Research Grants Awarded 2013
ARC Linkage Projects 2013
Centre for Health Research
Primary FoR 1117 - Public Health and Health Services
LP130100087 Assoc. Prof. Janette Perz, Jane Ussher (Centre for Health Research), Renu Narchal (School of Social Sciences and Psychology), Marina Morrow (Simon Fraser University).
Title: Sexual health of migrant women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups: an international comparison
| 2013 $ | 2014 $ | 2015 $ | 2016 $ |
| 44,398 | 93,379 | 91,174 | 42,194 |
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s)
Family Planning NSW
The Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre Inc
Sexual health is a key component of women's quality of life, with utilisation of sexual health services associated with positive mental health. However, these services are underutilised by culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) migrant communities, resulting in negative sexual health outcomes. This project will investigate the experiences and constructions of sexual health for women from a range of recent migrant CALD communities living in Australia and Canada, in order to understand unmet needs, and inform targeted service provision. Guidelines for programs of sexual health education and promotion will then be developed, and subjected to a formative evaluation, from the perspective of key stakeholders.
Institute for Culture and Society
Primary FoR 1605 - Policy and Administration
LP130100253 Prof. Deborah Stevenson, Prof. David Rowe
Title: Recalibrating Culture: Production, Consumption, Policy
| 2013 $ | 2014 $ | 2015 $ | 2016 $ |
| 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 25,000 |
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s)
Auburn City Council,
The Council of the City of Sydney,
Fairfield City Council,
Information and Cultural Exchange,
Liverpool City Council,
Parramatta City Council,
Penrith City Council
This Project documents and analyses changing modes of cultural production and consumption in Australia through a case study of the cultural economy of its most dynamic urban area, Greater Western Sydney. It advances theoretical-conceptual understanding and empirical knowledge of networks of contemporary cultural employment and activity, exposing and exploring interactions among key agents within diverse, growing cultural practitioner communities. In adding value to 'broad-brush' national cultural statistics, Recalibrating Culture will develop and validate a new cultural policy approach to Australian cultural development that, for the first time, effectively aligns with rapidly changing conditions and practices of the 'new' cultural economy.
MARCS Institute
Primary FoR 190403 – Performing Arts and Creative Writing
LP130100670 Prof. Kate Stevens, Kim Vincs (Deakin University), James Leach (University of Aberdeen), Michael Nicholls (Flinders University), Scott deLahunta (Coventry University), David Kirsh (University of California)
Title: Thinking Brains and Bodies: Distributed Cognition and Dynamic Memory in Australian Dance Theatre
| 2013 $ | 2014 $ | 2015 $ | 2016 $ |
| 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 25,000 |
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s)
Australian Dance Theatre
Dance offers cognitive science a multifocal lens on quintessential human cognition - creativity, group recollection, perception-action coupling, embodiment, motor control and sequence learning. In turn, cognitive science offers dance artists and audiences new expressions and methods for thinking about dance, communication, and cognition. The project, including longitudinal, neuroscientific and ethnographic methods, investigates cognition and creativity distributed across choreographer and dancers in the Australian Dance Theatre (ADT). The results will have direct application for ADT as well as dance and cognitive science more broadly in elucidating the psychological processes mediating excellence, cognition and communication in dance.
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Primary FoR 1117 - Public Health and Health Services
LP130100306 Prof. Hannah Dahlen, Virginia Schmied (School of Nursing and Midwifery), Catherine Fowler (University of Technology, Sydney)
Title: Characteristics, trends, co-admissions and service needs of women admitted to residential parenting services in the year following birth in NSW
| 2013 $ | 2014 $ | 2015 $ |
| 29,739 | 59,842 | 30,103 |
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s)
Karitane
Tresillian Family Care Centres
This mixed methods study will examine the physical (including pregnancy and obstetric interventions), psychological and demographic characteristics, trends, service needs and co-admissions to other health services, of women and infants admitted to residential parenting services (RPS) of Tresillian and Karitane in NSW. Analysis of NSW linked data 2000-2010, clinical records and focus groups with staff will provide original evidence about whether characteristics of parents admitted to the RPS reflect currently understood 'risk' profiles and whether complications and interventions during childbirth may impact on parenting. This will inform future service design and delivery and essential skills required by RPS staff.
