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This is a cross-disciplinary applied physics and electronic engineering research centre. We undertake R&D in communications science and technologies. Particular interests of CATQER members include quantum communication and measurement, quantum optics, quantum cryptography and optical communications, mesoscopic devices, and wireless and satellite communications. Facilities include on-campus 10 metre and 4.5 meter diameter satellite dishes, and an electromagnetically shielded quantum noise research laboratory. International collaborators include Hamamatsu Photonics KK and the NTT Advanced Technology Corporation of Japan. For further information contact:
Director: Professor Paul Edwards (02) 6201 2515
website: http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/atrc/
The Centre for Australian Regolith Studies undertakes graduate teaching and research aimed to improved understanding of the Australian landscape and regolith. Research in the Centre is investigating the factors and processes important in regolith and soil formation and application of this knowledge to improved resource management and development.
The goals of the Centre are:
Research in the Centre is currently focused in the following areas:
The Centre for labour Market Research was established to encourage the study of labour economics and labour relations and to promote informed public debate about labour market issues. It draws on the work of scholars across Australia, all with national and international reputations. The Centre has been successful in obtaining a number of grants, most recently under the Australian Research Council Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research and training (SPIRT) scheme and has undertaken several collaborative research projects with Government Department.
Research of the Centre is currently focussed on
Director: Professor Phil Lewis (02) 6201 2175; fax (02) 6201 2140
The Centre for Research in Public Sector Management was established in July 1990 to provide a focus for research in public sector management within the University. The Centre is based on scholars from the Division with national and international reputations. The members of the Centre bring to the study of public sector management skills from a range of disciplines, including management, political science, public administration and sociology.
The goals of the Centre are to conduct research into issues of importance in public sector management; to develop the provision of professional education and research based degrees in public sector management; and to promote discussion, debate and dissemination of information nationally and internationally on public sector management issues.
The Centre now incorporates the Australian Centre for Regional and Local Government Studies.
The research of the Centre is currently focused on the following areas:
Director: Dr Jules Wills (02) 6201 5483/2904; fax (02) 6201 5239
The Centre carries out commissioned tourism research for government and industry, with a special emphasis on applied tourism research. Research competencies include:
The Centre is well known in the Capital Region for the quality and timelines of its work, and is known internationally for the rigour of its conference papers, and topicality of its published research.
Recent work includes a study of school educational trips to Canberra, a study of disability tourism in the Snowy Mountains and various evaluations for Canberra events, and an accommodation monitor for Thredbo Kosciusko Ltd. In addition the Centre has carried out a segmentation study for the Canberra District Wine Industry show.
Centre researchers have presented papers at the Tourism Council of Australia Annual Conference, and are frequently sought for advice to government agencies and other tourism organisations.
Director: Professor Trevor Mules (02) 6201 5016
The Communication and Media Policy Institute is a specialist professional unit of the University of Canberra dedicated to policy-relevant research and analysis of communications and media issues and the provision of related consultancy services.
The focus of the Institute's research strategy is on the identification and analysis of factors pivotal to the development of efficient policies for the rapidly evolving communication and media industries. Research projects likely to advance understanding of the determinants of change in those industries and enhance the Institute's capacity to provide consulting services to clients are given a high priority.
While the Institute uses a multidisciplinary methodology in its evaluations, the emphasis of its approach is on applied economic analysis.
The Communication and Media Policy Institute is located within the Division of Communication and Education.
Director: Dr Franco Papandrea (02) 6201 5083, fax (02) 6201 2630 e-mail: franco.papandrea@canberra.edu.au
The University of Canberra joined the CRC Sustainable Tourism in July 1999 and marked its commitment to the project by appointing its first Professor in Tourism who is also the coordinator of the Canberra node. The Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation (CTEC) is the University's partner in the node.
