CQUniversity is home to industry leaders in fields of research, work and study, so we want to bring this expertise straight to you. CQUniversity Commentary is a podcast series that explores topics, events and issues as they happen, with experts who will provide more than just the headlines.
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Australia’s 4.8 million dog owners are used to scooping poop - but could composting our pup's output be the next step for responsible dog ownership?
CQUniversity Environmental Science PhD candidate and dog owner Emily Bryson has spent two years analysing decomposing dog poo for her research – and COVID-19 restrictions have meant the project is true backyard science.
In this episode, she shares the project and her progress with CQUni Adelaide colleague and canidae researcher Dr Bradley Smith.
This is the fifth episode for CQUniversity’s newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
This episode shares a practitioner’s perspective. Pauline Woodbridge OAM takes the listener on a journey through time, navigating a history of the domestic and family violence sector in Queensland from the 1980’s to the 21st Century.
In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.
The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.
For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.
If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options. Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Food waste is costing Australian households $10 billion a year – so what’s the solution?
CQUniversity researcher Dr David Pearson is on a mission to find out, and hopes that leveraging leftovers could help save some of the $3800 of food that the average family throws away every year.
The Engage Program Leader with the Australian Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (FFWCRC) shared his progress with CQUniversity Sydney AVP (NSW) Shehan Thampapillai, and new research-informed hacks to help households eat better, and bin less.
This is the fourth episode for CQUniversity’s newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Marine experts call them the “kidneys of the Great Barrier Reef”: dense seagrass meadows that are vital ecosystems to support breeding, feed animals, filter sediment and reduce diseases right through our oceans.
But the important habitat has been disappearing, and CQUniversity researcher and director of CQUniversity’s $6.6 million Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre (CMERC) Dr Emma Jackson says Australia’s seagrass faces a fresh threat as looming weather pattern puts the fragile sea plants at risk.
She tells host Mary Bolling how CMERC is harvesting and germinating seeds to regenerate seagrass meadows - and what the work means for fighting climate change, too. Read more here.
This is the third episode of CQUniversity’s newest podcast series: IMPACT, exploring groundbreaking research projects and their real-world impacts locally and globally. Explore our strengths here.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
In this episode, Mark Walters discusses the changed world in which we live and work. 2020 has brought adaptations in how services respond to gendered violence. Technology has replaced face to face individual and group interventions in many services. Mark gives practical and knowledgeable tips about working with users of violence in this helpful and informative podcast.
In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.
The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.
For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.
If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options. Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
It’s one of the nation’s biggest food waste challenges, but CQUniversity researcher Dr Heena Panchasara hopes leftovers from Australian wine production can help power a cleaner future.
With 1.3 billion litres of wine produced in Australia every year, the industry also creates 350 kilotonnes of leftover skins, stems and seeds, known as grape marc or pomace.
Mechanical Engineering academic Dr Panchasara tells CQUniversity psychology and wine researcher Dr Alex Russell about big plans for diverting it from landfill, and into a range of clean energy solutions.
The project could see wineries generating their own power and biodiesel, and wine enthusiasts across Australia get passionate about clean energy generation as well.
This is the second episode for CQUniversity’s newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores ground-breaking research projects and their real-world impacts.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Welcome to CQUniversity’s newest podcast series: IMPACT, a podcast that explores ground-breaking research projects and their real-world impacts.
In this launch episode, Isis ‘Issy’ Symes speaks with Dr Adele Baldwin, the lead researcher in CQUniversity’s Midwifery Prison Project.
Dr Baldwin delves deep into Townsville-based project, explaining its origins, findings, and the ongoing achievements of the initiative supporting prison inmates through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period to establish vital connections with their newborns.
She also explains how the project has evolved into something much bigger, including the development of an Australian Birth Charter and a new program for imprisoned dads M2: Midwives for Men.
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Impact is CQUniversity's latest podcast series, exploring ground-breaking research projects, and their real world impacts.
Hear about changemaking research across Australia as CQUni experts share first steps, struggles, and eureka moments.
In season one, we discover:
- How loving our leftovers could halt Australia's $10 billion household food waste habit,
- Why perinatal care is changing lives for pregnant women in the prison system,
- Whether citizen scientists planting seagrass meadows could save the Great Barrier Reef,
- When can dog poo go in the compost bin, and many more innovative and practical projects to improve our lives, our communities, and our world.
Subscribe now to get new episodes in your podcast app every Tuesday.
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
In this episode, Jamie Anderson and Larissa Fewquandie, experienced Indigenous social workers yarn about worker self-care when responding to gendered violence and give practical tips to those coming into the field.
In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.
The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is based at CQUniversity Australia.
For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.
If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options. Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
In this episode, Dr Heather Lovatt, Director of the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (QCDFVR) gives a brief introduction to The Bulb – a podcast that shines a light on gendered violence.
In each episode of The Bulb, the podcast will explore aspects of gendered violence – what is thought about it, what we know about it, and what is yet to be revealed.
The QCDFVR is funded by The Queensland Government and is supported by and based at CQUniversity Australia.
For victims and survivors of gendered violence who may have found the content of this podcast disturbing, free confidential 24 hour counselling is available nationally on 1800 737 732 through 1800Respect.
If you would like to know more about responding to domestic and family violence, CQUniversity offers a range of postgraduate and other study options. Visit cqu.edu.au and search courses for “domestic violence” to learn more.