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We acknowledge the traditional owners, both past and present, of the various locations Flinders University operates on, and recognise their continued relationship and responsibility to these lands and waters. We recognise that Flinders was established on the lands of the Kaurna nation, with the main Flinders campus located near Warriparinga
Welcome to the July edition of the College of Business, Government and Law newsletter.
Our July newsletter features many milestones. Professor Andrew Parkin and Professor Don DeBats are departing their current positions in Government after more than 100 years of service between them. Both leave a profound legacy. Meantime, our research and educator spotlights for the month feature Dr Josh Holloway and Dr Hongyi Liang
respectively – both recent appointments in Government.
In June we held a graduation ceremony at Nankai University in Tianjin for almost 1600 graduates and their families, including those who completed their qualifications during the covid years of 2020, 2021, and 2022. It was awesome!
We also celebrated 10 years of Flinders Legal Centre, which provides a unique work experience opportunity for our students and an important service for our community. It was a wonderful evening which brought together alumni from the past decade who have taught and learned through the centre.
Our newsletter also features an update on our new city campus at Festival Plaza. Our newsletter provides an opportunity to reflect upon our journey – where we have come from, where we are, and where we are going.
Kind regards,
Michael
Professor Michael Gilding
Vice-President and Executive Dean
Welcome to BGL
A warm welcome to the newest member of our community.
Dr Edwin Tongoi — Lecturer in Corporate and Business Law
Dr Abdul Khan — Associate Lecturer in Accounting
A long-awaited graduation ceremony in China
Flinders University and Nankai University Joint Master Degree Programs Graduation Ceremony 2023
The impressive photo above is from a graduation ceremony in Nankai University in Tianjin, China. Flinders University's partnership with Nankai is now in its 23rd year, and the joint Master Degree programs - the Master of Arts (International Relations in Economy and Trade) (MAIRET), the Master of Hospital Administratio (MHA) and the Master of Educational Leadership and Management (MELM) - remain one of the university's most important international education collaborations.
Last week’s ceremony was particularly special as it was the first time a graduation ceremony has been held for these joint degrees since 2019. Alongside Flinders' latest 560 graduates from the class of 2023 were those who had graduated in absentia in 2020, 2021 and 2022. More than two thirds of those earlier cohorts chose to attend the celebration, and so the ceremony had almost 1,600 graduates crossing the stage.
Flinders Legal Centre celebrates 10 years
We recently celebrated 10 years of the Flinders Legal Centre!
To make the most of this milestone, Flinders Legal Centre welcomed staff, alumni, supporters, and funders to its premises, providing an opportunity to catch up with old friends, make new connections, and reflect on the accomplishments of the Centre over the past decade.
Over 350 Flinders Law students have undertaken clinical legal education placements, enabling Flinders Legal Centre to provide at least $3.5 million worth of free legal services to the community – a significant contribution to increasing access to justice.
Learn more about Flinders Legal Centre
Farewell to two Flinders stalwarts
L-R: Professor Don DeBats and Professor Andrew Parkin
Together, Professor Andrew Parkin and Professor Don DeBats have worked at Flinders University for over 100 years. Over their respective 50+ years of service, they have profoundly shaped the teaching, research and engagement of Government at Flinders, and both leave a substantial legacy.
Although Don and Andrew will no longer teach into our Government program, they will continue to have an important association with Flinders, through their research and engagement. We thank them for
their remarkable decades of commitment to the University.
The latest on our city campus
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students), Professor Romy Lawson, recently provided a quarterly update on our new city campus. You can watch it here.
In this update, Professor Lawson asked staff to participate in a short anonymous survey to help understand the effectiveness of updates for the new city campus, and asks for any ideas for improvements or general feedback.
Also in this month's Flinders at Festival Plaza update: learn about the next pop-up showroom, an opportunity to try out the new teaching space technology, and how to join the Change Community. There are exciting times ahead!
NAIDOC Week 2023
As you're reading this, it's NAIDOC Week - a time to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It's an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.
If you'd like to know more, there are excellent resources on the NAIDOC website detailing the history of the week and its enduring importance and impact.
Professional Staff Spotlight:
Trish Wescombe
"Whilst many of you might know me as the administrator of our large footy tipping competition, you might not know that I adopted one of the Flinders’ kittens, who were living with their mum under Bon Voyage in the Laneway."
