Seminars

The People. Policy. Place. (PPP) Seminars Series has been running since the Northern Institute's inception in 2010. The monthly seminars are free and open to the public and all Friends of NI and CDU staff and students. 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). They are hybrid events held live at the Northern Institute and online via Zoom. Registrations open two weeks before the event.

Seminar Program 2024

This year's seminar program showcases our Northern Institute researchers, collaborators and guests with updates from their current research projects.

Month	Date	Topic
FEBRUARY	Wednesday 28 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Creating a World that Sustains Its Languages with Steven Bird
MARCH	Wednesday 27 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Pathways into Teaching for First Nations Students with Dr Tracy Woodroffe
APRIL	Wednesday 10 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{STUDENT SEMINAR}} HDR Student Showcase Adrian Harris, Alexander Hatzikalimnios, Johnny Howard & Stephen Enciso
APRIL	Wednesday 17 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Everything has a reason. Gambling has a reason: Tiwi-led research developing a gambling management strategy for Wurrumiyanga. with Ainsley Kerinaiua, Kristelle Orsto, Rebecca Pupangamirri, Lorenzo Kerinaiua and the NI Ground Up team.
MAY	Wednesday 15 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} The German Ethnographic Expeditions to the Kimberley (1938/9 - 1954/55): A collaborative assessment of research history and the interpretation of Aboriginal heritagewith Associate Professor Martin Porr (University of Western Australia)
MAY	Thursday 15 9am - 12:30pm	_{^{STUDENT SEMINARS}} Master of Public Policy Student Presentations
MAY	Tuesday 21 9.30 - 11 am	_{^{PANEL DISCUSSION}} Positive Duty: Changing the culture and eliminating discrimination with Dr Anna Cody, Leanne Liddle and Dr Dinesh Palipana. ^{Hosted by the}^{Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission & Northern Institute}
JUNE	Wednesday 26 10.30 - 11.30 am	_^SYMPOSIUM Increasing the Numbers of Aboriginal Teachers in the Territory with Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Department of Education, CDU Student Recruitment & community partners.
JUNE	Wednesday 19 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{MINI-CONFERENCE}} Central Australian Research Showcase with Northern Institute Researchers.
JULY	Wednesday 24 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Experiences of an Aboriginal teacher in the NT with Dr Tracy Woodroffe
AUGUST	Wednesday 14 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{VISITING ACADEMIC SEMINAR}} Zooming into Biomodal Bilingualism in Remote Indigenous Communities with Professor Dany Adone (University of Cologne, Germany)
	Wednesday 21 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{VISITING ACADEMIC SEMINAR}} Contemporary Art and Nuclear Culture:Creating a New geo-political Space for Decolonial Nuclear Traces over Time and Space with Professor Ele Carpenter (Director of UmArts, University of Umea)
SEPTEMBER	Wednesday 25 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Higher Education and First Nations Students: The CDU Story with Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Dr Kate Golebiowska, Alicia Boyle and Associate Professor Guzyal Hill. Join us for the final project update and launch of the outputs: guidebooks for CDU lecturers and First Nations students.
OCTOBER	Wednesday 23 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Archaeological and Aboriginal Responses to the European Invasion of the Darwin Region 1869 – 2018 with Dr Kellie Pollard
NOVEMBER	Wednesday 27 10.30 - 11.30 am	_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Indigenous led Sea Country Management in the NT with Senior Research Fellow Jackie Gould

Past seminars and recordings

Where can I watch the recording? Click the link next to the seminar below.

If you cannot find 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 February 28	Professor Steven Bird Northern Institute steven.bird@cdu.edu.au	View raw recording
_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Pathways into Teaching for First Nations Students March 27	Dr Tracy Woodroffe Northern Institute tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au	View raw recording Tracy Slides (PDF, 1.19 MB)
_{^{STUDENT SEMINAR}} HDR Student Showcase April 10	Adrian Harris adrian.harris@cdu.edu.au Alexander Hatzikalimnios alexander.hatzikalimnios@students.cdu.edu.au Johnny Howard jonathanpeteraubreyhoward@students.cdu.edu.au Stephen Enciso stephen.enciso@cdu.edu.au	This recording is only available for student use and reflection.
_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Everything has a reason. Gambling has a reason: Tiwi-led research developing a gambling management strategy for Wurrumiyanga. April 17	Associate Professor Michaela Spencer Northern Institute michaela.spencer@cdu.edu.au	View raw recording
_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} The German Ethnographic Expeditions to the Kimberley (1938/9 - 1954/55): A collaborative assessment of research history and the interpretation of Aboriginal heritage May 15	Associate Professor Martin Porr University of Western Australia	View raw recording
_{^{STUDENT SEMINAR}} Master of Public Policy Student Presentations May 15	Kate Golebiowska Northern Institute kate.golebiowska@cdu.edu.au	This recording is only available for student use and reflection.
_{^{PANEL DISCUSSION}} Positive Duty: Changing the culture and eliminating discrimination with Dr Anna Cody, Leanne Liddle and Dr Dinesh Palipana.	Northern Institute thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au	This event was in-person only - no recording available.
_^SYMPOSIUM Increasing the Numbers of Aboriginal Teachers in the Territory	Dr Tracy Woodroffe Senior research & Lecturer Northern Institute tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au	View raw recording
_{^{MINI-CONFERENCE}} Central Australian Research Showcase June 19	Northern Institute thenortherninstitute@cdu.edu.au Don't hesitate to get in touch with individual researchers about their projects.	This event was in-person only - no recording available.
_{^{PPP SEMINAR}} Experiences of an Aboriginal teacher in the NT with Dr Tracy Woodroffe	Dr Tracy Woodroffe Senior research & Lecturer Northern Institute tracy.woodroffe@cdu.edu.au	View raw recording

