USSA participants

Faculty of Agriculture and Environment

Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Agricultural and Resource Economics
India, Bangladesh and Nepal: how development interventions influence households, particularly poor households under market imperfections; traditional market mechanisms;alternative incentive schemes


Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Plant Pathology
Works on plant defence mechanisms, the biology and management of Phytophthora diseases, and improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the tropics. Projects and collaborations within PNG, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Colombia and Chile. Has recently worked in Thailand, China and Vietnam


Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Plant Breeding Institute


Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Hydrology and Catchment Management
AISRF project until 2012 with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi, in particular the Water Technology Centre. This project concentrates on the hydrological impacts of rain water harvesting at the catchment level.


Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Plant Breeding Institute - Cobbitty
projects in India , primarily concentrating on molecular wheat breeding for rust, water-use-efficiency and heat with a smaller effort in legumes


Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Chair of the regional expert group (South Asia) (overseen by DVC Int'l)


PhD candidate, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Water Quality Management
River quality management in the River Buriganga, Bangladesh


Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
Plant Breeding Institute


A/Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
1.) Innovative soil management to improve soil fertility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in irrigated cropping systems
2.) Building resilience of dryland agro-ecosystems to climate change through increasing carbon sequestration


Dr, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Anthropology
Marginalised and impoverished intra-state migrant women of Varanasi; Hindu diasporic urban communities in India; violence, cosmology, gender, space and cultural understandings of illness; gender, embodiment and space as intrinsic dimensions of social relations in India.


Senior Lecturer , Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Art History & Film Studies
Sri Lankan and Indian cinema


Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Indian Subcontinental Studies
Pali, Sanskrit, and Buddhist and Asian studies; Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan and Pakistan; Gandhari language and the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project; composition and transmission of early Buddhist literature, in the ways in which texts have been used by Buddhist communities, and in the languages of early Buddhist texts.


PhD Graduate, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Indian Subcontinental Studies
Hinduism and Sanskrit literary study; Sanskrit under the British and modernity


Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Indian Subcontinental Studies
Buddhism and Indian Philosophy; Sanskrit and Tibetan language study; the individual and the natural in South Asian and Tibetan traditions and modernities; comparative philosophy and history of ideas in India and Tibet; India and Tibet in the history of ideas in the West


Honorary, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Indian Subcontinental Studies
Disiciplinary background is in Sanskrit language and Studies in Religion. His research interests are primarily in Buddhist and comparative philosophy; methodology in cross-cultural studies and the place of India and Buddhism in the history of ideas.


Tutor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Indian Subcontinental Studies
Hinduism and Sanskrit literature; Sanskrit and Hindi language


Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Linguistics
English language acquisition, English language teaching and teacher education, World Englishes, pragmatics, and issues surrounding minority languages in South Asia


Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences
Informal economy: employment; Industrial relations; Work and care in the changing Indian economy.


Studies in Religion/ Asian Studies
Consciousness Studies, Buddhism, especially Buddhist Contemplative Practices and Healing


Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Archaeology
Medieval urbanism in Sri Lanka (collaboration with partners in the USA and Durham University in the UK)


Lecturer,Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of English


Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Sociology, Social & Poltical Sciences
Issues of migration and development, and migration governance


Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Political Economy, School of Poltical Sciences


Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Archaeology

Drasko Mitrikeski
Dr, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Indian Subcontinental Studies, School of Languages & Cultures
Buddhism in India and Tibet; Sansjkrit and Tibetan language study


Professor, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
School of Languages and Cultures
Urban History; Social History, with particular reference to Bengal in the nineteenth century; History of Ideas in Europe and India; Philosophy of History; History of Calcutta; Language and Logic of Bengali Discourse in the nineteeth century; the Scottish Enlightenment and the ‘Bengal Renaissance’: Ideas, Institutions and Connections


Dr, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
School of Geosciences


Dr, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Department of History
South Asian history (primarily social change) Hinduism and Christianity especially in South Asia


Professor, Archaeology
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Maritime interaction between the Indus Valley civilization and western India and regions to the west, from Oman and the
Persian Gulf through to Mesopotamia; South Asian links with the West (Arabia, Mesopotamia, the Gulf region) in antiquity, especially with the Harappan civilisation


Dr, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of History
Gender, law and sexuality in postcolonial contexts; gender and militarisation


Dr, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of History


Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School of Languages and Cultures


PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Dept. of Sociology and Social Policy
Religion and faith -based development. 'Development, State and Religous NGO's in Bangladesh'. Other research interests include human security, gender and development in the context of South Asia.

