Futures Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme
Period: 2005-2007
Intergenerational Attitudes to Cyber-Safety and Social Networking: A Living Lab
Researchers: Dr Amanda Third, Dr Philippa Collin, Natalie Bolzan, Ingrid Richardson, Lucas Walsh, Kitty Rahilly
Funding: Google Australia Pty Ltd (opens in a new window)
Period: 2011
Law and the City: The Parramatta Justice Precinct as Civic Culture
Researcher: Professor Kay Anderson
Partners: Parramatta City Council (opens in a new window), NSW Attorney General's Department (opens in a new window)
Funding: University of Western Sydney Urban Research Initiatives Grant
Period: 2007
Multiculturalism Research Project (Living Diversity 2)
Researchers: Professor Ien Ang, Associate Professor Greg Noble
Funding: Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Period: 2005-2006
National Water Fellowship (2010): Cross-Connections: Linking Urban Water Managers with Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Researchers
Researchers: Dr Zoë Sofoulis (Fellow), Dr Justine Humphry (Research Associate), Vibha Bhattarai Upadhyay (Research Assistant)
Partners: National Water Commission (opens in a new window)
Funding: National Water Commission Fellowship Program; workshop grant from Australian Academy of Humanities
Period: 2010-2011
This project investigated the Australian urban water sector’s engagement with humanities, arts and social sciences [HASS] research as part of developing socially sustainable water management. Activities included developing a database and the Tributaries directory of social and cultural researchers on urban water, interviewing water managers and researchers, conducting two knowledge exchange workshops, and producing a final report (opens in a new window)for the National Water Commission’s Waterlines series. The research found mismatched expectations on how HASS research can or should contribute to water management strategies; it identified the need for HASS researchers to make their work more ‘translatable’ into action, and suggested initiatives to help overcome the enormous disparities between research funding and infrastructure for sciences and engineering compared to social and cultural research on water.
- Tributaries: A Directory of Social and Cultural Research on Urban Water (PDF, 1.7MB) (opens in a new window) - for additions or updates fill in the Researcher Record (PDF, 178KB) (opens in a new window)
- Water managers' views on the social dimensions of urban water (opens in a new window)
- Summary of Cross-connections: linking urban water managers with humanities, arts and social sciences researchers (PDF, 1.9MB) (opens in new window) (DOC, 1.9MB) (opens in a new window)
- Cross-connections: linking urban water managers with humanities, arts and social sciences researchers, (opens in a new window)Waterlines Report Series No. 60
Negotiating the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Children's Health Care: The Australian Context
Researchers: Professor Ien Ang, Sharon Chalmers, Jan Mason, Astrid Perry, Les White, Bruce Lord, John Eastwood, Mr SK Choucair
Partners/Funding: Multicultural Health Unit, South East Sydney (opens in a new window), Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick (opens in a new window), Children's Hospital at Westmead (opens in a new window), Division of Population Health, South West (opens in a new window), NSW Department of Health (opens in a new window), Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2004-2007
NSW Healthy Children Initiative: Social Marketing to Young People
Researchers: Dr Philippa Collin, Suzan Burton, Kathy Tannous, Ann Dadich
Funding: Health Administration Corporation
Period: 2011-2012 (phase 1)
Open Cities: Urban Citizenship in Sydney and Berlin
Researchers: Fiona Allon, Professor Kay Anderson, Professor Ien Ang, Justine Lloyd, Russell West-Pavlov, Mark Stein
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Partner: Free University of Berlin (opens in a new window), Germany
Period: 2006-2007
'Parramatta Stories': Values Based Community Development
Researchers: Associate Professor Robyn Bushell, Dr Russell Staiff, Polladach Theerapapisit
Funding: University of Western Sydney Research Grant
Partner: Parramatta City Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2007
Picturing Antarctica: Emerging Agendas for Antarctic Cultural Research
Researcher: Dr Juan Francisco Salazar
Funding: UWS Research Grant Scheme
Period: 2010-2011
Website: Picturing Antarctica (opens in a new window)
This research project looks at Antarctica as a ‘cultural site’ and investigates cultural perceptions and the social construction of Antarctica in the national imaginary of Australia and Chile. One of its main aims is to advance contemporary cultural understandings of Antarctica through an analysis of public perceptions and opinions.
The project is designed as an interdisciplinary, multi-method and multi-sited research and involves a series of specific and practice-based research projects:
- An international survey of cultural values and perceptions in Australia and Chile.
- A digital ethnography of Villa Las Estrellas, a township in Chilean Antarctic Territory which also includes the development of digital storytelling workshops at the local school.