2023

NI PPP Seminar Program 2023 (PDF, 4.05 MB)

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	Rachel Groom Presentation Slides (PDF, 4.43 MB)
^{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	Jessica Ball Presentation Slides (PDF, 2.83 MB)
^{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	Lawrence Cram Presentation Slides (PDF, 2.8 MB)
^{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)	Neeru Gupta Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.05 MB)
^{GUEST SEMINAR} Optimising Australia's conceptually confused National Training System 22 June	Dr Don Zoellner University Fellow Northern Institute don.zoellner@cdu.edu.au	Don Zoellner Presentation Slides (PDF, 3.58 MB) 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	Georgie Corrie Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.68 MB)
^{PPP SEMINAR} Policy Drivers in the Public Employment Environment 26 July	Vicki Telfer Commissioner for Public Employment, NTG enquiries.ocpe@nt.gov.au	Vicki Telfer_Policy Drivers_Presentation Slides (PDF, 357.23 KB)
^{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	Angela Sheedy Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.18 MB)
^{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.	Rina Oktari Presentation Slides (PDF, 3.33 MB)
^{INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SEMINAR} Mobile Phone Big Data Analysis and the COVID-19 Pandemic September 19	Associate Professor Kazumasa Hanaoka Department of Geography, Ritsumeikan University	Hanaoka Presentation Slides (PDF, 2.91 MB)
^{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	Cris Edmonds-Wathen Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.63 MB)
^{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	TASA Sharyn Roach Anleu Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.36 MB)
^{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	Dual Demography Presentation Slides (PDF, 4.48 MB)
^{PPP SEMINAR} Australian Population Association Seminar November 29	Dr Kate Golebiowska Senior Research Fellow kate.golebiowska@cdu.edu.au Northern Institute, CDU	NI-APA Seminar Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.16 MB)
^{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 HEPPP Update Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.41 MB)

2022

Seminar	Date & 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

Seminar	Date	Recording
^{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 November	This event was not recorded
^{PPP SEMINAR} Why Policy and what is it? with Salli Cohen, The Policy Room	22 October	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} Australian First Nation Philosophies within Contemporary Business Contexts with Dr Chrystie Watson	7 October	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} Indigenous Australia in your Classroom withDr Tracy Woodroffe	10 September	View 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 September	View 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 August	This 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 June	This event was not recorded
^{PPP SEMINAR} REFUGEE WEEK - The Challenge of Protecting the Rohingya Refugees with Dr Ridwanul Hoque	22 June	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} Job Readiness and Digital Literacies in Cultural Studies with Dr Johanna Funk	17 June	View 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 June	View 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 May	This event was not recorded
^{PPP SEMINAR} The Social and Economic Impacts of Heat: Lessons learnt from Darwin with Dr Kerstin Zander	28 April	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} Reports, Workshops, Evaluations, Theses. From Research in ‘The Real World’ to a Q1 Academic Journal Article withProfessor Helen Verran	13 April	View the recording
^{INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT} Ending Period Povertywith Isobel Marshall, Young Australian of the Year 2021	13 April	View the recording
^{INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT} A Conversation with Dr Wendy Page with Dr Wendy Page,Young Australian of the Year 2021	10 March	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} NT COVID Emergency Response Workforce: Working to Keep the NT Safe withAngela Sheedy	04 March	View the recording

2020

Seminar	Date	Recording
^{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 November	This event was not recorded
^{PPP SEMINAR} NAIDOC WEEK - Making Things Lively with Miyarrka Mediawith Miyarrka Media Collective	4 November	This event was not recorded
^{PPP SEMINAR} Analysing the commercial relationship between Australia and Japan with Devon Turner	30 October	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} Introduction to IP Protection and Practical Case Study withDr Steve Rogers	14 October	View 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 August	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} CDU RESEARCH WEEK - Indigenous Women in Science: A framework for Leadership, Knowledge, Innovation and Complexity withDr Tracy Woodroffe	27 August	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} CDU RESEARCH WEEK - What a waste! Where do solar panels go to die? with Dr Deepika Mathur	27 August	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} CDU Research Week - Realist influence in the real world: A case study withProfessor Gill Westhrop	27 August	View the recording
^{PPP SEMINAR} Clan based management model in Ngukurr community withIan Mongunu Gumbula & Mercy Gumbula	27 July	View 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 May	View 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 April	View the recording

Seminar Program 2024

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Date

Topic

Past seminars and recordings

Where can I watch the recording? Click the link next to the seminar below.

Dr Rachel GroomSenior Research FellowNorthern Instituterachel.groom@cdu.edu.au

Dr Jessica BallProfessor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria (Canada)jball@uvic.ca

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