Issue 37 July 2017

From the Associate Dean Research The Faculty made two submissions to the UNSW Futures consultations, one from BE and the other as a signatory to a joint HASS submission. We now look forward to seeing how the consultation progresses and the Futures themselves unfold. BE has been able to secure funding to establish a geospatial research group and this is progressing in tandem with the refurbishment of the basement area which will accommodate three research laboratories: namely City Analytics; the Livability lab and the new Geospatial research team. We are working closely with Facilities Planning and expect to have this new purpose-built research space operational by February 2018. Additionally. I am very pleased to report that four grants submissions are in the process of being lodged for the Commonwealth’s Smart Cities Inaugural round, these represent

major industry and inter Faculty collaborations and we look forward to congratulating any successful grantees sometime soon. If we are successful we stand to generate up to 3 million in additional research income. Big congratulations to all concerned, this is an important area for development in our Faculty and one in which a number of our researchers really shine. Our unit is planning to trial, a new monthly seminar program for Early Career Researchers and postgraduates in second semester, so stay tuned for more announcements about this. We have also requested some additional resources to better support tender writing and editing. We are also hoping to hold a workshop sometime in semester two if there is sufficient interest, on the ‘Furoshiki of research packaging’, it should be a fun and creative workshop which will support our non-traditional research scholars and those wanting to supervise our new professional doctorate students. Last but not least, the AROC collections for 2016 have now be signed off and we are starting preparations for the upcoming Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA 2018), to this end we will be holding some workshops to communicate our research and current understanding sometime soon. Catherine Bridge Associate Dean Research

Researcher Highlights

Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher Workshop Congratulations to Mohammad Mojtahedi who has been selected to represent UNSW at the U21 Workshop – “Interculturality and Multiculturalism: the challenges for changing societies” for Early Career Researcher Development. The Workshop will be held at the Pontificia Universidad de Católica de Chile in Chile from 4-6 October, 2017.

Launch of 'Shady Acres' Rob Freestone, Professor of Planning, was invited by Carol Liston, President of the Royal Australian Historical Society, to launch a new book on Sydney’s urban history entitled Shady Acres: Politicians, Developers and Sydney’s Public Transport Scandals 1872-1895 at History House in Macquarie Street in late April.

The manuscript was substantially advanced by Lesley Muir before she passed away several years ago, and was substantially completed by historian Joy Hughes. Professor Freestone explained to the audience the ways in which Shady Acres contributes to our understanding of the political and private interest groups that shaped the development of Sydney’s transport system. His speech will be a feature story in the June edition of History Magazine.

Image: Professor Freestone is pictured with Carol Liston (left) and Joy Hughes (right). Image courtesy Suzanne Holohan.

New Grant Highlights Improving environmental health & well being in commercial offices though better managing air, sound & temperature

Dr Christian Tietz in collaboration with Silenceair P/l, has obtained $ 30,000 project funding under the NSW Government’s TechVoucher scheme. The project aims to improve environmental health and wellbeing in commercial office environments through better management of air, temperature and sound by providing a product that offers silent, non-mechanical airflow and ventilation. It improves privacy and air quality.

In essence the product incorporates a variety of acoustic resonators which absorb the intrinsic sound waves out of the air as it flows past. The unit is installed into Plasterboard walls and requires a small opening on either side, covered with a vent grill. Industrial Design orchestrated a process from taking an original idea based on scientific theory and by enlisting designers, acoustic engineers and other specialist turned it into a marketable product with the potential to transform office work spaces into healthier environments boosting productivity and well being. In this project Industrial design plays a vital role in bridging the gap between policy (improving building performance and reducing greenhouse emission), health (environmental health and safety requirements) and productivity (office worker wellbeing) by providing a product solution that enables the implementation of policy through an actual marketable product that improves people's lives. This project improves environmental health outcomes for office workers and it also draws on the interdisciplinary expertise not only within BE, through the collaboration with Dr Ainsley Murray in Architecture, but also the transdisciplinary collaboration with acoustic engineering with Associate Prof Con Doolan and Danielle Moreau from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

Image: 3D sketch showing potential installation of two silenceair units in a steel framed gyprock wall with vent cover.

