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Research Facilitation & Development Manager, Victoria University

I provide research facilitation and development advice to the Colleges of Business, Education, and Law & Justice at Victoria University.

Experience

  • 2008–present
    Research Facilitator, Research Facilitation Unit, Faculty of Business & Law, Victoria University
  • 2011–present
    PhD Candidate, School of Political & Social Inquiry, Monash University
  • 2007–2008
    Senior Quality and Planning Officer, Swinburne University of Technology
  • 1999–2008
    Site Editor, The Disinformation Company Ltd
  • 2003–2007
    Senior Researcher, Smart Internet Technology CRC
  • 2003–2003
    Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology

Education

  • 2006 
    Monash University, Master of Arts, Counterterrorism Studies
  • 2004 
    Swinburne University of Technology, Master of Science, Strategic Foresight
  • 2001 
    La Trobe University, Bachelor of Arts

Publications

  • 2011
    Doubting the Global War on Terror, M/C Journal 14(1) (March)
  • 2010
    'Catastrophic Failure' Theories and Disaster Journalism, Media International Australia 137 (November), 90-99
  • 2010
    Boom and Bust in Australian Screen Policy, Media International Australia 136 (August), 103-118
  • 2010
    Oblique Strategies for Ambient Journalism, M/C Journal 13(2) (May)
  • 2009
    Journalists As Investigators and 'Quality Media' Reputation, Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum, 281-297
  • 2009
    Twitter Free Iran, Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum, 298-310
  • 2008
    A Challenging Conversation on Integral Futures, Journal of Futures Studies, 13(2): 69-86
  • 2008
    Select Issues with New Media Theories of Citizen Journalism, M/C Journal 11(1) (April)
  • 2008
    Event Modelling for Policymakers and Valuation Analysts in Disruptive Innovation Markets, Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum, 155-175
  • 2005
    The Future of the Internet: The Smart Internet 2010 Project, Communications Research & Strategy Forum Proceedings
  • 2005
    Smart Internet 2010 Report, Sydney: Smart Internet Technology CRC
  • 2005
    Seven Wonders: End Users and the Internet of the Future, Telecommunications Journal of Australia 55(4): 13-22
  • 2003
    The Worldflash of a Coming Future, M/C Journal 6(2) (April)
  • 1999
    This Machine Is Obsolete, M/C Journal 2(8) (December)

Research Areas

  • Political Science (1606)
  • Journalism And Professional Writing (1903)
  • Banking, Finance And Investment (1502)
  • Film, Television And Digital Media (1902)

Honours

Co-recipient of 2006 TSA Rothwell Prize from the Telecommunications Society of Australia