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'The vice of fear' Tyler Paytas on the Philosopher's zone

Is fear such a bad thing? Nobody likes to experience it, but fear can be a spur to virtuous action, …

Teubner wins Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise

ACU researcher Dr Jonathan Teubner has won the prestigious Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise for his monograph …

Stephen Evans presents on Kierkegaard and the limits of politics.

Earlier this week, Institute Professorial Fellow Stephen Evans was one of five speakers at a session of the …

Doubling protein intake while exercising key to strong muscles

Combining a high protein diet with cardio and strength training could be the key to staving off debilitating muscle loss.

Beyond carrot and stick: the truth about what motivates us

It’s been almost four decades since two pioneering psychologists proposed a radical shift in the science of motivation.

Vice-Chancellor condemns political intervention into research grants

ACU Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Greg Craven expressed displeasure at the news that funding for 11 research grants, including one from ACU, had been overturned for no apparent reason.

Professor Susan Edwards explores new educator guidelines to help manage children's screen time

Following the launch of the Statement on Young Children and Digital Technologies last month, Professor Susan Edwards, co-author of …

Dr Emmanuel Nathan appointed to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission

Dr Emmanuel Nathan has been appointed by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).

Two PhD scholarships to be offered in New Testament studies

The Australian Catholic University (ACU) and KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, are calling for applications for two …

Professor Herb Marsh presented keynote address at the 2018 APS (Australian Pyschological Society) Congress

Our very own Professor Herb Marsh (BA Hons, Indiana Univ, MA, PhD, UCLA; Dsc UWestSyd; HonDoc, Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munich) has presented his keynote address at the 2018 Australian Psychological So...

Challenging schools offer best teaching rewards

Low socioeconomic (SES) schools offer the most rewarding work for dedicated teachers, according to an expert in how to teach …

Empowering Engagement - Creating Learning Opportunities for Students from Challenging Backgrounds

By: Associate Professor Clarence Ng, Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education (ACU) This book examines promoting engagement for children …

Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education: Setting Directions for New Cultures in Teacher Education

Upcoming publication on international perspectives on Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education: Setting Directions for New Cultures in Teacher Education …

The Australian Curriculum: Promises, problems and possibilities

A new book on the Australian curriculum, featuring a chapter on Assessment: the trilogy of standards, evidence and judgement by …

Institute director Prof. David Runia appointed Yale visiting professor during Fall semester

The Director of the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Professor David Runia, has been appointed a Visiting Professor …

Information Technology in Early Childhood

Professor Susan Edwards presents keynote address at 2018 DEKTA Annual Conference: 2.30pm, Thursday 30 August …

Six things you should do when reading with your kids

There is magic in stories. We all remember hearing them as children, and we loved them. Imaginary adventures set in …

Suffering and Flourishing, Guilt and Forgiveness

The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry is pleased to welcome back Professorial Fellow Eleonore Stump who will be at the …

Time to consider the needs of people above the needs of cars

I recently led a “walkshop” – a walking workshop – that taught cardiac rehabilitation experts how to assess the pedestrian-friendliness of streetscapes, including design of footpaths (if any), street ...

Modes of Knowing Rome seminar in July

On 26-28 July 2018, scholars from ACU and around the world met at ACU’s Rome campus for a …

Grant Award News Flash

Future Fellowship Award to Professor Kathy Mills On 02/08/2018, the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Honourable Simon Birmingham …

Veronica Alfano’s IRCI seminar on the Neologistic Imagination

On Tuesday IRCI Research Fellow Dr Veronica Alfano, who is also Assistant Professor in the Institute for Languages and …

Dr David Newheiser speaks with Rachel Kohn on The Spirit of Things

IRCI’s Dr David Newheiser spoke this week with Rachel Kohn from ABC Radio National’s The Spirit of Things – in a …

Use emojis in NAPLAN: kids’ literacy expert

NAPLAN could learn from the emoji icons made famous by smart phones, by including new digital literacies as a way …