Image credit Silenceair p/l.

Meet the Researchers - Oya Demirbilek

Oya is currently Associate Professor in Industrial Design, and she has held the role of Associate Dean of Education since 2013. She joined the BE Industrial Design Program as a Lecturer in 2000; and held other positions at UNSW; such as Program Head for Industrial Design 2006-2009; and Postgraduate Program Director for the MID and MSc (IDES) Postgraduate Programs 2002-2005. Before joining UNSW, Oya was an Assistant Professor at METU, Industrial Design Program, Ankara. She also held an Instructor position in Product Design, at the prestigious Art Center College of Design (Europe), La Tour-de-Peilz, in 1989.

In her two PhD studies, completed in 1999 Bilkent University, Ankara, and 2001, Marmara University, Istanbul, Oya worked with old people on the design process, and on co-designing armchairs with them. Her current research and teaching include design education, design research, universal design, participatory design, designing for ageing, empathy and ‘design & emotion’. An important part of her research involves working with old people, as co-designers in the research process; and her main drive is to explore and find ways to help make old age physically and emotionally more comfortable for all, in domestic environments and in city life in general – to allow people to age-in-place, as long as possible. Besides her academic work, Oya is also a designer of lamps, ceramics, glass products, and jewelry, with a few award-winning designs.

BE Research in the News Martin Loosemore: Should We Welcome Chinese Investment into Australia’s Construction Industry? Sourceable, 21 June 2017. View online. Chris Pettit: Airbnb in Australia shows the sharing economy has a 'dark side'. ABC, 18 June 2017. View online. Philip Oldfield: Architects urge change in attitudes towards safety after Grenfell fire. Guardian, 17 June 2017. View online. Chris Martin: ‘Naked’ homes offer solution to housing affordability crisis. Domain, 7 June 2017. View online. Have you have had your research mentioned in the media recently? Please send details to Michaela Turner for inclusion in the next newsletter.

BE Research on the Web Altmetrics measures the attention a DOI-linked output receives on the web and tracks outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Wikipedia, Pinterest, blogs, Reddit, The Conversation and other media outlets. Each month we list the top scoring outputs from the faculty, sourced from Altmetric Explorer.

1. Miles Park Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design 2. Hazel Easthope The decline of ‘advantageous disadvantage’ in gateway

suburbs in Australia: The challenge of private housing market settlement for newly arrived migrants

3. Laura Crommelin, Raymond Bunker, Laurence Troy, Bill Randolph, Hazel Easthope, Simon Pinnegar As compact city planning rolls on, a look back: lessons from Sydney and Perth

4. Deo Prasad Photovoltaic cogeneration in the built environment 5. Scott Hawken, Hoon Han Innovation districts and urban heterogeneity: 3D

mapping of industry mix in downtown Sydney

University Updates

IBISWorld - New reports UNSW Library has recently expanded its collection of IBISWorld reports to include sought after Australia Company Reports and China Industry Reports. The UNSW community now has access to:

• Australia Industry Reports: analyses of 500 major industries in Australia's economy

• Australia Company Reports: analyses of 2000 Australian and New Zealand companies

• Australia Risk Rating Reports: industry forecasting to determine risk ratings over the upcoming 18 months

• China Industry Reports: 200 industries in China analysed, includes reports on major industry participants

Web based resource: Extend Your Career Extend Your Career is a holistic, integrated framework and web based resource that assists researchers, academics and those working in a related area, irrespective of their career stage and aspiration to assess their progress needs, identify potential development options and source them. The framework has been developed in conjunction with HR, Learning and Teaching and the Division of Research and has been endorsed by the UNSW Higher Degree Research Committee.

Did You Know...? The Division of Research has released a number of new policies and protocols:

1. Research Expert Controls - Any researcher intending to take research materials or plans overseas or sharing them with people or entities that are overseas needs to be aware of items restricted under this new policy.