- A transmedia documentary film project that inquires about the future of Antarctica.
- A science-arts collaborative project on Antarctic culture/nature data ecologies and cultural mapping.
Private Neighbourhoods
Researcher: Professor Deborah Stevenson
Funding: University of Western Sydney
Period: 2010-2011
Putting Humanities to Work in a Chaotic World: Dynamic Interdisciplinarity and Community Engagement
Researcher: Professor Bob Hodge
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Discovery Project
Period: 2007-2009
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Reassessing Multicultural Education
Researchers: Dr Megan Watkins, Associate Professor Greg Noble
Partner: NSW Department of Education (opens in a new window)
Period: 2008-2010
Project webpage: Reassessing Multicultural Education
This project explores approaches to multicultural education in NSW government schools. It has become clear that multicultural education is in something of a crisis in Australia, and across the world. Some of the assumptions made about cultural diversity that formed the basis of multicultural education programs in the 1970s may no longer be appropriate. Diversity has become more diverse, shaped by intergenerational change, intermarriage and the different ways ethnic groups have accepted or rejected other cultural practices and beliefs. Students may claim three or four different cultural and linguistic heritages, and this makes it difficult to know what these students need, and how to provide it....Read more.
Reconceptualising Heritage Collections: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Museum Collections and Documentation
Researchers: Dr Fiona Cameron, Professor E A Edmonds, Professor S R Garton, Mr KS Sumption
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Powerhouse Museum (opens in a new window)
Period: 2005-2007
Shanghai Expo
Lead Researcher: Dr Tim Winter
Research Team: Professor Ien Ang, Associate Professor Hart Cohen, Scott East, Hilary Hongjin He, Rob Leggo, Sally Leggo, Cameron McAuliffe, Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Willem Paling, Professor David Rowe, Louise Ryan, Dr Juan Francisco Salazar, Dr Tim Winter
Period: 2010
In 2010 the city of Shanghai hosted the largest, most spectacular and most expensive World’s Fair ever. The Shanghai Expo attracted a staggering 73 million visitors, ensuring China and the host city remained in the global spotlight for the six-month duration of the event. Costing around 45 billion dollars and with its theme of Better City, Better Life, the Expo was held in a country experiencing a level of urban growth unparalleled in history. With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, many of which face uncertain futures, this mega event confronted the multitude of challenges now converging on the all-pervasive notion of ‘sustainability’. To this end, 190 countries, more than 50 non-governmental organisations, and a variety of multi-national institutions involved in urban governance addressed such issues.
Struggling for Possession: The Control and Use of Online Media Sport
Researchers: Professor David Rowe, Brett Hutchins
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Discovery Project
Period: 2008-2011
Project webpage: Struggling for Possession: The Control and Use of Online Media Sport
This project is exploring media ownership and sports coverage using digital outlets. Sport is immensely popular in many media forms, and has been dominated by broadcast television for over three decades. But when sport coverage is presented online, who owns it and who has a right to access it? Recent disputes over ownership of online sport content demonstrate its pivotal role in both media and sport development. Many questions regarding private ownership by media companies, and citizens’ rights to access sport in new media environments, are still to be effectively answered....Read more.
"Sweet Tonic" - Qualitative Research Proposal
Researcher: Elaine Lally
Partners: Campbelltown Arts Centre (opens in a new window), Musica Viva Australia (opens in a new window)
Period: 2008
Project webpage: "Sweet Tonic" - Qualitative Research Proposal
This project explores the health and well-being benefits for participation in musical activities for older Australians. As Australia ages and demand for health and aging services grows, it is vital that the cultural sector engages with older citizens and their concerns. The “Sweet Tonic: Music for Life” program of singing workshops, delivered by Musica Viva Australia in participation with Campbelltown Arts Centre and the Australia Council for the Arts, is one such program. It aims to show that participation in singing and music training has demonstrable health and well-being benefits. This research project will study the “Sweet Tonic” workshops and attempt to identify the positive physical, mental, social and cultural outcomes of the “Sweet Tonic” music-based community cultural development initiative....Read more.
