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Success Stories
Japan's Foreign Policy in Focus
Examining Japan’s role in regional institutions and cooperation and competition in energy security and climate change is the focus of an ARC Discovery Project led by Purnendra Jain, professor in Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. [Read More ]
Final Ovation for Highly Successful Ballets Russes Project
The Ballet Russes Project which explored the social and cultural impact of tours to Australia and New Zealand during the 1930s by Colonel Wassily de Basil's acclaimed Ballets Russes, has been completed after four years. [Read More]
The Write Stuff Leads to Miles Franklin Shortlist
The novel The Bath Fugues written by Professor Brian Castro was recently short-listed for both the South Australian Premier’s Literary Prize and the Miles Franklin Award [Read More]
ARC Study Compares Ancient and Modern Approaches to Grief
Associate Professor Han Baltussen from Classics in the School of Humanities is leading an ARC funded interdisciplinary project called Ancient Consolation and Psychotherapy: Grief and Care of the Soul [Read More]
Graeme Hugo to Lead New Sustainable Population Advisory Panel
Professor Graeme Hugo has recently been appointed Chair of the Demographic Change and Liveability Advisory Panel of the new Ministry of Sustainable Population [Read More]
New Report Shapes State Youth Policy
South Australia's Young People: Emerging Issues and Priorities, prepared by a team of researchers at the Australian Institute for Social Research, is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the key issues facing young people in South Australia [Read More]