2. Research Ethics and Compliance Protocol Deviation Report - This must be completed in the event your research deviates from the approved protocol, including circumstances and responsibilities of individual researchers. Any incident will be recorded as a research integrity breach and consequences may arise for repeat offenders. An example may be forgetting to get signed consent for a survey, photo or interview etc. In this case the researcher would be

required to complete the form and all data obtained without consent would need to be removed from the research project.

3. Use of Drones must be approved by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and UNSW has now appointed a Chief Drone Pilot. There is a website and induction course associated with this. Compliance in this instance is about CASA-specified conditions other than privacy.

4. All research staff are expected to disclose their interests using the Conflict of Interest Policy - Disclosure Statement - Human Resources form linked to the conflict of interest policy. For instance, if a researcher has an ABN, is a company Director or has a family member or partner connected to a research project this must be declared. Historically, in most cases, failure to declare has resulted in dismissal.

5. Research Integrity - To ensure authenticity and integrity of research work, all HDR supervisors should be reviewing their students research writing and idea development on an ongoing basis. All HDR supervisors are now expected to use iThenticate to check a thesis prior to its submission. Supervisors need to contact the Research Integrity Office to get access to this software

HDR News

June Graduations Congratulations to the following HDR candidates (and supervisors!) who graduated recently with a PhD degree: Sumavalee Chindapol (Dr Paul Osmond, Prof Deo Prasad and Dr John Blair) Aida Eslami Afrooz (Dr Bruno Parolin, Prof Alan Peters, Dr Gethin Davison and Dr David White) Tinalee Gallico (Apro Simon Pinnegar and Prof Bill Randolph) Shamilla Haddad (Dr Paul Osmond, Steve Kind and Dr Shahin Heidari) Sara Mehryar (Prof Bruce Judd, Dr Gethin Davison and Dr Mahmoud Ghalehnoee) Yingying Qu (Prof Martin Loosemore and Dr Cynthia Wang) Prajakta Sane (Apro Harry Margalit and Dr Maryam Gusheh) Gary Shiels (Prof Susan Thompson and Dr Peter Williams) We wish them well in their future research endeavours.

Social Night Strike Bowling at The Entertainment Quarter The HDR cohort got together on the evening of Friday 2 June for some good old fashioned fun. A game of bowling plus Karaoke and Pool were on the agenda. The night was a huge success and lots of fun, we had a great turnout of 50+ and the Karaoke was a hit with everyone. The night began with a game of bowling followed by Karaoke and a game of pool. Here are some pictures from our fun outing.

Student 3MT Competition Faculty heats will be held on Thursday 20 July from 10am-12pm in the Red Centre G001 Lecture Theatre with drinks and nibbles afterwards. All academics are encouraged to attend this event in support of their HDR students. In this competition higher degree research candidates have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance, in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition supports the development of research candidates’ capacity to communicate ideas effectively to a range of non-specialist audiences and to the wider community. Participation in the 3MT provides:

• A networking opportunity for research candidates both within Faculties and across UNSW

• The opportunity for candidates to ‘crystallise’ thoughts about their thesis and how they Communicate their research

• Internal and external promotion of the value of postgraduate research • An opportunity to have fun, and to generate public and media interest in what

our researchers do.

The Graduate Research School will host the UNSW 2017 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Interfaculty Final on Wednesday 13 September. The winner of the UNSW Final will participate in the 2017 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis Competition, to be held at The University of Queensland on Friday 29 September.

Monthly Cohort Workshop The next monthly HDR cohort workshop with be held on Wednesday 5 June from 11am in the AGSU Room (RC2001). We will have the pleasure of welcoming Jamie Roberts, learning advisor from the UNSW Learning Centre. He will give a talk on critical thinking and writing. All welcome to attend.

Research Centres News

CITY FUTURES

On the road with Blacktown

Council In ‘New Research on Migrant, Ethnic and Religious Communities in Western Sydney: Integration, Segregation and Shifting Geographies’, City Futures co-hosted a packed-out public seminar at Blacktown Civic Centre on 5 June ...more

CRC FOR LOW CARBON LIVING

In the news CRCLCL Deo Prasad continues his regular contributions to Sourceable, with his latest, “Low Carbon Cities: From Pipe Dreams to Reality”,exploring Australian and international examples of low carbon precincts, followed by a second piece “Changing Attitudes to Low Carbon Living: Who Leads?” on the various channels influencing community attitudes to sustainable living.

