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rachel Groom in front of sea country where she researches

The People. Policy. Place (PPP) Seminars Series has been running since the Northern Institute's inception in 2010. The monthly seminars are open to all Friends of NI, CDU Staff and the public and are hybrid events held live at the Northern Institute and online via Zoom. 

The series focuses on policy through various disciplines and attracts a diverse audience, including academic staff, university students, NT/ local government and NGOs, local businesses, Indigenous and industry representatives, and interested public members.

Unless specified, PPP Seminars run on the 4th Wednesday of each month from March until December, 10:30 - 11:30 am Darwin time (ACST). Registrations open two weeks before the event.

People.Policy.Place Seminar Program 2024

This year's PPP Program showcases our Northern Institute researchers with updates from their current research projects. 
 

Month

Date

Topic

FEBRUARYWednesday 28 
10.30 - 11.30 am
Creating a World that Sustains Its Languages
with Steven Bird
MARCHWednesday 27 
10.30 - 11.30 am
APRILWednesday 17 
10.30 - 11.30 am

Tiwi Gambling Project
with Dr Michaela Spencer  

MAYWednesday 22 
10.30 - 11.30 am

Book Launch:Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene
with Professor Jen Deger

JUNEWednesday 26 
10.30 - 11.30 am

NI’s Central Australian Research Capability
with Dr Deepika Mathur & Felicity McLure 

JULYWednesday 24 
10.30 - 11.30 am
NI Celebrates NAIDOC Week
Yolŋu Research by Yolŋu Researchers
AUGUSTWednesday 28 
10.30 - 11.30 am 

Professor Kim Humphery 

SEPTEMBERWednesday 25
10.30 - 11.30 am
Dr Kate Golebiowska 
OCTOBERWednesday 23
10.30 - 11.30 am
Dr Kellie Pollard 
NOVEMBERWednesday 27 
10.30 - 11.30 am

Associate Professor Jackie Gould 

Past seminars and recordings

Where can I watch the recording?

Click the link next to the seminar listed by year below. 

If you would like to request a seminar recording, please contact the Research Support Services at thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au, and we will send you the link. 

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2024
Seminar Research Contact Resources
PPP SEMINAR
Creating a World that Sustains Its Languages
28 February 
Professor Steven Bird
Northern Institute
steven.bird@cdu.edu.au
View raw recording
2023
Seminar Research Contact Resources
PPP SEMINAR
Collaborations on Sea Country
22 March
Dr Rachel Groom
Senior Research Fellow
Northern Institute
rachel.groom@cdu.edu.au
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR
Intercultural communication for knowledge generation, sharing and application
18 May
Dr Jessica Ball
Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria 
(Canada)
jball@uvic.ca
PPP SEMINAR
Open Research Evaluation: The feasibility of replacing ERA with open evaluation, exemplified by a distant reading of higher education research
24 May
Professor Lawrence Cram 
Emeritus Professor ANU
University Fellow Northern Insitute
lawrence.cram@cdu.edu.au
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC WORKSHOP
Emergency Management Volunteering Workshop
1 June
Akhilesh Surjan
Associate Professor Disaster Management, Northern Insitute
akhilesh.surjan@cdu.edu.au
Not available
GUEST SEMINAR
Policy levers for recruitment & retention of health professionals: evidence (or lack thereof) through a gender lens
8 June
Professor Neeru Gupta
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of New Brunswick
(Canada)
GUEST SEMINAR
Optimising Australia's conceptually confused National Training System
22 June 
Dr Don Zoellner
University Fellow Northern Institute
don.zoellner@cdu.edu.au

View paper

PPP WORKSHOP
Policy Kaleidoscope 
28 June
Salli Cohen 
Founder of The Policy Room &  Former ED of Juvenile Justice, NTG)
sallicohen@thepolicyroom.com
Not available
NAIDOC WEEK SEMINAR
Say YES for our elders!
6 July 
Georgie Corrie
NT Coordinator
Yes23
georgia@yes23.com.au
PPP SEMINAR
Policy Drivers in the Public Employment Environment
26 July 
Vicki Telfer 
Commissioner for Public Employment, NTG
enquiries.ocpe@nt.gov.au
PPP SEMINAR
Mixed Reality System for Remote Community Engagement in Construction
30 August
Dr Cat Kutay
Faculty of Science & Technology, CDU
cat.kutay@cdu.edu.au
 