Monika Barthwal-Datta
Dr, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Food Security Programme Leader, Centre for International Secruity Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences

Sydney School of Business

Lecturer, Sydney Business School
Centre for International Security Studies
India-Australia relations and diplomacy


Professor, Sydney Business School
Discipline of Business Law
Legal Systems in India: Interactions between tradition and modernity; commercial and consumer law


Lecturer, Sydney Business School
Discipline of International Business
Indian firms

Teresa Davis
Sydney School of Business
Discipline of Marketing


Professor, Sydney Business School
School of Economics
Role of information and communication techology on economic development, socio-economic dualism, trade liberalisation and endogenous growth in the context of South and Southeast Asian countries. South Asian Studies Group - promotes both academic and applied research on South Asian countries.


Dr, Sydney School of Business
Discipline of Work & Organisational Studies


Mr, Sydney Business School
Discipline of International Business


Ms, University of Sydney Business School
Discipline of Accounting
I have conducted a research about Human capital practices of software companies in India as a part of my Honours thesis


Mr, Sydney School of Business
Discipline of Accounting


Dr, Sydney School of Business
Discipline of International Business


Dr, Sydney School of Business
Discipline of Business Information Systems
Business process management and enterprise systems with Indian institutions

Faculty of Health Sciences

RHD Student, Faculty of Health Sciences
Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health
Women's reproductive health in Pakistan; Psychological Trauma, Population displacement, Natural disasters. Study the Effects of October 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan.


Lecturer, Faculty of Health Science
Medical Radiation Physics


Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences
Discipline of Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health
Health sociology; women's Health (breast cancer, reproductive health), Culture, Health and Illness; Health and Globalisation (HIV/AIDS, global burden of disease); ageing and health; health and illness in developing countries/ South Asian societies.


Dr, Faculty of Health Sciences
Health Systems and Global Populations
Faculty Research Group

Stephanie Short
Professor, and Associate Dean Postgraduate, Faculty of Health Sciences
Teaching and Curriculum
1. Health workforce governance: good professionals, safer patients, improved access
2. Professor Stephanie Short is an associate supervisor to Mr Madhan Balasubramanian [PhD student] on a study regarding the ethical migration of Indian trained dentists to Australia


Dr, Faculty of Health Sciences
Discipline of Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health
Sexuality and Body Image, Sex Education, Life Span Perspective in Sexual Health, Addictive Behaviours, Stress and Health, Promoting Self-Change, Clinical Trials, and Health Psychology


Professor & Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy & Manipulative Physiotherapy
Australia-India Musculoskeletal Research Network

Faculty of Science

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
Institute for Innovation and Science andMathematics Education/ Physics


School of Chemistry
Chemistry
Involved in a large Australian initiative involving 17 partners around the country including CSIRO, ANSTO and CO2CRC exploring the topic of greenhouse gas separation and conversion


Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
Geosciences (Human Geography)
Agriculture and food industry; plantation (tea and coffee) sector; rural development; food security


Professor, Faculty of Science
School of Physics


Professor, Faculty of Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Brian Hawkett
A/Professor, Faculty of Science
School of Chemistry
Chain transfer to polymer and branching in controlled radical polymerizations of n-Butyl Acrylate


Professor, Faculty of Science
School of Geosciences
AISRF funded project- Towards a unified East Gondwanaland and its implications for Himalayan Orogeny


Dr, Faculty of Science
School of Geosciences
a) Understanding the key biogeochemical processes of arsenic mobility in the alluvial aquifers of Bengal delta region (India and Bangladesh).
b) Safe and sustainable use of groundwater resources in the Gangetic floodplain.