CRCLCL is recruiting! The CRC for Low Carbon Living is recruiting for a full time projects coordinator based at our offices at the UNSW Kensington campus. Post graduate students are welcome to apply but 2-3 years of project management experience is an essential requirement for the role ...more

Research Cluster News

SMART CITIES

Digi-fab Urban Village Project Scott Hawken recently travelled to Japan to present at the Digi-fab Urban Village Project on digital fabrication and desakota systems. The workshop coincides with a collaboration Smart Cities is developing with David Sanderson and Nicole Gardner.

New Paper - Innovation districts and urban heterogeneity Hoon Han and Scott Hawken recently published a paper in the Journal of Urban Design on 3D GIS and innovation districts using Sydney’s fascinating floor space and employment survey dataset which depicts every room and business in the city ...more

DESIGN RESEARCH COLLABORATION

Breathing Buildings Ainslie Murray’s solo exhibition ‘Breathing Buildings’ opened at the Japan Foundation in Sydney on Friday June 16. Over 100 people attended the opening event which centred on an open dialogue between Murray and scholar of contemporary Japanese architecture Dr Julian Worrall. Breathing Buildings is an exhibition of works by artist and architect Ainslie Murray in response to three buildings by acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The exhibition features a series of moving images and installations exploring qualities of material dissolution based on real spatial experience, and conceptualise the buildings as a series of filters that act between body and environment.

The exhibition runs until July 28 and is supported through BE NTRO funding.

HIGH PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE

Open Seminar Professor Costas N. Papanicolas, the Head of the Energy Division at the Cyprus Institute, delivered an invited talk titled “Concentrated Solar Power Mitigating Climate Change Impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East” on 7 June 2017, hosted by HPA Research Cluster and CRCLCL.

International Research Trips Scientia Professor Deo Prasad AO and Dr Lan Ding took part in a number of international research trips in May and June which included training workshops on a set of UNEP guidelines on sustainable cities and communities developed in collaboration with the CRCLCL and Built Environment colleagues, and field visits of potential exemplar sustainable cities and communities in China.

New Research Project As part of an inter-university collaboration with RMIT, Professor Mat Santamouris and the HPA team have been successful in the Citizen Science Grants scheme run by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda.

Visiting HPA Lab Professor Luwei Yang from China Academy of Science and other scholars visited the HPA lab (Energy Bus, Drone, etc) in the Faculty to facilitate research communication and collaboration.

National Forum: Cooling Cities HPA staff will deliver talks and presentations covering a range of research projects in the CRCLCL’s National Forum Series (by invitation only), Cooling Cities. Held in August, the Forum aims to:

• Address the urgent issues related to urban heat islands and extreme heat events in Australia;

• Foster discussion on evidence-based decision-making in urban microclimate mitigation;

• Provide recommendations on mitigation strategies and technologies; • Showcase contemporary research in the field, with short presentations from

a number of PhD students; • Establish networks that facilitate collaborative efforts across academia,

governments and the built environment industry.

Upcoming Events

SAHANZ 2nd PhD Symposium on Architectural History - Adelaide This event will be co-hosted by the University of Adelaide and the University of Western Australia, and will aim to connect advanced PhD candidates, as emerging researchers, with established scholars in architectural history …more Date: Monday 3 July and Tuesday 4 July, 2017

Urban Big Data Masterclass The University of South Australia is offering an optional pre-conference Master Class based at UNSW for a special rate of AU$50.00 to CUPUM Conference delegates. The Master Class is also available as a stand alone event (without conference registration) for AU$200.00. Date: Monday 10 July 2017 | 12.30pm – 5.00pm Venue: Boral Lecture Theatre, AGSM, UNSW Kensington (50 participants) To register: Please click here

