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Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre. Industry Advisory & AGM. Industry Advisory. Welcome Apologies Minutes of previous meeting Matters arising from previous research discussion Advisory Board research issues think tank (Industry)
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Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre Industry Advisory & AGM
Industry Advisory • Welcome • Apologies • Minutes of previous meeting • Matters arising from previous research discussion • Advisory Board research issues think tank (Industry) • Open discussion regarding issues arising from think tank • CCS Research and Impact - Case Study of Recent Research Success (Heidi Norman & Nina Burridge) • Closure of meeting and opportunity for discussion/refreshments
AGM • Apologies • 2012 Retrospective and Performance Indicators (JO/SD) • Seminar Program (NB) • Research Themes (SD/JG) • Environmental Research Highlight • Research Development for Members (HY) • a. a research conversation with members • b. research projects • c. research development • CCS Public Profile and Media Engagement (SD) • Social Impact Research Highlight • 2013 Strategic Planning (ALL) • a. seminar series • b. conferences • c. grant development • CCS Governance (JB) • Budget (SD/JL) • Conclusion and social opportunity
Our research themes directly relate to UTS Values and Model of Learning UTS Values • Empower each other and our students to grow, contribute, challenge and make a difference UTS Objectives • Strengthen the standing of the UTS Model of global practice-oriented learning UTS Model of Learning • Professional practice situated in a global workplace, with international mobility and international and cultural engagement as centre piece
CCS Research Themes • Environment and Society • Collective Action and Learning • Cultural Life and Festivities • Indigeneity and Power • Knowledge-sharing and Information • Alternative Cosmopolitanisms • Migration, Diversity and Racism • Human Rights, Inclusion and Communication • Strengthening Civil Societies
Strengths • Inclusiveness • Cross, inter, multi, trans (discipline) • Support of HDR, Research Associates, and community researchers • Outward looking and inward welcoming • Quality and impact beyond ERA
Challenges • ERA! • Disciplinarity/silos • Valuing diversity and inclusion • Research and policy intersection
Snapshot of Research Strengths Researching the Land Rights movement . ‘Wran Give US Our Land’: captures a moment in the movement for Aboriginal Land Rights in NSW from the mid 1970s
Melinda Edwards, Jenny Onyx, Simon Darcy & Hazel Maxwell UTS & Vanessa Brown & Shauna Sherker SLSA Measuring social impact
Exhibition: Unsafe Haven: HAZARAS IN AFGHANISTAN. Presenter: Abdul Karim
Hosting Head of Radio Free North Korea at North Korea Futures Event
Women and Human Rights • Nasima Rahmani: UTS Masters of Law Student
Examples of Current Research Projects • Dr Catriona Bonfiglioli, "Changing the media diet - Investigating the power of the news media to prevent obesity", funded by ARC Discovery Projects, • Dr Deborah Edwards, "An Empirical Basis for the Ratio of Crowd Controllers to Patrons", funded by Australian Institute of Criminology • Professor Heather Goodall, Ms Heidi Norman, Professor John Collins, "Political history of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Rights Act, 1983", funded by ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development 2013 • Prof Tom Barker, "NextGen: the next generation of Australian affordable housing for urban neighbourhoods.", funded by UTS Challenge Grants • Dr Nina Burridge “Mapping Human Rights Education in the School Curriculum” funded by the Federal Attorney-General’s Department • Dr James Goodman, "The role of environmental movements in democratisation: Taiwan and PRC compared", funded by Academy Social Sciences Australia - DIISR ISL - HASS Academies Program, • A/Prof Simon Darcy, "The Jeenee project: empowering training and support for independence and disability citizenship through personal digital assistants and virtual technology", funded by UTS Partnership Grant with Community Connections Australia