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PhD student Nichola Calvini in Laos

Coronavirus: animal disease detectives to be trained across SE Asia & Pacific

Project work in 11 countries funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will aim to prevent spread of zoonotic and animal diseases. Associate Professor Navneet Dhand from Veterinary Science leads the multi-agency program.

5 things you didn’t know about ASEAN

The University of Sydney’s ASEAN Forum on 16 August will bring together leading academic thinkers, activists and policy makers to discuss the digital revolution.

Rainforest jungle deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations

Culture, Food and Environment: Indigenous Experiences of Hunger in West Papua

Dr Sophie Chao reflects on the interconnections between processed food, hunger and Indigenous sovereignty in West Papua, where vast swathes of rainforest, and the local food sources within, are being cleared to make way for palm oil plantations under the guise of national food security.

International Criminal Court

Calling it what it is

Dr Rosemary Grey joined a panel of experts as the International Criminal Court (ICC) convened for the 17th annual session of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute

New partners: University of Sydney and UNICEF Indonesia

The University of Sydney and UNICEF Indonesia have established a Knowledge Partnership to improve the health and well-being of Indonesian children and young people.

Marriage of disciplines traces the journey of a bird flu virus

Australian anthropologist Holly High travelled to Laos for field work in 2018, taking her children and her husband, a veterinarian and epidemiologist. The plan was he would help care for the children and continue his studies, while she did her research. When they unwittingly bought chickens carrying bird flu, they had an unplanned opportunity to combine their skills.

Sonja Van Wichelen standing outside the University's Social Sciences Building.

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.

Is relocating Indonesia's capital feasible?

Jakarta has a population of 10 million and is rapidly sinking. The Indonesian Government announced plans to relocate the country's capital to the island of Borneo, but will it improve living and environmental conditions? Sydney experts comment on the proposed move.

Timor-Leste aims to become world's first plastics-neutral country

University spin-out company Licella will use catalytic technology developed by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer as part of global consortium to donate plastics recycling plant to the people of Timor-Leste.

Indonesian leaders unite for women's rights

The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney is helping 26 Indonesian NGO leaders fighting for women's rights and to stop violence against women in Asia.

Popular doesn't mean influential among Cambodian farmers

Does being popular make a person influential? Not always. A social network analysis by Sydney researchers found that less popular farmers in Cambodia were in fact more influential than their more popular peers.

Rice bowl

Happy rice, happy life

Daniel Howell is a PhD candidate who recently completed an internship program travelling to eight villages in Cambodia. He conducted surveys on small scale rice farms investigating perception and management of rice diseases.

Postdoctoral Research Associate Sophie Chao

Dr. Sophie Chao awarded Anthropological Society prize

Dr. Chao was recently awarded the 2019 Australian Anthropological Society (AAS) PhD Thesis Prize for her dissertation, "In the Shadow of the Palms: Plant-Human Relations Among Marind-Anim, West Papua".

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University researchers to help Facebook counter hate speech

Researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are the first University of Sydney academics to receive research support from Facebook.

International Criminal Court

The challenges of prosecuting gender-based crimes in international courts

The University’s newest postdoctoral fellow Dr Rosemary Grey brings her expertise in international criminal law and gender to the University of Sydney Law School.

Empowering Indonesia's future leaders

Leaders from Disabled People's Organisations have completed a two-week leadership run by the University of Sydney.

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