CSIRO research partnership
CDU-CSIRO Research Partnership
Since 2012, CDU (Northern Institute) and CSIRO have committed to developing an active, collaborative relationship with the potential for pooling expertise to advance understanding of topics related to social policy research related to health, biosecurity and systemic approaches to policy in remote regions, particularly in relation to Northern Australia.
This mutually beneficial partnership has resulted in jointly developed research utilised in Cooperative Research Centres (CRC's) and establishing the Northern Research Alliance (NRA). The association enables research that enhances the well-being of Northern Australia's First Nations and rural community workforces and builds surveillance and service delivery systems that improve the social, environmental and economic well-being of Northern Australia.
In November 2016, the relationship was further solidified with an MOU between Northern Institute (NI), CDU and the CSIRO to collaborate in research, sharing expertise, data and research capacity development, and research services. Building research opportunities developed through strong stakeholder relationships, the strategic partnership focuses on joint health and biosecurity surveillance and service delivery approaches.
CSIRO and CDU have grown from strength to strength culminating in the unique position where each institution's capabilities can be harnessed to provide the competitive advantage for total system health approaches that enable Northern Australia's regional and remote development. Together we've developed and continue to develop programs of work that identify points in biosecurity, environmental and health surveillance, and a delivery system where interventions are more likely to have impact and be cost-effective.
Dr Cathy Robinson
Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO Northern Institute Honorary, CDU
Cathy has been working in collaboration with the Northern Institute for over 10 years. She spent time as a Director of the CDU-CSIRO: Northern Australia Research Alliance and is now leading projects with CDU-CSIRO research fellows and staff.
Professor Ruth Wallace
Pro Vice Chancellor
Faculty of Arts and Society, CDU
Ruth is a co-lead for CSIRO-CDU collaborative research projects and is the Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Arts and Society.
CDU - CSIRO History of Collaborative Research
2023
June
- Postdoctoral fellowship on Cross cultural cybernetics
February
2022
November
July
- Collaborative Project: Transforming Cultural and natural resource management workforce capabilities
- Developing a National Koala Monitoring Program (NKMP)
- Ants a mirror to ecosystem restoration
June
April
- Cooperation Agreement: CSIRO/CDU Postdoctoral Fellowships
- The development of scientific capability in freshwater ecology and the use of new technologies in natural resource management in northern Australia
2021
2020
November
October
- Social media reveals location of threatened clown wedgefish
- CDU researchers take places as Eureka finalists
August
July
- Indigenous Business Resilience Program #iNTBlack (Collaborative project)
March
- Invest in Me, Invest in my Science (Collaborative project)
- National recognition for STEM role model
February
- Research head looks to the stars to grow partnerships
- Researcher examines value of social media in a crisis
January
2019
July
- Responsible innovation initiative to ask what kind of future we want
- Responsible innovation initiative to ask what kind of future we want
- Cute killers: Cats kill more than 1.5 billion Australian native animals a year
June
- CSIRO-CDU Collaboration on Responsible Innovation (Cooperation Agreement)
- Intercultural Monitoring and Evaluation Project (2 years) (Collaborative Research Agreement)
- Examining pathways to empower Indigenous-led digital innovation and AI-applications for sustainable futures in remote and regional Australia (4 years) (Collaborative Project)
May
2018
2017
December
- Women in STEM - Catalysing women's science collaboration program (Collaborative Project)
November
July
- What are the market values of the ecosystem services from Aboriginal cool burns in southern Australia?
June
April
March
- CSIRO Building capacity and support stakeholders' opportunities to have an impact on changing policy environments in Indigenous communities.
2016
December
November
- Memorandum of Understanding: Northern Institute (CDU) and CSIRO came into effect (3 years)
October
- Dr Cathy Robinson begins 5 year term as Director Northern Alliance between CSIRO and Northern Institute
2015
2014
2012
June
- Advancing Collaborative Knowledge Systems for Plant Biosecurity Surveillance (5 years) (Collaborative Project)