Gladstone Prize Winning Book

Congratulations to IRCI researcher Dr Matthew Champion, whose University of Chicago Press book …

‘Beyond ‘screen time’: Digital technology in the early years. Professor Susan Edwards, Research Director of Early Childhood Futures, delivers online webinar for the Raising Children Network

Parents frequently ask how to help their child make the most of digital technology in early childhood. In this …

Research shows books are best for kids’ learning

New Australian research of almost 5,000 children has found that books – not prestigious schools or expensive gadgets – are …

Tradition and Innovation symposium to be held at IRCI

“Tradition and Innovation in Early Christianity” – a symposium to be held at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry …

Data walls and classroom learning

Data walls are being taken up in schools internationally to support the goals of transparency and accountability. However, there is …

Selfies, gifs, memes and emojis can empower kids’ language

Classroom research involving more than 200 primary school students across three low socioeconomic Queensland schools has used smart phones, …

'Neglected texts' workshop and book launch

Neglected texts examined at the Institute On Monday and Tuesday 25-26 June the Program in Biblical and Early Christian …

IRCI's renowned philosopher Robert Audi returns to Melbourne

Robert Audi, the John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (USA) and …

Connecting Gospels: Beyond the Canonical / Non-Canonical Guide

IRCI Researcher Sarah Parkhouse and Professorial Fellow Francis Watson publish a new edited collection titled ‘Connecting Gospels: Beyond the …

USA interview with Professors Kathy Mills and James Gee on the Future of Writing

What is the future of writing? Why can’t kids today write in cursive? Can we expect more rapid cultural shifts in the future due to globalization and technology?

IRCI welcomes Professors John Collins and Adela Yarbro Collins

Biblical scholars of renown in Melbourne John Collins and …

ACU experts lead global exercise and sport science conference

Leading ACU exercise and sport science experts John Hawley and Prue Cormie co-chaired the prestigious Research to Practice 2018 conference, which drew 800 global and national leaders.

Active living champion Jim Sallis receives Fries prize

Obesity warrior Jim Sallis has been presented with the prestigious 2018 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award in the US. Professor Sallis, an ACU professorial fellow, received the prize for his pion...

Exercise eases depression and anxiety in cancer patients

Targeted exercise programs for older men with prostate cancer are emerging as a crucial therapy to ease long-standing depression, anxiety and psychological distress. New ACU research is investigating...

IRCI welcomes new philosopher

Welcome to Dr Stephanie Collins, who has joined the Institute from the University of Manchester. Her research primarily concerns the philosophy …

A Dialogue on Death

“A Dialogue on Death”: Atheism and Christianity Panel Forum Australian Catholic University, 3 April 2018 Death confronts us …

LSIA Professor leads national discussion on young children and digital technology

Professor Susan Edwards – Director of Early Childhood Futures research group at LSIA is the lead author on the recently …

Research Dialogue Series #1 Online Video

Seminar 1 Professor Karen R Harris Self-Regulated Strategy Development Instruction: Built for Teacher Ownership and Differentiation Professor Karen …

Principals as STEM Leaders — building the evidence base for improved STEM learning

Professor Vince Geiger, with Professor Chris Branson and Dr Jenny Martin, have been successful with an application for the research project Principals as STEM Leaders — building the evidence base for ...

Prue Cormie among leaders in exercise and sports science

Prue Cormie among leaders in exercise and sports science Leading exercise oncology expert Prue Cormie has been named as one of Exercise & Sports Science Australia’s three top female leaders in 2018.

Using digital technologies to enable young children’s second language learning

Susan discusses the Early Language Learning Australia (ELLA) project.

Launching a new measure of preservice teachers’ professional readiness

The Trial of the GTPA was completed successfully in 2017. The Trial included the validation of the instrument, standard setting, moderation, and the setting of the cut-score (minimum acceptable level)...

What are the threats and potentials of big data for qualitative research?

Amid the big claims of big data, analytics, datification, and data mining, this article answers central questions for qualitative research. In the debates about the enormity and ubiquity of data in th...

