Month: October 2012

Special Lecture tackles river health

Australian Rivers Institute
Published AuthorContributed
The Australian Rivers Institute Special Lecture 2012 will be on the topic “River Health and Environmental Flows in China”. The event will mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and China. Each year the Special Lecture series brings together scientists and policy makers to discuss issues related to the sustainable management of water […]

The greatest gift of all

Features
Published AuthorContributed
The sound of Griffith student Wayne Kennedy playing Amazing Grace on the bagpipes will beone of the highlights at the fourth annual Griffith University Thanksgiving service in recognition ofbody donors this Thursday. Wayne says the occasion is not lost on him. “It is a fantastic privilege to be able to play the pipesat such an […]

Professor Rod Rhodes

Centre for Governance and Public Policy
Published AuthorAngela MacDonald
Professor Rod Rhodes commenced his appointment as Professor, Centre for Governance and Public Policy . Rod is no stranger to Griffith, having been a visitor to the Centre several times over the years. His recent work takes an interpretive approach to the study of politics, arguing that explanations in political science must and should take […]

Shift, drive, fly: work and wellbeing in regional coal mining communities

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
What is shaping up to be the largest longitudinal study of shift work and its impact on social, physical, psychological, and community wellbeing is well under way. The Australian Research Council Linkage project, co-funded by the Mining and Energy division of theConstruction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), has seen data collected from over 2 […]

Where lies the innovation in employment relations?

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
Small, fast-growing firms are often considered incubators of innovation–but are they incubators of innovation in employment relations?That’s one of the questions driving a major Australian Research Council Discovery project underway across Australia.The project, headed by three WOW members, Professor David Peetz, Professor Adrian Wilkinson, and Senior Research Fellow Dr Keith Townsend, has used a mixed […]

Body language swaying US voters

Features
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
A Griffith University researcher has been making waves in US media as the race to the White House heats up. New York-based Jeff Thompson is a PhD candidate at the Griffith Law School whose areas of expertise include mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and nonverbal communication. His analysis of the third US presidential debate this week […]