ACU research engages communities, government, industry and the not-for-profit-sector to create real and sustainable impacts on the health, wellbeing and prosperity of all people.
Explore our researchEI is a companion exercise to Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), developed to assess how well university researchers are engaging with end-users and translating their research into economic, social, environmental, cultural and other impacts.
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Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith is Director of ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education. A Professor of Educational Assessment and Literacy, her research focuses on professional judgment, standards and moderation, with an aligned focus on curriculum and literacy education. Professor Wyatt-Smith is an approach to impact champion at ACU.
Learn moreProfessor Michael Ondaatje is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at ACU. A historian by training, he played an important role in preparing our high-scoring engagement submission in FoR 21—History and Archaeology—for the inaugural EI assessment. Professor Ondaatje is an engagement champion at ACU.
Learn moreACU Engagement undertakes the collection and reporting of research engagement and impact data; and the development and implementation of policies and strategies to increase research engagement and impact at ACU. We also work with faculties and research institutes to encourage, facilitate and promote research engagement and impact outcomes.
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Access a range of downloadable resources, videos and webinars to support the development of engagement and impact in your research.
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Inspiring First Nations people to become teachers is a major ambition of strong and proud First Nations woman and teaching student, Carmel Debel.
Career,General
One of the most important decisions a social entrepreneur can make is how to tackle a given issue. How do you know you’re solving the right problem?
Collaborate plus
New findings from ILSTE research discusses Teaching Performance Assessments as cultural disruptors in Initial Teacher Education.
This session will help you clarify your ideas, build deep empathy for people and problems, and you will test your riskiest assumptions so you can move forward with confidence.
Collaborate plus
Professor Michele Haynes has been appointed Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS). Michele is an accredited statistician and a long involvement and career in longitudinal analys...
Education,Research
This workshop will teach you how to design and test a business model that will work in the real world.
Collaborate plus
Two ACU theologians have made the list of the top women working in the field.
Learn digital marketing essentials, the five stories of social change and identifying your customer avatar.
Collaborate plus
Using data analytics, ILSTE Researcher, Professor Michele Haynes and her team Dr Melanie Spallek and Karen Kusuma, have profiled the trajectories of academic achievement for children in Queensland sch...
Through this workshop you will gain insights into what creates a great pitch and have the chance to start crafting your own pitch.
Collaborate plus
Associate Professor Lenore Adie, is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Principal Research Fellow in the Assessment and evaluation research area at ILSTE. Her research focuses ...
Learn more about finding your ‘first money’ and grow your understanding of investment, philanthropy, sales and the legal considerations for social entrepreneurs.
Collaborate plus
There is increasing interest in how children use moral reasoning and make moral judgments about social inclusion within diverse cultural settings and little known about this.
General
Learn more about personal sustainability, building great company cultures, team building and project management.
Collaborate plus
Seven community-initiated research projects to improve safety, education and employment will receive funding from ACU’s Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit (SESU).
Research,SESU
Young refugees and migrants are the key to limiting the spread of Covid-19 and managing recovery in their communities, new ACU research has found.
Research
Children and young people faced with a situation that is risky or harmful would first turn to Mum, a trusted friend, or their Dad to tell them they felt unsafe, according to new ACU research.
Media Release
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Director of the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, has been appointed Member of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS).
Research
Students’ difficulties interpreting diagrams remain a concern in science education.
Research
Professor Vince Geiger , from the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, was recently invited to present the Clements-Foyster Lecture at the annual conference of the Mathematics Educat...
Education,Research
Researchers from IRCI’s Religion and Theology program have recently been awarded several research grants from the Templeton Religion Trust following a highly competitive, international review process...
New research at ACU will uncover the unrecognised voices of disabled people and of women through two projects that have just received funding from the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA).
The National Library has announced it will acquire a unique collection of Calabrian stories, songs, and prayers brought to Australia by migrant Carmela Speranza and recorded through an ACU research th...