The CRC Sustainable Tourism is a research initiative of the Federal Government. It commenced in 1997, and is established under Corporations Law as a registered company, with its head office being located at Griffith University on the Gold Coast. Its Charter is to promote, fund and assist practical research on tourism with the intent of improving the environmental, commercial, and social sustainability of tourism. The emphasis is on research which can be shown to have relevance to the tourism industry.
The Canberra node has developed research project proposals in collaboration with CTEC, and the Australian Heritage Commission as partners. These projects attract CRC funding and allow University staff to undertake more fundamental, large scale projects, with sufficient funding to allow the gathering of primary data and undertake significant testing and analysis.
Recent projects include:
Future projects include the development of a generic model for the measurement of visitor satisfaction in Australia. This project has been developed in conjunction with state, territory and National Tourism bodies through their involvenment in the Tourism Research Committee.
Director: Professor Trevor Mules (02) 6201 5016.
Research at the University of Canberra is administered though Research Institutes located in each academic Division. Research is focused within these Institutes into themes that allow the distribution of resources to areas of research strength that are nationally and internationally competitive.
Our researchers comprise a broad multidisciplinary team that services the knowledge needs of human health, prosperity and sustainability. We have core areas of research in ecology, environmental and earth sciences, in medical and health sciences, and in built and cultural environment. We welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduates interested in pursuing a research career, and from business, industry, government and community organizations on prospective collaborative initiatives.
Research Institute Director: Associated Professor Arthur Georges, telephone 61 2 6201 5786, fax: 61 2 6201 5305 email: georges@aerg.canberra.edu.au
The Centre for Developing Cities was established in 1997 to provide a program of activities to meet the ccapacity build needs of institutions, organizations and communities engaged in the management and development of cities in Australia and the developing countries of Asia. The Centre focuses upon the continuous developoment of innovative programs of activities dedicated to professional education, training, learning, total quality management, research and development. The Centre also acts as a catalyst and network service provider of information, skills and expertise in areas of urban management to a range of organizations, professions and community interest groups.
Director: Professor Brian Roberts, telephone 61 2 6201 2633, fax 61 2 6201 2342, email: broberts@scides.canberra.edu.au
The Design Research and Development Group focuses on two main areas of specialisation, namely, collaboration with industrial companies in R&D for new, environmentally sustainable consumer product designs and, secondly, partnering Universities and Polytechnics, especially in Asia, to develop Design Centres and specialised programs in product/industrial design including masters and doctoral level degrees. The group has access to up-to-date Computer Aided Design (CAD) and prototyping and testing facilities to support its R&D activities including access to computer graphics laboratories at the Canberra Institute of Technology under the related National Institute of Design Partnership.
Director: Professor E (Livio) Bonollo, telephone (02) 6201 5070, fax (02) 6201 5211, email: livio.bonollo@canberra.edu.au
The Cultural Heritage Research Centre provides a focus for research into heritage places and buildings, and museums and their collections, utilising the individual and combined talents of Centre staff. A wide range of consultancies are undertaken for Australian and international clients. Research covers such topics as the theoretical, historical and technical research into the development of historic, aesthetic and social values in conservation studies; research into the associative and interpretative value in understanding community interest in historic places and attachment to the past; the establishment of cultural importance through historical research; and the role of archaeological investigation.
Directors: Professors Colin Pearson and Ken Taylor, telephone (02) 6201 2368, fax (02) 6201 5419, email: pearson@sides.canberra.edu.au
The Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology is a world-class research centre specialising in river system ecology, river restoration and sustainable river management. Its research portfolio addresses the short and longer term issues facing land and water managers, such as environmental flows, river and wetland rehabilitation, measuring river condition, native fish decline, floodplain and wetland ecology, and conserving aquatic biodiversity.
Director: Professor Gary Jones, telephone: (02) 6201 5167, fax: (02) 6201 5038 email: gjones@enterprise.canberra.edu.au
The CRC produces inter-disciplinary knowledge of Australia's regolith environments, packages this knowledge in readily useable forms and ensure that it is transferred into practice in the minerals industry and environmental management, and provides for university and technical education in these fields. The CRC runs four inter-related, multi-disciplinary programs that couple investigation of regolith processes with innovative testing of applications in mineral exploration and environmental geoscience.
