Research Activities

Portfolio Leader: Research - Dr Susan Luckman

The staff of the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages and their research expertise:

Communication and Cultural Studies
Communication and Media Studies
Film, TV and Digital Media
Foundation Studies
International Studies

Journalism and Professional Writing
Languages and Culture Studies/Linguistics
Performance Arts and Creative Writing
Public Relations
Sociology

	Communication and Cultural Studies
	Associate Professor Peter Bishop Place, environment and cultures Tibet, Buddhism and the West Promotional culture, media and advertising Depth Psychology and post-Jungian studies Travel writing Imagination and utopia	Dr Susan Luckman Cultural ethnography Digital media and society Creative industries Culture, GIS and space Dance music cultures Youth (sub)cultures

	Communication and Media Studies
	Dr Michael Galvin Globalisation and identity Promotional culture in transnational contexts Communication as a field of study	Dr Jane Hiscock Health communication Organisational communication Organisations as complex adaptive systems Concept mapping for research

	Film, TV and Digital Media
	Dr Denise Wood Web 2.0 and social networking 3D virtual worlds Accessibility and usability Disability Studies Scholarship of teaching and learning	Mr Ian Hutchison Film and television production Film theory and history Classical Hollywood cinema Commercial-aesthetic of Hollywood cinema
	Mr Frank Kurzel Learning environments Using games in instruction Interactive environments Web 2.0 and dynamic websites Web Analytics	Dr Daniela Kaleva Film music Television and radio music Music in advertising Communication through sound

Foundation Studies

Dr Christopher Klinger

Social, cultural and psychological dimensions of foundation/enabling education
Mathematics anxiety, attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs
Mathematics education for adults
Mathematics attitudes in pre-service primary teachers
Numeracy and quantitative literacy

Dr David McInerney

Oriental despotism as a topos of modern political thought
The history of political thought, especially the eighteenth century
Postscolonial approaches to the history of the British Empire
French materialist ph8losophy, especially Althusser and Foucault
Theories of the origin and spread of the nation-form
Utilitarianism, primitive accumulation, and systematic colonization

	International Studies
	Professor Elisabeth Porter Women, peace and security Ethical debates in international politics ‘Post-conflict’ transitional justice, equality and human rights Peace and reconciliation UN diplomacy, peace/making/keeping/building	Associate Professor Terry O'Callaghan Political risk analysis Reputation risk International security Multinational corporations Politics of the resources sector Regulation in the Asia-Pacific Region
	Associate Professor My-Van Tran Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia - history and society and international relations Asian women and development Intercultural/cross-cultural understanding Human rights in Asia Vietnam Australian multiculturalism and Asian migration and settlement	Dr David Chapman Japanese studies Migration in Japan and Asia Japanese and Asian history Japan's Korean communities Citizenship, nationality and identity in Japan and Asia
	D r Giancarlo Chiro Ethnic studies Migration studies Mobility and multiculturalism Globalisation and national identities Borders and citizenship	Dr David Lundberg United States politics and global primacy Global security, including terrorism, intelligence and strategy Asian regional integration and cooperative security Comparative politics and policy analysis
	Dr Katharine Vadura Migration/forced migration (refugees, smuggling, trafficking) Identity politics and citizenship Human rights European Union politics	Dr Zai Marshallsay Education and development Islam in contemporary world affairs Gender and development, with particular focus on women in Southeast Asia Malaysian affairs (contemporary issues) Intercultural/cross-cultural understanding
	Dr Valdo Vivoda International political economy International relations theory Bargaining and negotiation theory Energy security and politics of oil Oil companies Regulatory and political risk	Dr Adam Simpson Critical security studies - environmental and energy security in south and southeast asia Environmental politics under authoritarian regimes International political economy and the impacts of globalisation and neoliberalism on the global south Links between environmental justice and human rights Transnational social movements Environmental politics in Australia
	Dr Shamsul Khan Violent conflicts and gender debates in international relations International development and the empowerment debate International economic relations, and intra and inter-regional cooperation Democratisation and 'dual transitions' in Asia and former Soviet bloc countries Security in the Asian-Pacific region Comparative foreign policies	Mr Daniel Biro Theory of international relations World order Global security International interventions Non-state armed groups State-building