Australian Catholic University (ACU) will hold a public webinar series on the idea of the self to honour Professor Claude Romano, who was recently awarded the Grand Prix de Philosophie.
Research
Meet Australian Catholic University alumnus Rob Howells, the ex-crane operator who is living proof you don't have to be a bookworm to be a scientist.
Education,General
Sleep-deprived athletes risk poor performances, with almost three-quarters falling short of desired slumber targets by at least an hour, a new study has found.
Research,Media Release
Kids’ love for video games should be harnessed by teachers to improve classroom learning, new Australian research has found.
Education,General
ACU and Nudgee College have partnered on a research project aimed at better understanding and releasing the pressures on elite student athletes.
Research,Media Release
The ketogenic diet may turn elite Olympic athletes into fat-burning machines but new ACU research has found it does not improve endurance.
Research,Media Release
On 15 July, ILSTE hosted the fifth GTPA Digital Symposium with the 19 higher education institute partners.
Research,Education
The Hon Justice Martin Daubney AM and Ms Virginia Bourke have been appointed to the positions of Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor of Australian Catholic University (ACU).
Vice-Chancellor and President
The research team behind an innovative program tackling cardiovascular disease risk in children has been recognised with one of the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia’s (CAPHIA...
Education,General
Leading ACU hamstring expert David Opar will be involved in a $4 million National Football League (NFL) funded study that will investigate the prevention and treatment of hamstring injuries.
Media Release,Research
Dianoia Institute of Philosophy MPhil student Mitch Barrington has won the 2021 Postgraduate Presentation Prize by the Australasian Association of Philosophy, for his paper titled "Ignoring the Improb...
Australian Catholic University’s Dr Grant Duthie, from the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and new Technologies Research Centre (SPRINT), is part of a team helping FIFA improve its player trackin...
General,Education
Australian Catholic University has recruited some of the world’s leading Catholic theologians to spearhead a new international project aimed at reconstructing theologies of Catholicity.
Research
Eating isn’t cheating, according to an Australian Catholic University study that found inadequately fuelled cyclists could be sabotaging their most important rides.
Research
In this secular age, fewer people are engaging in religious ritual but many still seek spiritual experience.
Research
ILSTE has been awarded a $30,000 grant by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) to develop a research paper on cross-institutional moderation (CIM) and benchmarking in teachi...
Research
Five non-profit organisations are partnering with Australian Catholic University (ACU), through its Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit, to explore the impact of COVID-19 for the community sector and...
Research,SESU
Professor Steven Graham, International Professorial Fellow with ILSTE and of Arizona State University (ASU), has been awarded the prestigious William S Gray Citation of Merit from the International Li...
Education,Research
ILSTE has been awarded a $20,000 grant by the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) to develop an evidence base showing how professional experience is assessed in practice and against the graduate stan...
Dr Alda Balthrop-Lewis awarded Shannon Fellowship by the International Thomas Merton Society
A new bookaims to go beyond that “us and them” conflict between religion and atheism to examine the complexities of the way that different kinds of atheists experience belief or its absence
Research
Mums who are overly optimistic about their children’s academic abilities not only help their children enjoy school more but can also improve their school results, new research has found.
General,Media Release
Valentina Lorenzetti's work has led the top US federal health agency to announce a new standard dose of THC in cannabis research.
Media Release,General
Green space around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance.
Media Release,General
ILSTE Researchers further examine digital disruption at the Australian Curriculum Conference on 5 June, in the stream Adapting to Change.
Education,Research
ACU has partnered with the Defence Science Institute to deliver the best in defence science research.
Recent PhD student and early career researcher (ECR) Dr Lesley Friend, now a Research Fellow with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, celebrates graduation as well as a research...
Research
ACU has awarded its highest honour, an honorary doctorate, to Marionne MacRitchie and a posthumous award to the Hon John Fahey AC, GCSG during graduation ceremonies in Sydney.
General
A sudden surge in COVID-19 has pushed many who were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine to rethink their ‘wait and see’ approach.
