All Student News Articles

Released News Key Topic/s Project/s
20 Jan 2022 A wave of PhD completions An investigation of the psychosocial factors that influence cyclone mitigation behaviour in homeowners, Coping with disasters by children and families who live in poverty , Implementing policy to enable disaster resilience in the Australian Federation, Teacher-delivered, child participatory disaster resilience education program for children , The impacts of catastrophic wildfire on ecological interactions among regenerated vegetation, fungi and small foraging marsupials
19 Aug 2021 Dr Greg Penney’s research recognised with national awards engineering, fire, firefighter Through the flames - quantitative analysis of strategic and tactical wildfire suppression
19 Aug 2021 Award for child-centred disaster risk reduction PhD child-centred, mitigation, risk management Teacher-delivered, child participatory disaster resilience education program for children
25 Jun 2021 Nine more PhD’s complete emergency management, multi-hazard, response Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading., Developing leadership to retain volunteers in emergency service organisations , How do wet eucalypt forests burn? Managing Tasmania’s most dangerous fuel type, Measuring the social, environmental and economic consequences of bridge failure due to natural disasters, Taking fire: the historical and contemporary politics of Indigenous burning in Australia and the western United States, The roles of pharmacists in disaster health management in natural and anthropogenic disasters, Through the flames - quantitative analysis of strategic and tactical wildfire suppression, Towards a comprehensive data assimilation framework for operational hydrodynamic flood forecasting, Urban planning and resilience to bushfires
24 May 2021 PhD wins national medal fire, fire impacts, response Through the flames - quantitative analysis of strategic and tactical wildfire suppression
22 Apr 2021 New online – April 2021 multi-hazard, resilience, response Assessment of post-fire recovery of sub alpine shrublands after the 2019 World Heritage Area Fires , NSW March 2021 floods - data collection, Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading., We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia, Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk, Developing effective emergency management partnerships in remote northern Australian communities, Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards, Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events, Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training, Scenario planning for remote community risk management in northern Australia
25 Mar 2021 New online - March 2021 emergency management, multi-hazard, risk analysis Fragility and resilience of bridge structures subjected to extreme wave-induced loads , The utility of point clouds to estimate fuel hazards, Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling, Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability, Fire surveillance and hazard mapping, Hazards, culture and Indigenous communities, Impact-based forecasting for the coastal zone: East Coast Lows, National mental health and wellbeing study of police and emergency services, Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes, Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia
23 Feb 2021 New online - February 2021 communication, emergency management, multi-hazard Community attitudes and experiences of the 2019/20 NSW bushfire season, Planning for bushfire risk at the urban bushland interface: A local adaptive governance approach, Urban planning and resilience to bushfires, Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards, Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics, Fire spread prediction across fuel types, Flood risk communication, Hazards, culture and Indigenous communities, Improving land dryness measures and forecasts, Urban planning for natural hazard mitigation
22 Feb 2021 IAWF student scholarships now open capability, education, fire
28 Jan 2021 New online - January 2021 communication, emergency management, multi-hazard Coping with disasters by children and families who live in poverty , Empirical analysis of spot fire and ember behaviour during extreme fire weather conditions, Spatially forecasting coupled litter and root moisture dynamics for bushfire management, What human capacity demands should inform the development and appointment of an emergency manager?, Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling, Developing effective emergency management partnerships in remote northern Australian communities, Economics of natural hazards, Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards, Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering, Flood risk communication, Impact-based forecasting for the coastal zone: East Coast Lows, Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact, Improving decision-making in complex multi-team environments, Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts, Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training, Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia, Scenario planning for remote community risk management in northern Australia, Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour, Urban planning for natural hazard mitigation
18 Nov 2020 Collaborative research recognised with government grant decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis Improving decision-making in complex multi-team environments
16 Nov 2020 New online - November 2020 communication, emergency management, multi-hazard Remeasurement of burnt permanent plots in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest - 2019, What human capacity demands should inform the development and appointment of an emergency manager?, Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk, Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling, Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability, Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics, Fire surveillance and hazard mapping, Improved decision support for natural hazard risk reduction, Improving land dryness measures and forecasts, The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: A system for assessing the resilience of Australian communities to natural hazards, Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour, Urban planning for natural hazard mitigation