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Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre

This event is the annual Industry Advisory & AGM meeting of the CCS Research Centre, where research themes, impact of recent studies, and strategic planning for the future will be discussed. The meeting will also include presentations on research projects and development opportunities for members, as well as discussions on the center's public profile and governance. Open to all members and stakeholders.

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Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre

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  1. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre Industry Advisory & AGM

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. UTS Research Themes

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Challenges • ERA! • Disciplinarity/silos • Valuing diversity and inclusion • Research and policy intersection

  9. 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

  10. Once Upon a time in Cabramatta: SBS Television

  11. Melinda Edwards, Jenny Onyx, Simon Darcy & Hazel Maxwell UTS & Vanessa Brown & Shauna Sherker SLSA Measuring social impact

  12. Exhibition: Unsafe Haven: HAZARAS IN AFGHANISTAN. Presenter: Abdul Karim

  13. Hosting Head of Radio Free North Korea at North Korea Futures Event

  14. Women and Human Rights • Nasima Rahmani: UTS Masters of Law Student

  15. 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

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