Contact: Associate Professor Ken McQueen, telephone (02) 6201 2520, fax: (02) 6201 5728, email: kmq@scides.canberra.edu.au
The Applied Ecology Research Group is an interdisciplinary group of academic staff, postdoctoral fellow, postgraduate students and research associates whose goals is to conduct research which contributes to the understanding and improved management of plant and animal species, communities and ecosystems, with particular reference to the impact of human activity. The group provides professional undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education in biological resource science and management, especially management of vegetation, wildlife, parks and rangelands. It also provides consultancy services to both government and non-government agencies involved in biological resource management.
Director: Associate Professor Arthur Georges, telephone (02) 6201 5786, fax (02) 6201 5305 email: georges@aerg.canberra.edu.au
The Gadi Research Centre aims to conduct innovative research for the development and advancement of scientific knowledge of processes and mechanisms to elucidate human responses to a variety of stimuli. Outcomes of research undertaken in the Gadi Research Centre aim to improve the health and well being of mankind. This is achieved through a variety of research activities ranging from investigations of specialised cellular and biochemical processes to social, lifestyle and nutritional aspects of population groups from local, national and international locations.
Director: Associate Professor Jennelle Kyd, telephone (02) 6201 2160, fax (02) 6201 2461 email: kyd@scides.canberra.edu.au
The National Centre for Corporate Law and Policy Research operates as a centre for research in the areas of corporations law and corporate governance, securities law, taxation law and the law associated with electronic commerce. In addition to research in Australian law in these areas, the Centre maintains a strong specialist focus upon East Asian corporate and commercial law.
The Centre has the following goals:
Centre Contacts: Professor Bryan Horrigan: (02) 6201 5790; e-mail Bryan.Horrigan@canberra.edu.au
Mr Geoffrey Nicoll (02) 6201 5798; Mr Neil Andrews (02) 6201 5797.
The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling was established on 1 January 1993. It supports its activities through research grants, commissioned research and longer term contracts for model maintenance and development with the federal departments of Family and Community Services, Health and Aged Care, and Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Policy changes often have to be made without sufficient information about either the current environment or the consequences of change. NATSEM specialises in analysing data and producing models so that decision makers have the best possible quantitative information on which to base their decisions.
NATSEM has an international reputation as a centre of excellence for analysing microdata and constructing microsimulation models. Such data and models commence with the records of real (but unidentifiable) Australians. Analysis typically begins by looking at either the characteristics or the impact of a policy change on an individual household, building up to the bigger picture by looking at many individual cases through the use of large datasets.
In addition to developing models, the Centre has an active research and publications program. Publications are freely available and can be downloaded from the NATSEM website - http://www.natsem.canberra.edu.au
Current research and model development includes:
Director: Professor Ann Harding (02) 6201 2780; fax (02) 6201 2751.
The Plasma Instrumentation Laboratory was formed in 1992 to carry out research into automatic instrumentation for monitoring and controlling plasmas used in industrial processes.
The Laboratory operates two plasma sources using helicon wave excitation to couple power into the plasma. Current projects include: microprocessor control of Langmuir probes, microwave stripline interferometers and spectroscopic measurements as well as automatic control of the plasma power source and the antenna coupling circuit.
A new project in the Laboratory involves investigating the use of Plasma Antennas for HF-VHF Digital Wireless communications over long distances.
The Laboratory is also a member of the Australian Fusion Research Group collaborating on the H-1 National Plasma Fusion Research Facility at the ANU. The laboratory is developing a multichannel soft x-ray monitoring system that will allow tomographic reconstruction of an image of the plasma core.
Director: Associate Professor Andrew Cheetham: (02) 6201 2196, fax (02) 6201
5041
e-mail: Andrew.Cheetham@canberra.edu.au
website: http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/pil/
Latest update: 18/03/03