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Institute staffThis group includes those who work within the Centre but are not part of the Executive.
Todd BennetResearch Co-ordinator Recent duties: Todd Bennet is the Institute's web, publications and publicity manager. He also provides financial administration and reporting support to the Director and research project managers. Other duties include the appointment and induction of staff and associates, and acting as a liaison point between Institute staff and the broader RMIT community, external networks and the public. Todd has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Public Policy and Management from the University of Melbourne, and is currently completing a Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing from RMIT University.
Dr Peter BurrowsSenior Research Fellow Recent research: Dr. Peter Burrows has an eclectic work background covering a variety of disciplines. In 2004 he completed a practice-based PhD-thesis-in-three-dimensions exploring the intersections of art, philosophy, management and education. Since June 2004 he has worked as a Senior Research Fellow with the RMIT University funded Learning by Design Project investigating the potential for teaching practices that are more mindful, pedagogically richer and more inclusive. In this role he has co-ordinated researchers in various parts of Australia. Between 2000-2002 he worked as a founding member of the multidisciplinary research group 'The Telstra Home Team' on a variety of research projects ranging from early childhood education to internet for seniors. Since 1999 Dr Burrows has lectured at RMIT University in management and industrial design. He also teaches business research methods at the Singapore Institute of Management.
Dean ColdicottHigher Degrees and Program Administrator Recent duties: Dean Coldicott is responsible for the administration (including candidature management) of the research and higher degrees programs within the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning. He is also an actively engaged postgraduate research student within the Globalism Research Centre, completing a PhD by Research on 'The Emergence of the World Trade Organization: Multilateralism, Public Policy and Global Governance'.
Rachael DunstanResearch Assistant Recent duties: Rachael Dunstan has worked in a variety of administrative and research assistant positions in universities, as a Project Officer on the Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program in 2005, and as an Electorate Officer. Rachael has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma (Communications) from Monash University. Cecily FentonCommunity Facilitator, RMIT Hamilton Victoria FinchCommunity Facilitator, RMIT Hamilton
Gus GollingsResearcher Recent research: Gus Gollings is a PhD candidate at RMIT University and is employed as the primary researcher for an Australian Research Council linkage grant between Fuji Xerox Australia and the Globalism Research Centre, entitled 'Towards the ‘Semantic Web’: Standards and Interoperability across Document Management and Publishing Supply Chains'.
Dr Damian GrenfellResearch Program Manager (Sources of Insecurity) Recent research: social conflict in East Timor, Aceh and Thailand; violence; nationalism; social movements; globalization; global protest movements. The common basis of Damian Grenfell's research is driven by an interest in insurrection, resistance and dissent. In my PhD—'The State and Protest in Contemporary Australia: From Vietnam to S11'—he examined a series of major campaigns over the last forty years in Australia and argued that, notwithstanding both significant continuities and changes, expressions of dissent in Australia have continuously been unable to transform broader social structures despite an often implicit ambition to do so. In recent years, the national focus of this research has been extended so as to consider formations of global resistance, from anti-corporate politics to the development of the World Social Forum. The interest in social movements and resistance politics has provided an impetus for research into forms of nationalist insurrection and post-conflict reconstruction, especially in terms of how we understand the nation-state in a period of intense globalisation. The RMIT-based project Sources of Insecurity provides the basis for this research, with East Timor the major research focus.
Dr Anne McNevinResearch Fellow Recent research: Anne McNevin joined the Globalism Research Centre in 2007. Her research looks at the transformation of citizenship and belonging in the context of neoliberal globalization. A particular focus is how irregular migrants (refugees, asylum seekers, illegal labour migrants and stateless persons) are implicated in the processes through which citizenship and belonging are constructed, policed and contested. She is currently preparing a monograph on these themes. Anne is also working with Professor Paul James on an ARC Discovery project, Irregular migrants and political belonging in global cities. This three-year project involves detailed case studies of belonging/not belonging amongst irregular migrants in Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles and Melbourne. It asks whether new forms of belonging and political agency are emerging in these contexts and how they relate to broader global processes of social and political change. Anne completed her PhD at the Australian National University in 2006, in Politics and International Relations. Prior to joining the Globalism Research Centre she held research positions at the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University and the Australian Fair Pay Commission. Liam MageeAPAI Research Scholar, Semantic Web (ARC Project) Recent research: Liam Magee is a APAI scholarship holder on the Australian Research Council linkage grant between Fuji Xerox Australia and the Globalism Research Centre, entitled 'Towards the ‘Semantic Web’: Standards and Interoperability across Document Management and Publishing Supply Chains'. Dr Les MorganResearcher Recent research: Les Morgan is a Research Fellow with the Knowledge Design Forum (KDF), a framework for showcasing, connecting and managing the interconnected work of over $1.15M of funded projects, including three ARC grants and the Microsoft Partners in Learning National Evaluation Project. Les is also an artist. His work, which has been exhibited at a number of galleries in Australia, explores the contemporary social reality of imperfect intercultural connections. Terrie NicholsonCommunity Facilitator, RMIT Hamilton (unresolved embed)Carmenesa Noronho Carmenesa Moniz NoronhaResearcher Recent research: Carmenesa Noronha is a researcher and project assistant working with the Globalism Research Centre on its Timor-Leste research program. She is responsible for the questionnaires under the Community Security and Sustainability project and assists on a number of other projects. She is also the Office and Finance Manager for Globalism Research Centre research in Timor-Leste. Carmenesa speaks Indonesian, Tetun and Bunaq, and is learning English.
