Blogs: posts from our Students

What comes first? Building DRR by...
31 Jul 2017
This post first appeared on Prevention Web, 26 July 2017.Climate change is the biggest public health risk of the 21st century,...
Rachel Westcott
Dr Rachel Westcott
Completed PhD student
Windy in the US
31 May 2017
During the last week of May, I had the opportunity to travel to Florida to attend the Americas Conference on Wind Engineering....
Korah Parackal
Dr Korah Parackal
Completed PhD student
Measuring Debbie
29 Mar 2017
In recent days I’ve been part of a deployment team for Severe Cyclone Debbie on the Whitsunday Coast. In the days prior to Debbie...
Thomas Kloetzke
Dr Thomas Kloetzke
Completed associate student
A great opportunity to network...
07 Nov 2016
In October, I attended the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Research Advisory Forum in Canberra.  As a second year PhD candidate...
Dr James Furlaud
Completed PhD student
Making disaster preparation normal...
31 Oct 2016
Wouldn’t it be good if we could make disaster preparation a normal part of Australian life? What if next fire/flood/cyclone...
Steve Sutton
Researcher
PhD ideas from international...
11 Oct 2016
In June and July this year I visited Europe to attend two conferences: the 3rd Conference of the International Society of...
Rachael Quill
Dr Rachael Quill
Completed PhD student
Important work that you can't...
22 Sep 2016
Long drives are normal in the Top End. Dave Campbell and I had started a bit after lunch and it was now nearly 10:00pm. We were...
Steve Sutton
Researcher
Getting in depth on volcanic ash...
01 Aug 2016
In July 2016 I visited Japan to conducted fieldwork to support my PhD research on the impacts of volcanic ash, from Mount Fuji,...
Emma Singh
Dr Emma Singh
Completed PhD student
Networking, connections and career...
20 May 2016
I recently attended the Research Advisory Forum (RAF). As a PhD student, I was also invited to a student development workshop....
Charles Newland
Dr Charles Newland
Completed PhD student
Reflections on a student placement...
17 May 2016
This blog originally appeared at billyhaworth.com/blog.As I begin to write this in an office at Tasmania Fire Service (TFS)...
Dr Billy Haworth
Completed PhD student
Data progress on Forcett fire
08 Apr 2016
The past few months have passed quickly, as I head towards my mid-candidature. I conducted two field trips to Tasmania last year...
Dr Fiona Jennings
Completed PhD student
How are mapping technologies...
23 Mar 2016
Recently I completed the last of my PhD fieldwork and am now writing, writing, and writing some more! In 2015 I interviewed...
Dr Billy Haworth
Completed PhD student
Working on-call? You can help with...
16 Mar 2016
I am currently looking for participants to assist with my PhD research investigating the effects of operating on-call ‘from home...
Dr Sarah Hall
Completed PhD student
Does it need to be there?
11 Feb 2016
This blog originally appeared on the University of Adelaide's Intelligent Water Decisions blog on 9 February 2016.In the...
Graeme Riddell
Dr Graeme Riddell
Completed PhD student
Notes from the field: Community...
11 Jan 2016
Recently I spent a month in Tasmania for the last piece of fieldwork for my PhD research into volunteered geographic information...
Dr Billy Haworth
Completed PhD student
Action research to build local...
06 Jan 2016
The road to Gunbalanya in the Top End of the Northern Territory has to be one of the most beautiful drives in Australia. You...
Steve Sutton
Researcher