General
The Multimodal Special Interest Group at the National Institute of Education in Singapore has run Professional Learning presented by ILSTE’s Professor Len Unsworth, for those interested in specialized...
Research
Men who were overweight and at risk of diabetes had better overnight blood sugar control when they exercised in the early evening rather than in the morning.
General
ACU expert in family involvement in patient care and escalation Rett Quinney has called for a national system in all hospitals to help patients escalate concerns about healthcare.
General
Researchers from the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry's Religion and Theology program will present at the conference "Theological Genealogies of Modernity," which is jointly sponsored by AC...
Research
Time-restricted eating could be a game changer for more than one million Australians with type 2 diabetes.
General
Coaches may be rummaging through their Spotify playlists after Australian Catholic University research found - for the first time in team sport - that high-tempo music can influence footballers’ minds...
General
Australian research, proven to improve children’s heart health and fitness, has been published by JAMA Pediatrics, the top-ranked paediatrics journal in the world.
New book offers a valuable contribution to the expanding conversation on big data and digital disruption in education. Edited by Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor Bob Lingard, and Dr Elizabeth H...
General,Research
Two ACU academics have been awarded prizes in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Career
A six-week exercise program of either high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or resistance training can build and maintain muscle mass and strength in middle-aged men, new ACU research has found.
General,Media Release
It sounds like science fiction but, as ACU philosopher Dr Samuel Baron explained in The Conversation, there are real-world possibilities to the concept of a warp drive.
General
ILSTE researchers are successful with a new project Future Education: Evidence-based innovations for Queensland schooling and workforces. A new Futures Framework will be created, using evidence of sc...
Research
ACU historian Professor Noah Riseman has been shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize for his book Pride in Defence: The Australian Military & LGBTI Service since 1945.
Research,Career
ACU philosopher Dr Gillian Russell has been named the author of the top-cited article in the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research for 2019-20.
Career,Research
The muscles of elite endurance athletes boast high numbers of extra-efficient mitochondria, the ‘energy’ powerhouse of muscle cells. Unlocking the secrets of these cellular components could yield gain...
Research
"White Russians, Red Peril", A new book uncovering by ACU's Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick uncovers the little known history of Russian migration to Australia.
Research
Australian Catholic University Professor Jim Sallis, has called for a heightened focus on exercise as a pandemic control after his research revealed physically inactive COVID-19 patients were two-and-...
General,Media Release
ACU collaborated with Catholic Health Australia to to review the lessons learned from the pandemic for health and aged care operators.
Career,Research
The interaction of emotional lived experiences and subject choice plans and decisions is reported in a new study.
Research
There are stereotypes that underestimate the range of boys' preferences for reading and the changing nature of those preferences as they develop as readers.
Higher education partners of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA), convened at the GTPA Collective Digital Symposia in February and March 2021.
Research
When fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll were discovered at the named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel, ACU researcher Dr Gareth Wearne was in demand to explain...
Research
ACU sociologist Professor Bryan Turner has been invited to speak in a prestigious Oxford Union Debate on the topic of Immortality.
General
Understandings of culturally-based conceptions of writing motivation among Chinese students were advanced in this paper by Professor Clarence Ng at ILSTE and colleagues.
Research
A webinar on 26 March will address the dangers of fake news and populism in a time of pandemic
Disturbing stories of women’s experiences of historical and current sexual abuse dominating the news headlines have led child protection expert Daryl Higgins to call for an urgent public health approa...
General
Research with middle school students illustrates transmission pedagogic models of reading in science classrooms
Research
A new article by ILSTE’s Professor Clarence Ng researched the question - What motivates high school students to persist with challenging science?
Research
The design of maths modelling tasks by teachers for use by students has been informed by recent research by ILSTE academic Professor Vince Geiger and co-authors Prof Peter Galbraith (University of Que...
Research
How Australian middle-school students make meaning in science education by drawing on their science epistemic beliefs (SEB) is the subject of a new article in the International Journal of Education Re...
