Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize awardees
The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize fund established by the University of South Australia supports a prize to acknowledge the most outstanding research thesis by a University of South Australia Higher Degree Research Student leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
2008
UniSA's postdoctoral research associate in health sciences,
Dr Katrina Jaworski has been awarded the
Ian Davey
Research Thesis Prize for the most outstanding 2007 PhD thesis, The
gender of suicide.
Completed at the
School of
Communication, Dr Jaworski's thesis looks at how gender plays an
important part in the way that society understands suicide.
Dr Jaworski's thesis was supervised by Director Research in the School of Communication, Dr Vicki Crowley, and passed without any changes. Dr Jaworski paid tribute to Dr Crowley, who encouraged her work to be interdisciplinary, to be rigorous and to use different theoretical tools in conducting her research. More information
2007
Water economist Dr Diwakara Halanaik is the winner of the
inaugural Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize for the most
outstanding PhD thesis. Dr Halanaik undertook his PhD research through a UniSA
President's Scholarship
'What was particularly good, and particularly interesting for me, about the thesis was that it had very, very complimentary reports indeed,' Prof Davey said. 'There had already been evidence of publication in international journals - which we thought was an indication of quality already. The examiners from the University of Indiana and a very well-established and reputable private research centre in Bangalore, India, were internationally recognised in the field.
'And the thesis topic of water and water policy focuses on a whole set of issues that is so topical today, not only in Australia but throughout the world in terms of how we manage our water resources more effectively.' More information (UniSANews)