Photo: Antra Kalnins
The widespread violence that erupted in Kenya following its 2007/08 presidential election is one example of how ethnic divisions can create deep rifts across countries that can be difficult to overcome.
PhD candidate Valentina Baú is looking at the ways that participatory media can help in bridging some of these rifts, in her doctoral thesis Communication for Development as a Tool for Peace-building and Reconciliation.
Anika Munshi has travelled to Australia to complete a PhD exploring intercultural relationships.
Cross-cultural relationships are a common feature of many modern societies, as an increasing number of people have access to travel and countries become more multicultural.
But what happens if your family comes from a country where intercultural relationships are taboo?
Yiqing Lu is working with his supervisors at Macquarie and Tsinghua universities to develop an innovative analytical method that can be applied to molecular biology and life science. [Photo: Qianqian Shi)
Visiting American students Maija Sipola and Jonathan Warnock (centre) pictured with Professor Jim Piper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Dr Leanne Armand of Macquarie University’s Climate Futures research centre. [Photo: Phillipa Janos]
Indian PhD student Imran Dhamani demonstrates the ‘spaceship’ chamber, which he uses to test children with listening difficulties.
Have you ever had difficulty concentrating on a task, because of the background noise around you?
It’s a common problem, and for children with existing listening difficulties it makes learning even more challenging.
