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Institute External Research Funding Surges to Record Levels

Institute External Research Funding Surges to Record Levels

For the first time in its ten-year history, ADI has secured over $7 million in external research funding, ticking over $7.4 million in the past year. This surpasses the previous record of $6.8 million in 2023, marking a significant milestone for the humanities and social sciences research institute. 

ADI's Focus on Excellence and Impact Sustains its Growth

The vision for the institute has been and continues to be focused on powering equitable and just change in society, through multi-disciplinary, innovative research that is partnership-led and problem-oriented. Our success in external funding schemes with consecutive record in research awards supports and validates this vision.   

“ADI invests heavily in supporting its researchers and in seeding their research ideas; our positive trajectory over the past few years is evidence that this approach of focusing on our human capital is working and that our collective success in particular in various Australian Research Council schemes is likely to continue,” says Deakin Distinguished Professor Fethi Mansouri, ADI’s founding Director. 

2024’s external research funding supported ongoing research efforts and launched over 20 new projects. 

ADI’s core thematic research programs also complement national and global topics of importance such as migration, climate change and sustainability, Indigenous rights and the challenge of recognition and justice, public health crises, technology and digital transformation and justice and power in international relations. 

Innovative Research Projects Addressing Diverse Global Challenges

Funded projects (Category 1-4) include: 

Embedding Net Zero Carbon Emissions in Northern Australia 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Timothy Neale (lead), Dr Christopher Mayes 
  • Project Funding: ARC Discovery Projects  

Youth Futures After Mobility – a longitudinal study of mobile transitions 

  • Project Team: Prof Anita Harris  
  • Project Funding: ARC Discovery Projects 

Remembering the Korean War in Australia and South Korea 

  • Project Team: A/Prof David Hundt (lead) and Prof David Lowe 
  • Project Funding: DFAT 

Southeast Asia Network of Civil Society Organisation (SEAN-CSO) developing threat assessment tools for use in rehabilitation from violent extremism 

  • Project Team: Prof Greg Barton  
  • Project Funding: Department of Home Affairs  

Women in Leadership in the Security Sector 

  • Project Team: Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh  
  • Project Funding: Australia Awards Indonesia  

Wyndham’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Planning for a Digital Future. 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Toija Cinque (lead) and Prof Gjoko Muratovski 
  • Project Funding: Wyndham City Council 

Understanding Target Selection in the Victorian Context 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Josh Roose  
  • Project Funding: Department of Justice & Community Safety  

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Needs and Gap Analysis 

  • Project Team: Prof Fethi Mansouri (lead), Dr Amanuel Elias and Prof Santosh Jatrana 
  • Project Funding: Department of Transport  

Understanding and Enhancing Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Capacity in Victorian Rural-Regional Communities 

  • Project Team: Professor Michele Grossman AM (lead) and Dr Christine Horn 
  • Project Funding: Department of Justice & Community Safety 

Anthropological Work for Integrated Management Plan for Running Waters and other Waterholes in the Upper Finke River 

  • Project Team: Dr Jason Gibson (lead) and Mr Michael Cawthorn 
  • Project Funding: Northern Territory of Australia  

Meet your Stories, Brooklyn 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Antonia Pont (lead), Prof Stefan Greuter, Mr Simeon Taylor, A/Prof Cameron Bishop, Prof David Cross 
  • Project Funding: Hobsons Bay City Council 

Youth Justice multicultural lived-experience program evaluation 

  • Project Team: Prof Stephane Shepherd (lead), Dr Natasha Maharaj and Safinaz Darfour
  • Project Funding: Department of Justice & Community Safety  

Addressing the educational needs of African-Australian young people and their families 

  • Project Team: Prof Stephane Shepherd (lead), Dr Mohammed Ali, Mr Abraham Kuol, Dr Iswa Chaudhry and Hana Tahir
  • Project Funding: Department of Education and Training Victoria 

Research Scholarship Agreement between Deakin and Barwon Health 

  • Project Team: Prof Matthew Clarke (lead) and Prof Trish Livingston 
  • Project Funding: Barwon Health  

Everyday Peace Rohingya Refugee – Plan International AHP Phase IV 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Anthony Ware (lead), Dr Vicki Ware and Mr Hasan Acar 
  • Project Funding: Alinea International  

Overseeing the Overseers. 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Zim Nwokora (lead), A/Prof Peter Ferguson and A/Prof Amy Nethery 
  • Project Funding: Legislative Leadership and Governance Group  

The UBUNTU Youth Empowerment Program 

  • Project Team: Prof Stephane Shepherd 
  • Project Funding: Afri-Aus Care in partnership with Paul Ramsay Foundation 

What is a good fire simulator? 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Timothy Neale 
  • Project Funding: Natural Hazards Research Australia  

Exploring Aboriginal History and Art in the Gardner Range: A Collaboration with Warlayiriti Artists 

  • Project Team: Dr Jason Gibson (lead) and Mr Luke Scholes 
  • Project Funding: Warlayiriti Artists Aboriginal Corporation 

The Role of Social Capital in Improving Disaster Resilience in Australia 

  • Project Team: Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu (lead), Mr Hemant Pullabhotla, Dr Lan Tong, Dr Aaron Nicholas and Ms Pam Wilson 
  • Project Funding: Australian Red Cross Society  

CE4VM: Community engagement for vegetation management 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Timothy Neale (lead), A/Prof Victoria Stead, Dr Mardi Reardon-Smith and Dr Sophie Adams  
  • Project Funding: Natural Hazards Research Australia  

Evaluation ‘Game Changes’ 

  • Project Team: Dr Helen Young 
  • Project Funding: All Together Now 

Vulnerabilities of religious minorities in Shining India 

  • Project Team: A/Prof Costas Laoutides (lead) and Dr Seema Khan 
  • Project Funding: Islamabad Policy Research Institute  

Reconfiguring Heritage: Present Engagements with Communities’ Pasts for Resilient Futures 

  • Project Team: Prof Benjamin Isakhan  
  • Project Funding: UK Research & Innovation  

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