The Art of Engagement: Exploring a Contemporary Arts - Business Collaboration
Researchers: Elaine Lally, Professor Ien Ang, Professor Kay Anderson, Elizabeth Macgregor
Partners and Funding: Museum of Contemporary Art (opens in a new window), Penrith Regional Gallery (opens in a new window), Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (opens in a new window), Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2006-2008
The City After Dark: Cultural Planning and Governance of the 'Night-time Economy' in Parramatta
Researchers: Professor David Rowe, Professor Deborah Stevenson, Professor Stephen TomsenPartner: Parramatta City Council (opens in a new window)
Funding Body: University of Western Sydney Urban Research Initiatives Grant
Period: 2007
The City After Dark: The Governance and Lived Experience of Urban Night-Time Culture
Researchers: Professor David Rowe, Professor Deborah Stevenson, Professor Stephen Tomsen
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Discovery Project
Period: 2008-2011
Project webpage: The City after Dark: The Governance and Lived Experience of Urban Night-Time Culture
The stimulation of a night-time economy can deliver great cultural, social and economic benefits to Australian cities, or result in social disruption and disputation, assaults, and serious injuries that drain criminal justice and health resources. The promotion and regulation of the city at night is amongst the most important issues facing communities, private enterprise and governments around the globe....Read more.
The Cultural Research Network
Researchers: Associate Professor Greg Noble, Graeme Turner, Dr Zoë Sofoulis, Professor Kay Anderson, Professor Ien Ang
Funding: Australian Research Council Research Networks
Period: 2005-2010
The Humanities beyond Humanism: Race, Nature and the Human in Australia from Enlightenment to Federation
Researcher: Professor Kay Anderson
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2005-2007
» Fact Sheet (opens in a new window)(PDF, 260KB)
The Just-in-Time Self: Young Men, Skill and Narratives of Aspiration in the New Economy
Researchers: Dr George Morgan, Associate Professor Greg Noble
Funding: Australian Research Council (opens in a new window), Discovery Project
Period: 2009-2011
Project webpage: The Just-in-Time Self: Young Men, Skill and Narratives of Aspiration in the New Economy
Historically, working class men developed their skills on-the-job in stable workplace communities. With the decline in trade and manufacturing employment, young people are told they must be flexible, individualistic and ready to retrain in response to technological change. Many young men, whose vocational inclinations are formed by Fordist models of masculinity, are unable to adapt to these post-Fordist pressures and suffer unemployment as a result. This project looked at the participation of three groups of men of different ethnic backgrounds in community cultural projects, at how skills are taught and learned in these settings and whether their experiences shape the emergence of new occupational identities and narratives of aspiration....Read more.
The Special Broadcasting Service and Australian Cultural Democracy Evolution, uses and innovation
Researchers: Professor Ien Ang, Gay Hawkins, Julie Eisenberg
Funding: Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
Period: 2004-2008
Theorising the Entangled Relationships between World Heritage places, local people visitors and industry: a case study in Luang Prabang, Laos PDR
Researchers: Associate Professor Robyn Bushell, Dr Russell Staiff
Funding: UWS (International Research Grants Initiatives Grants)
Period: 2009-2010
This project examined the socio-cultural and political dynamics of everyday life in Luang Prabang Laos, where the global and the local are in constant interplay and tension through the economic forces of tourism and international institutional presences as a UNESCO World Heritage town. The research examined Luang Prabang as a complex, dynamic and complicated ‘cultural system’ to better understand the many entangled relationships: between economy, local stakeholders, cultural production and the ritual geographies of place, tangible and intangible heritage values. The research sought to use this to produce a more nuanced understanding of the potential and the challenges created by tourism in a small World Heritage destination. The research is ongoing with numerous publications, the development of an ARC Discovery application.
Universal Design and Cultural Context: Accessibility, Diversity and Recreational Space in Penrith
Researchers: Dr Zoë Sofoulis, Professor-Emeritus Helen Armstrong, Michael Bounds, Abby Lopes, Tara Andrews
Funding: University of Western Sydney Research Partnerships Program
Partner: Penrith City Council (opens in a new window)
Period: 2007
Urban Cultural Economics: Landscapes and Life in Sydney and New York
Researchers: Dr George Morgan, Professor Kay Anderson
Funding: University of Western Sydney International Research Initiatives Grant
Partner: City University of New York, USA (opens in a new window)
Period: 2007
Young Aboriginal Men, Informed Learning and the New Economy in Redfern Waterloo
Researcher: Dr George Morgan
Partner/ Funding: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (opens in a new window)(AIATSIS)
Period: 2008-2009
Project webpage: Young Aboriginal Men, Informal Learning and the 'New Economy' in Redfern, Waterloo
This project is looking at whether informal training programs for young indigenous men can lead to the development of skills suitable for employment. Many young indigenous men in the Redfern Waterloo area in Sydney lack formal job qualifications and have grown up in households characterised by long-term unemployment. They have not developed the vocational ambitions and work habits required to build careers and they have little enthusiasm for post-school formal education, having often been alienated from the competitive world of work and education in the past....Read more.