Play-based learning

Developmentally appropriate practices like play-based learning are valuable for strengthening many areas of development and learning. This topic aims to show how play-based learning can help support y...

More children are starting school depressed and anxious – without help, it will only get worse

Starting school for the first time can be stressful. Children are suddenly thrown into a foreign environment, juggling the pressure of learning new academic skills and establishing relationships with ...

Research to Practice 2018

Research to Practice is Exercise & Sports Science Australia’s (ESSA) biennial conference, and features international leaders in the Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology and Sports Science fields. Res...

Participants wanted for HIIT study

Can high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and protein supplementation make you fitter and stronger? Researchers from the Centre for Exercise and Nutrition at the Australian Catholic University are n...

A/Prof Prue Cormie recognised as an emerging Exercise Science leader by ESSA

A/Prof Prue Cormie‘s contribution to sports and science in Australia was recognised last month, following Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) calling upon the sector to nominate influential wom...

ISIS goes global

Following the tragic terror attacks in Paris, the world turns its attention to the organisation behind the carnage. Do we now need to rethink our approach toward ISIS, previously characterised as a d...

Love in a time of terror: can we break the cycle?

The terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut have elicited a disturbingly predictable series of responses. We’ve witnessed the usual political posturing, harsh military reprisals, the immediate politica...

Ritual, belief and habituation - Religion and religions from the axial age to the Anthropocene

Ritual, belief and habituation: Religion and religions from the axial age to the Anthropocene

Socrel News Issue 5 (2017) Interview - Prof Bryan Turner

Given the plurality of readings of the secularisation thesis, please could you give us a summary of your own take on our sub-discipline’s paradigmatic theory?

ERA success for ACU

ACU researchers are celebrating after a strong performance in the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment. The performance affirms ACU’s rapidly rising research trajectory.

Detroit: What Lessons for Victoria from a ‘Post-Industrial’ City?

Based on recent research in Detroit, including multiple interviews with its civic, business and political leaders, this is one of the first reports to document these collaborative efforts in the 12 mo...

Interview with the winners of the Sociological Review prize for outstanding scholarship

We announced last month that Bryan S. Turner and Berna Zengin Arslan were the winners of the 2014 Sociological Review Prize for Outstanding Scholarship for their article Legal pluralism and the Sharia...

Reproducing Citizens: family, state and civil society

This volume takes up the challenge posed by Bryan Turner, when he noted “the absence of any systematic thinking about familial relations, reproduction and citizenship” (2008), and offers the first maj...

Teaching the Multimodal Language of Emotions in a High-Tech World

The Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education (ILSTE) is conducting an afternoon literacy event on Thursday November 15h at …

Literacy & teacher assessment receive major funding boost in ARC grants

ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) has been awarded grants for two separate projects set to improve …

Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education

New Flash, just released. This is the foundational book for the new series, Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability. The …

A Best Practice Framework for playgroups-in-schools Website

Chief Investigator Professor Susan Edwards announces the launch of the project website for A Best Practice Framework for playgroups-in-schools at …

Awarded QLD Education Horizon grant

Congratulations to Michele Haynes, Joy Cumming, Melanie Spallek and Yoon-Suk Hwang who were today awarded funding of $84,540 from the …

Professor Vince Geiger awarded professorship

Professor Vince Geiger from ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education has been awarded a Giovanni Prodi Professorship at …

New guidance for educators on young children and digital technologies

ACU Professor Susan Edwards writes Australia’s first national Statement on young children and digital technology. Early Childhood Australia (ECA) this …

Professors Hans Joas and Bryan S. Turner receive the Max Planck Research Award 2015

The Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society honor Hans Joas and Bryan S. Turner for their research.

Retraining gait patterns to prevent falls in older adults

ACU joins global Catholic research universities

ACU joins Boston College in the United States and six other Catholic universities from around the world as founding members of the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU).

ACU success in 2018 ARC Grants

ACU has been awarded over $2.6 million in prestigious Australian Research Council funding in 2018.