Research and Innovation

Gunnai-Kurnai and Gunditjmara woman Lidia Thorpe was recently elected by Greens party members to replace the former party leader, Richard Di Natale, as senator for Victoria. Thorpe is the first Indigenous woman to represent the Greens in federal parliament.

At I2N's Startup Stories, Josh Jeffress shares his innovation journey helping companies bring their ideas to reality.

A significant grant awarded to a Hunter researcher will fund a first-of-its kind program to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers to quit smoking when their partner is pregnant, or if they have young children at home.

More than $1 million has been announced by the Federal Government to support researchers investigating how to combat the most common and severely debilitating, however vastly under-treated, side effect of stroke – fatigue.

As debate rages about sexual harassment in the legal profession, a key outstanding question is reforming the way judges are appointed.

At I2N's Startup Stories, Kylie shared her innovation journey so far helping students develop their design skills and visual spatial abilities.

I2N's Creating Value in Uncertainty workshop shares practical approaches and tools to help new and established businesses create new value for customers and their businesses in times of rapid change.

Forensic anthropologist and criminologist with the University of Newcastle, Dr Xanthé Mallett, has published a book which exposes Australia’s worst wrongful convictions.

The tragic death of George Floyd on 25 May has once again emphasised the significance of bystander video distributed through social media as a police accountability mechanism, says University of Newcastle Criminologist, Dr Justin Ellis.

Six projects led by Hunter researchers have been successful in attracting a combined total of $10.6 million in the latest round of competitive National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding.

A new report reveals the areas that are most at risk of COVID-19 related job loss, with researchers pinpointing more than 100 locations of emerging disadvantage in Australia.

Infectious diseases can spread in an exponential fashion and containment is a key strategy in halting the spread of disease during an epidemic. Containment requires rapid identification and quarantine of infected individuals, and identification of those with whom they have had close contact.