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Articles
Business and Economy
A history of foreign investment
Economic and business historian Senior Professor Simon Ville from UOW's Faculty of Business and Law is investigating the history of multinational enterprises in Australia to fill a major gap in economic and business history literature for the twentieth-century.
Creating Accountability: Improving Responses to Forced Displacement Crimes
International relations expert Associate Professor Phil Orchard is investigating how the United Nations and individual states can best respond to forced displacement crimes.
UOW’s first Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow
For NAIDOC week 2020 we introduce you to UOW’s first Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Yuin woman Dr Marlene Longbottom (@DrMLongbottom) - who also advocates for young researchers via UOW’s Early Career Researcher Disruption Committee.
Law, Politics and Society
In Pursuit of Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence
Associate Professor Julia Quilter from the School of Law is investigating whether existing laws and courtroom practices help or hinder justice for sexual violence victims with the support of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant of $239,322.
Health and Medicine
Public Health Response to COVID-19 for Aboriginal communities
A NSW Health funded research project led by the Ngarruwan Ngadju Health and Wellbeing Research Centre at UOW will address a gap in knowledge of how Aboriginal community controlled organisations are responding to the complex health and social challenges confronting Aboriginal communities in our region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment and Energy
The 3 of us: Crystal Arnold, Jennifer Atchison & Anthony McKnight
The University of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (UOW) is home to many high achieving PhD students who are working towards solving real world problems. Behind every great PhD candidate is a great supervisor (or two).