Research
ACU's Sports Performance Recovery Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre is helping elite footballers stay on the field.
Research
Professor Steve Graham, ILSTE Professorial Fellow with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, has been honoured and named as Regents Professor with Arizona State University in Febr...
Research
Higher education partners of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA), an initiative of the Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Learning Science and Teacher Education will convene...
ACU’s leadership in humanities has been further recognised with a prominent book award for one of our senior researchers.
As we return to work and study after summer, alarms are ubiquitous. ACU researcher Matthew Champion explores how past generations used birds, prayers, percussion, and early clocks to get them out of b...
The Melbourne Storm are more likely to win away from home than any of their opponents, according to a new study.
General,Media Release
Teacher education research agendas communicated in the book Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education (by ACU ILSTE academics Claire Wyatt—Smith and Lenore Adie) is a result of ACU education ...
Research
New world-leading physical benchmarks have been set for Australia’s men’s and women’s rugby union players who will be tested as part of an alliance with ACU’s Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and ...
Career,Media Release
Mental health nurses report staff shortages, unsustainable high workloads, acutely unwell patients, and verbal and physical aggression as top causes of work stress impacting their own mental health, a...
Media Release,General
Noted French philosopher and distinguished visiting professor in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy Professor Claude Romano has been awarded the Grand Prix de Philosophie.
A new book edited by Professor Len Unsworth at ACU has been published by Springer. This book titled Learning from Animations in Science Education.
When it comes to metabolic health, it's not just what you eat, it's when you eat it. New ACU research has added to the growing body of evidence showing how time-restricted feeding can improve health e...
Research
Physiotherapists can play a central role in helping their patients quit smoking with a simple three-step intervention model, according to new ACU research from cardiorespiratory physiotherapist Nia Lu...
Media Release
Educational Leaders in Australia were found to be highly motivated towards the professionalisation of the Early Education workforce, an aspect of their work that is overlooked in currently policy.
Education,Research
There’s good news for more than one million Australians who have type 2 diabetes with new ACU research starting to tease apart how changing the time you eat might benefit your health.
Research
Researchers in ILSTE have won many awards and fellowships for their research.
Research
Research shows gaps in the teaching of writing in a recent article in The Conversation.
Research
The Virtual Symposium on Onlife Learning in early childhood education occurring on Friday 20 November 2020, will hear about technology-enabled learning contexts relevant for early childhood.
Research
Whether baked, mashed, fried, boiled, or steamed, potatoes are one of the most popular foods in Aussie diets, but the humble spud is a carbohydrate-based food that people with type 2 diabetes are typi...
Research
Teenagers are experiencing record high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a world-leading psychology professor and co-author of a new illustrated self-help book for young peop...
Research
Read about ILSTE's teaching and writing research
Research
Gender diverse youth feel significantly less safe at school than other students but they trust adults to tackle sexual harassment and support them in risky situations, according to a new Australian Ca...
Media Release
As an ARC Future Fellow at the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE), Professor Kathy Mills, is a winner of the 2020 ACU Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Awards.
Research
Canberra-based poet Geoff Page is the 2020 winner of the ACU Prize for Poetry for his entry Jericho. His winning poem was selected ahead of Footprints by Fiona Lynch from Elwood in Victoria ($5,000 se...
Media Release
New ACU research is showing how busting a move via silent disco technology can boost the wellbeing of residential aged care residents with dementia.
ACU has become aware of false claims connecting it to research associated with Synergy Pharmaceuticals and a herpes simplex cure.
Research
New research by Dr Colette Alexander , Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith (from ACU’s Institute for Learning Science and Teacher Education) and Dr Anna du Plessis, identified that Queensland teachers’ self-...
Research
An ILSTE paper detailing collaboration in the use of digital infrastructure, data and visualisation by ACU researchers at ILSTE, has been selected as a Finalist in these Awards at the 19th European Co...
