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ANU early career researchers awarded $8m in ARC funding
ANU academics have won a total of $8 million across 17 projects to further their research under the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.
Taiwan-ANU scholarship supports Wei-Ting’s vision for the future of 3D audio
PhD student Wei-Ting Lai loves sound. Whether through headphones, speakers or at a live concert, he’s listening not for the music but for the sound…
Music as a catalyst for health and wellbeing
From working with HIV-affected communities in the Gambia to supporting migrant women in Australia, one constant has guided Dr Bonnie McConnell’s…
ANU announces new Defence Institute
A new institute has been launched at The Australian National University (ANU) to provide a coordinated approach to Defence engagement.
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How Chloe’s PhD partners with industry for plastic solutions
PhD candidate Chloe Gomez is working with industry partner Samsara Eco to push boundaries in infinite plastic recycling.
ANU criminologist awarded Balzan Prize for restorative justice
Distinguished Professor John Braithwaite from The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded the 2024 International Balzan Prize for Restorative Justice.
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ANU wins $11.8m in ARC Future Fellowships
The ethics around humane exclusion for refugees, understanding why monarchies endure and the biodiversity impacts of plant invasion are among a number of research projects from The Australian National University (ANU) that have received federal funding this week.
The projects, led by 11 mid-career researchers at ANU, have been awarded a total of $11.8 million as part of the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships.
Enabling impact at ANU: Professor Lachlan Blackhall
Professor Lachlan Blackhall has always wanted to build things that change the world.
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ANU criminologist awarded Balzan Prize for restorative justice
Distinguished Professor John Braithwaite from The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded the 2024 International Balzan Prize for…
Peter Swanton is using Indigenous knowledge to study the stars
ANU PhD scholar Peter Swanton is using Indigenous knowledge of our night skies to unlock the secrets of our universe, and inspiring young people…
‘Masters of shape-shifting’: How darkling beetles conquered the world
Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary tale of one of Earth’s most ecologically…
Crunching numbers to preserve the Great Barrier Reef
ANU statistician Francis Hui is deep diving into a sea of data to help devise sustainable futures for the world’s largest coral reef.
Long COVID cost Australian economy about $9.6 billion in 2022
Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study from The Kirby Institute…
Trojan horse method gives malaria parasites a taste of their own medicine
More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive. Now, ANU…
‘Fuel to the fire’: repeated climate-sceptic claims enough to nudge even the strongest of climate change endorsers
The threat of misinformation runs rampant in our digital age, where a single repetition of a climate-sceptical claim seems more true even to the…
What matters to First Nations children in Australia? A new app is helping us find out
Australian children are among the healthiest in the world. However, First Nations children continue to be left behind. To break the cycle of…
ANU wins $11.8m in ARC Future Fellowships
The ethics around humane exclusion for refugees, understanding why monarchies endure and the biodiversity impacts of plant invasion are among a…
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