Academics in UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), and its Asia- Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, have been helping to improve the diplomacy and conflict resolution skills of our neighbours in Africa.
20 September 2012At four years old Dr Fiona Barlow told her mother she would make improving race-relations in Australia a priority.
20 September 2012The long-term adjustment of children and adolescents who sustain burn injuries is being explored by UQ PhD candidate Jessica Maskell.
18 September 2012Anthropologists from The University of Queensland’s School of Social Science are investigating coal seam gas disputes in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland.
18 September 2012Better and more consistent involvement of families in child protection decision-making is a key goal of the research undertaken by Professor Karen Healy from UQ’s School of Social Work and Human Services.
18 September 2012Using music to engage with and educate young people about their emotions, and how to tolerate and regulate their strong emotional states, is the focus of a new intervention developed by University of Queensland clinical psychologist Dr Genevieve...
18 September 2012Community can be a formidable force, capable of achieving the seemingly impossible.
17 September 2012With an ageing population and the competing interests of the individual, the family, service providers, the market and the state in the use of older people’s financial assets, protection and quality management of such assets has never been more...
17 September 2012Freedom of speech is a vital democratic liberty that many of us take for granted, with most Australians firmly believing that they have, and that they should have the right to free speech.
17 September 2012Grandparents who babysit their grandchildren are the focus of a new Triple P program being trialled in Australia.
17 September 2012When globally popular skills competition Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) was first developed by UQ in 2008, it was designed to help students pitch their work effectively to people who may not have expertise in their field of research.
14 September 2012In response to the growing use of technology and smart phones, University of Queensland researchers are examining Australian parents’ use of the internet and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
6 August 2012A UQ study has found that while obesity rates have been partly attributed to the easy access of cheap, high calorie food, many individuals exposed to the same food continue to lie well within the healthy weight range.
6 August 2012
The University of Queensland (UQ) has recognised the commitment of a prominent international professor in applying the principles of communication for social change.
26 July 2012People who felt a lack of control in their lives were more likely to believe in the claimed “psychic abilities” of a famous octopus, a University of Queensland (UQ) study has found.
2 July 2012Queensland mums-to-be are being denied access to water immersion during labour even though research shows it shortens labour and reduces interventions.
24 May 2012Queensland mums are being given the opportunity to have their voices heard on maternity care in Queensland.
1 May 2012In a first of its kind, The University of Queensland is conducting an Australia-wide study of the relinquishment of care in the disability sector.
29 April 2012
It’s a long way from Brooke Wylie’s sleepy hometown to Canberra’s halls of power, but the UQ journalism graduate has her dream job — and it sometimes means bringing a sleeping bag to work.
11 April 2012All University of Queensland undergraduate students are being given the opportunity to add an international focus to their degrees.
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