Research
Australian Catholic University leads a major national research and development initiative to enable digital innovation at scale in teacher education.
Research
ILSTE is a Finalist in the AFR 2020 Higher Education Awards (Education Technology), for using innovative technology in research on improving the quality and impact of teacher education.
Research
Like so many Victorian teenagers, a young Tom Crameri just wanted to work for an AFL club.
General
ACU continues to climb rankings among the top two per cent of universities in the world
General,Education
Teenagers with controlling-style parents experience a sharp drop in mental health and self-esteem, and the damage can be lasting, a world-first ACU study has found.
Media Release,General
Both elite and amateur athletes would get better performance bang for their buck using traditional carbohydrate drinks/sports foods rather than costly hydrogel drinks, according to ACU researchers who...
Research
Leading child protection expert Daryl Higgins has joined a list of prominent health academics calling for an urgent change to Medicare rebates to cover families seeking parenting advice to protect the...
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has appointed Professor Zlatko Skrbis as the University’s next Vice-Chancellor and President.
Media Release,Vice-Chancellor and President
ACU Acting Provost Professor Zlatko Skrbis was pleased to attend the launch of the first Australian Catholic Anti-slavery Network (ACAN) Annual Report
Media Release
The ACU Centre for Liturgy hosted the President of the Catholic Theological Union, Rev Prof Mark R. Francis CSV
Media Release
Researchers led by ILSTE’s Professor Joce Nuttall have exposed the demands being made on leaders in Australia’s early education centres.
Cyclists who retreated indoors due to COVID-19 restrictions could discover the nutritional keys to maximised performance.
Research,General
A life-changing new program is giving young people of all abilities the confidence to develop an everlasting love of physical activity.
Education,General
The ACU Faculty of Theology and Philosophy is pleased to announce that PhD candidate in Historical Theology, Mr Jonatan Simons, was awarded the Graduate Student Paper Prize by the North American Patri...
Media Release
Australia's workforce, economy and society needs the capabilities of a humanities education: critical thinking, analytical and research skills, and the ability to grapple with and communicate complex ...
Ester Cerin, program leader of the Behaviour, Environment and Cognition Research Program at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research (MMIHR) at ACU, has been awarded more than $680,000 as part...
Research
Professor Bob Lingard’s new edited collection, Globalisation and Education with Routledge, is now in production.
Edu@ACU
ACU is pleased to announce the transition of the Ministry Leadership Program (MLP) from Catholic Health Australia to ACU. Former Director of MLP at Catholic Health Australia, Susan Sullivan has also t...
Media Release
IRCI is pleased to be relaunching the Biblical and Early Christian Studies program seminar series for 2020 via Zoom with an outstanding array of international speakers.
The ACU Centre for Liturgy Postgraduate Scholarship for 2020 has been awarded to ACU Faculty of Theology and Philosophy masters' student Thomas Cullen. On awarding the prestigious scholarship to Mr C...
Media Release
A three-day turnaround is sufficient for soccer players to rebound as football administrators around the globe race to compress fixtures to complete seasons disrupted by coronavirus.
General,Media Release
The Australian Province of the Society of Jesus (APSJ), and ACU are pleased to announce a new agreement for the delivery of ACU accredited courses by the Jesuit College of Spirituality (JCS).
ACU researcher Imre Kouw has received the British Nutrition Foundation's prestigious 2020 BNF Drummond Early Career Scientist Award which recognises early career excellence in nutrition science.
General
Internationally renowned historian of modern Russia, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick FAHA, and leading early modern scholar of gender and emotions, Professor Susan Broomhall FAHA, have been appointed to ...
Seven new research centres will enhance ACU’s reputation in the arts, education, health, and theology and philosophy.
Research
Seeking equity for non-dominant English authors publishing in educational research journals
The Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education has released a Policy Brief on the teaching of writing.
Research
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith from the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education joins Emeritus Professor Barry McGaw AO and Emeritus Professor William Louden AM to undertake the NAPLAN Rev...
