ADI members ARC Discovery and Linkage funding successes
ADI members ARC Discovery and Linkage funding successes
Congratulations to our researchers
Deakin Institute of Citizenship and Globalisation researchers have been awarded Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery and Linkage funding in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions. Through these outstanding collaborations, researchers from our Institute will contribute their expertise to diverse nationally and globally significant research initiatives, with real world outcomes to shape a better future.
Deakin Institute of Citizenship and Globalisation researchers are part of three Discovery Projects and one Linkage Project, addressing the regulation of chemical contaminants, islamophobia, the role of Islam in Indonesian politics and a cultural history of work fatigue. These successes underscore the Institute’s leadership across diverse subject fields and its strong collaborative and multidisciplinary focus.
The successful projects are listed below:
Discovery Project: New Chemical Geographies: Governing Emerging Contaminants ($545,626.00 UNSW).
This project aims to examine the governance and regulation of chemical contaminants. Ubiquitous in everyday products and the environment, this class of chemicals has a range of potential health and environmental implications. Focusing on the development of regulatory frameworks this project will generate novel insights concerning the ways in which the governance of chemical contaminants is shaped by societal values. The project will provide a platform for broad community engagement in the governance of emerging contaminants, while contributing key insights across a range of nationally significant policy areas, including the critical interface between net zero and circular economy policies and hazard and risk management.
Project team: Professor Matthew Kearnes; Professor Cameron Holley; Dr Carley Bartlett; Dr Patrick Bonney; Professor Dr Ulrike Felt
Linkage Project: Tracking Islamophobia and its impacts on Australian Muslims’ lives ($537,437 Monash University)
The project aims to establish a longitudinal cohort study to identify Australian Muslims experiences of interpersonal Islamophobia and potential links to social, economic, and mental health outcomes. It will also longitudinally monitor social media, news, international events and associated anti-Muslim sentiment, to establish potential links with Islamophobic attacks and discrimination. It will be the first longitudinal cohort study to examine the influence of interpersonal incidences of Islamophobia and its effect of Muslims lives. Outcomes include evidence on the impacts of Islamophobia on Australian Muslims social, economic, and health outcomes, and inform efforts to reduce the incidence and harms of Islamophobia.
Project Team: Dr Susan Carland; Professor Kerry O’Brien; Associate Professor Matteo Vergani; Dr Zarina Vakhitova; Dr Nora Amath
Discovery Project: Indonesia in the global geography of Islamic knowledge ($630,233 Monash University)
Indonesia has branded itself on the global stage as the home of ‘moderate Islam’, yet in the world of Islamic learning Indonesia is a consumer in a one-way flow. Indonesian students still flock to centres of learning in the Middle East where Indonesian thought is not studied. The project addresses two problems arising from this disparity. Do Indonesia’s claims to be the home of moderate Islam have impact in global hierarchies of Islamic learning? How significant are the domestic political tensions generated within Indonesia by traditions of study in the Middle East? Project is relevant to Australia because it researches the position of Australia’s regional partner in a network of international relations to which Australia is an outsider.
Project Team: Professor Julian Millie; Dr James Hoesterey; Associate Professor Ismail Alatas; Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh
Discovery Project: A Cultural History of Workplace Fatigue ($677,799 UQ)
This project aims to investigate how the historical and cultural construction of workplace fatigue shapes the design and implementation of fatigue management technologies in an age of AI. Through historical research, stakeholder consultation, and focus-group studies, it will analyse and evaluate the impact of automated fatigue management technologies on diverse users. Expected outcomes include better understanding of end user experiences, recommendations for more equitable fatigue management, and co-developed models for product design that mitigate the risk of automated discrimination. Benefits include improved workplace health outcomes, enhanced diversity-informed technology design, and international academic and industry collaboration.
Project team: Associate Professor Elizabeth Stephens; Professor Alison Downham Moore; Dr Christopher O’Neill; Professor Melissa Gregg.
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