 
GUEST SEMINAR
The COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Model of Care
7 September 
Angela Sheedy
Senior Research Officer, CDU Menzies School of Medicine
angela.sheedy@cdu.edu.au
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC  SEMINAR
Progress of Preparedness and Mitigation in Aceh: 20 Years after Indian Ocean Tsunamis 2004
Dr Rina Oktari
Senior Lecturer, University of Syiah Kuala (Aceh, Indonesia)
Head of the Master of Disaster Management Studies.
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC  SEMINAR
Mobile Phone Big Data Analysis and the COVID-19 Pandemic
September 19
Associate Professor Kazumasa Hanaoka
Department of Geography,
Ritsumeikan University
 
PPP SEMINAR
Mathematics in Indigenous Languages – extending the scope of bilingual education in the NT
27 September 
Dr Cris Edmonds-Wathen
Senior Lecturer in Education, Faculty of Arts and Society, CDU
cris.edmonds-wathen@cdu.edu.au
GUEST SEMINAR
TASA Seminar: Judicial Work and Emotion: A Socio-legal Approach
26 October 
Professor Sharyn Roach Anleu
Dean (Research) CHASS, Flinders University
sharyn.roachanleu@flinders.edu.au
PPP SEMINAR
Dual Seminar: Demographic trends and sparse regions
27 September 
Dr David Karacsonyi
david.karacsonyi@cdu.edu.au
Dr Sigurd Dyrting
sigurd.dyrting@cdu.edu.au
Northern Institute, CDU
PPP SEMINAR
Australian Population Association Seminar
November 29
Dr Kate Golebiowska
Senior Research Fellow 
kate.golebiowska@cdu.edu.au
Northern Institute, CDU
PROJECT UPDATE
Higher Education and First Nations Students: The CDU Story
December 
Dr Tracy Woodroffe
Senior Research Fellow 
tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au
Northern Institute, CDU

View recording

2022
SeminarDate & Resources
PROJECT UPDATE
Higher Education and First Nations Students: The CDU Story with Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Dr Kate Golebiowska, Dr Guzyal Hill & Alicia Boyle 
6 December
View recording
PROJECT UPDATE
Establishing Pathways into Education for First Nations Students with Dr Tracy Woodroffe & Dr Johanna Funk 
Thursday 1 December
PPP SEMINAR
Democratic participation and social transformation: Yaṉangu way with Ellie Norris
Thursday, 24 November
GUEST SEMINAR
Sharing research from Fulbright experience teaching in Alabama +  Incarceration Nation Film Screening film with Adelle Sefton-Rowston
Tuesday 25 October
GUEST SEMINAR
Listening to Indigenous literature: letting it tell its story with Brenda Machosky
Wednesday 25 October
PPP SEMINAR
On a Mission: Catholic Missionaries, Land, and Education among the Potawatomi of Kansas; 1840­-1861 with Issac Akande
Thursday 20 October
PPP SEMINAR
Reading the signs: Indigenous weather prediction of the Indigenous Sumi Nagas of India withDr Alino Sumi
25 August 2022
 
PPP SEMINAR
Management of Teacher Education in the New Normal: A comparative and Explorative Study with Stephen Bolaji, Anselm Bohmer and Nicolas Gromik
21 August 2022

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR
University North: an example of a modern integrated public university and its relationship with the real market in Croatia with Professor Anica Hunjet

Western Balkans on the Crossroads: Is the European Perspective Realistic? Instability, Stagnation and Emigration as the main threats with Associate Professor Petar Kurečić

23 June 2022
 
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR
Eight Years of the War in Ukraine: Nostalgia for the Soviet Past, Mass Internal Displacement and Military Urbicide with Professor Kostyantyn Mezentsev
14 June 2022
 
PPP SEMINAR
Landscape knowledge visualisation: Innovations in 4D simulations and gamification of complex systems with Dr Rohan Fisher
 9 June 2022
 
PPP SEMINAR
Storytelling, setting the story straight about the shared history of Aboriginal Australians and their lived experience in the pastoral industry with NI Honorary Delyna Baxter
31 May 2022
 
PPP SEMINAR
Embodied Reconciliation as Coexistence with NI Honorary Catherine Koerner
17 May 2022
 
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR
Developing AI Applications for RegTech: Advancing Regulatory Sandbox in Korea with Dr Seung-Hun Hong & Dr Ha Hwang
9 May 2022
 
PPP SEMINAR
Social capital in the Territory - opportunities and limitations to developing an index with Fiona Shalley & Elizabeth Creed
7 April 2022
 
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT
IWD: Breaking the Bias with Rebecca Forrest, NT Australian of the Year - Local Hero
8 March 2022
 
2021
SeminarDateRecording
PPP SEMINAR
COVID-19 and policy-induced inequalities: Exploring the health and wellbeing implications of exclusions from COVID-19 support policies among ‘temporary’ migrant men in Australia with Dr Daile Rung
26 November

View the recording

 

PPP SEMINAR
Library for All: Creating children's book collections to mirror the lived experience of the reader with Dr Julie Owen & Dr Lara Cain Gray, Library For All
16 November
 