Research
IRCI researchers, Matthew Crawford, Michael Hanaghan, and Sarah Parkhouse have been awarded prestigious fellowships in Washington, Frankfurt, and London in 2020.
Research
Leading British philosopher Professor John Haldane will join the Australian Catholic University this year to establish a new project to develop Catholic school education, situating this within a broad...
General
Regular exercise changes the composition of the gut bacteria and may play a crucial role in skeletal muscle function and endurance.
General
Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA has been appointed as the Director of ACU’s new Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences.
General
Education Minister Tehan announced on 12 January, the successful ARC Linkage project for ACU, that Chief Investigator Professor Suzy Edwards, of the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Educati...
Research
It's no secret that being in nature is good for your health. Something as simple as a walk in the park can boost well-being and deliver benefits ranging from better sleep to lower stress.
General
Two Australian Catholic University researchers have been awarded prestigious ARC Discovery Project grants to further their work
Media Release
ACU’s Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith is one of a three-person panel of education experts undertaking a review of NAPLAN
Research
Queens’s University scholar, Professor Chris DeLuca is working with Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education Institute researchers including Associate Professor Lenore Adie, Professor Cla...
Research
Professor Mogens Niss is an international collaborator with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education on a maths research project. This ARC project seeks to identify, apply and refine ...
Research
ACU researcher Evelyn Parr will explore if delaying breakfast and consuming an early dinner – known as time-restricted eating – can improve the symptoms of lifestyle-related health conditions such as ...
Research
All adults – not just policy makers – are dutybound to remove fear from children’s lives, according to Michele Riondino, Australian Catholic University’s Professor of Canon Law and Children’s Rights.
Research
Five academic researchers from the Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Research have been named in the 2019 Web of Science Global List of highly cited researchers.
General,Research
Professor Kathy Mills, ILSTE, ACU, shared inspiring stories from multilingual language learners providing the keys to developing agile and inter-culturally aware learning communities
Research
Australian Catholic University's leadership in philosophy and religion has been further endorsed by the Australian Research Council with two Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA).
Research
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor Bob Lingard and Dr Elizabeth Heck of the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) have developed a working paper for UNESCO under the Educa...
Research
ILSTE researchers publish in the International Journal of Educational Research. Researchers Dr Fabienne Van der Kleij, Associate Professor Lenore Adie and Professor Joy Cumming in their recent researc...
Research
People who pursue beauty, fame and money above other goals are less happy than those who want to improve the world, new research has found.
Research
Parents of ‘tweens’ will get a report card on how their child uses screen-based devices and whether that use meets national guidelines.
General
ACU senior lecturer in Biblical Studies and Ancient Languages, Dr Michael P Theophilos has been awarded the 2019 Paul J Achtemeier Award for New Testament Studies.
Research
Professor Stephen Finlay has been appointed as the Director of a new institute dedicated to philosophical research at Australian Catholic University (ACU).
Media Release,Research
Exercise is being teamed up with drug therapy to see if it can become a potent weapon against prostate cancer.
General
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has performed remarkably well over the last three years in the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation.
General,Research
A new article in The Conversation co-authored by ILSTE Professor Kathy Mills and Christian Moro (Bond University), both with teaching backgrounds, opens up debate on this pivotal question for educator...
Research
As tennis demands more from its players, an Australian Catholic University study has revealed it is women who pay a greater physical toll at the Australian Open.
General
Congratulations to Michele Haynes, Joy Cumming, Melanie Spallek and Yoon-Suk Hwang who were today awarded funding of $84,540 from the …
Research
ACU has been awarded over $2.6 million in prestigious Australian Research Council funding in 2018.
Media Release
The Exercise and Nutrition Research Program (ENRP) is based at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. The ENRP is currently seeking applicants for...
Research
Diabetes is a National Health Priority area and the sixth leading cause of death in Australia. Currently 280 Australians develop diabetes every day – that is one person every five minutes. Type 2 Diab...
