Arts Faculty News

Associate Professor Christian Kull

Associate Professor Christian Kull from the School of Geography and Environmental Science has been awarded the 2009 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research by Early Career Researchers.

Christian’s research focuses the social processes that transform landscapes, particularly:

• environmental transformations and their causes
• the politics of conservation and development, specifically with respect to natural resource management
• local practice, science, and policy for fire management.

More about the Faculty of Arts Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research by Early Career Researchers

The National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, is delighted to announce four exciting new postgraduate research opportunities available in 2009.

Scholarships are available for two PhD students and two Masters (by research) students which have been generously funded through the Program’s Industry partnerships.  Each tax-free scholarship also has a dedicated research and travel allowance.  This unique opportunity will allow four candidates the opportunity to contribute towards understanding the changing face of urban water governance in Australia and internationally. The successful candidates will work closely together on their individual projects and have the opportunity to draw on the expertise of the broader National Urban Water Governance Program team. While the general scope of each project has been developed, each student will have the opportunity to refine this with guidance from their supervisors.

Applications must be submitted by 6th March 2009

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Dr Rebekah Brown

Dr Rebekah Brown, from the Faculty of Arts, and Dr Travis Beddoe, from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, are this year’s joint winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Research by Early Career Researchers.

The awards are designed to recognise, reward and encourage excellent early career researchers at the University.

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Rebekah Brown

New research from Monash University has mapped the transformation of Melbourne’s stormwater quality management from traditional practice to a more sustainable water sensitive urban design approach.

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Professor Amanda Lynch

Three of Australia’s top universities have formed an alliance to spearhead national leadership in climate change research, education and policy.

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Ancient Kellis in Egypt

Archaeology professionals, enthusiasts and those simply with an interest in the discipline will get a chance to find out more about how it works during “Meet the Melbourne Archaeologists”

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Professor Amanda Lynch

Professor Amanda Lynch has been appointed to the Council of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

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Weather experts from Monash University will fly high-tech remote-control aircraft through the centre of storms in the Southern Ocean in a bid to understand Australia’s worsening drought.

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