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A Word
As I write this, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is about to tick over into its 4th week. The world has witnessed heroic resistance from the Ukrainian people and callous, intentional terror from the Russians. Covid taught us how personally interconnecte
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The Role of Storytelling in Place-Based Initiatives
‘The term ‘place-based’… is currently used to describe a range of approaches, from grant-making in a specific geographic area to long-term, multifaceted collaborative partnerships aimed at achieving significant change. In most cases, it is more than
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Embracing The Complexity Of Bushfire In The Pyrocene
Actually, it’s more complicated than that. While we’ve thankfully avoided anything like the extent and ferocity of the Black Summer fires, the last two relatively wet years have still seen hundreds of fires – some with significant impacts – across th
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Start me up Science Creates Business
From their headquarters in Helensvale on the Gold Coast, Adam and James Gilmour are shooting for the stars. The founders of Gilmour Space Technologies, an InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence winner, have turned their start-up into one of Austral
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Neural Interface Devices – Risk And Reward Where Human Meets Machine
Neural interface devices aim to restore lost neural functions and are emerging at the intersection of brain science, computer science, engineering and medicine. They provide an opportunity for individuals who have suffered some physiological or neuro
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Riding on the Brain’s Back Building a Strong Brain Science Research Community
Brain science is the scientific study of the nervous system and its functions, including behaviour and thinking. The applications of brain science are diverse, crossing the health and medical sectors, education, psychology and behavioural science, la
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Context Matters Science, Policy and the Lingering Effects of Colonialism
Much of the literature on how evidence translates into public policy is western centric. There has been less discussion about the applicability of evidence-informed (EIP) and evidence-based policy (EBP) in developing countries. Developing countries h
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References
1 Lankelly Chase. (2017). Historical review of place-based approaches. http://lankellychase.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Historical-review-of-place-based-approaches.pdf 2 As far back as 1972, the Whitlam government established the Department of

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