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Voice to Parliament sessions continue to inspire
Associate Professor Rob Manwaring and Dr Jessica Genauer recently visited Aberfoyle Park High School to deliver their (now tried and tested!) information session on the Voice to Parliament, to about 80 high school students.
"It was a super fun session - the students were very engaged - I was really impressed," Jessica tells us. Well done on your continued outreach efforts, Government team!
Associate Professor Rob Manwaring and Dr Jessica Genauer recently visited Aberfoyle Park High School to deliver their (now tried and tested!) information session on the Voice to Parliament, to about 80 high school students.
"It was a super fun session - the students were very engaged - I was really impressed," Jessica tells us. Well done on your continued outreach efforts, Government team!
Criminology outreach sparks creativity of future leaders
The picture above, which features creative responses to a prompt by Mitcham Girls High School students, is just one example of the wonderful levels of engagement that high school students have had displayed in outreach sessions run by the Criminology team.
"This activity was a fantastic session with some incredible young women, who I am confident will be future leaders in the community," says Dr Andrew Groves. "I think this would be a worthwhile connection to build upon moving forward."
Research
Laura Lesar receives the Best Reviewer Award
Senior Lecturer Dr Laura Lesar has received the Best Reviewer Award (Early Career Reviewer) for
the Journal of Travel Research, a peer-reviewed research journal with a focus on the business of travel and tourism development, management, marketing, economics and behaviour.
The Journal of Travel Research holds the highest ranking of A* in Australian Business Dean Council (ABDC) rankings, and is one of four A* journals in tourism. The JTR consistently ranks #1-3 in the world for Tourism, Leisure, and Hospitality Management as per SciMago Journal Rankings (SJR) with a 5-year impact factor of 10.508.
The Best Reviewer Awards 2023 were granted to selected members of the Journal of Travel Research’s permanent Editorial Review Board. These members are appointed by invitation and include about 150-160 accomplished tourism scholars (with ECRs representing a portion of this).
BGL Three Minute Thesis Competition
Last month, heat 1 of the Flinders Uni three minute thesis (3MT) competition was held, which saw PhD students explaining their doctoral research topic and key findings in only 180 seconds!
We had five presenters from BGL (Diana Eyers-White, Sahar Faghidno, Md Safeyn Sadaat Mridul, Shinta Puspitasari and Vinicius Guedes Goncalves de Oliveira) who presented on topics including 1) how to reduce food insecurity in Australia, 2) how to advance cybersecurity in space, 3) how to increase volunteering in community sport and 4) managing Sino-Japanese rivalry in the South East Asian Sea.
All five presenters did an excellent job. Special congratulations to Vinicius as college winner, and Sahar and Md Safeyn as runners up. All three students will progress to the semi final in August.
Australia for ASEAN
Luis da Vinha, senior lecturer in Government, participated in AUS4ASEAN's session on Improving the Digital Readiness & Resilience of TVET Systems in ASEAN (organized by RMIT & the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) by discussing the use of employing IVLs to engage students in online and hybrid learning environments.
Social Media for Researchers
Are you a researcher wanting to improve your social media presence? Or perhaps you're developing a social media presence from scratch? The university's Marketing and Media teams collaborate and regularly run a Social Media for Researchers session.
The recording for the session is available here. If you would like to explore the range of other information and training sessions available, you can visit our Researcher Information and Training Session Recordings page here.
If you would like to join the next session and ask questions, the team is running it again on Thursday 16th November. You can enrol via iEnrol here.
AIB Oceania Annual Symposium and Paper Development Workshop
The AIB Oceania Annual Symposium and Paper Development Workshop for 2023 (22-24 Nov) is scheduled to take place in Adelaide, Australia. The event will be hosted by the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with Flinders University.
The local organizing committee, comprised of Olga Muzychenko (chair, Adelaide Uni), Hussain Rammal (Adelaide Uni), Sharif Rasel (Flinders Uni), and Chanaka Wijewardena (Adelaide Uni), cordially invites you to submit a 1-page abstract for the Symposium (deadline: 15 Aug) and full papers for the PDW (deadline: 24 Sep).
The submissions system will become available in July. Distinguished keynote speaker, Prof. Jonathan Doh, will be delivering a keynote address at the event. For additional details on the tracks and track chairs, click here.
Haters gonna hate: the challenges of mitigating hate speech on alt-tech
Policymakers and Big Tech have made significant progress in reducing online hate speech on mainstream social media platforms, but they must now grapple with the challenge of mitigating harmful speech that circulates within alt-tech environments.
