Community projects in Australia
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Art-Science Engagement Initiative
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CoastSnap community beach monitoring in Inverloch
Monitoring coastal change is a long-term, data-intensive process that can be facilitated by citizen-science programs.
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Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction (CEDRR)
Brian Cook and his team of researchers are developing a new way of engaging with communities, with the aim of improving risk reduction behaviours through partnerships between emergency services and the public.
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Research and support for Mildura’s ‘hidden farmers’
Research under the ARC Discovery Project “Exploring culturally diverse perspectives on Australian environments and environmentalism”.
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Settlement Experiences of Humanitarian Migrants
Research that seeks to understand better the settlement experiences, motivations, and aspirations of humanitarian migrants who wish to relocate to rural and regional Australia.
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South Eastern Australian Recent Climate History (SEARCH)
International community projects
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Engaging with Red Cross on water, sanitation and hygiene
Celia McMichael, from the School of Geography, is engaged in research partnerships that focus on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions.
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Lifelines: documenting social change in the Indian Himalayas
Dr Jane Dyson made a short documentary film, titled Lifelines, based on her long-term research on social change, youth and education in the Indian Himalayas.
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Myanmar Research Network
The School of Geography engagement seed funding provided financial support for two key activities of the Myanmar Research Network: the launch of the network and support for the PK Forum, an online engagement platform.
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Nusa Tenggara Association Mapping Project
Chandra Jayasuriya, a Cartographer at the School of Geography, has been assisting with the preparation of detailed maps for a rural development project in the Flores and West Timor region of Indonesia.
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Towards an integrated approach to mental health in Timor Leste
In 2014, an interdisciplinary team led by researchers from the Schools of Geography and Population and Global Health was granted a Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Engagement Award to explore the role of customary healers in mental health care in Timor-Leste.