Research
Is fear such a bad thing? Nobody likes to experience it, but fear can be a spur to virtuous action, and overcoming fear is the essence of courage. But not everyone takes such a benign view.
Research
Excess storage of fat is linked to many different chronic diseases. But some areas of fat storage on the body are worse than others.
Research
ACU researcher Dr Jonathan Teubner has won the prestigious Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise for his monograph …
Research
ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) has been awarded grants for two separate projects set to improve …
Research
Participants wanted for a study to investigate whether the use of a metronome (to guide walking pace) or auditory feedback based on one’s walking patterns can improve balance in older adults who have ...
Research
Earlier this week, Institute Professorial Fellow Stephen Evans was one of five speakers at a session of the …
Research
Combining a high protein diet with cardio and strength training could be the key to staving off debilitating muscle loss.
Research
It’s been almost four decades since two pioneering psychologists proposed a radical shift in the science of motivation.
Research
New Flash, just released. This is the foundational book for the new series, Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability. The …
Research
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.
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).
Media Release
Following the launch of the Statement on Young Children and Digital Technologies last month, Professor Susan Edwards, co-author of …
Research
The Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education (ILSTE) is conducting an afternoon literacy event on Thursday November 15h at …
Research
Dr Emmanuel Nathan has been appointed by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).
General,Media Release
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) and KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, are calling for applications for two …
Research
Chief Investigator Professor Susan Edwards announces the launch of the project website for A Best Practice Framework for playgroups-in-schools at …
Research
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...
Research
Low socioeconomic (SES) schools offer the most rewarding work for dedicated teachers, according to an expert in how to teach …
Research
By: Associate Professor Clarence Ng, Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education (ACU) This book examines promoting engagement for children …
Research
ACU Professor Susan Edwards writes Australia’s first national Statement on young children and digital technology. Early Childhood Australia (ECA) this …
Research
Upcoming publication on international perspectives on Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education: Setting Directions for New Cultures in Teacher Education …
Research
Professor Vince Geiger from ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education has been awarded a Giovanni Prodi Professorship at …
Research
A new book on the Australian curriculum, featuring a chapter on Assessment: the trilogy of standards, evidence and judgement by …
Research
The Director of the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Professor David Runia, has been appointed a Visiting Professor …
Research
Professor Susan Edwards presents keynote address at 2018 DEKTA Annual Conference: 2.30pm, Thursday 30 August …
Research
There is magic in stories. We all remember hearing them as children, and we loved them. Imaginary adventures set in …
Research
The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry is pleased to welcome back Professorial Fellow Eleonore Stump who will be at the …
Research
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 ...
Research
On 26-28 July 2018, scholars from ACU and around the world met at ACU’s Rome campus for a …
Research
Future Fellowship Award to Professor Kathy Mills On 02/08/2018, the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Honourable Simon Birmingham …
Research
On Tuesday IRCI Research Fellow Dr Veronica Alfano, who is also Assistant Professor in the Institute for Languages and …
Research
The verdict is in: it is possible to be fat and fit. And it might be better for your health than being skinny and sedentary.
Research
IRCI’s Dr David Newheiser spoke this week with Rachel Kohn from ABC Radio National’s The Spirit of Things – in a …
Research
Gone are the days of gently cocooning cancer patients in cotton wool – when rest and relaxation was an essential and endorsed part of care. A little drug called exercise – generic name: physical activ...
Research
Professorial Fellow, Professor James (Jim) Sallis was recently featured on The Conversation for his latest article ‘Electric scooters on collision course with pedestrians and lawmakers’. Electric sco...
Research
NAPLAN could learn from the emoji icons made famous by smart phones, by including new digital literacies as a way …
Research
Kate Gavin is the recipient of the 2018 Francis Xavier Conaci scholarship which will assist her to study at the Rome Campus.
