Climate change, place and community: An ethnographic study of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The project contributes to the National Research Priority of "An Environmentally Sustainable Australia" and the Priority Goal of "Responding to Climate Change and Variability." The interdisciplinary approach will advance social research on climate change in Australia, enhancing Australia's international profile in this crucial field. The research will contribute to public debates on policy initiativ ....Climate change, place and community: An ethnographic study of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The project contributes to the National Research Priority of "An Environmentally Sustainable Australia" and the Priority Goal of "Responding to Climate Change and Variability." The interdisciplinary approach will advance social research on climate change in Australia, enhancing Australia's international profile in this crucial field. The research will contribute to public debates on policy initiatives relevant to global warming and climate change. The regional and community focus of the study has the potential to contribute valuable knowledge about adaptive practices at the local level that can be applied to other locations in Australia and overseas. Read moreRead less
The Politics of Moral Order: How Peripheralised Communities are Made and Masked. The focus of this research is two peripheralised communities, one in Central Australia, and the other Kingston, Jamaica. It will analyse their anomalous economies, the welfare economy in Central Australia and the drug economy in downtown Kingston, in order to demonstrate how cultural difference and disprivilege are masked by a politics of moral order. The project will therefore explore a central feature of modernity ....The Politics of Moral Order: How Peripheralised Communities are Made and Masked. The focus of this research is two peripheralised communities, one in Central Australia, and the other Kingston, Jamaica. It will analyse their anomalous economies, the welfare economy in Central Australia and the drug economy in downtown Kingston, in order to demonstrate how cultural difference and disprivilege are masked by a politics of moral order. The project will therefore explore a central feature of modernity and demonstrate striking structural parallels, both mythic and social, at sites with different histories and cultures.Read moreRead less
An analysis of research ethics and the ethical review process as culture and cultural process. This project explores research ethics and the ethical review process as culture and cultural process. It includes analyses of international ethics review-related documents, literature, and processes, case studies, key informant interviews, and observation of ethics committees in the process of deliberation. It focuses primarily on work associated with the paradigms and methods used or borrowed from t ....An analysis of research ethics and the ethical review process as culture and cultural process. This project explores research ethics and the ethical review process as culture and cultural process. It includes analyses of international ethics review-related documents, literature, and processes, case studies, key informant interviews, and observation of ethics committees in the process of deliberation. It focuses primarily on work associated with the paradigms and methods used or borrowed from the social sciences and topics and populations that seem to be the most problematic. This understanding might help us better address the issues involved and allow the development of policies and applications that are less problematic for all concerned.Read moreRead less
Understanding regulatory networks: Assessing the relevance of the 'rule of law' to business regulation in Vietnam. Consistent with Research Priority 4, the project will assist Australian policy makers and business investors/exporters to understand why market laws frequently produce fragmentation and instability in developing East Asia. It will also inform important theoretical debates about the relative influence of law, social norms, ethno-religious orientations and sentiment in forming regulat ....Understanding regulatory networks: Assessing the relevance of the 'rule of law' to business regulation in Vietnam. Consistent with Research Priority 4, the project will assist Australian policy makers and business investors/exporters to understand why market laws frequently produce fragmentation and instability in developing East Asia. It will also inform important theoretical debates about the relative influence of law, social norms, ethno-religious orientations and sentiment in forming regulatory networks that augment and rival state power. The project will strengthen linkages between Australian and Asian universities and research institutions and improve post-graduate research and teaching programs.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120100824
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Intimate relationships and the politics of personhood in the Philippines. Through the lens of young women's intimate relationships on Siquijor Island, Philippines, this project seeks to understand better changing norms of sociality in a globalising world. This project focuses on transgressive relationships which, as instances of rule-breaking, highlight implicit social expectations of inter-personal connection and obligation.
Values and ethics in a global world: a semantic perspective. The question: "How are we to live?" is of fundamental importance, on an individual, social and international level. Yet in an increasingly global and pluralist world it remains difficult to articulate any values that are intelligible, let alone acceptable, to everyone. Although the literature on the subject is constantly growing, the very language of the current debate suffers from ethnocentrism, with culture-specific English words lik ....Values and ethics in a global world: a semantic perspective. The question: "How are we to live?" is of fundamental importance, on an individual, social and international level. Yet in an increasingly global and pluralist world it remains difficult to articulate any values that are intelligible, let alone acceptable, to everyone. Although the literature on the subject is constantly growing, the very language of the current debate suffers from ethnocentrism, with culture-specific English words like "fairness", "autonomy" and "tolerance" being widely used as would-be neutral conceptual tools. A framework for discussing ethics and values in a universal, non-ethnocentric perspective is urgently needed. This project aims at providing such a framework and putting it to work.Read moreRead less