City Futures Seminar - Regenerating Detroit: By Whom? For Whom? In this seminar, Professor George Galster, from Wayne State University, Michigan, USA looks at Detroit, which for a half-century, has deservedly earned the reputation as one of the world’s most desperate, dysfunctional, declining cities. But something phenomenal has been happening over the last five years that foreshadows an unprecedented urban renaissance ...more Date: Thursday 13 July | 12:00pm - 1:00pm Venue: Room 2001, Red Centre West Wing, UNSW Kensington To register: Registration is essential as numbers at this event are strictly limited

City Futures Seminar - Grenfell Tower fire Presented by visiting UK academic Professor Mark Stephens, this CFRC seminar will summarise what we know about the origins of the disaster and will review the fierce debate that has erupted on its underlying implications for housing and social policy. Date: Tuesday 18 July | 12:00pm - 1:00pm Venue: Level 4, meeting room 4035, Red Centre West Wing, UNSW To register: Registration is essential as numbers at this event are strictly limited

2017 Semester 2 Postgraduate Welcome New BE postgraduate students are encouraged to come along to the Semester 2 welcome event. A series of breakout sessions will be followed by drinks and finger food served in the BE Gallery. Date: Wednesday 19 July | 4:30pm - 6:30pm Venue: Red Centre Theatre G001, Red Centre, West Wing, UNSW To register: Please click here

BE Faculty heats - Student 3MT Competition In this competition higher degree research candidates have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance, in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Drinks and nibbles will be served afterwards and all academics are encouraged to attend this event in support of their HDR students. Date: Thursday 20 July | 10:00am - 12:00pm Venue: Red Centre G001 Lecture Theatre

CRC for Low Carbon Living National Forum - Cooling Cities Part of the of CRCLCL’s National Forum Series (by invitation only), Cooling Cities will focus on the important issue of urban microclimates. The forum will showcase how evidence-based decision-making can help to cool our cities and therefore reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions ...more Date: Friday 4 August 2017 | 9:00am - 4:30pm Venue: UNSW CBD Campus (1 O'Connell Street, Sydney) To register: Please click here

Next City Vanguard Conference Next City Vanguard is coming to Newcastle, bringing 50 of the best and brightest young urban leaders from the Americas, New Zealand and Australia. The Vanguard conference is an annual gathering for the next generation of urban thinkers and will place a spotlight on the revitalisation of Newcastle as well as promoting the city as an emerging capital of ideas and innovation. Date: Monday 6 to Friday 10 November 2017 Venue: Newcastle To apply: Please click here

Publications

Books Alrasheed, H., & Kamardeen, I. (2017). Improving the Psychological Health of Foreign Workers in Developing Countries: A Socio-Ecological Analysis of the Saudi Construction Industry. Nova Science Publishers. Retrieved from https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=62229&osCsid=5e9a553a1b1129fed10cc0ad3598a587

Reports Liu, E. Y., & Judd, B. (2017). RP3038 Policy Guide Note: Addressing Australia's worsening energy deprivation. Sydney: Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living. Retrieved from http://www.lowcarbonlivingcrc.com.au/resources/crc-publications/fact-sheet/rp3038-policy-guide-note-addressing-australias-worsening Liu, E. Y., Judd, B., & Mataraarachchi, S. (2017). RP3038: Lower income barriers to low carbon living - Policy pathways to addressing barriers. Sydney: Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living. Retrieved from http://www.lowcarbonlivingcrc.com.au/resources/crc-publications/crclcl-project-reports/rp3038-final-project-report-lower-income-barriers Troy, L., & Martin, C. (2017). Queensland Rental Vulnerability Index. Sydney: City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney. Retrieved from https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/documents/396/RVI_final_to_TQ_public.pdf

Journal Articles He, B., & Zhao, D. -X. (2017). Effects of architectural shapes on surface wind pressure distribution: Case studies of oval-shaped tall buildings. Journal of Building Engineering. doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2017.06.009 Santamouris, M., Haddad, S., Fiorito, F., Osmond, P., Ding, L., Prasad, D., . . . Wang, R. (2017). Urban heat island and overheating characteristics in Sydney, Australia. An analysis of multiyear measurements. Sustainability (Switzerland), 9(5). doi:10.3390/su9050712 Upadhyay, A. K., Ding, L., Yee, K., & Prasad, D. (2017). Post-occupancy energy consumption of BASIX affected dwellings in the Sydney metropolitan area. Procedia Engineering, 180, 331-342. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.192

