2020
Articles
09 March 2020
Talking about disasters
Fire and flood, drought and pollution, mining and water rights were among many topics covered at a global symposium on environmental disasters, supported by the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) in November 2019.
06 March 2020
Prominent female professors share their advice on leadership
What makes a good leader? Eight University of Sydney's leaders, who also happen to be women, share the view from the top - and the advice they'd offer aspiring female leaders.
06 March 2020
AMR Social Science launched to provide solutions to antimicrobial resistance
A new program within the Marie Bashir Institute has been launched to undertake research into understanding and providing innovative social solutions to the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
04 March 2020
Evolution and spine shape may predispose you to back problems
The reason many humans experience pain in their lower back can be found in our evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at the University of Sydney, Simon Fraser University and the University of Liverpool.
04 March 2020
QS subject rankings reflect breadth of Sydney expertise
The QS 2020 Subject Rankings has rated 31 University of Sydney subjects in the top 50 globally, up from 30 in 2019.
04 March 2020
Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship to fund gender equity research
The struggle for equality of history's most famous woman of science will be at the forefront of Dr Millicent Churcher's mind when she undertakes a research project on gender equity at the Freie Universitat Berlin in Germany.
03 March 2020
Expert in politics and data science joins Sydney
Dr Denis Stukal’s research focuses on the impact of bots in U.S and Russian politics, and how people consume and process information on social media.
28 February 2020
Development and environmental management in modern India
Working with NGOs to solve wildlife management issues and assessing sustainable farming practices were some of the learning experiences political economy and geography students gained, as part of the recent India Field School.
25 February 2020
How should world leaders protect us?
A total fire ban was declared for NSW on the smoke-drenched evening last November when Professor Ole Wæver gave a talk “Hope vs Fear: climate change as a security issue”. When his six-month SSSHARC fellowship ended in January, he had watched the most destructive bushfires in Australia’s history turn the country into a dramatic case study for his theory.
25 February 2020
University of Sydney sociologist bound for the IAS in Princeton
Associate Professor Sonja Van Wichelen has been invited to join the prestigious Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton (IAS), which counts Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer among its past members.