Understanding the changing face of humanity.
The world we live in is changing rapidly. From unprecedented technological advancements to increasing globalisation, our everyday reality is becoming more and more complex. To get a real perspective on these changes and how they will affect the citizens of the future, an understanding of humanity - and the laws and institutions that govern how we live together - is essential.
Flinders University’s research into people and society covers a broad spectrum of human endeavour, from government, business and the law to how we respond to and contribute to society through cultural production. Knowing how society works, and how we operate in it, will help us plan for the future on the local, national and international level.
Discover how Flinders is making a difference to our culture, economy, environment, society and world.
Our research will send you to sleep.
We spend roughly one third of our lives asleep. It’s vital for recharging our bodies and minds, and may be linked to decluttering our busy brains.
And yet, there is still so much we don’t know about what happens after we hit the hay.
Flinders experts are spending their waking hours looking into sleep. How can parents get babies to sleep when they won’t stop crying at bedtime? Does technology influence our ability to sleep? What affect do disorders like sleep apnoea or insomnia have on working Australians?
Making a difference.
It’s the reason our researchers get up in the morning.
Beyond reasonable doubt
Professor Neil Brewer has been working to correct the flaws in the eyewitness line-up processes to reduce misidentification rates.
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Small schools, big future
Professor John Halsey is working to make rural towns a chosen destination for outstanding teachers.
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Stairway to success
Professor Murray Drummond is an international expert in men’s health, sport and body image.
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Ending discrimination
Professor Anna Ziersch is examining the impact of marginalisation on groups from various backgrounds.
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Redefining the space where law prevails
Professor Melissa De Zwart is engaged in exacting global legal debate to find the right framework for pioneering space law.
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A body of work
Driving the cultural change around appearance, Professor Tiggemann hopes one day we will be happy in our own skin.
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Master of heart
Emeritus Professor John Vincent Stanley Megaw is exploring how Indigenous people adapted their artistic techniques.
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A shipwreck hero
Dr Wendy Van Duivenvoorde is diving into the history behind shipwrecks on the Australian coast.
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Bending minds
Professor Mike Nicholls and Dr Nicole Thomas looking at the difference in attentional capacities between the two sides of the brain.
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Gaol for generations
Criminology Professor Mark Halsey has unearthed a worrying truth about intergenerational incarcerations.
Read moreResearcher profiles
Creative arts
Professor Julian Meyrick
Strategic Professor of Creative Arts
Originally training as an economist, Professor Meyrick is involved in Australian drama at all levels, and as a director and dramaturge has developed many award-winning individual Australian plays.
Criminology
Professor Mark Halsey
Strategic Professor of Criminology
Professor Halsey's key areas of interest include youth offending, repeat incarceration and rehabilitation, gun violence, Aboriginal social exclusion, and desistance from crime.
Education
Professor Stella Vosniadou
Strategic Professor of Education
With an extensive background in cognitive developmental psychology, Professor Vosniadou’s research shows that children learn through a complex constructive process, which has potential implications for their comprehension of scientific and mathematical concepts.
Industrial transformation
Professor John Spoehr
Strategic Professor of Industrial Transformation
Professor John Spoehr leads a multi-disciplinary team focusing on industry and workplace transformation in the context of technological change and innovation.
He has written extensively on economic and industry development, employment, unemployment and the socio-economic impact of change.
Psychology
Professor Mike Nicholls
Strategic Professor of Psychology and Director of Flinders Brain and Cognition Laboratory
Professor Nicholls specialises in the realm of cognitive neuroscience, which examines cognitive processes in relation to brain function, behaviour and perception, spatial attention, language and facial expression.
Criminology
Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes
Strategic Professor of Criminology
Associate Professor Hughes seeks to advance Australian and international drug policy by improving the evidence-base into the effects of different legislative and law enforcement approaches to drug use and supply and working directly with policy makers.
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