Conference Presentations Crommelin., van den Nouwelant., & Randolph. (2017, February 15). These aren't the key workers you're looking for: Revisiting the key worker housing discourse from a central city productivity perspective. In Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved from http://ahrc2017.com.au/program-2/

Conference Papers Bartesaghi Koc, C., Osmond, P. W., Peters, A., & Irger, M. (2017). A methodological framework to assess the thermal performance of green infrastructure through airborne remote sensing. In L. Ding, F. Fiorito, & P. Osmond (Eds.), Procedia Engineering (pp. 1306-1315). Sydney: Elsevier: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.293 Bartesaghi Koc, C., Osmond, P. W., Peters, A., & Irger, M. (2017). Mapping Local Climate Zones for urban morphology classification based on airborne remote sensing data. In 2017 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). Dubai, United Arab Emirates. doi:10.1109/JURSE.2017.7924611 Chindapol, S., Blair, J., Osmond, P., & Prasad, D. (2017). A Suitable Thermal Stress Index for the Elderly in Summer Tropical Climates. In L. Ding, F. Fiorito, & P. Osmond (Eds.), Procedia Engineering (pp. 932-943). Sydney: Elsevier: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.253 Diaz, C. A., & Osmond, P. W. (2017). Influence of Rainfall on the Thermal and Energy Performance of a Low Rise Building in Diverse Locations of the Hot Humid Tropics. In L. Ding, F. Fiorito, & P. Osmond (Eds.), Procedia Engineering (pp. 393-402). Sydney: Elsevier: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.198 Pakzad, P., Osmond, P. W., & Corkery, L. (2017). Developing Key Sustainability Indicators for Assessing Green Infrastructure Performance. In L. Ding, F. Fiorito, & P. Osmond (Eds.), Procedia Engineering (pp. 146-156). Sydney: Elsevier: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.174 Sanchez, A. X., Osmond, P. W., & Van der Heijden, J. (2017). Are Some Forms of Resilience More Sustainable than Others?. In L. Ding, F. Fiorito, & P. Osmond (Eds.), Procedia Engineering (pp. 881-889). Sydney: Elsevier: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.249

Funding/Research Opportunities It is important to note that all applications from UNSW staff & students must be submitted via the Grants Management Office (GMO). The internal deadline for submission of grant applications to the GMO is 2 weeks prior to the external deadline. This timeframe allows the GMO to ensure applications comply with UNSW policies and sponsor requirements.

Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarships (BHTS) The purpose of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarships (BHTS) is to enable recipients to undertake a course of study, research, or other activity approved by the Board which allows the promotion and encouragement of education of students of and/or graduates in architecture. The Scholarship program must involve travel which may be overseas or within Australia ...more External Deadline: 31 July 2017

Universitas 21 (U21) | Graduate Collaborative Research Awards U21 has announced a new round of Graduate Collaborative Research Awards. The aim of these awards is to facilitate collaboration within the U21 network. They are designed to encourage doctoral candidates, with the support of their supervisors/advisors, to think innovatively about how their research could benefit from engagement with other members of the U21 network. These awards can be used to fund operational expenses associated with a particular research project with 3 or more U21 partner institutions …more External Deadline: 1 August 2017

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts makes project-based grants to individuals and produces public programs to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society ...more External Deadline: 15 September 2017

Centre for Liveable Cities Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme The Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) is a leading urban solutions think tank in Singapore, jointly set up by the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources of the Singapore government in 2008. Through its Research, Capability Development, Knowledge Platforms and Advisory work, CLC hopes to provide urban leaders and practitioners with the knowledge and support needed to make cities better. CLC is currently recruiting for their Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme. For more information please visit the CLC website.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) The Australian Research Council (ARC) has released indicative dates for the new round of grant opportunities under ARC Discovery and Linkage Programme schemes: Australian Laureate Fellowships 2018 Proposal Opens: 27 September 2017 Proposal Closes: 9 November 2017 Future Fellowships 2018 Proposal Opens: 2 October 2017 Proposal Closes: 22 November 2017 Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 2018 Proposal Opens: 3 October 2017 Proposal Closes: 29 November 2017 Industrial Transformation Training Centres 2018 Proposal Opens: 3 October 2017 Proposal Closes: 29 November 2017 Discovery Projects 2019 Proposal Opens: 13 November 2017 Proposal Closes: 21 February 2018 Discovery Indigenous 2019 Proposal Opens: 21 November 2017 Proposal Closes: 28 March 2018