Dr Andy ScerriResearcher Recent research: Andy Scerri works as a Researcher on the Globalism Research Centre’s Identity in the edge-lands project, a comparative analysis of the cultural politics of globalization and national identity formation across Australia, Britain and the United States. He is also engaged in developing a set of indicators of sustainability, based on the research methods used at the Institute and across the Global Cities programs. Conferred in July 2007, Andy’s PhD thesis Self-Orienting Individuals: Subjectivity and Contemporary Liberal Individualism explored the tense and often contradictory nature of contemporary subjectivity..
Dr Lisa SlaterResearch Fellow Recent research: Indigenous festivals; Indigenous-settler relations in Australia; postcolonial cultural production; theories and senses of belonging and home in contemporary Australia. Lisa Slater joined the Globalism Research Centre in 2007 where she is currently working on a research project examining the relationship between Indigenous Australian Festivals and the health and well-being of youth and community. Before joining the Globalism Research Centre, she lectured in the Koori Centre, University of Sydney, teaching in the areas of Indigenous cultural production, Australian race relations and Indigenous rights.
Pia SmithResearcher Recent research: Pia Smith joined the Globalism Research Centre in 2005 to provide research support on the Community Sustainability collaboralive project, with a particular focus on the 'Wellbeing of Communities' project. She is currently undertaking research on the 'Generations' project for the Cultural Development Network. Pia is also the production editor of Arena Magazine and works freelance as an editor and writer.
Victoria SteadResearch Assistant Recent research: Victoria Stead joined the Globalism Research Centre in 2007 as part of the Community Sustainability Program. She works primarily on the Institute’s projects in Papua New Guinea, particularly the ‘Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Livelihoods’ project, which uses a collaborative, community-engaged research methodology to identify alternate pathways to development. Victoria’s background is in politics and history, and her primary area of interest is contemporary social movements and political mobilization. She completed her Honours degree at La Trobe University in 2006. Victoria also co-ordinates the comparative database for the Community Sustainability Questionnaire, a well-being survey currently used in five of the countries in which the Globalism Research Centre works. Keiju SuominenAPAI Research Scholar, Learning by Design (ARC Project) Recent researchKeiju Suominen is a APAI scholarship holder on the Australian Research Council linkage grant entitled 'Learning by Design'.
Mayra WalshResearcher Recent research: Mayra Walsh is a Dili-based researcher working on a variety of projects within the Globalism Research Centre's Timor-Leste research program. She manages the research undertaken on Community in Timor-Leste, which includes the Community Security and Sustainability project: a six-site study over 2007 and 2008. She has also worked on the 'Vota ba Futuru' project across 2007, and in 2008 will commence her honours degree with RMIT. Mayra speaks both Indonesian and Tetun, as well as English.
Dr Erin WilsonResearch Administrator and Research Assistant Recent research: Erin Wilson is a researcher in the Globalization and Culture Program in the Global Cities Institute, researching on issues related to globalization, ideology, religion and secularism. She also assists with the co-ordination of Globalism Research Centre seminars.. She completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 2007. Her dissertation examined the relationship between religion and politics in the West and its impact on world politics through foreign policy.
Yael ZalchendlerResearch Assistant Recent research: Yael Zalchendler is currently working on an ARC application for the ‘Local Communities and Climate Change Adaptation’ research project with the Global Cities Institute and is involved in the co-ordination of the Globalism Research Centre’s Local- Global projects in Hamilton. She has a BA, Hons from La Trobe University, with a focus on Latin American studies/ Sociology of cultural consumption; and an MA from RMIT in Environment and Planning. Yael is currently studying a Certificate III in Spanish at RMIT. |
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