View the recording

 
PPP SEMINAR
Unlocking the learning potential of incarcerated and low socioeconomic status (SES) young people with Associate Professor Bronwyn Ewing & Professor Grace Sarra, QUT
4 NovemberThis event was not recorded
PPP SEMINAR
Why Policy and what is it? with Salli Cohen, The Policy Room
22 OctoberView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Australian First Nation Philosophies within Contemporary Business Contexts with Dr Chrystie Watson
7 OctoberView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Indigenous Australia in your Classroom withDr Tracy Woodroffe
10 SeptemberView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Regional Workforce Futures in the Northern Territory: A case study of the Barkly Region with Alicia Boyle, Professor Pascal Tremblay & David Karacsonyi
10 SeptemberView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Enhancing the achievement of competency by integration attitude teaching SNF learning in competency-based training: A case study withSer Loy Chan
19 AugustThis event was not recorded
PPP SEMINAR
REFUGEE WEEK - Free the Darwin 15: The history, politics & ways forward with Professor Michael Christie, Stephen Enciso, Valerie Leishman & Dr Sara Dehm
24 JuneThis event was not recorded
PPP SEMINAR
REFUGEE WEEK - The Challenge of Protecting the Rohingya Refugees with Dr Ridwanul Hoque
22 JuneView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Job Readiness and Digital Literacies in Cultural Studies with Dr Johanna Funk
17 JuneView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
“You killed my childhood”: fanboys react to women in Doctor Who, Star Trek & Star Wars (2015-2020) with Dr Stephen Kerry
3 JuneView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Who got married in 2018 and why does it matter? A demographic profile of Australia’s same-sex marriage pioneerswithFiona Shalley
20 MayThis event was not recorded
PPP SEMINAR
The Social and Economic Impacts of Heat: Lessons learnt from Darwin with Dr Kerstin Zander
28 AprilView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Reports, Workshops, Evaluations, Theses.  From Research in ‘The Real World’ to a Q1 Academic Journal Article withProfessor Helen Verran
13 AprilView the recording
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT
Ending Period Povertywith Isobel Marshall, Young Australian of the Year 2021
13 AprilView the recording
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT
A Conversation with Dr Wendy Page with Dr Wendy Page,Young Australian of the Year 2021
10 MarchView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
NT COVID Emergency Response Workforce: Working to Keep the NT Safe withAngela Sheedy
04 March View the recording
2020
SeminarDateRecording
PPP SEMINAR
Australian LGBTQIA+ Buddhists with Dr Stephen Kerry 
26 November
 

View the recording

 

SPECIAL EVENT
Silver Linings: Beyond The Silos withAlex Roberts & Vicki Telfer, Professor Ruth Wallace, Joe Hewett, Shane Dexter, George Tan, Jordy Bowman, Clare Martin, Rebecca Murray, Charles Pain & Jodie Ryan
17 NovemberThis event was not recorded
PPP SEMINAR
NAIDOC WEEK - Making Things Lively with Miyarrka Mediawith Miyarrka Media Collective 
4 NovemberThis event was not recorded
PPP SEMINAR
Analysing the commercial relationship between Australia and Japan with Devon Turner
30 OctoberView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Introduction to IP Protection and Practical Case Study withDr Steve Rogers
14 OctoberView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
A spatial interpretation of Australia’s COVID vulnerability (with a special emphasis on sparsely populated areas) withDr Dávid Karácsonyi
16 September View the recording
PPP SEMINAR
CDU RESEARCH WEEK - The Territory and Me – a quest to understand migration drivers withFiona Shalley & Dr Sigurd Dyrting 
27 AugustView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
CDU RESEARCH WEEK - Indigenous Women in Science: A framework for Leadership, Knowledge, Innovation and Complexity withDr Tracy Woodroffe
27 AugustView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
CDU RESEARCH WEEK - What a waste! Where do solar panels go to die? with
Dr Deepika Mathur
27 AugustView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
CDU Research Week - Realist influence in the real world: A case study withProfessor Gill Westhrop
27 AugustView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
Clan based management model in Ngukurr community withIan Mongunu Gumbula & Mercy Gumbula
27 JulyView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
RECONCILIATION WEEK - Black Agriculture, White Anger: Arguments Over Aboriginal Land Use in Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' with Dr Richard Davis
28 MayView the recording
PPP SEMINAR
From cyclones to COVID-19: Disaster management from a Yolŋu perspective
with Dr Michaela Spencer, Yasunori Hayashi, Gawura Wanambi, Joy Bulkanhawuy, Rosemary Gundjarranbuy & Stephen Dhamarrandji
23 AprilView the recording
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