To learn more, read this new op-ed from Dr Melissa-Ellen Dowling here.
Launch of a new Research Collection on “Health Workforce Planning”
BMC Health Services Research (part of Springer Nature) has launched a new Research Collection titled “Health Workforce Planning”, edited by Madhan Balasubramanian (CBGL, Flinders University) along with Sarah J Hewko (University of Prince Edward Island, Canada) and Sunny C. Okoroafo (World Health Organization, Uganda).
The editors welcome submissions that present health workforce evidence-based planning actions, policies, and closely related research. Submit an article or learn more by contacting Madhan.
Researcher Spotlight: Dr Josh Holloway
"My aim is to comprehend how democracies respond to threats, both internal and external, at a time when public institutions and political norms are under increasing strain."
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*Based on notification emailed to CBGL.research@flinders.edu.au from 15 May to 15 June 2023.
This month, there were five publications in top-ranking journals from BGL staff.
Protecting a view in Australia: Common Law Principles, Restrictive Covenants and Planning Law
Grigg, B., Esmaeili, H. (2023). University of New South Wales Law Journal, 46(1), 235-267.
ABDC Journal Quality List – A * Ranked
Disrupting Patriarchal Illusio to Reduce Violence Against Women and Girls
Mackenzie, C., Louth, J. (2023). Violence Against Women.
Scimago: Q1 (29/171) in Gender Studies
Using a trauma-informed practice framework to operationalise the #raisetheage campaign
Mackenzie, C., Louth, J. (2023). Violence Against Women.
Scimago: Q1 (29/171) in Gender Studies
A Comparison of Social Media Influencers’ KPI Patterns across Platforms: Exploring Differences in Followers and Engagement On Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter
McLachlan, K. J. (2023). Current Issues in Criminal Justice.
Scimago: Q1 (142/866) in Law
Identifying women who may benefit from higher dose omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy to reduce their risk of prematurity: Exploratory analyses from the ORIP trial
Yelland, L. N., Sullivan, T. R., Gibson, R. A., Simmonds, L. A., Thakkar, S. K., Huang, F., Devaraj, S., Best, K. P., Zolezzi, I. S., Makrides, M. (2023). BMJ Open, 13(4), [e070220].
Scimago: 435/2502 in Medicine (miscellaneous)
*Based on notification of contract emailed to CBGL.research@flinders.edu.au from 15 May to 15 June.
ASU's Preventing Space War Forum
CIs: Lisk, J., de Zwart, M. & Henderson, S.
Funder: Arizona State University
Award amount: $3,000
Innovative care models for prevention of dental, vision, and hearing conditions among CALD
CIs: Balasubramanian, M., Bogomolova, S., Khadka, J., Zhu, R., Gordon, J. & Harrison, C.
Funder: Flinders Foundation, Flinders University
Award amount: $20,316.20
Promoting Human Rights Based Development in Mongolia in the Digital Era
CIs: Guo, S.
Funder: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Award amount: $268,808.70
Education 📚
Educator Spotlight:
Dr Hongyi Liang
Hongyi teaches undergraduate, postgraduate, and transnational courses in Flinders Government. She believes that each student possesses a unique knowledge bank that is shaped by their life experience, and her primary role as a teacher is to facilitate the expansion of their individual knowledge banks.
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Everything you need to know about FLIP
Did you miss the recent Lunch & Learn session on the Flinders Intelligence Portal (FLIP)? Delivered by Corey Wallis, IDS Research Planning and Analytics Business Partner, it covered essential knowledge such as:
What is
FLIP?
How do I gain access?
What information is available in FLIP?
How do I get support?
You can watch the recording of the session below. A further two FLIP Sessions on Research and Education will be held soon.
Alumni
Alumni named EY National Entrepreneur of the Year for 2023
We wish a huge congratulations to Flinders graduate Eloise Hall, who has been selected as the EY National Entrepreneur of the Year in the Impact category for 2023! Eloise's company, TABOO, are passionate about empowering girls and women around the world by breaking down the stigma around menstruation and providing greater access to hygiene products.
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Flinders Law alumni in list of Adelaide's top family lawyers
The Advertiser recently published a list of Adelaide's top family lawyers, and we were pleased to see that a handful of Flinders alumni were among those named the best and brightest! We're proud of Flinders graduates Shaya Lewis-Dermody, Dimitra Tolis, Ryan Thomas and Tessa Hume for making this list - and of course, the many other alumni out there who are making an impact in family law, and in the legal
sector generally.
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