General
Congratulations to IRCI researcher Dr Matthew Champion, whose University of Chicago Press book …
Research
Parents frequently ask how to help their child make the most of digital technology in early childhood. In this …
Research
New Australian research of almost 5,000 children has found that books – not prestigious schools or expensive gadgets – are …
Research
“Tradition and Innovation in Early Christianity” – a symposium to be held at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry …
Research
Data walls are being taken up in schools internationally to support the goals of transparency and accountability. However, there is …
Research
Classroom research involving more than 200 primary school students across three low socioeconomic Queensland schools has used smart phones, …
Research,Media Release
ACU researcher Evelyn Parr is seeking Melbourne-based participants to take part in a research study exploring whether time-restricted eating can reverse the symptoms of lifestyle-related health condit...
Research
2018 Simone Weill Lecture on Human Value – Dark humour in dark times: The sustaining virtue of laughter The Institute …
Research
Neglected texts examined at the Institute On Monday and Tuesday 25-26 June the Program in Biblical and Early Christian …
Research
We are pleased to announce that Matthew Champion’s …
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IRCI Researcher Sarah Parkhouse and Professorial Fellow Francis Watson publish a new edited collection titled ‘Connecting Gospels: Beyond the …
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Robert Audi, the John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (USA) and …
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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?
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Biblical scholars of renown in Melbourne John Collins and …
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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.
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In a world first research-led call for exercise to be prescribed as a vital part of cancer treatment, 25 leading Australian cancer organisations and health experts have called for targeted exercise pr...
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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...
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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...
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Welcome to Dr Stephanie Collins, who has joined the Institute from the University of Manchester. Her research primarily concerns the philosophy …
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“A Dialogue on Death”: Atheism and Christianity Panel Forum Australian Catholic University, 3 April 2018 Death confronts us …
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Professor Susan Edwards – Director of Early Childhood Futures research group at LSIA is the lead author on the recently …
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Seminar 1 Professor Karen R Harris Self-Regulated Strategy Development Instruction: Built for Teacher Ownership and Differentiation Professor Karen …
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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 ...
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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.
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Susan discusses the Early Language Learning Australia (ELLA) project.
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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ACU projects have been awarded more than $3.1 million in funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants.
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Congratulations to Matt Crawford and Steve Matthews for their success in the highly competitive 2018 Australian Research Council grant round.
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Australia’s first Exercise Medicine Program to help treat cancer and improve patient outcomes has been unveiled...
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New research has revealed people living in regional, rural or remote Australia are 90 per cent more likely to die from heart conditions caused by high blood pressure than people living in metropolitan...
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Congratulations to Laura Rademaker, who has won the 2017 Council for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) prize for a Future Leader
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IRCI Research Fellow David Newheiser led a seminar at ACU’s Rome Campus in July 2017 on Negative Political Theology.
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We are delighted to welcome three new researchers to the Institute in Early Christian Studies and Constructive Theology.
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The Director of the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry, Dr Philip McCosker, has been appointed a Visiting Research Fellow of the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at the Austr...
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View the live stream-cast of Professor Rich Ryan’s Keynote presentation on Facilitating Learning and Wellness in Schools.
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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...
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ACU research in Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies has been ranked 36th in the world in the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Professor Daryl Higgins is the new director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies (ICPS), a nationally recognised centre of research excellence in the field of child, youth and family welfare.
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We are pleased to announce a major new university-funded research project led by Prof. Francis Watson (ACU/Durham).
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ACU researchers are trialling a program to address thoughts and behaviours about eating and weight before they develop into an eating disorder.
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Ritual, belief and habituation: Religion and religions from the axial age to the Anthropocene
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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?
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This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democra...
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Prepared by Parliamentary Library Fellow Dr Tom Barnes and a research team from the Australian Catholic University, the research paper, titled ‘Transition to where?’, includes preliminary results from...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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The Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society honour Hans Joas and Bryan S. Turner for their research.
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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...
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Victorian parents need to take the pressure off now they are once again teaching their children at home, according to two Melbourne-based education experts.
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