	Journalism and Professional Writing
	Professor Ian Richards Journalism and communication ethics Research ethics Journalism education and practice Journalism and social capital Reporting human tragedy	Dr Paul Skrebels Critical theory approaches to literary studies Textual intervention as a strategy for teaching literature Writing pedagogies War writing and the discourse of military history Academic literacies
	Dr Nigel Starck Journalism practice Journalism history Biography Military history Necrology	Ms Kathryn Bowd Journalism and communities Non-metropolitan journalism Journalism practice in regional areas
	Dr Nigel Starck Journalism practice Journalism history Biography Military history Necrology	Professor Claire Woods Writing praxis and pedagogy Academic Literacies Creative nonfiction Theory and practice in qualitative research and ethnography Narratives of War Literary practice and textual culture

	Languages and Culture Studies/Applied Linguistics
	Professor Tony Liddicoat The role of language and culture in education Language planning and policy Conversation analysis and discourse analysis French linguistics	Associate Professor Angela Scarino Languages education especially in linguistically diverse societies Intercultural language learning Second language curriculum development Language assessment Languages and learning Teacher education
	Dr Giancarlo Chiro Italian language varieties and variation Italian culture and society Migration studies Cultural values and identity studies Language maintenance among minority groups in ethnically plural societies	Dr Jonathan Crichton Language in the professions: medicine, health, education and law The internationalisation of education Methodology in language focused research
	Dr Neil Murray Pragmatics, particularly pedagogical pragmatics Language teaching methodology Writing in academic and professional contexts Approaches to the testing and provision of English in higher education Socio-cultural and psychological dimensions of enabling education	Dr Enza Tudini Computer mediated communication Second language acquisition Italian language and culture
	Dr Tim Curnow Languages education policy Syntactic choices and communicative effect in Spanish Indigenous languages of South America Language variation and change Language typology	Dr Reiko Yoshida Second language acquisition Second language classroom studies Beliefs about second language learning and teaching Socio-cultural dimensions of second language learning and teaching
	Dr Ibrahima Diallo Language planning/policy in Africa and other francophone countries Education policies in Africa Language maintenance and shift in African contexts and in African diaspora Attitudes towards languages and identities in Africa French studies and francophonie Second language teaching	Dr Vicki Crowley Cultural politics of affect Queer theory Visual culture

	Performing Arts and Creative Writing
	Associate Professor Michael Galvin Life writing and autoethnography Creative non-fiction	Dr Sue Page Representation of the holocaust in children's and young adult literature Australian publishing for children and young adults Genre fiction Writing praxis Narratives of war
	Dr Russell Fewster New media performance Directing for the stage Physical theatre Verbatim/political theatre Japanese theatre	Dr Adrian Guthrie Contemporary performance Mediated performance the place of performance in society Performance art Intercultural performance
	Dr Daniela Kaleva Music Musical theatre Opera Dramaturgy Music in cinema, television and advertising Performance analysis Theatrical Gesture	Professor Claire Woods Writing praxis and pedagogy Narratives of War Creative nonfiction Literary practice and textual culture Academic Literacies Theory and practice in qualitative research and ethnography
	Dr Paul Skrebels Narratives of War Creative nonfiction Writing for film and television Textual intervention as a creative writing technique Literary studies

	Public Relations
	Dr Joyleen Chia Social capital investment Community capacity development Relationship management Regional sustainability Communicating sustainable practices	Dr Leanne Glenny Public sector communication Public relations and communication ethics Experiential learning

	Sociology
	Associate Professor Suzanne Franzway Gender and trade unions, social movements and activism Sociology of work Sociology of the family Domestic violence and work Caring labour Feminist politics and theory	Dr Rodney Fopp Social theory and political philosophy The Sociology of knowledge - credited and discredited knowledge claims Fundamentalism and secularisation in the West Approaches to cross-cultural understanding Housing and homelessness
	Mr Bob Ellis Social theory - standpoint epistemology Industrial relations Sociology of work Youth studies

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