PhD student, Faculty of Science
School of Geosciences
Food secruity and rural development institutions

Sydney Law School

Professor, Sydney Law School
Centre for Health Governance


Professor, Sydney Law School
Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law
Consultancy to intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and conducting research for various departments of the Australian Federal Government


A/Professor, Sydney Law School
international law; south Asia interests are: human rights, conflict, terrorism, constitutionalism, development, and international law in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan


Dr, Sydney Law School
Gender Equity and Child Protection in Developing Countries: Global Priorities for the Millennium


Dr, Sydney Law School

Sydney Medical School

Anushka Patel
Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, Cardiology (RPA)
Director, Cardiovascular Division, The George Institute for International Health
clinical, population health and health services research with a range of partners in India; research presence in India based in Hyderabad


A/Professor, Sydney Medical School
Sydney School of Public Health
PSLP funded project - The South Asia Infant Feeding Network (SAIFRN) IPDF with Indian Council of Medical Research

Richard Hillman
A/Professor, Sydney Medical School
Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Centre


Professor, Sydney Medical School
Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Centre
ALAF funded program to deliver Short Intensive Professional Programme in HIV for 25 felllows


Professor, Sydney Medical School
School of Public Health
IPDF with Indian Council of Medical Research (Dr Reeta Rasailly - ICMR, Dibley - School of Public health USYD, Heather Jeffery - SPH, USYD)


Dr, Sydney Medical School
Senior Manager, Office of Global Health

Anushka Patel
A/Professor, Sydney Medical School
Director The George Institute for International Health
Clinical, population health and health services research with a range of partners in India: research presence in India based in Hyderabad


Dr, Sydney Medical School
Sexually Transmittted Infections Research Centre
PSLP funded project in association with the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) to start the process of developing linkages and build local capacity in the field of STIs and HIV education and research and work together to aim to achieve a reduction in the health impacts of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV in India and extend and strengthen India’s response to STIs and HIV


A/Professor and Associate Dean International
Office of Global Health


Professor, Sydney Medical School
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
AISRF funded project - Two day workshop to plan a programme of collaborative labatory and clinical research on the role bovine lactoferrin to prevent prematurity neonatal sepsis and mortality


PhD candidate, Sydney Medical School
School of Public Health

Camille Raynes-Greenow
Dr, Sydney Medical School
Sydney School of Public Health
IPDF with Indian Council of Medical Research (Dr Reeta Rasailly - ICMR, Dibley - School of Public health USYD, Heather Jeffery - SPH, USYD)


Senior Lecturer, Sydney Medical School
Sexually Transmittted Infections Research Centre


Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School
Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School

Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology

Joseph Davis
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology & A/Dean International
School of International Technologies
Knowledge Management, IT - Centric Services, Ontologies, Data Mining


Dr, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Engineering computation

Sydney College of the Arts

Adam Geczy
Dr, Sydney College of the Arts
Studio of Sculpture, Performance and Installation
Orientalism and Fashion: current projects in New Delhi

Faculty of Education & Social Work

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Social Work
History, Education
History of Education and History Curriculum; colonial female and village education; colonial education in North India; Education in Panjab under the Raj


Principal Research Fellow, Faculty of Education & Social Work


Dr,Lecturer, Faculty of Education & Social Work
Sociology of Education & International/Comparative Education India-based research: Education development reforms, teachers’ work, rural schooling.

Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning

Dr, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Design and Planning
Has begun to explore research and funding possibilities through the Australian Research Council that will examine a broad range of studies of Indian Ocean and Red Sea aesthetics. His ultimate goal is to commence study of aesthetic transfers around the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea in the form of an ARC Discovery Grant to be submitted in 2013, with the intent of beginning to locate and analyse specific moments within these spaces to investigate at a more micro scale.


Dr, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Urban and Regional Planning Policy
Environmental governance and justice in Nepal and India (and Australia)

Nicole Gurran
A/Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning
Urban and Regional Planning

Faculty of Veterinary Science

Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Science
Veterinary Biometry and Statistical Genetics
Advises the study design and statistical analysis of an ACIAR project in Tibet


Lecturer, Faculty of Veterinary Science
Veterinary Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Livestock epidemiology in the Panjab


Honorary Associate, Faculty of Veterinary Science
Nutrition

Faculty of Denistry

Head of Department, Faculty of Dentistry
Oral Surgery
Clinical research program in Nepal