Researcher Development – UNSW Workshops

Research Bazaar - Sydney Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 July 2017 The Research Bazaar is coordinated by UNSW, UTS, University of Sydney, Macquarie University and ANDS promoting the digital literacy emerging at the centre of modern research. Researchers at ALL levels, especially research Masters, PhD and early career researchers, are encouraged to apply. ResBaz this year will be held at the University of Technology Sydney. Expressions of Interest to attend are open until the 26th March. Find out more by reading about past events here, or visit the ResBaz Sydney 2017 website.

Making Professional Connections in Academia and Industry Tuesday 4 July 2017 | 10:30am - 12noon Wednesday 5 July 2017 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm Most people don't like to network yet it is the most powerful and under-utilised tools to succeed in your career. Find out why networking is important for research candidates, how to build your network, how to create a good first impression. Further information & to register.

Understanding how to interpret linear regression models Thursday 13 July | 3.00pm – 4.00pm This informal talk will help you to interpret linear regression models.

• What do the coefficients in linear models actually mean? • Is it different for continuous and categorical predictors? • What does it mean to “control for” another variable? • How do I interpret coefficients, on one hand, in the presence of other

explanatory variables and, on the other hand, in a model on their own?

The talk will be about 30 minutes long and will be followed by afternoon tea and time for discussion. Further information & to register

NVivo11 Workshops Session 1: Thursday 10 August | 10:00am – 2:30pm Session 2: Thursday 7 September | 10:00am – 2:30pm Session 3: Thursday 5 October | 9:30am – 2pm The Qualitative Research Network Hub at SPHCM will be running NVivo training workshops, which include some basics of qualitative data analysis process together with the skills of using NVivo to manage and code qualitative data. The workshops will be facilitated by Dr Husna Razee and Dr Alexandra Gibson. The training will take you through the various features of NVivo11 and will be conducted over 3 sessions with you getting hands on experience in coding your data using NVivo11. Fees apply and attendance at the first two sessions is essential. Further information & to register

Foundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT) The FULT program is offered to UNSW teaching staff who wish to develop their practice by exploring a range of perspectives, ideas, theories and practical approaches to learning and teaching in the higher education context. FULT adopts a “blended learning” approach and aligns with UNSW aspirations and strategic directions, including enhanced technology use in learning and teaching. There are three FULT modules and each includes online and face-to-face (F2F) activities and will run over an approximate three-week period. Module 1: Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Dates: Monday 31 July – Friday 18 August F2F session: Tuesday 8 August | 10:00am - 12:00pm Module 2: Introduction to Educational Design in Higher Education Dates: Monday 21 August – Friday 8 September F2F session: Tuesday 29 August | 10:00am - 12:00pm Module 3: Introduction to Enhancing Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Dates: Monday 11 – Friday 29 September F2F session: Monday 18 September | 10:00am - 12:00pm All sessions will take place in The Tyree Room, John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW. Further information & to register

Orientation to Research Tuesday 22 August 2017 | 10:00am - 1:00pm Orientation to Research provides an essential introduction for research academics and administrators new to UNSW. It will provide an overview of the research environment; strategy, expectations, support available and an opportunity to meet with key Division of Research staff. Further information & to register

Researcher Development – External Workshops

Open Data for Smart Cities Friday 25 August 2017 For those who have an interest in data and open data Griffith University has an ODI certified trainer who will be running an Open Data for Smart Cities training course in Sydney. It will be held at Data61 in the Australian Technology Park and course fees will apply. For more information or to see if you qualify for a 20% discount please email Linda O’Brien from Griffith University. The ODI has created the open data skills framework, which might be helpful to map and plan the skills and capability development.

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