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President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Colin J Stirling
Flinders University researchers are tackling the big questions facing society with a scope that is truly breathtaking. New concepts are being examined and questioned, received wisdom is being reimagined or rethought, the past unearthed and the future confronted.
Flinders University is excited to be at the forefront of the world’s most advanced thinking. We are thrilled to be driving the growth of global knowledge and to be fostering new and better societies around the world.
President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Colin J Stirling
The microbes that are key to our health
What happens when an extremely ancient biological system comes face-to-face with a 21st-century lifestyle?
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A voice for change
People with disability know what is needed to improve their own lives, yet many assumptions are made on their behalf
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Kids with disabilities Zoom ahead
For many people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, confronting teleconferencing software such as Zoom
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Problematic pregnancies
Clues that disclose a person’s future health may be found in utero.
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Support from young to old
When her teenage children declared their support for increased aged care funding in Australia, Professor Julie Ratcliffe realised a significant shift was occurring.
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Healthy country, healthy people, health leaders
Effective health delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities requires two-way knowledge and mutual communication.
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Shifting the focus on Aboriginal nutrition
Recognising the impact of colonisation on Aboriginal people’s nutrition is a step we need to take to change the narrative.
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Forest alchemy
Protecting old-growth forests and creating hardwood timber boards from what would previously be considered waste are two benefits of a new process focused on recycling, reusing and repurposing a valuable resource.
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Line Zero
Australia’s first large scale advanced manufacturing accelerator is being established at Tonsley, on a site that defined a previous golden era of automotive manufacturing in South Australia.
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Strategic research in motion
COVID-19 triggered enormous demand for adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for people working at the medical ‘front line’. This challenge set Professor Karen Reynolds’ strategic research brain in motion.
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Turning mental disorder on its head
A new plan represents a pivotal change in how mental health assistance is being sought and delivered in the era of COVID-19.
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A consuming challenge
By the time the alarm bells ring, an eating disorder may already be well established. Seeking help early is essential for both individuals and families.
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Silent survivors
Professor Sarah Wendt doesn’t flinch when she asks tough questions of men who have instigated violence against women.
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Reckoning with history
Narungga woman Dr Natalie Harkin comes from a “three mission history” – that’s the number of times her family were uprooted and shunted from one state-run Aboriginal settlement to another.
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Submerged world beneath the waves.
Suddenly, the boundaries of how we study Australian history dramatically changed with the discovery of Aboriginal stone tools located on the Pilbara seabed.
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Red alert on the cyber battlefront
The days when the threat to our democracy came solely from tanks, ships and fighter aircraft have long gone. Digital technologies these days have the ability to destroy trust in our institutions without a physical shot being fired.
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What mobsters teach about mass terrorism
Decades of work trying to understand the social structures and dynamics of organised crime is now providing invaluable insights into the terrorist networks that have come to dominate security concerns in the 21st Century.
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Creativity unlimited: the science of art
Artistic expression has never had limiting boundaries for Professor Garry Stewart.
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Fish fingers tell a whole new evolutionary story
A 375-million-year-old fish fossil is casting new light on our own evolution, and on the complex history of the earliest vertebrates.
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Addressing a climate of insecurity
Bushfires, droughts, failing crops and rising sea levels – the litany of disasters arising from climate change are all too familiar.
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Reuse it or lose it
Waste can be valuable in ways that we don’t yet realise. It just takes a visionary to see it.
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