National gong for researcher

Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC researcher A/Prof Amisha Mehta has been nationally recognised, this week picking up a Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) Golden Target Award for research and teaching.

Receiving the award at the PRIA event in Sydney, Amisha, from the QUT Business School, was highly commended in the PR Educator of the Year category, after earlier winning the Queensland state award in the same category.

Amisha draws on her CRC research in the Connecting communities and resilience study to teach business, science and engineering students along with disaster management professionals enrolled in postgraduate corporate education programs.

“I use my research to teach students how to communicate powerfully during risk and crisis events—these practices can protect lives and property and support organisational trust,” Amisha said.

“As an educator, I am driven not only to share research findings but to build student capabilities in research as an evidence-base for communication strategies. It is great to be able to practice what I preach by showcasing our work with the CRC and our team of end-users.”

Congratulations Amisha from all at the CRC.